Vaux was an American six-piece

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band from

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, United States.

History

Vaux was formed in 1997 in Denver, Colorado, under the original name Eiffel. They released a 7" single themselves, ''To Write A Symphony'', in 1998.

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label

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signed the band after they had toured the East Coast extensively for two years, and the band's debut album ''Audiblenarcotic'' was released in 2000. The album was a minor success on college radio, and the band earned a spot on the 2001

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. In July 2002, for legal reasons, the band had to change its name, deciding on Vaux. In 2002, Vaux moved to

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and released the EP ''On Life; Living'', and the following year, second full-length ''There Must Be Some Way to Stop Them''. The album received widespread critical acclaim, prompting ''

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'' magazine to include Vaux in their ''100 Bands to Watch'' feature. During this time, the band embarked upon successful tours supporting

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and

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. In January 2004 Vaux signed to major label

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's then subsidiary imprint ''Lava Records'' . Shortly after, the band released a 5-song EP, '' Plague Music'', on

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. The band's major label debut, ''Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice'' was due for release on November 8, 2005. However, ''Lava Records'' broke away from Atlantic, thus ending the scheduled release of the band's album. Vaux severed ties with Atlantic, eventually regaining control of the album masters. The band then released the album themselves via Outlook Records, which was also available to purchase on their last headlining tour and was available on their webstore in limited quantities. On Tuesday, 22 August 2006, the song ''Are You With Me'' was released as the Single of the Week in the

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. It also featured in the 2010 film '' From Paris With Love''. Citing "lost momentum" the band announced their split in 2007. Their final show was on July 28, 2007 at the Bluebird Theater in Denver, CO.

Status

* Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice was released conjunctively through Outlook Music and the band's own Vx Records label on August 1, 2006. *On July 28, 2007 the band played their last show together in Denver, Colorado at the Bluebird Theater. Former bassist Ryder re-joined them for the last concert which also featured the bands

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, The Epilogues and

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. They have plans to release a 5-song EP in the near future, and have said that the album is around 30 minutes long.

Members

* Quentin Smith - vocals * Chris Sorensen -

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* Adam Tymn -

* Greg Daniels -

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* Ryder Robison - bass * Joe McChan -

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Discography

Albums

* ''Audiblenarcotic'' (under the name Eiffel) (

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* ''There Must Be Some Way to Stop Them'' (

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* ''Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice'' (

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), Vx Records, Outlook

EPs

* ''On Life; Living'' (

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* ''Plague Music'' (

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), Equal Vision

Singles

* "To Write A Symphony" 7" (under the name Eiffel) (

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) (self-released) * "Are You With Me" (

), Vx Records * "Cocaine James" (

), Vx Records

References

External links

Myspace site

Vaux on Discogs
{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1997 Musical groups disestablished in 2007 American post-hardcore musical groups Musical groups from Denver Equal Vision Records artists Alternative rock groups from Colorado Undecided Records artists