Last Nights Vice

Last Nights Vice in Warped Tour Battle of the Bands 14

jfitzsimmons — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:11:39 +0000

Be sure to check out our page, register and Vote for us to win. We’ll get to play at warped tour, get a CD produced by Matt Squier, and $15,000 to spend at guitar center. Just click the image above.

Also, be sure to check out our Reverbnation page. I haven’t seen an EPK site cram so much stuff int on site:

Top 7 lastnightsvice.com Posts of All Time

jfitzsimmons — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:47:22 +0000

The website has now been around since Aug. 27, 2007, and we’ve published 142 posts. I thought it would be cool to round up our top 7 posts of all time, based on popularity and an arbitrary measurement of coolness.

1. 105.7 The Point interviews Last Nights Vice
Aug. 13, 2009
Posted In: Press

We went into the Point studio to promote three Point sponsored shows we were playing. In the studio was Steve Ewing(formerly of The Urge) and the DJ Donnie Fandango. Donnie had a few nice things to say about us so we decided to get the audio and make a slideshow using animoto.com and throwing the video up on YouTube

2. We are Full Throttle Magazine’s Band of the Month
Dec. 11, 2007
Posted In: Press

This is one of the first articles I remember being written about us. We had close ties to Full Throttle and we even played a show sponsored by them. Here is a piece of the article:

There is a new sound in St. Louis. It incorperates rock
n’ roll you can bang your head to, and dancy undertones
to put a shake in your shoes. And our band of the month,
Last Nights Vice, has been injecting this new sound into the
stagnent scene, with no plans of slowing down…

Read the rest of the Full Throttle article here.

3. LNV music to be in ‘White Tiger: The Story of Rick and Roddy’
Jul. 18, 2009
Posted In: News

A couple of local filmmakers got a hold of us after seeing an article about us on rockandrollreport.com. We ended up getting a lot of our music into their film, which is currently being submitted to international film festivals. We played at the wrap party and even saw ourselves on the big screen at the Tivoli. Awesome guys and an awesome film.

4. Spotlight Stl interviews Last Nights Vice
Jun. 16, 2009
Posted In: Press

I think this was the first we met Kari Williams who has written about us a few times. It was a very candid, laid-back interview with great questions. Here’s a bit:

LNV works collectively to put lyrics to a melody.
“It starts with a small idea, and we keep playing it over and over…until new parts evolve from that idea, and then we make a song out of it,” Ghiassi said.

Read the whole SpotlightSTL interview here.

5. Watch Hawthorne Heights Rep our boy Speakerhead
Oct. 31, 2008
Posted In: Videos

Jordan had the genius idea to create a real life Speakerhead. He wanted to bring our mascot to life. Using cardboard, paper, a working speaker and an iPod, we were able to put this thing on our head and play our music out of it. After a Hawthorne Heights show at Pop’s, we talked the members of the band into posing with Speakerhead and saying a few words. Check it out:

6. Last Nights Vice in the studio, etc…
Nov. 23, 2009
Posted In: Videos

Here are 3 random videos of us recording our newest songs. One is of Andrew in the studio recording drums. The 2nd one is of all of us spaz dancing. The 3rd is a classic from when we hit the road. We like to prank call certain establishments as Jordan’s alter ego, Mort Weinstein.

See all 3 of these videos here.

7. A History of Last Nights Vice
Ju. 08, 2009
Posted In: Blog

This is our 2nd blog post. I wanted to explain how Last Nights Vice came to be. Here’s a part of it:
Last Nights Vice has really been a 14 year ride for us. Most people don’t believe us when we say we’ve been playing for that long but it is true. The whole idea for a band started in the 4th grade and came from the mind of Chris Blake. He invited me to be in the band and then we started inviting everyone we knew into the band. None of us played instruments, but that didn’t seem important at the time.

Read our whole history here.

Last Nights Vice at The 400 Bar in Warrensburg, MO

jfitzsimmons — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:32:35 +0000

All you UCMO fans be prepared to rock out. We are coming to your town!

Mar 6, 2010
8:00 pm
Last Nights Vice w/ LUSTER
All Ages

The 400 Bar
130 West Pine Street
Warrensburg, MO 64093

Last Nights Vice at Cicero’s on March 19, 2010

jfitzsimmons — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:08:06 +0000

UPDATES: We have prices for the show, and also we added La Bella Charade. They are participating in the face melting extravaganza.

Be sure to check out our Facebook event page and RSVP!

Doors 8:30/ show 9 |16+| $5 ($3
surcharge for minors) at the door.

at Cicero’s

Last Night’s Vice
&
Ready the cannons
La Bella Charade

Cicero’s is located in the Loop District of St. Louis in University City.

6691 Delmar Blvd. | University City, MO 63130 | 314-862-0009

Last Nights Vice in “Your Next Record” contest

jfitzsimmons — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:00:04 +0000

We have been entered into the Your Next Record contest presented by Guitar Center. Please vote for us so we can win:

A 3-song E.P. produced by legendary producer Mike Clink (Guns N’ Roses, Megadeth, Mötley Crüe)

Slash will write, record and perform on your single

A management development deal with “The Collective” (the team behind Linkin Park, Slash & Avenged Sevenfold)

Feature of your single on iTunes

World-wide digital distribution of your music through Tunecore

$10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree

$10,000 in new gear and endorsement deals from Ernie Ball Music Man

The opening slot on Slash’s Monster Energy Bash

An editorial feature on your band in Guitar World magazine

Check out our page and click vote!

3 Brand New Songs from Last Nights Vice

jfitzsimmons — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:21:58 +0000

Check out our Home Page or Music Page to listen to 3 of our new songs!

Perfect Little Noise

314

Going Crazy!

Keep an eye out for our full length CD coming soon!

You can also find these songs on our MySpace page.

Last Nights Vice playing the 105.7 The Point Lo-Dough Show w/ Violent Soho

jfitzsimmons — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:37:02 +0000

$1.05 Lo-Dough Show!
VIOLENT SOHO
Last Nights Vice
Friday, February 12th @ the Blueberry Hill Duck Room 21 and Up Show!

WHERE ·Blueberry Hill Duck Room
WHEN ·Friday, February 12 @ 8:00 PM
AGE ·21 and Over
PRICE ·$1.05

MORE INFO
BLUEBERRY HILL DUCK ROOM
6504 Delmar
The U-City Loop
St. Louis, MO 63103
314.727.0880
http://www.blueberryhill.com/

Re-Imagine talks about Last Nights Vice’s Public Relations

jfitzsimmons — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:13:35 +0000

Kari Williams helps us out again. Here is a blog post from her highlighting Last Nights Vice’s D.I.Y. attitude towards Public Relations. Be sure to check it out here at her Re-Imagine blog.

These guys are too good (both musically and as people) to stay a St. Louis band for the rest of their career. With the lack of known public relations companies willing to get behind a band that is relatively unknown outside of its home base, they (Last Nights Vice and every other local band) have to pull double-duty—putting out excellent music as well as selling their own hype.

For many, that could be a daunting task. But Last Nights Vice works extremely well getting their message out, recording their own music and self-promoting. It’s just a shame that raw, true talent is forced to work twice as hard as they need to because a public relations official is afraid to take a chance on what could be the biggest break of his or her career.

Read the rest of “Local Musicians are Their Own PR” here

Last Nights Vice is ourstage.com’s Download of the week

jfitzsimmons — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:20:55 +0000

It is awesome to let you know that Last Nights Vice is ourstage.com’s “Download of the Week”. I mentioned ourstage.com in our last post. Be sure to read it to hear all about their site. Right now I believe we are in 5th place in the Modern Rock competition. Be sure to vote for “All I” in this competition. Here is what Ourstage had to say about us:

Think you can resist a rock band that knows how to get down? Think again. St. Louis’s hidden gem’s Last Night’s Vice is one bad habit you won’t want to break. The band cleverly intertwines a modern rock edge with pop flair and a dancey aftertaste. The dual guitar attack of Joe Fitzsimmons and Jordan Phoenix shows off the bands sonic versatility—shifting from funk breaks into heavy hitting stadium ready riffs at the flick of a wrist. Songs like “Lock and Key” give Last Night’s Vice the power to hold their own amongst acts like The Killers and Panic at the Disco! Something gives us the hunch that this unsigned act isn’t going to go unnoticed for a whole lot longer. Get in on the ground floor while you still can.

Read the whole article “Download of the Week: Last Night’s Vice” and download “Lock and Key” for free.

Last Nights Vice on the Web

jfitzsimmons — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:07:56 +0000

I noticed that we were getting a lot of traffic to lastnightsvice.com from our Facebook page and wanted to be able to promote it more, so more fans would use it. I wanted to list the benefits and features of the page as well as spotlight some other places on the web were we can be found. I’m also looking for feedback on any other sites I may have missed. If you have any ideas be sure to let me know in the comments.

Our Facebook page right now has close to 300 fans, (Hi Mom), but I think we could get a lot more. Right now you can automatically get all our latest updates through our facebook wall. This includes new shows, videos, songs, etc… You can communicate with us on any of our posts, as well as talk to any other fans in the community. We also have a music tab that integrates with our iLike page. iLike was recently acquired by Myspace and is a site that showcases bands media. I’m going to add some more songs and video to vamp our iLike page up, in the process, vamping our facebook page up. We could also afford to have some more photos on our facebook page, so I’ll add some of those too. The best part of all about using our facebook page is that you can get your fill of Last Nights Vice from the comfort of the site you use the most: Facebook. if that wasn’t enough, you can use your facebook account to log into lastnightsvice.com. Just click the login link in the header of our site and login with your facebook credentials. You can then post on our wall, and leave comments on any of our posts. You will also be part of the Last Nights Vice community, which has its advantages.

Another site I want to talk about is ourstage.com. We’ve been getting some press from this site and I’d like to mention it. It is basically a place where bands create an electronic press kit with music, press info, bio, videos and more. Bands can then select songs each month to compete against other bands of the same genre. You basically rank which songs you like the most. While I don’t believe that music is a sport where bands play against each other, it’s almost as addictive as Peggle.

In the same hypocritical fashion, we are also on famecast. Similar to Ourstage but bands compete for different prizes. You get the chance to play on big tours like, Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, Pactour and more. This site is a little more based around fan participation. The lastnightsvice.com feed is also linked to this site, so you can get all of our news there too.

Twitter is quickly becoming on of my favorite sites. Definitely follow us, and we’ll do the same. It seems to be the quickest way of relaying information, and getting it in return and it doesn’t seem to consume most of my day… yet.

Last.fm is cool, or was cool. It’s starting to lose its flair after CBS bought it. Here you can go and listen to Last Nights Vice songs and get recommendations of similar artists. The site can also search your iTunes ad iPod for the music you listen too, and give you recommendations from that. So keep blaring Last Nights Vice on you iPods and iTunes. I loved this site for about the first year I used it. I found a lot of new artists. There just comes a point where finding new music wasn’t as complicated as it seemed.

Flickr for all of our photos. If you have any live shots of us, please let us know. You can even tag us on facebook, and we’ll find them that way.

YouTube for all of our videos. If you have a YouTube account, please friend us. Some of the best times online are had passing videos around.

Our Myspace page has been a little neglected for a while now. It sees it is heavily used by bands so we want to stay in that realm and improve it anyway we can. The spam is just out of control, and as a band it is hard to determine who to reject and who to approve. We will still be adding all of our new songs to Myspace and submitting all of our recent posts. Their are also gadgets on our page for ringtones, twitter, etc…

Please let us know if there are any other sites you like, that you think we should be on.

P.S. – The image is the cast of The Social Network. A movie about the founders of facebook. Directed by David Fincher(Fight Club), written by Aaron Sorkin(The West Wing) and starring Jesse Eisenberg(Zombieland) and Justin Timberlake(N’Sync). The movie should be out October, 2010.

Last Nights Vice @ Pop’s for the Stlpunk-a-palooza

jfitzsimmons — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:59:53 +0000

Archfront Media Presents
Stlpunk-a-palooza / 2 Stages!

Friday, January 29th | 6:00 PM

Novella, Me Verse You, Wild Tiger, Last Nights Vice, Avelynn, Postcard, An Honest Upset, Breakdances With Wolves

Tickets
ADV: $8.00 | DOS: $8.00
ALL AGES | $2 Minor Sur-charge

Find more details on stpunk-a-palooza here

Show – Pop’s – September 4th w/ Men, Women and Children

2 live videos of Last Nights Vice at The Pageant

jfitzsimmons — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:51:53 +0000

Here are 2 videos of last Nights Vice playing live at The Pageant.

Lock and Key:

The Power Cosmic:

Hopefully more will be coming soon!

Last Nights Vice featured in “St. Louis music makes a scene” – The Alestle

jfitzsimmons — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:18:28 +0000

Our good friend Kari Williams wrote an article about local music and featured us as one of the bands. The article appears in The Alestle Entertainment Blog, an online branch of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student paper. Check us out by reading “St. Louis Music Makes a Scene”

Last Nights Vice can only be described as enigmatic. This charismatically charming band lets the world know that they have a passion for music that will not be denied. Though they are self-described cartoon characters, that does nothing to dissuade people from making Last Nights Vice their musical vice. When a band’s goal is to create music that record stores cannot find a category for, you know they are something special.

Read all of St. Louis Music Makes a Scene

Last Nights Vice at the Halo Bar on Dec. 17 to benefit LiveFeed

jfitzsimmons — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:23:52 +0000

Time: December 17, 2009 at 7pm to December 18, 2009 at 3am
Location: Halo Bar
Street: 6161 Delmar
City/Town: University City
Website or Map

At LiveFeed, we love live entertainment. We also really, really care about making sure everyone in our community has enough good food to eat. So we present to you: The LiveFeed X-mas Show!

Get into the holiday spirit by joining LiveFeed Dec. 17th at the Halo Bar as we prepare to deck the halls with boughs of ROCK with some great local talent: The Reebs, Mama Rogers, Blood Pony, and Last Night’s Vice.

We will also have the funky fresh stylings of Mr. Jim Lake and Nick Openlander for your booty-shaking enjoyment.

The $5 suggested donation at the door not only includes your entry, but also a complimentary SoundBites compilation CD so you can check out other great LiveFeed acts. There will also be chances to win tickets to upcoming events, raffles and more!

So come, join LiveFeed Dec. 17th and have a night out that you can actually feel good about the next day (how often can we say that??)

This is a 21+ show. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8:30. All proceeds benefit LiveFeed.org. We will have tax forms available for those wishing to make cash/check donations.

Last Nights Vice was Myxer’s featured artist

jfitzsimmons — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:13:19 +0000

Last Nights Vice was the featured artist on Myxer.com.

This is where you can find all of Last Nights Vice’s ringtones for your phone.

With millions of mobile users and tens of million mobile downloads a month, Myxer is the largest and fastest-growing place for mobile content today.

Myxer was created to make the mobile content experience simple, fun, and free – for consumers, content owners and advertisers.

Last Nights Vice at Cicero’s w/ Girls in a Coma on 12-29-09

jfitzsimmons — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:13:06 +0000

Girls In A Coma
Last Nights Vice

(8:00 PM – 11:59 PM)
doors 8/show 8:30

$8/11

Cicero’s
6691 Delmar Blvd. | University City, MO 63130 | 314-862-0009

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