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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=April 2011Use Australian English|date=April 2011Infobox musical artist| name = The Vasco Era| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Apollo Bay, Victoria , Australia | genre = rock (music)|rock / blues | years_active = 2004& ndash;present| label =| website = http://www.thevascoera.com Official Homepage| current_members = Sid O'Neil Ted O'Neil Michael Fitzgerald The Vasco Era is an Australia n three piece rock/blues band based in Melbourne , Australia .
Brief history
Originally from Apollo Bay , but now based in Melbourne , the band's members are brothers Sid (vocals, guitar, lapsteel , rototom s) and Ted (bass) O'Neil and Michael Fitzgerald (drums). In 2004 the band won the National Campus Band Comp|Australian National Campus Band Competition ,cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.southernrootsfestival.com.au/theembers.html | title = The Embers | publisher = Southern Roots | accessdate = 2007-05-09 the largest band competition in the southern hemisphere.cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/Making-waves/2005/05/05/1115092574652.html | title = Making waves | publisher = The Age | accessdate = 2007-05-09 | location=Melbourne | date=6 May 2005
In 2006, The Vasco Era supported Wolfmother at The Astoria in London cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.tunefm.net/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=17& Itemid=43 | title = The Vasco Era hit the road | publisher = TUNE& #33; FM | accessdate = 2007-05-09 and played major festivals in Australia including Southbound (festival)|Southbound , the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival , The Great Escape (festival)|The Great Escape , Groovin' The Moo , the Apollo Bay Music Festival and the Falls Festival .cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/bands/The_Vasco_Era | title = The Vasco Era | publisher = Faster Louder | accessdate = 2007-05-09 Also in 2006, the band flew to San Francisco to record their debut album with producer Jeff Saltzman . The first single from the album, When We All Lost It was released to radio on 29 October 2006. Their debut album "Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside" was released on 5 May 2007.cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/id/1015261 | title = Oh We Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside | publisher = JB HI-FI | accessdate = 2007-03-25 It was also nominated for the 2007 J Award for Australian album of the year on Australian youth independent radio station Triple J. A second album, Lucille was released in early 2010. A self-titled third album was released on 14 October 2011.cite web | year = 2011 | url = http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/id/460683 | title = The Vasco Era | publisher = JB HI-FI | accessdate = 2011-11-21
Discography
EPs
Let It Burn (EP)|Let It Burn (2004)
Miles (EP)|Miles (2005)
Albums
Oh We Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (2007) #40 AUS
Lucille (2010) #48 AUS
The Vasco Era (2011) #94 AUS
References
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External links
http://www.thevascoera.com The Vasco Era Official Homepage
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/ausmusicmonth/nextcrop/vasco_era.htm Triple J Next Crop Artist review - The Vasco Era
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