Pelvis pushing soul-rockers Vintage Trouble know how to keep it steamy in between the sheets. Grooving alongside legends such as The Who, Bon Jovi, Queen’s Brian May, The Cranberries and Joss Stone, they take pleasure in divulging these bedtime secrets to fans and newcomers alike through upbeat hits that are hot as the hand-jive. A versatile foursome of musical mixologists with a well-crafted mesh of blues, soul and rock and roll, Ty Taylor (vocals), Nalle Colt (guitar), Richard Danielson (drums) and Rick Barrio Dill (bass), have made their presence known through headlining UK tours. With tunes like “Pelvis Pusher,” crowds even get a smidgen of advice.
“Life is about playing games,” Dill said of his occasional on-stage blurbs. “If your regular life is getting mundane you have to add fire.” (Insert pizza deliveryman jokes from bandmates). Starting out in 2010, the quartet came together from the ashes of bands past.
“Really it did go fast, but we felt like we didn’t miss any steps,” Danielson said. “We played a lot in L.A. for an entire year before we were able to get out in the world further. We started out with four residencies in L.A., which is pretty unusual for a local band that’s doing original music.”
A large fan base in the UK developed after staying overseas for what was supposed to be a short tour. But instead of taking off back to the states, VT’s music escalated onward.
“We did the Jools Holland TV show and we were only scheduled to stay touring in Europe for about three and half weeks – we ended up staying for 10 months,” Taylor laughed. “So we got connected and got lucky, got the opportunity to show our type of music in a perfect moment in the UK.”
With a classy dress code of old school suits and shiny shoes, the band produces an attractive dynamic that grabs the attention of a varied fan base. Looping equipment cords through the air and diving through headfirst is one stage trick they’ve also mastered along with sassy vintage dance moves.
Debuting The Bomb Shelter Sessions (named after recording in Bomb Shelter Studios in L.A.) in 2011, they went on to do 80 shows in 100 days in front of an estimated 400,000 people throughout the UK and Germany.
“The thing about The Bomb Shelter Sessions was that it wasn’t really meant to be an album,” Colt said. “We did our first show after three weeks together at a blues club called Harvelle’s down in L.A. and we started playing every week, and after three months together we thought it’d be a good idea and had a friend with a recording studio. After recording for three days we thought it was really good.”
They pull from a wide array of influences, such as Muddy Waters, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.
“We combined a lot of different styles together to get one big thing,” Dill said. “We really get into the idea of using different energies to create a new art. We like rebels. We like trouble makers.”
The “TroubleMakers” make-up their dedicated fan base with a growing following that has taken off overseas and back. An award-winning music video shot with five iPhone4’s and a passion for the music doesn’t hurt. “I’m so excited that so often when music breaks on our songs, sometimes I’ll be grooving so hard that I’ll forget to come back in singing,” Taylor said.
The band will soon be releasing a documentary of their excursions overseas, appropriately titled 80 Shows in 100 Days.
“We’ve had a chance to be in front of so many different audiences that are coming there for such a different experience than what they think they’re going to get from us, and luckily the people have given in,” Taylor said. “We have become great friends with all of the people we have gotten the chance to tour with, and when you become friends with people you dream about meeting you can imagine how empowering that is.”
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