The Virgins

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The Virgins
Background information
Origin New York City, United States
Genres Rock, post-punk, new wave, dance-punk
Years active 2007–2013
Labels Atlantic, Cult Records
Website www.returnfromthevoid.com
Past members Donald Cumming (Founder & Songwriter)
Wade Oates
Nick Ackerman
Eric Ratensperger

The Virgins was an American band formed in 2006 in New York. The band split up in November 2013.

The band consisted of lead vocalist Donald Cumming, guitarist Wade Oates, bassist Nick Zarin-Ackerman and drummer Erik Ratensperger.

History

Formation: 2006–2007

Frontman Donald Cumming began writing music by himself in his New York apartment. He then recruited friends to fill out the band.

Almost immediately they made a five song EP titled "The Virgins '07", compiled of the band's early recordings, and songs Donald had already recorded himself. Upon completion, Cumming passed out the EP to friends and DJs causing the music to pervade the New York club scene. Soon after, the demo came across Atlantic Records who signed Cumming before the band was fully formed.[1] The band's debut LP came out in 2008 and the band toured for several years following its release.

The Virgins: 2008–2011

Their first full-length album titled The Virgins was met with mixed success critically. To promote the record they played at the All Points West Festival, SXSW festival, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Leeds, Reading, and T in the Park festivals, among other major French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian festivals in the summer of 2009. In the fall of 2009 they were invited to perform in Moscow.

The song "Rich Girls" was number 68 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008 (although no sequential order was intended).[2]

Strike Gently and break-up: 2012–2013

In 2012 the band announced their return with an all new line-up backing leader Donald Cumming. The band also announced that it signed with the new record label Cult Records, founded by Julian Casablancas of The Strokes. In March 2013 The band released their new album "Strike Gently" worldwide.

The band supported the album with several U.S. tours as well as touring South America and Europe.

Additionally, in support of the new album, the band made their second appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” performing the track Wheel of Fortune.

In April 2013, it was announced that The Virgins would be joining The Killers on tour in May for a series of special shows, including a date at NYC’s Madison Square Garden on May 14.[3]

On November 13, 2013 Cumming announced that the band had split. In an interview that day with RollingStone, Cumming said that he will now start working on a solo record. The band's planned Europe tour for 2014 was cancelled as well.[4]

Discography

Studio albums
EPs
Singles

Members

Final lineup

Appearance

References

  1. ↑ Koshkin, Brett.SXSW: Tomorrow's It Band: The Virgins, HoustonPress, March 14, 2008
  2. ↑ "The 100 Best Songs of 2008". Rolling Stone (December 25, 2008). Retrieved 2009-01-12
  3. ↑ http://www.cultrecords.com/news/big-news-the-virgins-go-on-tour-with-the-killers/
  4. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-virgins-call-it-quits-20131113
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