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VENUS ENVY BAND
FROM KANSAS CITY
BOOKING INFORMATION kcbands@gmail.com
About Venus Envy...
Mythology:
For thousands of years, the world has known Venus as the goddess of love
and beauty. No other could equal her power of feminine persuasion. While
Venus sat long admiring herself in the mirror, her brother Apollo was
rocking and rolling. He wanted to get the better of his sister Venus by
creating the most perfect creatures in the heavens or on earth. So Apollo,
the god of music and the most handsome of all the gods chose Calliope, the
wisest and most talented of all nine muses to be his lover. Together they
created four goddesses who possessed not only the beauty of Venus and
Apollo, but the musical gift of the muses. Venus became so jealous of
their beauty and talent that they could not coexist in the heavens. Now
these four goddesses reign supreme on Earth as Venus Envy.
Venus Envy, Kansas City's most notable all female band, is rocking
stages all over Kansas City. They perform a large variety of music
from Patti LaBelle to Joan Jett and beyond. Venus Envy boasts some
of the most talented performers in KC including Stephanie Shelton on bass
guitar, who's musical prowess is unmatched by either male or female
performer. Venus Envy is perfect for your wedding reception,
corporate event, charity fundraiser, festival or nightclub. When
you're tired of the same old bands - try leaving the men at home - bring
in Venus Envy to rock your party!
Blondie, Alanis Morrisette, U2, Rolling
Stones, Patti LaBelle, Joan Jett, Journey, Janis Joplin, Def
Leppard, Foo Fighters, Muse, Soundgarden,
Heart, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, Jane's Addiction, Incubus,
Led Zeppelin, Hole, Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Nickelback, The Kinks, Guns & Roses, Luscious Jackson, Nancy
Sinatra, Sweet, Sneaker Pimps, Peter Gabriel, Finger 11, Ted
Nugent, David Bowie, Rose Royce, Beastie Boyz, War, Motorhead, The
Who, Christine Aguilara and more!
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Music Review: Apollo Does Calliope; Spawns Venus
Envy
By Mark Poor
The idea of a "broadband" may not be new--the Breeders, L7,
Elastica and brave Heart are but a few legends that come to
mind--but Kansas City's Venus Envy is without doubt the brightest
constellation of musical women now besplendoring the local music
scene firmament.
I went to see them late one evening last month at the Record Bar,
now home of the famous Dancing Man from the erstwhile Hurricane.
An exuberant bloke in a short yellow shorts, the D-Man sported a
matching yellow shirt which - in a nod to a couple of groups from
France playing that night - read "Speak French...with a kiss."
Venus Envy didn't have to speak French to fire up the crowd's
passion. With Shenon on lead vocals, Julia Thro on guitar,
Stephanie Shelton on bass and Christy Garde on drums, Venus Envy
masterfully rocked out covers of Bowie's "Moonage Daydream," Foo
Fighters' "The Pretender," the Beastie Boyz' "Sabotage," and "6
Feet Underground," by the Sneaker Pimps, among others.
Thro, who's played previously in BCR and with Joey Skidmore (who
played later that night) was especially fast and furious on the
guitar, and burned up the stage with every solo.
Actually, all the VE girls are experienced veterans. Garde has
drummed for Voodoo Kitchin, the Travis Downs band, Randy Crouch,
and Flying Horse. Shenon's vocalized in Retroactive, Groove
Therapy, and Go Go Ray's Superband.
I'd seen Shelton before, a few years back in Phantasmagoria, which
taught me to love Primus, and later in Velvet Freeze with her
brother Josh. But at various times she's also played in 816, MSG,
Dale Maxfield and the Silver Hammers, Wyandotte County Lowriders,
and Firebox.
I was too shy to try to meet the other members of the band after
the show; I get nervous in bars, and the idea of meeting a live
girl musician who I've just photographed onstage in front of a
frenzied crowd, OMG, is that my leg or is that spaghetti? But
sorta knowing Shelton from the old days when I wore my jetblack
hair in luxuriant dreads, I was able to screw up some courage
after a couple of Blue Bulls (absinthe, curacao and Pepsi), and
ask the blonde bassist: Girl, how did you come up with this
broadband connection thing?
"Christy myspace-messaged me last spring with the idea of forming
an all-female rock band," Shelton yelled in my ear, since I had
installed heavy duty plugs.
"I'd always admired her and her work, so I told her I was in.
Julia was the only guitarist I could think of who could pull off
what we had in mind, so I groveled until she agreed to give us a
whirl. Shenon was referred to us via Brett, the bassist of
Christy's other band, Voodoo Kitchin. When she came out to
rehearse with us the first time and belted out 'You Oughta Know,'
we looked no further. We began getting together around late summer
2007 and played our first show this winter."
Aside from their multiple music projects, Venus Envy girls tend to
mind their own businesses. Garde does chiropractic and
acupuncture at her Blue Springs clinic; Shenon is CEO of Exact
Words, a translation service; and Shelton operates Decorative and
Traditional Painting, which does decorative finishes and fine
art--check out her work on her myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/pbassgrrl)
and at her business website, http://www.decorativeandtraditionalpainting.com/
Also playing that night was a French broadband, Les Marteaux
Pikettes (http://www.myspace.com/lesmarteauxpikettes), who for
some reason could not bring themselves to stop acting French.
They drank, they smoked, and flirted with the crowd. I got pretty
worked up and at one point even threw my sweaty Pink Floyd tanktop
onstage, but the vocalist flipped it back on my head with her bare
foot. I was in heaven.
