Neon Venus

Neon Venus comprises Puerto Rican born-and-raised lead singer Lissette Salazar Napoleon and lead guitarist/singer Peter Valentino, together creating a mix of bilingual dance/rock music with Anglo and Latin sounds. Neon Venus was born out of the NYC club circuit and the world wide web in 1997 and is currently based in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. They perform live shows at clubs, city events and colleges.

In October 2004, Neon Venus toured in Europe including cities in Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt and Sinai. Their tour was the subject of their self-directed one-hour rockumentary, which aired nationally in the spring of 2005 on MTV en Español (USA). In 2006 they aired their latest video shot underwater for their song “Irresistible”. Four of Neon Venus music videos (Beso a Beso, Step Into My Island, Volveremos and Irresistible), have aired on MTV Español, VH1 Uno (Latin VH1 USA) and/or MTV Puerto Rico. Beso a Beso first aired on MTV Español in 2003 and the network has aired their videos every year since.

The band has two CDs, “The Birth of Neon Venus” (1999) and “Slip Into Rhythm/Cae En El Ritmo” (2002) and is currently working on their third CD entitled “Irresistible”, to be released in June 2006.

Neon Venus songs can be found in 7 compilations including 3 for top national Latin rock magazine Boom! with accompanying articles such as "The Best of 2004” and The Best alternative Latin Rock coming out of Puerto Rico (2003). Others compilations include: Atta Girl Records CD benefiting tsunami victims, Gilda’s Club (Gilda Radner) CD benefiting cancer victims, Latin high tech magazine 'Users' CD distributed to Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela and the US., and one for ‘Female Musician’, an organization educating female musicians.

Neon Venus are currently preparing to shoot their second documentary.