The Victoria Lucas

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Victoria Lucas


Img_capt = The Victoria Lucas. From left to right: DeCecco, Levine, Knaebel, Stacey, Horne, and Costanza.
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Brooklyn, NY, United States
Genre = Indie rock, Indie pop, Punk rock, Post-punk, Garage rock
Years_active = 2000 – 2006
Label = No No No Records
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.thevictorialucas.com/ Official website]
Past_members = Amy Cimini
Randy Costanza
Brad DeCecco
Kathy Horne
Sam Hoyt
Rick Karr
Lawrence Kim
Nate Knaebel
Andy Levine
Juan Stacey
Joshua Tanzer

The Victoria Lucas were an indie rock band formed in late 2000 based in Brooklyn, New York. The band began as a three piece but later expanded to a more or less steady nucleus of five members: Juan Stacey (guitar and vocals; founding member), Andy Levine (theremin, trombone, percussion, and vocals), Nate Knaebel (bass and vocals), Kathy Horne (guitar and vocals; founding member), and Randy Costanza (drums and percussion; founding member). They maintained a nebulous association with a number of musicians in the New York City area, and were known to perform with as many as eight people on stage. The group's music was a mixture of straight rock, punk, and folk sensibilities that was compared to the Mekons and early Talking Heads.

The band fragmented in 2007 when Costanza returned to his native Pittsburgh. Former members now play in several other bands, although the core lineup played a farewell performance on September 23, 2008 in Brooklyn.

Discography

•"Regina, E./Finley St." (No No No Records, 2003) 7" vinyl single

•"Hit the Ground Running Fast" (No No No Records, 2006) CD LP

Trivia

•Victoria Lucas was the pseudonym Sylvia Plath originally published "The Bell Jar" under. In 1966 the book was published under her real name.

•Drummer Randy Costanza, an avid fantasy football player, was the subject of an eponymous song on the second album by Dutch indie-rock artist Solex.

•An unofficial EP, entitled "5 Songs", has been circulated by some websites and fans. It was intended only to be used as a promotional tool, and consists of the five unmastered tracks from their 2006 album.

•Artist Steve Keene painted the cover for their 2006 release, "Hit the Ground Running Fast". He has also created well-known covers for albums by Pavement, Silver Jews, The Apples in Stereo and others.

•Pere Ubu bass player Tony Maimone recorded and produced some of the tracks on their first full-length.

•Eric Emm, formerly of the bands Don Caballero and Storm and Stress has also worked with the band in the studio.

•The band's first single was produced by journalist and musician Rick Karr, who also occasionally played keyboards with the band.

External links

* [http://thevictorialucas.com/ The Victoria Lucas]