- Papa Vegas
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Name = Papa Vegas
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Origin =Grand Rapids, Michigan ,United States
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Genre =Alternative rock Post-grunge
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Label =RCA Records
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Past_members =Papa Vegas is a rock band from the 1990s. They released two studio albums and were signed to
RCA Records .History
Papa Vegas were founded in
Grand Rapids, Michigan , where vocalist Joel Ferguson and guitarist Pete Dunning first began playing together. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0vfuxqtjldde~T5 Papa Vegas] atAllmusic ] Dunning and Ferguson soon parted ways, and Ferguson played under the name "Papa Vegas" with a variety of other musicians. After playing with Papa Vegas at a battle of the bands competition, he was heard byBrian Vander Ark , then lead singer ofThe Verve Pipe , who signed them to his Sid Flips label and produced their debut, "Grounded". Dunning then returned to the group, and Force and Stefanski joined; Sid Flips was folded into RCA, and the group was set up withDon Gilmore to produce their next album.Tom Lord-Alge mixed the result was released as "Hello Vertigo " in April 1999. All songs on the album were written by Joel Fergusion with the exception of "Sermon Underground", which was co-written by Joel Ferguson and Pete Dunning. Their biggest hit single was "Bombshell", which peaked at #20 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1999. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0vfuxqtjldde~T5 Billboard Singles] , Allmusic.com] Following the album's release, they toured with the Verve Pipe, but the full-length did not sell well, and no further hit singles followed; the group split up around 2000.Personnel
*Joel Ferguson - Vocals, Guitars
*Pete Dunning - Backup Vocals, Guitars
*Mick Force - Bass Guitar
*Scott Stefanski - Drums, Backing VocalsDiscography
*"Grounded" - 1997, Sid Flips
*"Hello Vertigo" - 1999,RCA Records
*#Something Wrong - 3:00
*#Bombshell - 3:59
*#Super Telepathy - 3:37
*#Mesmerized - 3:46
*#Long Days - 4:17
*#Reason Without Meaning - 4:37
*#No Destination - 3:51
*#Beautiful Animal - 2:58
*#Through To You - 3:07
*#Sermon Underground - 3:53
*#On Your Own - 3:53
*#Resolve - 4:13References
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