The Vitamen have been playing together since high school. They weren't in the same band in high school but they were friends and did play together. Now, a few years later, Jesse Blockton, Matt Hyams & Dave "Roz" Rozner have come to their senses and r [+]The Vitamen have been playing together since high school. They weren't in the same band in high school but they were friends and did play together. Now, a few years later, Jesse Blockton, Matt Hyams & Dave "Roz" Rozner have come to their senses and reunited to form New York City's groundbreaking rock trio The Vitamen.
Together for only a short time, The Vitamen have already established an audience from Manhattan to Brooklyn & self released their 15 song debut FUN. Their songs, from deeply emotional ballads like "Dramatic" & "I Can't Say It" to the ultra-catchy pop of "Friendfucker" & "The Richer My Dad Gets," are all instantly unmistakable because of their heavy vocal harmonies, unique musical arrangements & what could possibly be considered the new benchmark with which to measure lyrical honesty.
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THE VITAMEN
Sounds Like: Infectious, upbeat hooks like the Kinks; weird, funny lyrics like the Moldy Peaches; deadpan poignancy like Pavement.
Signature Lyric: Was every girl on earth molested or am I just bad in bed?
The Guys: The trio attended high school together in Mamaroneck, New York, where front man Jesse Blockton and bassist Matt Hyams also attended Hebrew School. Eventually they joined up with drummer Dave Rozner “from a rival temple,” says Blockton. Years later they took their sound to Los Angeles, but found California “to suck shit” and returned to New York City. “People get us here,” says Hyams. “LA is more about suicide. New York is more about having fun.”
The Message: The Vitamen have a particular brand of modern masculine obsessive-compulisive insecurity that you can actually sing along to. But they are also so emotionally potent that whether they are playing an unsentimental ballad about the excrutiating quest to protect one’s mother from life’s disappointments ("I'm gonna do everything in my power/to get money to give to you"), or harmonizing about masturbatory anxiety, you find yourself caring improbably deeply.
NY Magazine, Music Issue 2003
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The Vitamen - Catchy downer music and words that ferret out details funnier and more embarrassing than most twentysomething sarcasts are smart enough to notice, much less write songs about.
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