Straight from the heart of Silicon Valley, Walter Campbell and Tré Retter started NVS in 1999 as a two-piece after school special. In particular, they specialized in writing songs and compiling four track recordings in the Green Room. In 2003 NVS was "born again" with Jordan Schwarz, proceeded by the afterbirths of Kyle Lester and collaborator-turned-permanent member Micah Turney in 2005 and 2007, respectively.
The band has now come full circle, consisting of a talented and entertaining young group of music lovers and musicians who blend their various influences together to create a sound that pushes the boundaries of typical genre classification and words that strive to help you think, feel, and question rather than simply smile, nod, and disengage.
Their live sound is a lude liaison between punk, alternative, metal, pop, noise, and rock n' roll: think Ween's Chocolate & Cheese meets Slayer's Reign in Blood. Tired of bands who simply run through the motions with the same stale routine while simultaneously disrespecting their audience, NVS does their part to make every show a unique experience that even hecklers find difficult to forget.
Rather than standing pat with any one kind of musical or performance art, NVS enjoys the challenge of reviving the spirit of "alternative" music, changing themselves without losing their soul while always playing their hearts out for anyone taking the time to listen. Their newest release, Save California (2011), fulfills the band's mission and promise more emphatically than any record they have released to date.
NVS looks forward to doing whatever they can to make your Bay Area music scene a little more candid, conscious, and uncomfortable.
NOTE: NVS does NOT advocate or endorse racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, the alignment between church and state, and (most) illegal substances.
Here's what people are saying about NVS:
"The group plays that witty, fast, irreverent and smart music that sticks in your head refuses to leave, like an aural squatter claiming eminent domain."
--Ryan Osterbeck, Metro Silicon Valley
"The musicianship is of a high grade.the lyrics and vocals make me want to shoot myself.there is hope for the future."
--Johnathon Gallienne, Punk United
".the band has taken everything every other band has done and twisted it into something we've never experienced."
--Michael Aldax, Bay Area Band Militia
"you stole your name from another band in the '80s.You are NOT original in the least."--Audrey Jane, Myspace user
ALBUMS
Music To $hop To (2010)
Silicon Valley Modern Suicide (2005)
Something Green (2001)
Traditional Hippie Culture [demo] (2000)
RADIO/TV APPEARANCES
103.3 FM KSCU (Santa Clara, CA)
Art Institute (San Francisco, CA)
KMVT Community Television (Mountain View, CA)
NVS
P.O. Box 2661
Cupertino, CA 95015
Contact: withsympathy@gmail.com (Walter)
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NVS performing "Amphetamine Housewife" at C&J's on May 26, 2007. Video: Cole Yacco.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGRHZ1oI07I
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