WOW, what a weekend

Dear Everyone Who Came Out to the Red and the Black For Our Show Last Night,

You guys kick ass. We had an awesome time, and we enjoyed your company oh, so greatly. We'd love to do it again with you ... that came out wrong.
Oh wait, we can have a ripping time at the Red and the Black soon! We'll be playing there February 19th with Nary the Flounder and Born Empty. I think it'll be pretty tits; if you can make it, we'd all be stoked.
We'll also be playing at Comet Ping Pong in NWDC in March, on Friday the 13th (ooooooo spooky) with Verse the Tempest and The Blue Line. The Blue Line are sick, Verse the Tempest puts on one heck of a show, and you love us, so, duh. This one's an all-ages show, so you can bring ANYONE you like! It'll be sweet, and they have bitchin' pizzas there.
So, thank you guys again for coming out to see us last night. You're the reason we're successful -- yeah, maybe we work hard to write fun songs for you to hear, but it's you guys who hear us and bring your friends into the flock of fans that make our shows fun and exciting. Our hats are off to you.
So spread the word, let people know how much fun it is to hang out with DeVille for a night and listen to music like they've never heard. The more the merrier, right?

Love,
DeVille (the band)
http://www.myspace.com/devilletheband

P.S. Remember, no matter where you're going to a show, tell them DeVille sent you!

Poster, TAPS

Here's a poster for our upcoming shows, based on Shepard Fairey's famous Obama posters.  Spread it around, get viral with it!  Support local soul rock!

Also, we're proud to announce that we'll be playing at the TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) 15th Annual National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp at the Gaylord National Hotel just outside of Washington, D.C.

TAPS does a lot to help the widows/widowers and children of fallen service members, and we are proud to be a part of what they do for military families.

News: Jan 21 2009

We have a new President, new gigs and it's a new year. So here's what's up with DeVille!

We have a band house now, similar to the Real World: Brooklyn except we're not a bunch of fame-hungry a-holes with little/no talent or redeeming value as humans. Hot damn, that was harsh. Good way to start a Wednesday!

We all attended Inauguration yesterday, which was amazing. Check out Ian and Eleena's personal blogs for first-person accounts.

Ms. Gordon started a new job, which makes life MUCH easier on us. Rent money is bueno. She seems to really like her job, and she's a recruiter, so maybe she can get Ian and Eleena out of their crappy jobs now that Inauguration 2009 is over. She's writing songs like crazy, so much that Ian's struggling to keep up with all of her new lyrics. Apparently on the National Mall, a People magazine photographer had an impromptu photo shoot with her. If we get to name-drop ourselves in People...holy shit that'd be wicked tight.

Trevor is recovering from eye surgery. Last I heard, his bubble was down to the size of a pea. As of today he's back to work, which is great -- like I said before, rent money is BUENO.

Patches was sick for a bit, but now he's recovering, and won't miss practice. Hooray! Patches has made amazing headway into our set, learning/developing/writing his own parts through the full set in only a few weeks. And now we're making him learn new songs. What dicks we are. We're really looking forward to having Patches at shows, so we can fully flex our rock'n'roll muscle.

Ian spent yesterday on the Inaugural parade route, trying to squeeze a story from arguably one of the least interesting areas to be in during the ceremony. But some bangin' photos came out of it, so, whatever. Ian will be taking part in the Future of Music Coalition's DC Policy Day, a forum where the music industry's "middle class" (those of us that are trying to make music a career but aren't rich and famous) can discuss emerging technologies, the state of the music industry and the future of music in terms of government policy, artists' rights, etc. with industry and government leaders.

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New Show Dates

Since we've been gone, we recruited ex-professional wrestler Patches Mitchell to play bass for us.  We've also wrangled up some shows!  Exciting, yes?  Yes!

January 31, 8 p.m., $7

Penguins in the Igloo

1065 Maiden Choice Lane

Arbutus, MD (just outside Baltimore)

with Verse the Tempest, Gist and Vasudeva

February 7, 8 p.m., $8

The Red and the Black

1212 H St. NE

Washington, DC

with Verse the Tempest, Gist and Eat it Raw

February 19, 8 p.m., $6

The Red and the Black

1212 H St. NE

Washington, DC

with Cactus's, Born Empty and Nary the Flounder

The YouTubes

Here are our musical numbers from Connect Mason's "Talks With Tier."  God that was fun.  Thanks a bunch to Tier and Natalia and Co. for shooting us and getting us ready for viral status.

Screaming:

City Girl:

Oh God!

Well it's been far far far too long since I've posted anything here.  So here's the news.  I'll put up some fresh photos later tonight, if time allows.

-- We've moved into a house in dirty D.C.!  Well, Gabby and Trevor and Eleena (our photographer) have moved in.  Ian will be moving in as soon as he's not a broke-ass fool living in his mom's house.  We had Thanksgiving there with a bunch of friends and family.  Good times for all!

-- We have a bass player!  Everybody make Patches Mitchell feel at home.  Just because he's a pescetarian doesn't mean he isn't awesome.  You should see the bass he plays.  Whooooo billy it's tits!

-- You may have seen us featured on Connect2Mason.com's "Talks with Tier."  Thanks a million to Tier and Natalia and Co. for having us on your show, it was too fun.  Check us out by clicking here!  Featured on the show are two of our previously unrecorded songs, "City Girl" and "Screaming" (should be posted soon).

-- Ian just farted and it kind of stinks.

-- Trevor had an old injury come back to haunt him.  A while back, he got hit in the eye with a paintball.  After lots of rocking and rolling, he managed to detach his retina.  He's had surgery, but he's stuck with an eyepatch and bandages for now.  Too bad our bass player came pre-equipped with the nickname "Patches," it makes it a lot harder to come up with nicknames for Trevor.  (In an amusing coincidence, Patches also hurt his eye and had a patch on for a while.  So our rhythm section was functioning with two good eyes and two great eye patches.)

-- We want to play YOUR parties.  Shoot an e-mail our way if you're hosting a holiday bash, we'll give it the punch it needs... whether its the kind of punch we slipped a handle of vodka into or the kind of punch that makes your nose bleed.

Rocktoberfest 2008

Hey!  Yeah, you!  Guess what?

DeVille is headlining this year's Rocktoberfest!

It's going to be at The Barking Dog, on Elm Street (just off Wisconsin, 2 blocks from the Bethesda metro station) in Bethesda, MD.  The doors will open at 8 p.m., tickets are $8 apiece.

Also performing are Alexis George, Temporary Basement and Manises.  It's sure to be a ass-kicking, rocking and rolling good time for all!

There's much more information here.

We're wicked stoked!