News Headlines

“The most promising band of 2008! GET VEGAS leave heavy grooves and vibes, much like the band FREE did in the late 60s, with songs in your mind and soul, not easily erased. That's for sure!”
All Right Now, Official Free and Official Bad Company websites

Few young bands have embraced classic rock as fully as Get Vegas. This band are a godsend for rock fans who are tired of hearing the same old crap that is currently bombarding the airwaves. Get Vegas are real rock and roll. Rock music that is filled with immense warmth and passion. Dripping with a fierceness of a band that is laying it all on the line. These guys are very, very, damn good”
All Access Magazine

It’s not very often that a band comes along with a sound and energy like this; the last being the late 60’s when a young band called Free arrived, followed a few years later by the legendary Bad Company.

Thirty-five years or so later and here are Get Vegas, a young band influenced heavily by the late 60’s and early 70’s British blues boom yet adding a modern day twist to the sound, making rock sound as fresh and alive as it did back then while taking and developing the sound into the 21st century

Since their debut in August 2006, Get Vegas have rapidly built up a huge following, helped along by having tracks placed on the All Right Now website – the official website of rock legends Free and Bad Company

The band also received the distinction of winning the 2006 Insangel Enigma Battle of the Bands followed in 2007 by winning the Red Bull Sponsored Battle of the Bands.

August 2007 saw the band play Main Stage at the Bulldog Festival (Europe’s’ biggest bike festival) along side bands such as Status Quo and the Damned.

September saw the band record their debut 4 track EP containing tracks: “Burning Soul”, “Lying Dreams”, “Nobody Else” and “Love Hound”

In January 2008 the track “Lying Dreams” featured on the Classic Rock cover CD - “Bands You Need To Hear In 2008”. It has generated an amazing reaction from fans and the media with consequent radio plays and press in Europe and the US and a stream of fans desperate to get hold of more material.

Letters followed in the February edition of Classic Rock raving about the track “Lying Dreams” and a full-page feature went out in the March issue.

The band was invited out to Sweden in April for 2 x gigs in Stockholm. Their 4-track demo was picked up by national radio station Rock Klassiker who began playing the track. The band featured live on the morning drive-time show hosted by Ian Haugland (Europe) and played 2 x acoustic tracks plus. Both concerts sold out.

The band featured in Guitarist Magazine in April in the Modern Vintage feature.

May 08 sees the band on tour with the legendary Bad Company 2008 followed by a return visit to Sweden in June and then back to the UK for more dates.

Get Vegas are:

Vocals: Jonny Cole, age 20
Influences: Steve Marriott, Paul Rogers, Rod Stewart, Tom Waits, Jason Mraz, Nizlopi and John Mayer

Guitar: Ric Gingell, age 18
Influences: Cactus, Thin Lizzy and Humble Pie and Joe Bonamassa

Bass: Adam Laing, age 20
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Savoy Brown, White Stripes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Raconteurs

Drums: Martin Saint age 20
Influences: The Beatles, Leslie West Band, Humble Pie and Feeder.

Get Vegas

Press & Radio Quotes / Reviews

“There’s a soulful purity to Jonny Cole’s vocals that is very Paul Rogers, and with the focused groove of 18-year-old guitarist Gingell it all ads up to something that’s going somewhere special, and we want to follow”
Guitarist Magazine

“…we never received this many raving emails after having a new unknown band in the studio. It seems like everybody just loves the lads.”
Ian Haugland (Rock Klassiker, Sweden)

“The sound of Classic Rock is coming back and it’s almost better than the original Classic Rock. Get Vegas really have a lot going on and you’re going to hear more about it as it progresses. I’m calling it the New-Wave of British Classic Rock…lets see if that catches on.”
Adam Hartmann (Bottom40 Rock Show Jacksonville, Florida)

Get Vegas are a tasty little treat from Middlesbrough, England. As we’ve said before, never underestimate an EP – sometimes four songs is enough. Like American Minor, these well-toned and highly skilled Brits are out to strut their influences and maybe land a few fans of their own along the way. No debut, Get Vegas are listening to their Dad’s Humble Pie/Free/Bad Company collection. The riffs are incredibly well structured – frantic yet subtle, catchy but not overdone. “Sweet Honey” exposes us to Ric Gingell’s Allman Bros guitar tone with Martin Saint’s heavy footing the bass drum. Jonny Cole’s soulful voice sounds much older than its 19-years breathing maturity and emotion into the hook-filled lyrics. By the time the laser gets to the Bad Company-inspired “Burning Soul” the whole stereo is rocking’ at full volume. Textured guitar rides the funky groove laid down by Adam Laing, who is certainly a protégé of Andy Fraser’s strutting bass walk. “What Did Your Mama Tell You” is nuts-and-bolt Free set in a mid-tempo swamp and boasting a mammoth signature riff. The song comes complete with bass solos between verses and a churning, breathtaking solo. Not a band to sit too comfortably in the past, they quickly bring their sound up to date with full-throttle hard rock and a cracking production. Check out “Gypsy Lane” (on their myspace page) for proof. Seeped in the blues with a distorted - almost stoner element, the track lumbers along keeping pace with a gruff ZZ Top/Savoy Brown lick. For kids under twenty playing old school rock this good…dude, four songs is enough.
Todd Smith (The Cutting Edge)

“A performance rarely seen from a band so young! An amazing live band with style, charisma and professionalism. Get Vegas are definitely a band to watch out for.”
Orchid Promotions

"These guys drip attitude like sweat and can pin you to the ground with guitars sounding like Hendrix being played by Jimmy Page."
Ten Feet Tall Promotions

“These are four guys who barely look old enough to be allowed into the venue never mind play its stage, but who deliver Rock ‘n’ Roll with all the energy of youth. The band really impressed me once again and with Jonny Cole they have found a gold mine in his vocal talent.”
Mayfair Mallzine

“You need to think: Cream, Deep Purple, The Datsuns, Free, Kings of Leon, Led Zeppelin, Reef, Thin Lizzy, to get this pure rock sound guys, a rarity in this day and age.”
Half Cut Promotions

Website: www.myspace.com/getvegas