Vega4

來自英國倫敦的Vega4，由來自愛爾蘭的主唱John McDaid，貝斯Gavin Fox，加拿大的鼓手Bryan McLellan和新西蘭的吉他手Bruce Gainsford。四人在倫敦生活時通過共同的朋友介紹而結(jié)識，組建樂隊也是因為大家都有共同的音樂愛好，來自五湖四海自然各自受到的音樂影響各異，照Johnny自己的話說“我們的音樂是難以描述的，唱片中蘊含了太多元素和影響”。
他們真正證明自身價值的作品是單曲You And Me，出自專輯《You And Others》，呈現(xiàn)了Vega4最顯明的音樂基調(diào)，善心悅目的吉他和弦配上堅定有力的演唱，牢牢勾起了對于愉悅聽覺的憧憬。Vega4同Jackknife Lee基于專輯《You And Others》的合作開始于2006年，對于樂隊來說這是次值得紀念的經(jīng)歷，Lee全身心地投入樂隊唱片制作，專輯花了9個月完成，Johnny感慨萬千“和Lee合作太美妙了，他努力讓我們把注意力放在廣義的音樂世界，開拓了我們對于音樂的展望，突破內(nèi)省的作風(fēng)，讓我們感受到了音樂無處不在。”
故事的結(jié)尾就是Vega4帶著他們醒目上進的音樂來到了我們面前，Johnny清醒地堅持道“我們覺得沒有必要隱藏在技術(shù)進步的背后，或是為了迎合時尚創(chuàng)作附和，對我們來說最重要的是通過歌曲和人們形成種聯(lián)系，不能刻意苛求，制作專輯是讓我享受在細節(jié)中找尋美麗的過程。”
 
by Stewart Mason
 
Part of the relentlessly polite school of dad rock that flowered in Great Britain after Coldplay (think Muse, Snow Patrol, Travis, etc.), Vega4 is based in London, although of the band's original lineup, only bassist Simon Walker was an actual Englishman. The rest of Vega4 migrated into London from the colonies: lead guitarist Bruce Gainsford is from New Zealand, drummer Bryan McLellan is from Canada, and lead singer Johnny McDaid is from Derry, Northern Ireland, where as a teenager he took guitar lessons from local legend John O'Neill of the Undertones and That Petrol Emotion. Flatmates McDaid and Walker formed Vega4 in 1999, adding Gainsford and McLellan through mutual friends. The nascent band signed with indie label Taste Media in 2000, setting up distribution deals with Capitol Records in the U.S. and Festival Mushroom in Australia for their 2001 debut EP, Caterpillar, and the follow-up full-length, Satellites. Despite heavy touring and promotion, the album was not a success, and Vega4 went into a period of dormancy while extricating themselves from their various contracts. In 2006, a slightly revised lineup of Vega4 (with Walker replaced by former Idlewild bassist Gavin Fox) signed with Columbia Records in the U.K. and Epic Records in the U.S., which promoted the single "You and Me" somewhat disingenuously as the band's debut. The following single, "Life Is Beautiful," gained exposure through its use in episodes of the TV series Gray's Anatomy and One Tree Hill. Vega4's second album, You and Others, was released in the fall of 2006 in the U.K. and the summer of 2007 in the U.S.