The Tour Bus Music Show – Episode# 29 – Interview with Steven “Ven” Berez Of Venrez

Summary: Please scroll down to the end of this post to hear the podcast! On this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show T. Mic talks with Steven “Ven” Berez, lead vocalist and founder of Los Angeles’s own, Venrez. In their discussion Ven shares the story of the inception of the band and its evolution into its current line up. He also shares about the back to the roots way that the band recorded their newest full length album “Sell The Lie”.  The band recorded the entire album in just matter of days using the tried and true method of recording the band live and tracking most all tracks at once, with the exception of vocals. Laced throughout the interview we feature several songs from “Sell The Lie”Including “Karma”, the title track “Sell The Lie”,  a haunting cover of Steve Winwood’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”, and “My Only Light” (the c;ip featured in the beginning of the interview is “Melting”).  Ven gives us a behind the scences look at their recent tour with Fuel and talks about their upcoming tour dates in June 2012 with the legendary shock-rocker, Alice Cooper. Their  current  tour schedule is listed below: Current Tour Schedule As Of June 10, 2012 VENREZ in Charleston, SC North Charleston, South Carolina With Alice Cooper Monday,  June 11, 2012 at 8:00pm North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center VENREZ in Knoxville, TN Knoxville, Tennessee With Alice Cooper Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 8:00pm Tennessee Theatre VENREZ in Dayton, OH Kettering, Ohio With Alice Cooper Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 6:30pm Fraze Pavilion VENREZ in Kansas City, MO Kansas City, Missouri With Alice Cooper Friday, June 15, 2012 at 7:00pm The Midland VENREZ in St. Louis, MO Saint Louis, Missouri With Alice Cooper Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 7:00pm The Pageant VENREZ in Burlington, IA Burlington, Iowa With Alice Cooper Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 5:00pm Burlington Steamboat Days VENREZ in Louisville, KY Louisville, Kentucky With Alice Cooper Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 7:00pm Iroquois Amphitheater VENREZ in Raleigh, NC Raleigh, North Carolina Friday, June 22, 2012 at 7:30pm Raleigh Downtown Ampitheater VENREZ in New Haven, CT New Haven, Connecticut With Fuel Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 7:00pm Toad's Place VENREZ in Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach, New Hampshire With Fuel Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 7:00pm Wally's Pub VENREZ in Uncasville, CT Uncasville, Connecticut Acoustic Show Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7:00pm Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville CT VENREZ in Rochester, NY Rochester, New York With Fuel Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 5:30pm Main Street Armory Venrez Live with Junkyard!!! West Hollywood, California With Junkyard Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 12:30am The Whiskey VENREZ in Weed, CA Weed, California Sunday, August 5, 2012 4&20 Blackbird Music Festival   After the tours Venrez still has quite a bit going on throughout 2012. The band is already well into recording their next album and more tours are being planned as we speak. Listening to the album previous to the interview “Sell The Lie” while being reminecient of the kind of straight forward music that has  always been great to listen to when you just want to rock, it also has traces of influences of great rock bands such as the Rolling Stones and Alice In Chains .  In the end, the album sounds great and serves as a reminder that rock is alive and well in 2012. You can check out the bands news, touring schedules and purchase Venrez’s album “Sell The Lie” and some merch to boot at their web site: www.venreztheband.com