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Artist
Vaganza
12+ albums
neo-glamsynthpopglam rocknew romanticneo glam
about
Wallingford and Quigley began formally working on the Vaganza project in late-1991. The duo's launch followed the dissolution of their respective indie groups, Astronaut (band) and Skunk (band). The pair went into seclusion for roughly two years, completely reinventing themselves visually, and developing their sound—a significant departure, both in style and complexity, from their previous ventures—in a New Jersey-based home studio.Their first unoffiicial release was a 1993 demo entitled Are You Willing to Die for Rock 'n' Roll? The elaborately produced recording was completed in October of '93. During the previous spring and summer, Wallingford and Quigley had fully realized their desired individual and combined visual presentation(s). In the months following Are You Willing's recording, the two repeatedly made the rounds, through Manhattan's nightclubs, and various music and/or nightlife oriented events. These social activities were undertaken with the goal of being seen, and circulating the demo to as many people as possible. Among those who ultimately received copies were many of the pair's friends in the music business. In Rolling Stone Magazine's year-end survey of popular musicians, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins named Are You Willing to Die for Rock 'n' Roll? (which he erroneously listed as Are you Ready to Die for Rock 'n' Roll?) as one of his 10 favorite releases of 1993. The impact of these combined efforts proved to be sufficient substitute for Vaganza's t
