Judah Nagler is the singer for The Velvet Teen, an Indie/Baroque Pop band from Santa Rosa in Northern California. He was born on June 19, 1980.
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Career
Tin Circus
Previous to his work with The Velvet Teen, Judah sang and played bass in the California ska band "Tin Circus". [1]
The Secret Band and The Velvet Teen
After a stint in a band called Little Tin Frog, Judah and bandmate Logan Whitehurst wrote several songs together in secret, writing under the moniker The Secret Band. After releasing a demo as The Secret Band on Mp3.com they were joined by Josh Staples of The Wunder Years. The new line up took the name Judah had been using for his electronic side project, The Velvet Teen. The Velvet Teen are currently active.
Atair
Atair is the current working title of Judah's electronic side-project. The yet-to-be released debut album has been in the works since 2003.
Judah and Daniel
Released one song on west-coast indie sampler Translation Music Volume 2, called All The Rest Are for You.
Contributions
Has contributed to several projects including including Denver Dalley's Intamural and Neverending White Lights.
Producing
The Velvet Teen's Elysium, GyzmKid, and Cum Laude!
Discography
As The Velvet Teen:
- Comasynthesis EP (March 2000)
- The Great Beast February EP (February 2001)
- Immortality EP (November 2001)
- Out Of The Fierce Parade (March 19, 2002)
- Plus, Minus, Equals (The Great Beast February And Comasynthesis) (July 16, 2002)
- Out Of The Fierce Parade (Japanese Version) (June 4, 2003)
- Elysium (Japanese Version) (May 22, 2004)
- Elysium (July 20, 2004)
- Secrets Safe, A Buried Box (Japanese Only Compilation CD) (October 29, 2004)
- Elysium (Double 10" Vinyl) (June 16, 2005)
- Seven Eight, Bass Harmonic, and Leave Sweet Jean Alone (three songs released on Aviary sound track) (2005)
- The Velvet Teen/Sin in Space split 7" (2005)
- One song on the soundtrack for Lurking in Suburbia (2006)
- GyzmKid EP (May 9, 2006)
- Cum Laude! (Japanese Version) (June 28, 2006)
- Cum Laude! (July 25, 2006)
Various Projects and Contributions:
- Tin Circus, Picture This (1998)
- Little Tin Frog, Brilliant Ideas (1998)
- Little Tin Frog, Enetophobia. (1999)
- The Secret Band, Special Little Devil, released on mp3.com. (1999)
- Judah and Daniel All The Rest Are For You . (Translation Music vol. 2)
- Contributed to an album by label-mates The Roots of Orchis as Atair: "Orkid" on the album Crooked Ceilings. (2004)
- Return our Lives Featuring Judah on vocals. Recorded for Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies, a collaborative album put out by Neverending White Lights, a Daniel Victor project.(2005)
- Additional vocals on Menos el Oso, an album by Minus the Bear. (April 23, 2005)
- Vocals on "Queens of Comparison" for album This is a Landslide by label mates Intramural.
Trivia
- In the December/January 2005 issue of ELLE girl magazine, Judah was voted as one of the "50 Hottest Rockers."
References
External links
- http://www.thevelvetteen.com/ The Velvet Teen Official Website
- http://www.slowdance.com/ Slowdance Records
- http://www.tincircus.com/ Tin Circus
- The Velvet Teen at the Internet Movie Database
Source: http://www.slowdance.com
