BIOGRAPHY It seems no one on Earth is even attempting to do what Lordd Virgil has done. Hailing from Flint, MI, a city the Wall Street Journal calls "The Most Dangerous City in America", what other unsigned songwriter and performer is billing themselves as a solo artist in the band-infested rock genre?
By taking a name that was given to him as an insult in high school, Lordd Virgil has parlayed his post-modern-grunge genre of Shop-Rock into a world-wide underground phenomenon. Without any help from a label, management, or financial backing of any sort, Lordd Virgil has already accomplished more than most bands ever hope.
* The video for the new song Flint Michigan has become a viral You Tube hit that has been seen nearly 45,000 times in more than 60 countries.
* He's recently shared the stage with Sponge, Jackyl, Anew Revolution, American Idol finalist Amanda Overmyer, Steel Panther and Hollywood Roses.
* He's garnered substantial press including CBS TV, USA Today, National Public Radio, Guitar International Magazine, The Detroit Free Press, The Dallas Morning News and the San Francisco Chronicle.
* He was a featured songwriter-of-the-week in American Songwriter magazine, a leading newsstand magazine for songwriters.
* He's released three albums. Multi-platinum, award-winning producer John Hughes II (George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelic, David Sanborn, Patti Rothberg) produced the most recent album from which the single "Tip of My Tongue" garnered airplay throughout Europe and became a top-ten hit in Milan.
* He has released a new single "Flint, Michigan" this month that was recorded and engineered by Andy Patalan (Sponge, Throttlebody)
* Last month, he headlined a sold-out festival of 25 bands.
While the music industry (or whats left of it) continues to watch Lordd Virgil from the sidelines, he continuously delivers the show and the sounds that the masses are clearly craving. While staying honest to his KISS, Alice Cooper, Ozzy, and AC/DC roots, fans say that they hear the next generation of their favorite bands in Lordd Virgil including Seether, Silverchair, Foo Fighters, Avenged Seven Fold, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, and even Prince.
Lordd Virgil is exactly whats missing from todays rock scene. Weather the industry knows it or not makes no difference. The rock fans know.
