Susan Anway is a musician, writer, and heavy metalsmith. Her work has appeared on Merge, Red Flame (UK), RCA Victor (Japan), Harriett, and Propeller Records, in theater productions at the Nucleo Eclettico Theater, University of Massachusetts, Modern Theater, and Court Repertory Theater, Boston, Time Out New York, The Boston Globe, Boston Rock Magazine, and public sculpture installations in Arizona.

         Arizona 2006 - photo by Jack Andrews

Her band's legendary musical work as Boston's post-punk group V; will soon be available for purchase on iTunes, Napster, and all emusic outlets: street date April 15The album, titled You're A Weapon,  features nine V; tunes and is first in a series of three releases.  Also available at  VeeTone Music, the main site for V; and other projects. Listen to sample mp3s here!  

These recordings were resurrected from the KBD* vaults to provide valuable instruction in music theory and composition, so please: if you use these as ringtones, you're just not getting it - crank it up!!! If it sounds like jet noise, you've gone too far. V; are not responsible for any ringtones you may have in your own ears - official disclaimer.

More on V; in the works:

 Urban Samurai,  a digitally remixed V; DVD featuring live NYC club performances, radio interviews, fotos and lots of V; poster art and other post-punk junk is slated for release in 2007-2008, along with Carnage - V; work - and Nightland's new cuts on an album titled Night Work- new digitally recorded V; and other recent work that has never seen the inside of a studio - so stay current at  VeeTone Music.

* killed by death 

 

        V; at The Underground, Boston MA 1979 - L to R: Joe's hand on Rickenbacker, Susan on whiskey glass, George on guitar - foto by Neal Trousdale.

 

     

V; in Manhattan 1980 - L to R: Joe Cuneo bass & synth, Gary Gogel guitar, George Petcoff guitar & vocals, Matt Burns drums, Susan Anway vocals, various percussion & synth - photographer unknown

 

CDs and singles showcasing Susan's vocal gifts with Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields are available at major emusic retailers, Amazon et al, and Merge Records. Look for her work on the following Magnetic Fields releases:

   Oh, Merge: A Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation 

   The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees

Merge has an ok bio of that band on their website. For more info on Stephin and discography go to his website

 

Current projects under research

The Tucson Lead Crosses - project with Jack Andrews on one of Tucson's most disputed archeological finds - investigation into how respected archeologists may have covered up one of North America's most important discoveries: ancient Roman Hebrew crosses buried in the desert - book/DVD 

Marble Canyon Fastness, South Rim - photo by Jack Andrews

Lost In Plain Sight - Grand Canyon's City of the Dead - project with Jack Andrews on Grand Canyon's most enduring mystery - ancient mummies, huge cave tombs up the walls of Grand Canyon, strange artifacts: mythic underworld, or Canyon prospector's true 1909 discovery - DVD 2008

 

 

       Colorado River, Marble Canyon, South Rim - photo by Jack Andrews

 

V;  and more -  CDs, emusic  and performance DVD w/ interviews, bios, fotos and more in 2007 and 2008.

 

      V; in action - L to R: Susan, Gary, Dakota,  Matt - foto by Neal Trousdale

 

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