Straight Outta Hoboken - Andrew Vincent and The Pirates

Andrew Vincent has been converting the doubtful with his brand of frank, simple narratives and witty wordplay since he started laying songs to tape years back as a student at Waterloo. As enthusiasm grew for his songs, AV began playing out in local cafés and such, and before long, To Thine hit the streets on cassette. As popularity for the cassette grew, To Thine found its way to disc while AV made the move to the Capital City and began preaching to the people with voice and five-string guitar. With time, AV longed to rock and thus steered toward electric tendencies, enlisting various Ottawa ne'er-do-wells as his backing bands.

The Pirates were soon formed, with the late Ian Tolton (now Bryan Curry) on bass and Scott Terry on the traps, breathing new life into the Ottawa rock scene. During their tenure in Ottawa, the Pirates became known as one of the city's best, igniting dance floors and singalongs with an arsenal of modern classics. The Pirates dropped I Love the Modern Way in the summer of '04, their most focused rock collection to date. "Martha" and "Bahamas" dole out the kind of anthemic rock that the Pirates are praised for in the Capital; "Good Time" and "Cover It Up" prove that AV is still a lyrical master.

AV is now living in Toronto, working on a PhD and a slew of new songs. He'll be playing all over into 2007, and promises a new album by late spring. Keep up to the minute on AV happenings by visiting his MySpace page! Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.