Our lead vocalist, Nate Beck, first met Steven Adler when Nate was teaching at School of Rock in Hollywood. Steven Adler, along with a few other well-known rock stars, and School of Rock were performing at the Henry Fonda Theatre for an episode of the TV show “Sober House.” Nate and other School of Rock employees were called into service as guitar and drum techs, extras in the crowd for the TV show, and whatever else was needed to make the event successful. Though Nate is Black Velvet …

MOTLEY CRUE said it best in their song, “Time For Change” Change Now it’s time for change Nothing stays the same Now it’s time for change So if you’ve been wondering what’s going on with Black Velvet Deluxe, here’s the scoop…it’s OUR time for change. Josh is enjoying success with his two other bands. Sal is focused on his other band. Carlos is leading a new project. And Nate is re-building Black Velvet Deluxe. The first new member to join the band …

We were first introduced to these rules by David Hazan, The Bizmo, at the New Music Seminar in Los Angeles in February 2010.  We chuckled when he flashed them on the screen.  Little did we know then how frequently we'd refer back to them.  So we thought we'd share a little inside humor with you. Here then, are the Rules We Live By. • Though shalt email thy fans, religiously. • Though shalt remember the Sabbath (and also the Zeppelin, the Purple and the Guns N Roses). …

Thanks to all who came out and partied with us at the Brixton on Friday. We had a great time.  Hope you did too. I gotta do a few “shout outs” before I tell you about our Most Excellent Adventure.  Whitney – you run a great club. It’s cool how you help your staff out when they need it, worked the crowd and make everyone feel welcome. Thanks for making us feel so welcome on our first night playing with you. Sound Guys – you fuckin’ rock. Every club says they …

I'm sure you've seen the trailers for the film " Get Him To The Greek" from the producers of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."  You know the premise - the agent needs to get the horny rock star (played by Russell Brand) from London back to L.A. in time to play a gig.  The movie chronicles the activities along the way.  But once Brand is back in L.A. a concert errupts.  Black Velvet Deluxe is proud to announce that a close friend of the band, Lenny J., front man for the …

Man are we stoked! We just finalized our licensing agreements for summer TV shows and some of our favorite shows are on the list. MTV was really good to us this season, licensing our music for six of their shows, including one of Nate’s favorite; skateboarder Rob Dyrdek’s show. “I’ve been watching Rob’s show since it was ‘Rob and Big’ back in the day,” said Nate. “With Meaty the bulldog and Mini the horse. I’m honored that his producers have …

This contest to win a record deal with Slash has seemed like an eternity.  It started Feb 1 but I think we got on board at the end of Feb/beginning of March.  It ends this coming Saturday, May 15. So far we've had 1265 contest views 1417 audio plays and our "Buzz Factor" is currently sitting at 90.31 According to the rules, "the bands with the highest combination of fan votes and ranking are personally reviewed by Slash and Mike Clink, a winner is chosen and awarded one of the …

It's odd how life brings people together - and we usually don't even question it.  This is one of those stories. We have a fan named Hunter Dunn. Hunter's been with us since the beginning - even before the band had a name.  We first came to know Hunter when we held an online contest to offer up band names to consider and then we asked fans to vote on the final names.  Every now and then Hunter checks in to let us know what's going on. Today was one of those days.  Only this time, it …

VH1 and School of Rock Music hooked up last fall to do a concert that would be a part of the Sober House season finale this year.  Nate, a graduate of School of Rock and friend of School of Rock Music Director Carl Restivo, was asked to come help out  during the filming. Setting up gear, guitar tech'ing for the stars, whatever was needed to prepare for the filming.   If you don't know Nate personally, he's just an all-around nice guy. He'll help anyone with anything. He isn't one of …

Check it out....Do you know iLike.com?  There are so many music sites out there, how does anyone stay on top of all of 'em. And a lot of 'em are just like others so why bother. But we just found this one - iLike.com that we like. Guess that means it's a good name for the site, huh? Anyway, check it out and see what you think.  Ya, you can listen to music on the site, but you can hook up with other fans of the bands you love. And we're now addicted to one of their apps. Do you ever watch that TV …