Neon Venus

Neon Venus is an alternative rock band with great rhythms and melodies, and bilingual songs.  Their main members are Peter Valentino and Lissette Napoleoni and they play with a fantastic band:  Thamar, JR and Luke.

Through the years, the band has evolved and become many other things as well, mainly due to their love of music and the arts.

Besides creating the Neon Venus Art Theatre with locations in Las Vegas and Hollywood, Neon Venus has created:

Neon Venus Arts  (a non-profit organization for children’s productions and film/music festivals)

Neon Venus Art Gallery (a gallery within the theatre featuring local, regional and national art)

Neon Venus Music (the website of the band Neon Venus) http://www.neonvenusmusic.com

Neon Venus  Entertainment (a booking agency for Neon Venus and acts playing at the Neon Venus Art Theatre.  It is also a production company featuring the film work of the Neon Venus Art Theatre). http://www.neonvenusentertainment.com

Lissette.biz  (Lissette’s website featuring her classes-photo-film-marketing)  http://www.lissette.biz

Glamnation: Making Art In Sin City:   http://www.glamnationdoc.com   Documentary under production.

 

Songs and Videos:
our myspace website
our videos, our youtube website

Billboard, Rolling Stone, VH1 and AOL link:
Billboard.com (Neon Venus bio)
Rolling Stone (CD compilation to benefit tsunami survivors)
VH1 and Neon Venus
AOL Music and Neon Venus

Buy Neon Venus Music:
Walmart Online Store
Best Buy Online Independent Music Section
Buy Neon Venus CD ‘The Birth of Neon Venus’ at CD Baby’
Buy Neon Venus CD ‘Slip Into Rhythm’ at CD Baby’
Buy Neon Venus CD ‘Irrestible’ at CDBaby
Neon Venus and Itunes
Napster and Neon Venus
Amazon and Neon Venus

NEON VENUS BIOGRAPHY

Neon Venus creates a mix of original, dance/rock music with Anglo and Latin sounds and rhythms.
In 2008, Neon Venus opened the ‘Neon Venus Art Theatre’ in Las Vegas, as a home for their music and shows, and as an outlet of artistic expression for fellow artists.  In 2009, Neon Venus opened a second performance space/school on Melrose, Hollywood.

- In 2007, two songs from their latest CD “Irresistible” were pre-nominated for the 49th Annual Grammys in two categories: “Best Record of the Year” and “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal”.

- In 2006, MTV Español (USA) aired Neon Venus’ latest video for their song “Irresistible”. The video features underwater singing sequences and shows off Lissette’s background as a national representative in synchronized swimming for Puerto Rico at the Pan Am games.

- Three other Neon Venus music videos (Beso a Beso, Step Into My Island, and Volveremos) have aired on MTV Español, VHUno (Latin VH1- USA) and/or MTV Puerto Rico. “Beso a Beso” first aired on MTV Español in 2003.

- In 2005, MTV Español aired Neon Venus’ self-directed rockumentary based on their tour of Europe, which included cities in Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt and the Sinai.

- Many tracks from their records have received college and internet airplay in the US, as well as on commercial stations and shows like Rodney on the Rock, on KROQ 106.7 FM in Los Angeles.

- So far, Neon Venus’ original songs have been on many compilations and self-released records.  Compilations include one to benefit tsunami victims (check it out at Rolling Stone.com), and others for top Latin rock magazine “Boom!”.

- Neon Venus has released three CDs: “Irresistible” (2006) a bilingual double CD, with one disc containing songs mostly in English, and the other with songs mostly in Spanish, and two previous CDs, “Slip Into Rhythm/Cae En El Ritmo” (2002) and “The Birth of Neon Venus” (1999).

- Neon Venus members are: Lissette Napoleoni—Puerto Rican born and raised lead singer, and Peter Valentino—lead guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals. JR plays bass, Luke drums and Thamar plays percussion.

More great Neon Venus links:
CMT
Promo Only
Glamnation
All Music and Neon Venus
Wikipedia and Neon Venus

Bands we like (and more to come):
Siouxsie Sioux

Friends:
Attagirl Records and Neon Venus
Open Vegas

Neon Venus REVIEWS:
Muse’s Muse

Our new site is  http://www.neonvenustheatre.com/