Indie Rock Live Music Band

Southampton UK

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About

Picture taken at The Hobbit, Southampton 08/08/08

Self taught musicians with a passion for live music! The Van Jammers formed in 2007 and became one of the South UK's most popular cover bands for hire.

With a diverse set list that included covers of some of the best bands of all time, their line up consisted of five members and a DJ, offering an all-in-one party entertainment package for pubs, clubs, functions, weddings and corporate events.

Lead singer, Taff wrote Beautiful Day which aired on Radio Caroline in November 2009 and was a favourite of their followers.

The band reluctantly ceased gigging in 2011 after nearing 200 performances. Some of the members still jam regularly with other musicians - their tunes can be found in the Trax Library.


Live Recordings
	Covers	Originals

	A-Punk	Beautiful Day
	Away From Here	Champagne Bottles
	Basket Case	Parachutes
	Chasing Cars	Saturday Morning
	Cocaine
	Dakota
	Dreaming of You	Play all tracks More available below
	Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
	Molly's Chambers
	More Life in a Tramp's Vest
	Pork and Beans
	Red Morning Light
	Sex on Fire
	Spitting Games
	Steady as She Goes
	The Bucket
	Times Like These
	We are all on Drugs
	When the Sun Goes Down
	Where is my Mind

Members

Dave D Bass/Vocals	Simon Drums	Pip D Lead Guitar/Vocals	Taff Singer/Rhythm Guitar

Louis DJ Fluff	Mikee Keyboards/Vocals	Ricky Buttons Sound/DJ	Paul Lead Guitar

Venues


Picture taken at The Spinnaker, Southampton, A27	Abbey Hall Beaulieu Road Hotel Holme Farm Lock Stock & Barrel Locks Heath Working Men's Club Locks Heath Sports & Social Club Nautical Nellie's Netley Central Sports & Social Club Netley Sailing Club O'Neils Overton Rugby Club Ravenswood Hospital Red Lion Stanmore Hotel The Anchor & Hope The Big Cheese The Bitterne The Bitterne Park Hotel The Brass Monkey The Bugle The Bush The Coach & Horses The Ferryman	The Fire House The Fleming Arms The Forest Inn The George The Hampshire Yeoman The Hobbit The Holiday Inn The Hop Inn The Irish Bar The Joshua Tree The Manor House The New Inn The New Place The Old Mill The Royal Oak The Shore Inn The Silver Fern The Spinnaker The Swan The Waterfront The Yacht Tavern West End Brewery Winchester Guild Hall

Set List

A-Punk Vampire Weekend

Ain't No Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant

Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet

Away From Here The Enemy

Basket Case Green Day

Beautiful Day The Van Jammers

Brain Stew Green Day

Champagne Bottles The Van Jammers

Chasing Cars Snow Patrol

Cocaine Eric Clapton/JJ Cale

Creeping Up The Back Stairs The Fratellis

Dakota Stereophonics

Demons The Van Jammers

Dreaming of You The Coral

Empty Metric

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Bloodhound Gang

Had Enough The Enemy

Heartbeat Song The Futureheads

I'm Not Sorry Pigeon Detectives

Love Machine Arctic Monkeys

Manhattan Kings of Leon

Molly's Chambers Kings of Leon

Monster The Automatic

More Life In A Tramp's Vest Stereophonics

Moving to New York The Wombats

No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age

On Call Kings of Leon

Parachutes The Van Jammers

Pork and Beans Weezer

Red Morning Light Kings of Leon

Saturday Morning The Van Jammers

Sex on Fire Kings of Leon

Skinned Blind Melon

Spitting Games Snow Patrol

Steady as She Goes The Raconteurs

Take Back the City Snow Patrol

The Bucket Kings of Leon

The Shock of the Lightning Oasis

This is an Emergency Pigeon Detectives

Times Like These Foo Fighters

Use Somebody Kings of Leon

Vertigo U2

Walk Away Ben Harper

Wheels Foo Fighters

We Are All on Drugs Weezer

When the Sun goes Down Arctic Monkeys

Where is my Mind The Pixies

Who's Got A Match Biffy Clyro

Wonderwall Oasis

Guestbook

21/11/2010 Ben McCready	Hi guys, you played at my surprise birthday party yesterday and I just wanted to say I thought you were outstanding. I've got a couple of your cards so I'll be passing them on to others looking for bands and will keep in case I need a band in the future. Thanks again. Ben
11/10/2010 Ali	I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the excellent performance on Saturday night. The band really made the evening and the music was fantastic. I have had loads of feedback from friends saying how much they enjoyed the music and we will certainly make a point of coming to see you play again soon. I will definitely be recommending you to all my friends and family in the future. Thanks again and best wishes
14/09/2010 Robin Clapton	Looking forward to see you play again at our local pub, The Shore in East Wittering...........end of season party. Gonna be a good gig. You guys are excellent, pure adrenalin!!
12/03/2010 Debs	Wicked night Saturday, everyone loved the music and there was tons of positive feedback from the Locals!
12/03/2010 Nick Darley	Thanks guys for amazing night !!!!!! You made my 40th a night to remember . Everyone at the SHORE had a brilliant night thanks to you lot !!!!!! And the after party was great too !!!! CHEERS !!!! I and many of my friends will definately be watching the band again . And we'll have to get you back to the shore !!!!!
23/02/2010 Meli	Just thought I wld b the 1st to write in Guest Book in 2010!!!! Looking forward to going to many great gigs of yours throughout 2010. Always a good nite, wherever you go. (Especially now u have a new keyboard player, he he!!) x
06/12/2009 Charmaine Richardson	Thanks for an amazing gig at the Yacht Tavern last night (05/12/09). You rocked as usual and everyone had a great night. People have not stopped saying how good you guys were, even the old folk that were there :-) You certainly made Adams 30th a great one
06/12/2009 Steve and Naomi	Saw you last night guys and had a great evening ... you sounded great, even more so once the lead geetar was more evident :) Good luck and see you somewhere local soon!
27/10/2009 Julian Lane	Extra large pls!! if u do i`l personally bring all of your devon fans up myself for ya nxt gig!!
17/10/2009 Roy Spencer-Fleet	alright pip, found your site, look forward to watching one evening. keep on grinding! ill be welded to the spot. roy (tugs)
17/09/2009 embo	hi guys just been looking at your future gig list and found one thats less than 6 hundred yards from my house. thanks . might just about crawl home from old mill
10/09/2009 JC	Well - Now we know what you've been up to! Nice one - Good website - Good fun...keep up the good work! ATB
31/08/2009 Rob Snow	Wicked nite down the Ferryman u guys were brilliant as always. Thanx 2 Taff 4 letting me sing a few lines. Awesome nite!
25/07/2009 Paul Snow	Amazing gig at the lock stock and barrel, you guys amazing as always, had brilliant night
01/07/2009 Meli	What an amazing gig on 27th June at The Big G's. Big up to The Hintons. Vanjammers were brilliant as always. Huge thank you for making my birthday so special and singing me a song. Was very unexpected. THANK YOU. XX
30/06/2009 Rev	What a great night on the 27th Sat. Great music great venue who that garden was need a medal! Food was great and FREE. Big man on BBQ was a blast put down so many peeps! But no one cared he just made us LOL. Anyways looking forward to doing that one again great night best in a long time
11/05/2009 Meli	What a wicked night the Van Jammers boat party was. U always rock the place. Nice one xxxxx
22/03/2009 Jaime	Another awesome gig on saturday it made my birthday perfect, with a HUGE THANKS for playing Manhattan by the kings of leon you nailed it.XX
22/02/2009 Stephen Hinton	Like the website guys sorry I haven't visited sooner
16/01/2009 Larry	Just having a browse on the new site and reading some comments. Nice work lads, top job! I wish i could come to one of your gigs. Peace
05/01/2009 Louise Quinlan	Thank you so much for making my 21st birthday so amazing! Everyone loved you guys and i'm looking forward to your boat gig in May. Should be a gooden! The pics are great too - thanks :)
18/12/2008 Lyz	You guys rock!! :) Gutted I missed the Holme Farm gig in Sept - the only week in the year I was out of the country.... TYPICAL! Hope to see you guys somewhere soon Lyz (with GeeJay for Pips reference!)
25/11/2008 Paddy	Hello there, lads f******g brilliant gig the other night, thanks very much for a great evening and to the Big G for all the shots of Drampukey and of course to DJ Fluff for the shout out !!!!!!!! Hopefully catch you soon for another gig
01/11/2008 Alan Hudson	top performance again last nite! hope you all feel better soon! nice one dave for coming back to play thats dedication, see you all again soon at the spinni!
01/11/2008 Dave Houghton	Nice site chaps...........good luck for the future !! dave x
22/10/2008 Vic	hey you guys xxxxxxx
24/09/2008 Maya	Website's rocking you're looking great!
23/09/2008 Andrea	best band ever. number 1 fan!!!!!!!!!
21/09/2008 Lesley	Just danced at Holme Farm -great evening -and really enjoyed your set. Shame had to be dragged home, but was better than walking. Hope to catch you again. Cheers!!
14/09/2008 Pete Smith THE HOBBIT Southampton	A really great bunch of guys and very professional. With an eclectic mix of covers including some well-chosen indie material and a fair smattering of their own material too, The Van Jammers put on a great, almost 3-hour, non-stop night for us here, with their own DJ filling the breaks between sets superbly. Add the lights, lasers and hazer machines and you have an outstanding package. Book 'em -- you won't be disappointed !! << Pete Smith (The HOBBIT) >>
13/09/2008 Paddy	Hello there, love the new website and the Big G dance video. Will be over to see you play soon, looking forward to a few beers and some good music down in Spinnie soon.
08/09/2008 Pete	I can't thank you and the boys enough for the show you put on for us on Saturday. It was absolutely fantastic, everybody there loved it! :o) Special thanks for humouring us and letting me and the guys pretend to be a rock band again, that really made my night. Total stars, the lot of you! Cheers, Pete
01/09/2008 Lou Hudson	What an absolutely AMAZING performance at The Spinnaker. It was the first performance Al and i had come to but definitely not the last, We had an amazing time and the music was out of this world. Huge thanks for the Dedication when you did Dakota!!!!! To hear it twice was fabulous and what a song to end on!!! Look forward to seeing you all again VERY soon! x
29/08/2008 dave de-ste-croix	ello ello this websites crap! you should stick to drumming!! only joking you guys were brilliant @ the hobbit the other week!!
Elliot Steel THE FERRYMAN Warsash	The Van Jammers have played here at The Ferryman in Warsash twice now and on both occasions have provided us with a fantastic nights worth of entertainment. On both nights we have drawn in a huge crowd which has filled the pub and has also helped make a really good take for the evening. The Van Jammers are a tight professional band with a great sound, the covers they do have all been well rehearsed, the DJ set in between the band really helps keep the energy up in the room and ensure everyone has a good evening. The Van Jammers will play here again soon and we look forward to their return. If you have any other queries regarding the band I am more than happy to be contacted
07/06/2008 Luke	:O taff is the best sorry guys, this is quite a funky band really :)
07/06/2008 Simon Gilligan	Hi all I keep looking to see how you are doing and it looks like your doing great.
11/12/2007 Billy Bob	GREAT GIG ON MY BIRTHDAY MAN! ITS GREAT TO SEE A GROUP OF OLD MEN PLAYING YOUNG MUSIC TO THE EARS OF A YOUTHFUL CROWD, GREAT GIG MAN!
17/11/2007 Lucy & Faye	hi its ur number 1 fans, lucy and faye lol, just to tell ya your amazing and we love all of ya millions. we need you to play before the new years eve party. Thought we could have a party at gran's house week or so before xmas, sorry boys but we just can wait lol.Taf faye thinks your bloody lovely,lol hahaha.anyway speak to u soon love ya all x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

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