Veto (band)

VETO is a Danish indie rock band formed in 2004. They released their first EP, I Will Not Listen, in 2005 and their first full-length album, There's A Beat In All Machines, in 2006, both released on the Danish hip hop label, Tabu Records/Playground Music Denmark.

VETO
Troels Abrahamsen, lead singer.
Background information
OriginÅrhus, Denmark
GenresIndie rock, electronic rock, alternative rock
Years active2004-present
LabelsTabu Records/Playground Music Denmark
Reset08/Sony BMG
Websitewww.vetonet.dk
MembersTroels Abrahamsen
David Krogh Andersen
Mark Lee
Jens Skov Thomsen
Mads Hasager

In February 2007 VETO won the award for Best New Act, as well as Best Danish Music Video at Danish Music Awards.[1]

Their song "You Are A Knife" was featured briefly in the American television program NCIS episode "Suspicion".

VETO's second album is called Crushing Digits and was released 5 May 2008. The first single for the album, "Built to Fail", was released in March 2008 and received heavy airplay as "Ugens Uundgåelige" (Unavoidable of the week) on the public service radio channel DR P3.[2]

The band was awarded Danish Band of the Year at the Danish Music Awards 2009.[3]

The band's third studio album, entitled Everything is Amplified, was released February 25, 2011.

Discography

Albums
Title and details Year Peak
position		 Certification
DAN
[4]
There's a Beat in All Machines
  • Release date: February 27, 2006
  • Record label: Tabu Records /Playground Music
 2006 21
Crushing Digits
  • Release date: May 5, 2008
  • Record label: Reset08/Sony BMG
 2008 2
Everything Is Amplified
  • Release date: February 25, 2011
  • Record label: RCA / Sony Music Entertainment Denmark
 2011 2
Point Break
  • Release date: 2013
  • Record label: Sony Music
 2013 6
16 Colors
  • Release date: 2018
  • Record label: Reset08
 2018
EP / Others
  • 2005: I Will Not Listen EP [Tabu Records /Playground Music] (Released August 28, 2005)
  • 2012: Sinus / Point Break (double CD special edition[5] with CD 1 Sinus (6 tracks) / CD 2: Point Break (6 tracks) [Columbia / Sony Music]

Singles
Year Song Peak
position		 Certification Album
DAN
[4]
2008 "Built to Fail" 26 Crushing Digits
"You Say Yes, I Say Yes" 34
2009 "Blackout" 33
2011 "This Is Not" 8 Everything Is Amplified

Members
  • Troels Abrahamsen – Vocals, synth
  • David Krogh Andersen – Guitar
  • Mark Lee – Guitar, synth
  • Jens Skov Thomsen – Bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mads Hasager – Drums

Notes
  1. dr.dk/DMA Archived October 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - DMA07-vinderne at Danmarks Radio
  2. dr.dk/P3 - VETO: Built to Fail (DK) at Danmarks Radio P3
  3. Mit.tdc.dk
  4. danishcharts.dk: VETO discography page
  5. Sinus / Point Break page on danishcharts.dk
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  • vetonet.dk - The official VETO blog
  • - Interview with VETO on music is okay
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