As legend has it... a little about VTA & Bandwagon
VTA - Vincenzo Thomas Amato
Vincenzo Thomas Amato was the General Manager & Entertainment Director for the following bars & live music venues in Los Angeles California from 1998 to 2016.
Salvage Bar & Lounge in DTLA, CA
Surfside in Venice, CA.
The World Famous Malibu Inn in Malibu, CA.
The Brig in Venice CA.
The Waterfront Concert Theatre in Marina Del Rey, CA.
Lucys' 51 in Toluca Lake, CA.
The Santa Monica Bar & Grille in Santa Monica, CA.
Universal Bar & Grill, Universal City, CA.
The High Sierra Rock n Grill. Mammoth, CA.
Vincenzo has been responsible for handling ALL aspects of these businesses, and making them successful. Vincenzo’s more than 30-years of experience in the music business, follows his father’s footsteps (Tommy Amato, who was the trumpet/bass player, and manager, of Wayne Newton for over 20 years), has provided him with numerous connections in the music world. Vincenzo is able to use those connections to book high-level professional talent in all genres. Vincenzo has been successful in booking members of the following bands at ALL the bars he managed in the past, and he has been creating "once in a life time" performances by bringing together some of the most talented musicians in the industry, to jam with other famous members, in an intimate setting, who have included members of: The Beastie Boys, Pink Floyd, Sublime, No Doubt, Jane's Addiction, Fortunate Youth, Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, The Dave Matthews Band, PINK, Christina Agulara, Pepper, Ethan Tucker, Poncho Sanchez, Los Lobos, and The Back of the Hand All Stars... just to name a few. Vincenzo has also been working with long time friend Jon Phillips of Silverback Artist Management since 2000, and has a unique line of communication and access to many well-known musicians.
VTA - Vincenzo Thomas Amato was born on 10/22/1975 in Los Angeles, California and raised in Reno / Lake Tahoe from the age of 3. Vincenzo moved back to Los Angeles, CA in 1996 and attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood, and founded the alternative/funk/rock/jam band… SUPER J. In 2003 Vincenzo branched out on his own to embark on his solo project: V/T/A
In 2000, VTA - Vincenzo Thomas Amato started Bandwagon Productions, an independent, full-service Entertainment company that books bands at bars, hotels, festivals and ski resorts. Bandwagon also specializes in "background music placement" for Film & TV. Bandwagon's domination of music placement for Extreme Sport shows can be heard on the following shows: The X-Games, FOX's 54321, The Vans Triple Crown Series, The US Open Of Snowboarding, The Professional Surfing Tour Of America, Blue Torch TV, FUEL TV, Re:Evolution TV, Adrenalina TV, M-80 TV, MTV's Road Rules, MTV's Real World, The Freeride Moto-X, The Sims World Cup Of Snowboarding, The THQ Supercross GP Series, The AMA Supercross Series, The X-Surf Series, The ESPN Moto-X Championships... just to name a few.
VTA has shared the stage with some of the most prominent bands in the music industry: Robby Krieger of The DOORS, Scott Page of Pink Floyd, Fredo Ortiz of the Beastie Boys & Los Lobos, Rashawn Ross of the Dave Matthews Band, Jacob Nowell of SUBLIME, OG of Slightly Stoopid, Sean Kelly of The Samples, FISHBONE, Billy Idol, Pepper, Peter Cornel, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Pato Banton, Anuhea, Skillinja, Josh Heinrichs, Marlon Asher, Lion Child, Rafael Moreira, Keyser Soze, Warsaw, Lavish Green, Hemlock, LAW, Pennywise, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Dead Kennedys and The Back of The Hand Allstars… just to name a few!
VTA's Mafia of Misfits:
(in any given form depending on the venue’s budget)
Scott Page of Pink Floyd on saxophone
Angelo Moore of FISHBONE on saxophone
Fredo Ortiz of The Beastie Boys on percussions
C-Money of Slightly Stoopid on trumpet
Eliza “Lizzard” James of Burt Bacharch & Paul Anka on violin
OG of Slightly Stoopid on percussions
Norwood Fisher of FISHBONE on bass
John “Wet Daddy” Steward of FISHBONE on drums
Rafael Moreira of Christina Agulara & Pink on guitars
Jay O’Keefe, Dylan Long, Luis Oliart, Jon Phillips & Rod Castro on lead guitars.
More recently, in 2017 VTA moved back to the Reno/Tahoe and started...
The Tahoe Tribe:
VTA on vocals & acoustic guitar
Danny Barns on drums
Robert “R-Dub” Wheeler on bass
Seth Hall on saxophone
Vincenzo's National TV debut came in 2000 on the Jenny Jones Show performing the single, “Mr. Magoo” with his band, Super J. Since then, Vincenzo's music has been heard on the following TV shows: The X-Games, Fox’s 54321, The Vans Triple Crown Series, Fuel TV… and many other Film & TV shows.
One of Vincenzo’s biggest crowd performance was at X-GAMES #11 on August 5th, 2005 at The Staples Center in LA. Performing along with... Pennywise, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Dead Kennedys just to name a few!
FUN FACTS ABOUT VTA !!!
In 2006 Vincenzo open one of LA's 1st dispensaries, Perennial Holistic Wellness Center in Sherman Oaks, CA. Vincenzo was the General Manager until 2015 when Perenial was sold.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/perennial-holistic-wellness-center-studio-city
In January of 2017 Vincenzo teamed up with the KYND Cannabis group as a consultant & manager on the opening of MYNT Cannabis Dispensary in Reno, NV.
In August of 2018 Vincenzo started VTA's... "ONE LOVE CBD" offering the best in Full Spectrum & Broad Spectrum CBD products.
Vincenzo is the founder of the Inaugural Mammoth FEEL GOOD Festival on June 16th & 17th 2023 in Mammoth Lakes, CA. www.mammothfeelgood.com
VENUES in LA, I was the General Manager & Ent. Director for!
Salvage Bar & Lounge
The World Famous Malibu Inn
Salvage Bar & Lounge
Salvage Bar & Lounge
DTLA, CA.
Surfside
The World Famous Malibu Inn
Salvage Bar & Lounge
Surfside
Venice Beach, CA
The World Famous Malibu Inn
The World Famous Malibu Inn
The Waterfront Concert Theatre
The World Famous Malibu Inn
Malibu, CA.
The Waterfront Concert Theatre
The Waterfront Concert Theatre
The Waterfront Concert Theatre
The Waterfront Concert Theatre
Marina Del Rey, CA.
The Brig
The Waterfront Concert Theatre
Lucy's 51
The Brig
Venice Beach, CA
Lucy's 51
The Waterfront Concert Theatre
Lucy's 51
Lucy's 51
Toluca Lake, CA.
Santa Monica Bar & Grille
Santa Monica Bar & Grille
Santa Monica Bar & Grille
Santa Monica Bar & Grille
Santa Monica, CA.