Who the Hell Is Bruce Vayn? 5 Things You Need to Know Right Now!
Bruce Vayn? Sounds familiar, right? But where did the Dark Knight of Gotham suddenly come from on the pages of Junkyard? Have we maybe become film critics too?
We believe this is a question a big part of the sleaze, glam, and hair metal fandom is asking right now—which is exactly why we decided to clear things up once and for all and figure out: who is this mysterious Bruce Vayn, the Batman of the boiling streets of Los Angeles?
1. Misfit from the Sunset Strip
That’s right! Bruce is a Sunset Strip legend. But not the well-known, colorful one from the ’80s. We’re talking about the lesser-known version from the 2000s, when he first showed up on the scene as a high school kid with his band Scarlet Rose.
In the early 2000s, there weren’t many bands left on the Strip, so Scarlet Rose, along with Peppermint Creeps and a few other survivors of the ’90s bubbleglam era, were the ones keeping the spirit alive, starting something completely new and refusing to let the memory of Sunset’s glory days disappear.
2. Swedish Sleaze ID
While the new wave of sleaze wasn’t exactly exploding in LA, across the ocean a force was rising that would breathe new life into hair/glam metal – a revolution led by the “kids of the underground” that really kicked off around 2005 with bands like Crashdïet, Hardcore Superstar, and others such as Vains of Jenna.
Bruce Vayn didn’t live in Northern Europe, but he did step into the ranks of one of the most famouse bands of that scene Vains of Jenna, playing guitar with the band during their Los Angeles years in the late 2000s, as well as performing with their frontman Lizzy DeVine (od Vains of Jenna and The Cruel Intentions) during his solo shows.
3. Left-Handed Guitar Superhero
The fact that Bruce Vayn is left-handed makes him one of the more unique guitarists on the modern sleaze scene. But beyond that, he’s also a music producer and session musician who can help you with pretty much anything music-related. You see, just like Batman… Besides his main band Scarlet Rose, Bruce has also played with The After Hours, and is currently part of the LA rock ’n’ roll outfit Jules & The Howl.
4. Bruce Vayn – Solo Career
Let’s Go the brand new song which was out on March 25th, is the second single Bruce Vayn has released under his own name. After the more aggressive and modern Dangerous, which dropped last November, this time Bruce takes a different route into something brighter, powered by his own Batmobile-DeLorean that practically summons itself from the very first riffs of Let’s Go. And yeah – warned us about that when we spoke with him in that short interview several months ago. That’s the right path to the debut album, right?
5. So Who The Hell is Bruce Vayn Really?
A survivor of the turbulent sleaze scene of the 2000s. A guy with spiked dark hair and a sharp guitar in his left hand and one of the most active figures on social media within the 21st-century glam / new wave of glam community. A guy you can talk to anytime about anything, with the charisma of an ’80s rock star – Bruce Vayn is exactly what this scene and this community need.
On the other hand, there aren’t many solo artists in modern sleaze/glam metal. You’ve got Chez Kane, and more recently Erik Grönwall stepping into that space. Which is another interesting fact that makes Bruce even more unique.
All in all, Bruce Vayn isn’t the Dark Knight from magical Gotham fighting evil, but he might as well be some kind of new, special comic book character. In that comic, he’s exactly what every true fan of hair/glam music needs. His powers are unique and inspiring. The kind that can bring dead scenes back to life and make them even better!
He’s actually that relentless link that connects it all: old-school hair metal, 2000s sleaze and today’s 2020s glam revival.
And he does it so damn well.
Now as you finally know who is this mysterious Bruce Vayn “character”, go follow and check the latest single Let’s Go!
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