from left, Mark Guidry, Craig Pfunder, Mark Palgy and Chea Beckley
Craig Pfunder
VHS or Beta:
VHS or Beta is a band from Louisville, Kentucky, that combines elements of French funk and dance-punk. Their self-released debut, Le Funk, was a minor splash in the record charts but it wasn't until 2004's Night on Fire that the band achieved great success. The song of the same title is in the movie Grandma's Boy and on The OC, in addition to Mack Dawg Production's 2006 "Follow Me Around", during Louie Fountain's part. The band's members are guitarist/vocalist Craig Pfunder, bassist Mark Palgy, and drummer Mark Guidry. In 2005 they toured with Duran Duran.

WHEN the members of dance-punk group VHS or Beta aren't driving around in a tour van or making albums, they do some things they've been doing since they were young - fishing for bass and shooting clay pigeons.

"We're totally the Dukes of Hazzard," says singer and guitarist Craig Pfunder, 31. "I grew up on a lake, so I've been fishing since I was a kid. It's nice to get back to those things when usually you're in a nightclub."
They also chill by shooting hoops, going to a few concerts or hitting dive bars - about the only kinds of fun available in Louisville, Ky., where VHS or Beta formed in 1997 and still resides.

The band's third full-length album, "Bring on the Comets," comes out today.

Hanging out in Kentucky should have been the calm before the storm. But it wasn't. The guys have been busy rehearsing with a new guitar player, finishing a music video, getting products ready for the merch table, doing interviews and just getting their homes in order to be absent for a month.
"Everything's been lined up, but when it hits you, it hits you all at once," says Pfunder. "We're dealing with so much stuff."
And that's their time off.

Tonight, the real challenge starts when VHS or Beta begins the second leg of its road tour in Toronto. The band performs at the Bowery Ballroom tomorrow and in Brooklyn at Studio B on Thursday.

This tour will be different from the one for the band's last album, 2004's "Night on Fire." That tour lasted a laborious 17 months.
"We played everything we could," says Pfunder, sounding exhausted just thinking about it. "With that album, we felt it was important to lay down the groundwork."
With a following now in place, they can relax - but not much

Where in toronto? is it done?

Seriously I have noooooooooooo clue. Its midnight now so I guess its like sorta over (at least the performance)

do you reeeeeaaaaly have to make it that long? LOL! just kidding!

When was the article written though? Was it toooooooooday? (i mean yesterday?)

Yeah I have to say it like im speaking it.. Hence why my spelling is screwy and my grammar SUX!

It was today in the NYC post. The 28th (not the 29th cause its like 20 mins into the 29th on the east coast.