| Varsity Fan Club | |
| Alias: | VFC[1] |
| Origin: | Los Angeles, California |
| Genre: | Pop, R&B, Rock, Hip Hop music[2] |
| Years Active: | –2013 |
| Label: | Capitol Records |
| Past Members: | Drew Ryan Scott Jayk Purdy Thomas "T.C." Carter Thomas Fiss Bobby Edner David Lei Brandt |
Varsity Fanclub is an American boy band, formed in 2007 by Capitol Records.[3]
The band, consisting of Drew Ryan Scott, David Lei Brandt, Bobby Edner, Jayk Purdy and Thomas Fiss, was formed through a band casting in 2007. Their first major performance was at the well-known Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in front of over 40 million television viewers, followed by an appearance on the ABC-Family series The Middleman. They then released their first single on Capitol Records entitled Future Love (written by Ryan Tedder and Evan Bogart;[4] [5] produced by the producers of OneRepublic)[6] and ended up directly into Radio Disney's playlist and The N's video rotation. After a US tour as opening act for Rihanna, the Pussycat Dolls and Jesse McCartney in 2008 and 2009, the band parted ways with their former management and their record company. After this separation, Fiss departed as well. The band changed members and through another audition found Thomas "T.C." Carter to replace him. After a short finding phase, the band decided on a European management and worked on new songs and choreographies and prepared for their first tour in Europe. They also released a download single entitled Spank That which was promoted with both a video contest and a specially made up crap dance which they performed with Miley Cyrus. In the summer of 2010, Varsity Fanclub went on a three-month promotional tour in Germany, during which they also released their first physical single on the European market entitled I'm Your Guy. During this promotional tour, they appeared in television programs such as ZDF-Fernsehgarten or VIVA Live as well as at family festivals such as REWE Family or the Toggo Tour of Super RTL.[7] In April 2011, the band parted ways with Edner. In the summer of 2011, the band toured Germany again and completed numerous festival shows. In autumn 2011 the new single Opera and the debut album were released. In September 2011 the band parted ways with their German manager Philipp Hallenberger. In April 2012, Brandt announced that he was no longer part of the band as he was going on a two-year tour as one of Lady Gaga's dancers. After Brandt and Edner split, Purdy, Scott and Carter two new band members. They found this in early 2013 with Blake English and Devin Fox.
| Year | Song | Position In Chart | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay | U.S. Pop 100 | |||||
| 2008 | "Future Love"[9] [10] | 62 | 90 | Varsity Fanclub | ||
| 2009 | "Zero" | — | — | |||
| 2010 | "Spank That"[11] | — | — | |||
| 2010 | "I'm Your Guy"[12] | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or wasn't released | ||||||