Editing Vector (band)

{{Short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Vector
| image                 = 
| caption            = 
| alias               = 
| origin              = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.
| genre               = [[Christian rock]],<ref name="Powell_Fe" /> [[New wave music|new wave]]<ref name="Powell_Fe" />
| occupation          = 
| years_active        = 1983–1995, 2020–present
| label               = {{hlist|[[Exit Records|Exit]]|GaGa|Liquid Disc|Mezzo}}
| associated_acts     = [[The 77s]]
| website             = 
| current_members     = Steve Griffith<br />[[Jimmy Abegg]]<br />[[Bruce Spencer]]
| past_members        = [[Charlie Peacock]]<br />[[Aaron Smith (musician)|Aaron Smith]]
}}
'''Vector''' was an American [[rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Sacramento, California]], in the early 1980s by [[Jimmy Abegg]] and Steve Griffith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/vector-mn0000317267/biography|title=Vector – Biography & History – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> The band had several drummers over the years, including [[Aaron Smith (musician)|Aaron Smith]] and [[Bruce Spencer]], both of whom also played drums for [[the 77s]].

Although the lyrics of Vector's music did not always contain the overt lyrics of [[contemporary Christian music]] with which the band was sometimes associated, Vector's albums were released under Christian labels, and were an example of [[Christian rock]].<ref name="Powell_Fe">{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]], [[Massachusetts]] |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=Vector |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/987 987–989] |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/987 }}</ref>

After a lengthy hiatus, Vector released a new album, ''Vital'', in August 2021.

== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''Mannequin Virtue'' (1983)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mannequin-virtue-mw0000879701|title=Mannequin Virtue – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
* ''Please Stand By'' (1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/please-stand-by-mw0000853136|title=Please Stand By – Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
* ''Simple Experience'' (1989)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/simple-experience-mw0000921158|title=Simple Experience – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
* ''Temptation'' (1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/temptation-mw0000644986|title=Temptation – Vector – Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
* ''Vital'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mezzomusicltd.com/album/1977572/vital|title=Vital|website=Mezzo Music Ltd|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>

=== Compilations ===
* ''Mannequin Virtue / Please Stand By'' (album) (1990) This Gaga Records CD contains Vector's first two albums: ''Mannequin Virtue'' and ''Please Stand By''.
* ''Time Flies'' (album) (1995) This Liquid Disc Records two-disc box set contains all of Vector's first three albums: ''Mannequin Virtue'', ''Please Stand By'' and ''Simple Experience'', with five previously unavailable bonus tracks

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|nm16054014}}

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[[Category:American new wave musical groups]]
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