Revamped band Vacerra are back to rock Davis’ music scene

Members of Vacerra. (Courtesy of Vacerra)The group brings a punk-rock energy and community-oriented outlook to their shows By MIRIAM RAMAKRISHNAN — [email protected] Davis band Vacerra will be performing at California Aggie’s Nov. 19 Couch Concert, a quarterly live music event held in the basement of The Aggie House at 116 A Street.Vacerra is composed of four members: Mia Armenta, UC Davis alum and lead singer, Nathaniel Ewing, fourth-year environmental policy major and drummer, Isabella Gallegos, fourth-year mathematics major and guitarist and Asher Ekberg, third-year history major and bassist.Many of the band members draw from more intense genres, which is reflected in their personal work. Armenta said that Courtney Love, lead singer of riot-grrrl band Hole, inspires her when she plays.“My musical inspiration comes from lots of punk, garage and harder sounding genres, and it is obvious that I listen to a lot of that stuff in my creative work,” Ekberg said.

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