A prolific project translating pop hits into hooky chamber music.
About Vitamin String Quartet
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Born
1999
Genre
Tribute
Vitamin String Quartet features a rotating lineup of musicians.
∙ The group has released string quartet tributes to movie music, Broadway tunes, and power ballads, in addition to artist-focused compilations spanning pop, punk, metal, and hip-hop.
∙ They provided musical accompaniment to the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars on their 2011 episode of MTV Unplugged.
∙ Vitamin String Quartet can be heard covering Pat Benatar’s “We Belong” and INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” during Blair Waldorf’s wedding on Gossip Girl.
∙ The group’s takes on Nine Inch Nails’ “Something I Can Never Have” and Radiohead’s “Motion Picture Soundtrack” appeared in the TV series Westworld.
∙ From 2012 to 2014, a New Hampshire radio station dropped its classic rock programming in favor of playing Vitamin String Quartet music 24 hours a day.
Influenced by Vitamin String QuartetVitamin String Quartet has influenced the music of City String Ensemble, Zymphonica, Vinícius Faza and more.