Victor Menace

Victor Menace

Victor Menace is a British instrumental band founded and led by alternative composer and musician Ruth Theodore. The group forms in 2006 and includes Alejandro Toledo of The Magic Tombolinos on saxophone.

Career

The band headlines world music stages at Bestival, Hackney WickED, and Glastonbury’s Shangri-La stage. It releases a self-titled debut record in 2011, after which it initially splits when key members move overseas and Theodore continues with solo recordings.

Reformation lineup

The band reforms at the end of 2016 with the original bassist and composer Mike Limmer of La Chula, Lucien Windrich of eVoid on acoustic guitar, Haruna Komatsu of No Cars on clarinet and saxophone, Luke Upperton of Ska-prest on lead electric guitar, and Arturs Reirs of Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges and the Steve Nimmo Trio on drums.