Bio
Stays In Vegas - The Beginning
It was a Party Band??
Stays In Vegas began as a party/cover band idea between Christopher Fulmer and John Buzan (founding member and original guitarist). Their idea was to create a band to play 90's to current rock and alternative hits around bars and pubs in Arkansas. Numerous names were passed around for the band, but none of them stuck out or worked well. Until one night, Christopher was watching the Hangover movie and messaged John with "What about Stays In Vegas...like what happens in Vegas, stays In vegas? Can work until we find something better?"...and the name was born.
From 2011 to 2013, Stays In Vegas played numerous bars and clubs around Arkansas doing 3-4 hour sets of covers from bands such as Three Doors Down, Goo Goo Dolls, INXS, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Bush, Everclear, Live, Spacehog, Dishwalla and others.
The NEW Stays In Vegas
Switched to Originals...And Now!
In 2014, the founding and early on band members decided to leave and it left Christopher with deciding the direction and fate of Stays In Vegas. He decided to use the band as a vehicle for some of his songs that he had written before the band and during the early years of SIV. At that point, Stays In vegas dropped the party band direction and switched to originals and went into the studio at Blue Chair Studio in Cabot, AR and began to record the first album, Faces for the Moment. This album was a few of the early songs Christopher had written previous to Stays In Vegas.
A few live shows were done with a revolving mix of band members, until in 2015 the current line up was born including Blake Copeland on bass and Glen Powell on drums. This lineup has gone on to record 2 studio albums, an EP, and a few singles. They have toured across the country in support of these albums playing venues, festivals and other events. They are currently working on their 4th studio album and are planning a tour for 2025.