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VELOCITY GIRL on Their ’90s Albums and Recent Reunion

“All for one and one for all,” as the story goes. And so it goes with Washington, D.C.’s legendary Velocity Girl as well. The early indie pop group disbanded in 1996 when guitarist Brian Nelson quit the band and have only reformed twice since then under the condition that all five members were still on board. All five (Sarah Shannon, Archie Moore, Jim Spellman, Kelly Young, and Nelson) also participated in the interview for this feature, but from separate

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