Vanguard Project began playing together in 1993. The group used to practice at the drummer's basement. Vanguard Project began singing at the college club Hitch. The lead singer use to listen to CDs constantly as a teenager.

submitted their single to Q89.9 and a DJ took a liking to it. The band's members had horrible jobs when they started playing, just biding time until they would hit the big time. Vanguard Project always wanted to hear themselves at the top of the charts and they got their wish with the release of their first single.

Vanguard Project knew that living life as a musician was a actual possibility as soon as Shirley Nicodemus started a fan club for the group in 1997. The fan club grew from a few dozen to a few thousand after Brenda Fraiser created a website for the group and a national tour gave the group plenty of exposure.

Vanguard Project plans to spend some time apart after this next tour, allowing the band members to rest after a long tour. The band may have just completed their newest album, but they are already plotting the next move. The newest project from Vanguard Project has been heavily influenced by blues artists of the past.

The band has never played a bad show in New York, so they make sure to schedule a stop there whenever they tour. Vanguard Project respects the fact that their fans love their previous records, so they go to great effort to incorporate the older hits with the new ones. TheSeats.com is the one stop shop for the group, with Vanguard Project tickets, concert seating charts, and touring schedule.