Hey there! We're Venus Death Trap. We play music. We tend to say we're a punk band but we'll also call ourselves riot grrrl or queer punk or just rock. We all live in the Salt Lake area!
THE MEMBERS
Sophi (any pronouns) is our lead singer. Fav bands: MCR, The Front Bottoms, Bikini Kill, Scowl, Amyl and the Sniffers.
Spencer (he/they) is our guitarist. Fav bands: MCR, Le Tigre, 100 Gecs, Operation Ivy, Death Spells, Nova Twins, PS Destroy This.
Bianca (she/they/whatever) is our drummer. Fav bands:
Taz (they/them) is our bassist. Fav bands: Muse
HISTORY
Venus Death Trap was formally started by Spencer and Sophi in 2022. They met through a mutual friend, Sage, while Sage and Spencer were in a Songwriting class together. Sage introduced the two, knowing that they had similar music taste and both really wanted to start a band.
The name of the band was established summer 2022, and Sophi and Spencer began writing. The first song written was Motorbike, and the official debut of Venus Death Trap was at Provo coffee shop Java Junkie on September 14 of that year.
Soon after that performance, Spencer met Bianca through another classmate, and they met up to discuss joining the band. Practice was quickly moved to Bianca's garage, and the core of Venus had been established. Songs like Suburbia, Flip Flops, and Death by Television came soon after.
After a few bad experiences with other bassists, Taz joined Venus in summer of 2023, and Venus began in earnest. Rockstar and Ambush were written, and the band was slowly starting to find its sound.
Recording and putting music out was a very long, complex process, but Chaos Theory was finally released on Halloween of 2025!
By now, Venus has played over 30 shows, released an EP, and had a wonderful time doing so. Thanks to everyone who's come along for the journey.