Ten Year Vamp will perform at Black Brimmer in Manchester on Saturday, June 5, at 9:30 p.m.

Ten Year Vamp has performed more than 500 shows at hundreds of venues across the northeast. They’ve performed small acoustic shows and large festivals with platinum-selling artists.

The band is based in Albany, N.Y. and consists of Debbie Gabrione on vocals and guitar, Mark Rose on rhythm guitar, Tim Keenan on bass, Andrew Foster on lead guitar, and Gregory Nash on drums.

Ten Year Vamp has found an incredibly loyal following and tremendous success — all without a record company backing them. In fact, when they wanted to put out their latest release, they went to their fans to get funding.

“We had a crazy idea. We thought, why not have our fans become the record company?” Rose explained.

“We had 60 people give us anywhere from $25 to $2,000. We then put 80 songs up on a Web site and let our fans choose the 12 songs that would go on the album.”

The idea worked, and their fans are now more motivated than ever to help Ten Year Vamp become the next big thing.

“Each owner will receive their fair percentage of album sales based on how much they invested,” Rose said. Owners also voted on which photos should be used for the album, including the cover.

Black Brimmer is located at 1087 Elm St. No. 202 in Manchester. For more information, call 669-5523 or visit www.blackbrimmer.com.