The Family Stand is an American soul and R&B group based in New York City, active since the late 1980s, consisting of Sandra St. Victor, Peter Lord Moreland, and Vernon Jeffrey Smith.
[1] At the same time The Family Stand members were largely responsible for creating the songs on Paula Abdul's album Spellbound.
The original trio reunited in 2006 for a concert at New York City Central Park's Summerstage, which inspired a reunion tour and new album, 2007's Super Sol Nova.
Their latest release in 2010 was a single, "Story", chronicling the madness of the American justice system where an innocent boy can easily be lost.
In 2011, The Family Stand member V. Jeffrey Smith played bass on the song "Black Hand Side" on rapper Pharoahe Monch's 2011 album W.A.R.