Velocity Girl is an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in College Park, Maryland, and active in the Washington, D.C., area.
The band started as the duo of Kelly Young (formerly Riles) and guitarist/singer Archie Moore (ex-Black Tambourine) in 1989 (the two having met at the University of Maryland[1]),[2] initially going under the name The Gotterdammacrats.
They became Velocity Girl with the addition of Brian Nelson (ex-Black Tambourine, Whorl), Jim Spellman (of High Back Chairs), and lead singer Bridget Cross (soon to join Unrest).
[6] Jim Spellman, now a CGTN correspondent, went on to play guitar in the Washington, D.C.–based power-pop bands Julie Ocean and Foxhall Stacks.
In that process, they discovered old recordings with alternate takes, covers, and unreleased material, which the band is reworking for release to streaming services.