Vended is an American nu metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, founded in 2018.

[4] They are joined by bassist Jeremiah Pugh, and guitarists Cole Espeland and Connor Grodzicki.

Vended was formed in 2018 by Griffin Taylor and Simon Crahan when they were teenagers; the duo then recruited Jeremiah Pugh, Cole Espeland, and Connor Grodzicki.

[7] The younger Taylor and Crahan resist comparisons of the band to Slipknot, maintaining that they are largely self-taught musicians and did not receive extensive instructions from their fathers.

[10][11][12] Their first live performance was in Des Moines in March 2020,[13] just before being forced to go on hiatus by the COVID-19 pandemic.