Our music style is different from One Direction: The Vamps

They rose to fame in late 2012 with cover songs, leading to comparisons with One Direction, but British group The Vamps says its style of music is quite different from the English-Irish pop boy band.
The Vamps, which consists of Bradley Simpson on vocals, lead guitarist James McVey, bass guitarist Connor Ball and drummer Tristan, said it appreciates One Direction's sense of music but its compositions have been really different from them.
"It was nice when there was still a band we were fans of and we appreciated their (One Direction) music but we are quite different in terms of style and style of music from them. So, we do not want to be compared," Simpson told PTI during a visit here.

The British boy band, which released its debut album "Meet the Vamps" in April 2014, said their music has been influenced by artistes like Taylor Swift and American rock band Imagine Dragons and it has been very different by far.
"We quite like the idea of challenging ourselves for our albums. Our first album was influenced by folk music. Whereas, our second one was more of hip-hop music and influenced by Taylor Swift, Imagine Dragons and few other bands like that," they said.
Recently, English singer Olly Murs said it has become extremely tough for the UK artistes to have their song at number position.

When asked about this, The Vamps frontman Simpson said, "The most important thing is to make music, obviously being at number one is nice and nice fame but that is all secondary.

"We enjoy playing at shows and meeting fans so as long as we can do it and enjoy our lives that is great."
Simpson, 21, calls himself lucky to have The Vamps in his life and says the members help each other to stay grounded from fame at such a young age.
"We are very lucky that we help each other in a way. It is nice that you get support of three of your friends around you and we can really know each other in that sense. Also, our great team... They look after us and keeps us in check and make sure we are not going on," he said.

The group has now collaborated with Indian music composer duo Vishal-Shekhar on a single "Beliya". The collaboration has been initiated by Virgin EMI Records, UK and Bottomline Media.
The band will play it live for the first time with the two Bollywood music directors in Mumbai today.
The band is also going to perform at this year's Radio One Teen Awards.
"It will be fun. We do not know if we would play 'Beliya' there but we are planning to potentially play a new song in the ceremony.