Artist

Vitamin String Quartet

Genre: Classical ,Classical Crossover ,Tribute Albums ,Chamber Music

Origin: U.S.A

Active: 1999 - Present

Biography

A fluid assembly of Los Angeles studio players, the Vitamin String Quartet has established its singular position by crafting string-ensemble renditions of material originally performed by an array of major rock, pop, and country acts. Operating under the Vitamin Records imprint since 1999, the ensemble has issued more than three hundred albums, the majority devoted to one artist’s catalog or an entire album reinterpreted, while additional volumes gather material around chosen moods, styles, or genres. Among these projects stand collections honoring David Bowie, Madonna, Slayer, Michael Jackson, Kanye West, and the Flaming Lips, alongside thematic sets such as The Gay Wedding Collection, My Metal Valentine, and Music from the Films of John Hughes. In 2022 the group released the year-in-review packages VSQ Performs the Hits of 2021, Vols. 1 and 2, and followed them in 2024 with a volume of Taylor Swift material.

Membership has always shifted, yet violinist and arranger Tom Tally has remained central, producing and shaping more than fifty Vitamin String Quartet albums. The 2009 release Per_Versions marked an expansion, pairing covers of several alternative pop acts with newly written pieces. VSQ Performs Lady Gaga reached the Billboard Classical Albums top ten the next year, and in 2011 the ensemble appeared alongside Thirty Seconds to Mars on MTV Unplugged, the resulting live EP placing in the upper half of the Billboard 200. Television placements have included So You Think You Can Dance, The Vampire Diaries, Modern Family, and Westworld. Further tribute sets throughout the decade addressed Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sigur Rós, Kanye West, and The World of Studio Ghibli, issued in 2017.

Early-2020s subjects encompassed Lana Del Rey, My Chemical Romance, and the Weeknd, while annual hit surveys continued with the March 2022 appearance of VSQ Performs the Hits of 2021, Vol. 2. The quartet contributed tracks to 2023’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story: Covers from the Netflix Series and, with 2024’s VSQ Performs Taylor Swift, reached number 23 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart.

Albums

VSQ Performs the Weeknd

VSQ Performs KPOP Demon Hunters

VSQ Performs Billie Eilish

VSQ Performs BLACKPINK

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2025, Vol. 1

VSQ Performs Frank Ocean

VSQ Performs Paramore

VSQ Performs Fall Out Boy: A Brief History of... Vol. 1

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2024

VSQ Performs The Weeknd, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Taylor Swift

Snow On the Beach

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Covers from the Netflix Series)

VSQ Performs Prince

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2021, Vol. 2

It Feels Like Christmas

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2021, Vol. 1

VSQ Performs My Chemical Romance

Our Flashback Wedding

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2020, Vol. 2

Bridgerton (Covers from the Netflix Original Series)

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2020

VSQ Performs Lana Del Rey

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2019, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs BTS

Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Hits of 2019

VSQ Performs Bjork - the Remixes

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Bjork

Geek Wedding Forever, Vol. 3

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2017

Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Hits of 2018, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2018

Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Flaming Lips' Do You Realize?? and All We Have is Now

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2017 Vol. 2

The World of Studio Ghibli

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Kanye West

VSQ Performs Kanye West

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Radiohead's "True Love Waits" and "Burn the Witch"

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2016, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs the Rock Hits of 2016

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2016, Vol. 1

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

Geek Wedding, Vol. 2: The Sequel

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2015, Vol. 3

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Modest Mouse's the Moon & Antarctica

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2015, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Imagine Dragons

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2015, Vol. 1

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2014, Vol. 3

Vsq Performs the Hits of 2014, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2014, Vol. 1

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2013, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Music from Dazed and Confused

The Modern Wedding Collection, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2012, Vol. 2

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Bon Iver

Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Black Keys

VSQ Performs Music from Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Nightmare Before Christmas

Songbirds: VSQ Celebrates the Women of Modern Rock

Vsq Performs Modern Rock Hits 2012 Vol. 1

VSQ Performs the Music from the Films of Wes Anderson

VSQ Performs the Music from the Films of John Hughes

VSQ Performs Alternative Hits of the 90s

VSQ Performs The Hits of 2012, Vol.1

Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Hunger Games

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Blink-182

Blizzard of Strings: VSQ Performs Ozzy Osbourne

VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2011 Vol. 2

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Music From Harry Potter

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Music From Star Wars

VSQ Performs The Beatles, Vol. 2

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Nickelback, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Music from Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Pt. 1

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Regina Spektor

VSQ Performs 90s Rock Hits

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Imogen Heap

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Amy Winehouse

VSQ Performs As I Lay Dying's An Ocean Between Us

VSQ Performs Incubus, Vol. 3

Vitamin String Quartet Celebrates the Ladies of 90s Alt Rock

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Jason Mraz

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Bush

VSQ Performs Lady Gaga's Born This Way

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Modern Rock Hits 2011 Vol.1

VSQ Power Ballads

VSQ Performs Adele

VSQ Performs the Gorillaz

Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Decemberists

Blood-Curling Strings: Vsq Performs Horror Classics

Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Beatles

VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2010

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Weezer's Pinkerton

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Arcade Fire

VSQ Performs Franz Ferdinand

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns

Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Strokes

Vsq Film School: Cult Classics & Indie Faves

Vitamin String Quartet Celebrates Lollapalooza 2010

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Kings Of Leon

VSQ Performs Lady Gaga

VSQ Master Series: Nirvana's Nevermind

VSQ Master Series: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

The Rock 'N' Roll Wedding Collection, Vol. 2

Beaucoup de VSQ

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Muse

VSQ Performs Soundgarden

VSQ Performs Almost Alice

VSQ Performs Music from Twilight: Eclipse

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Train's "Hey, Soul Sister"

Vitamin String Quartet Salutes Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame

Unnatural: The VSQ Metal Compilation

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Journey

String Awakening: VSQ Performs Modern Broadway Hits

The VSQ Christmas Album

Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Songs from Glee

The Emo Anti-Valentine's Day Collection Vol. 2

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Paramore's Brand New Eyes

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Skrillex

Study Hall Compilation

Emo Makeout Compilation

Vitamin String Quartet Goes to the Movies

VSQ Performs Music from Twilight: New Moon

The Dinner Party Companion

VSQ Performs the Hits of Michael Jackson

Strung out, Vol. 11: VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits

VSQ Performs the Watchmen Soundtrack

Vitamin String Quartet Explores the Sounds of Star Trek

VSQ Performs Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight

VSQ Performs Third Eye Blind

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Radiohead's In Rainbows

Vitamin String Quartet Tribute to U2's No Line on the Horizon

The Vitamin String Quartet Tribute to the Music from Twilight Volume 2

VSQ Performs Tool's Lateralus

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Green Day's American Idiot

VSQ Performs the Music from Twilight

VSQ Performs Plain White T's

VSQ Performs Rise Against

VSQ Performs Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

VSQ Performs Alice in Chains

Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Hits of Rock Band!

String In The New Year! The New Year's String Collection

VSQ Performs Songs from Guitar Hero Vol. 2: Killer Tracks!

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Queen

Geek Wedding Collection

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Metallica's My Apocalypse and Cyanide

VSQ Performs Stone Temple Pilots

VSQ Performs Fall out Boy, Vol. 2

Vsq Performs Flyleaf

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Alternative Hits of the 80s and 90s Vol. 2

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Ac/Dc

Alternative Hits of the 80s and 90s Vol. 1

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Coldplay's Viva La Vida

VSQ Performs Songs from Guitar Hero

Strung out, Vol. 9: VSQ Performs Music's Biggest Hits

The Tibute to the Warped Tour

Strung Out On Punk Rock, Vol. 1

Crenshaw Classics: VSQ Performs Dr. Dre

Strung Out, Vol. 7: VSQ Performs Music's Biggest Hits

VSQ Performs Michael Buble

VSQ Performs the Cure

The Indie Wedding String Collection

Strung Out, Vol. 8: VSQ Performs Music's Biggest Hits

The Modern Baby Shower Collection

VSQ Performs Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill

Mad World: Strung Out On Pearl Jam

See Ya! The Graduation String Quartet Collection

VSQ Performs Foo Fighters: Ordinary Heroes

Vsq Performs Panic at the Disco's Pretty. Odd

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Coldplay, Vol. 02

VSQ Performs Madonna

Exit… Stage Right: VSQ Performs Rush

VSQ Performs Finger Eleven

Strung out on Paramore

Strung Out On 3 Doors Down

The Gay Wedding Collection

The Rock 'n' Roll Wedding Collection

The Gothic Wedding Collection

Strung Out, Vol. 5: VSQ Performs 2007's Best Songs

Strung Out on Indie Rock, Vol. 1

Strung Out, Vol. 6: VSQ Performs Music's Biggest Hits

Strung Out, Vol. 4: VSQ Performs Hard Rock Hits

VSQ Performs 30 Seconds to Mars

Strung Out, Vol. 3: VSQ Performs Alternative Hits

VSQ Performs Godsmack's Godsmack

VSQ Performs Blue October

The Rock 'N' Roll Valentines Day Collection

My Metal Valentine

VSQ Performs Thrice

Valentine's Day Collection

The Emo Anti-Valentine's Day Collection

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Coldplay

Strung Out On U2

The String Quartet Interpretations of Matchbox Twenty

Strung out on Avenged Sevenfold: Bat Wings & Broken Strings

VSQ Performs Interpol: Interstellar

Strung Out, Vol. 2: VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits

VSQ Performs The Flaming Lips

Strung Out, Vol. 1: VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits

The Modern Wedding Collection

VSQ Performs Smashing Pumpkins

The Tribute To Ray LaMontagne

VSQ Performs Mariah Carey

VSQ Performs Alicia Keys

VSQ Performs Guns N' Roses

VSQ Performs Chris Cornell

The String Quartet Tribute To American Idol

The String Quartet Tribute to Daughtry: This Time Around

Through the Prism: The Classical Tribute to Rush

VSQ Performs Tori Amos, Vol. 2: Pieces

VSQ Performs Bad Religion: History Repeating

VSQ Performs PJ Harvey

Vsq Performs System of a Down's Mezmerize

VSQ Performs The Used

VSQ Performs Rush's 2112

VSQ Performs Simple Plan

VSQ Performs Arcade Fire's Funeral

VSQ Performs Hawthorne Heights: Arteries Untold

VSQ Performs Dream Theater

VSQ Performs Nirvana's Nevermind

VSQ Performs Evanescence, Vol. 2: Immortalized

VSQ Performs Tori Amos: Precious Things

Strung out on Inxs

The String Quartet Tribute to Casting Crowns

Strung Out on Seether: The String Quartet Tribute

VSQ Performs Papa Roach: Perfect Murder

VSQ Performs Deftones

VSQ Performs The Mars Volta: SQTESP

VSQ Performs Slayer: The Death Angel Remains

VSQ Performs Mastodon's Leviathan

VSQ Performs Breaking Benjamin

Embracing The Heaviness: The String Quartet Tribute to Stone Sour

VSQ Performs Senses Fail: The Dream is Real

VSQ Performs Linkin Park's Meteora

B-Sides of the String Sessions: Vsq Performs Dashboard Confessional, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Underoath: Painted Red

VSQ Performs A Perfect Circle, Vol. 2: Fervent

VSQ Performs Three Days Grace

The String Quartet Tribute to Lacuna Coil: Spiral Sounds

VSQ Performs the Fray

Strung out! Vsq Performs Panic! at the Disco

VSQ Performs Tool's Aenima

VSQ Performs Godsmack, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Godsmack

VSQ Performs Taking Back Sunday

VSQ Performs Kasabian: Processed Strings

VSQ Performs Morrissey

VSQ Performs No Doubt: The Singles 1992-2008

VSQ Performs Pink Floyd's The Wall: More Bricks

VSQ Performs Lynyrd Skynyrd: This Sweet Home

VSQ Performs System of A Down's Hypnotize

VSQ Performs Death Cab for Cutie: Ghost

VSQ Performs Coheed And Cambria's In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3

Leave Nothing Behind: Strung Out On Hoobastank - The String Quartet Tribute

Funeral: Vsq Performs My Chemical Romance

VSQ Performs To Korn: The Hurt Inside

VSQ Performs No Doubt

VSQ Performs R.E.M.

VSQ Performs Gwen Stefani

VSQ Performs Fall Out Boy

VSQ Performs Relient K

VSQ Performs Billy Joel

VSQ Performs Rob Thomas

Still Strung Out On U2, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Bright Eyes: Beautiful In The Morning

VSQ Performs Queens Of The Stone Age, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Foo Fighters: The Shape & Colour of My Heart

VSQ Performs Yellowcard

VSQ Performs Switchfoot

Heavier Strings: VSQ Performs John Mayer's "Heavier Things"

Vsq Performs the Killers

VSQ Performs Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine

VSQ Performs the Doors

VSQ Performs Snow Patrol

VSQ Performs Sonic Youth

The String Quartet Tribute To Bjork: Violently

VSQ Performs Puddle of Mudd

VSQ Performs the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds

VSQ Performs The Offspring

VSQ Performs Muse

VSQ Performs Tupac

VSQ Performs Massive Attack

Strung Out: the String Quartet Tribute Series Sampler

The String Quartet Tribute to Kelly Clarkson

The String Quartet Tribute to H.I.M.

The String Quartet Tribute to Crossfade

A String Quartet to Saliva

The String Quartet Tribute To Diana Krall

Lights Out: The String Quartet Tribute To The Darkness

The String Quartet Tribute to The Matrix: Hitmakers

Strung Out On Kid A: VSQ Performs Radiohead

VSQ Performs Dave Matthews Band

VSQ Performs U2's The Joshua Tree

Vsq Performs Elliott Smith

Vsq Performs The Pixies

VSQ Performs Oasis: Decadence And Vanity

VSQ Performs Paul McCartney

VSQ Performs Santana

Vsq Performs Elton John

VSQ Performs The Roots

VSQ Performs AFI

VSQ Performs Alison Krauss

VSQ Performs Phish

VSQ Performs Maroon 5: Under Your Skin

VSQ Performs Sum 41

Dreams: VSQ Performs Enya, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs A Perfect Circle

VSQ Performs Jet

VSQ Performs Creed

VSQ Performs George Strait: Tall in the Saddle

VSQ Performs Faith Hill

VSQ Performs Kiss

VSQ Performs Dido

VSQ Performs Celine Dion

VSQ Performs Peter Gabriel

VSQ Performs Nickelback: Someday

Vsq Performs Incubus, Vol. 2: New Skin

VSQ Performs Red Hot Chili Peppers

Break Stuff: The String Quartet Tribute to Limp Bizkit

VSQ Performs Queens Of The Stone Age: Strings For The Deaf

VSQ Performs Sade

VSQ Performs David Gray

VSQ Performs Duran Duran

Are You Breathing: The String Quartet Tribute to Disturbed

VSQ Master Series: Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico

The String Quartet Tribute to James Blunt

VSQ Performs Metallica: Say Your Prayers Little One

Save Yourself: VSQ Performs Audioslave

VSQ Performs Beyonce

VSQ Performs Depeche Mode

VSQ Performs Dashboard Confessional: The Songs You Have Come To Love The Most

VSQ Performs Warren Zevon: Dad, Get Me Out Of This!

VSQ Performs Jimi Hendrix

VSQ Performs Evanescence

VSQ Performs 311

VSQ Performs The Eagles

Restrung: VSQ Performs the Music From The Matrix

The Evil You Dread: VSQ Performs Slayer

VSQ Performs R.E.M., Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Diana Krall

VSQ Performs The White Stripes

VSQ Perform John Cougar Mellencamp

VSQ Performs Jeff Buckley

VSQ Performs Norah Jones

Metamorphic: VSQ Performs Tool, Vol. 2

VSQ Performs Fleetwood Mac

VSQ Performs New Order And Joy Division

Back in Baroque: VSQ Performs AC/DC

VSQ Performs Radiohead: Enigmatic

VSQ Performs Velvet Underground & Nico

VSQ Performs System of a Down

VSQ Performs Bon Jovi: Count Me In

VSQ Performs Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

VSQ Performs Rod Stewart

VSQ Performs Garth Brooks

In The Chamber: VSQ Performs Linkin Park

VSQ Performs Marilyn Manson

VSQ Performs Pearl Jam

VSQ Performs Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon

In the Chamber with Staind: The String Quartet Tribute

VSQ Performs 3 Doors Down

Revolution: VSQ Performs P.O.D.

The String Quartet Tribute to The Dixie Chicks

VSQ Performs Clapton

VSQ Performs Bob Dylan

VSQ Performs the Rolling Stones

VSQ Performs Aerosmith

VSQ Performs The Smiths

VSQ Performs Van Morrison

Come on and Kick Me! VSQ Performs Weezer

VSQ Performs James Taylor

VSQ Performs Nirvana

Anatomy of Evil: Vsq Performs Iron Maiden

Vsq Performs Jane's Addiction

VSQ Performs Jewel

VSQ Performs Train

VSQ Performs Garbage

The String Quartet Tribute to Barry Manilow

VSQ Performs John Lennon

Hometown: VSQ Performs Springsteen

VSQ Performs Nine Inch Nails

VSQ Performs Matchbox 20

VSQ Performs Incubus

VSQ Performs Black Sabbath

Rusted Moon: VSQ Performs Neil Young

VSQ Performs David Bowie

VSQ Performs Pink Floyd

VSQ Performs The Who's "Tommy"

VSQ Performs Sarah McLachlan

VSQ Performs Moby

VSQ Performs The Cure: Whisper

The String Quartet Tribute To Yanni: Olympus

VSQ Performs Led Zeppelin, Vol. 2

Strung Out On OK Computer: VSQ Performs Radiohead

VSQ Performs Tool: Third Eye Open

VSQ Performs Enya: Oceans

Strung Out On Jagged Little Pill: VSQ Performs Alanis Morissette

VSQ Performs Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

VSQ Performs Led Zeppelin

Singles

you should see me in a crown

What Was I Made For?

Die With a Smile

Lend Me Your Voice (feat. Tina Guo)

I Feel It Coming

Nothing Compares 2 U

Running up That Hill (a Deal with God)

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

Total Eclipse of the Heart (feat. Simply Three)

Halleluya (Burssbrain and Vitamin String Quartet Remix)

VSQ Performs Rob Zombie's Living Dead Girl

VSQ Performs Promise (Reprise) From Silent Hill 2

VSQ Performs the Walking Dead Theme

VSQ Performs the Main Titles from Beetlejuice

VSQ Performs Blue Öyster Cult's (Don't Fear) The Reaper

VSQ Performs Spoon's I Turn My Camera On

VSQ Performs Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees

VSQ Performs the Replacements' Bastards of Young

VSQ Performs the Rocky Horror Picture Show's I'm Going Home

VSQ Performs the Beatles' Norwegian Wood

VSQ Performs the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' the Impression That I Get

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Adele's Skyfall

VSQ Performs Adele's Rumour Has It

VSQ Performs Muse's Survival

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Jason Mraz's I Won't Give Up

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know

VSQ Performs Pat Benatar's "We Belong"

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Taylor Swift's Safe & Sound

VSQ Performs Michael Buble's "Haven't Met You Yet" - Single

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Tokio Hotel's "Strange" - Single

Vitamin String Quartet Performs 30 Seconds to Mars' This Is War

VSQ Performs Outkast's "Hey Ya"

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift's Two Is Better Than One

VSQ Performs The Script's "Breakeven" - Single

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Owl City's Fireflies - Singles

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Fall Out Boy's What a Catch, Donnie

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Taylor Swift's Love Story

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Fall Out Boy's Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Kanye West's Love Lockdown

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Natasha Bedingfield's Angel

Vitamin String Quartet Tribute to O.A.R.'s Shattered

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Smashing Pumpkins' G.L.O.W.

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Ac/Dc's Rock and Roll Train

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Metro Station's Seventeen Forever

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Metallica's the Day That Never Comes

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Slipknot's Psychosocial

Live

VSQ Live at Troubadour