BRIEF BIO
Based in Las Vegas Nevada, Sex To Love is a band that skillfully blends catchy melodies, complex instrumentation, and energetic live performances that captivate their audiences and leave a lasting impression.
Formed in 2023 by Joe Nassar and Patrick Vitagliano after initially working on several songs before expanding the group and adopting their current name. Sex To Love has established a strong presence in Las Vegas, regularly performing to a packed audiences and gaining favor among venue bookers and promoters.
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Who is Sex To Love?
Joe Nassar is a multitalented artist currently residing in Las Vegas. He has an amazing background as a singer/songwriter/composer/performer. From singing in choir at 12 years old, to performing/touring with such bands as Kiss, Depeche Mode, Imagine Dragons and The Killers.
He has helped form several bands including Satin Steel, Legend and Paris, and has performed with his own (Light The Black Skye and Vent). Joe has also performed several different genres, Blues, Rock, RnB, Opera and Country. His well rounded voice make it possible for him to cover so many styles and perform with amazing intensity and emotion.
Now focusing all of his energy into Sex To Love, Joe is certain to continue his amazing career with tremendous notoriety and success. His songwriting inspires endless waves of emotion, and his powerful voice is a freight train of eclectic tones and passion.
Nico Hayek, at 21 years old, has already become a sought-after musician. Born into a musical family, he has been playing guitar since the age of 3 and has developed the feel, tone, diversity and experience of many, much more seasoned performers.
Influenced by artists like George Benson, Steve Lukather, Eddie Van Halen and Vito Bratta, he is destined to become one of the greats.
Nico has performed with Sex To Love, Chasing Light, and recorded with The Bones. Watching him perform shows his love of music that is contagious.
Nannette Fortier, a Las Vegas native, has performed all over the world as a drummer and percussionist. Notably, she has toured with and enjoyed a residency with Celine Dion as a percussionist. Other experience also includes performing with The Blue Man Group and Raiding The Rock Vault.
Nannette brings an amazing sense of rhythm, and an intuitive understand of what a song needs. Her sense of dynamics is so attached to the emotion of music that her feel instantly touches the listener. Originally a pianist at an early age, it was the rhythm of drums and percussion that fueled her career. She toured Turkey and Europe with popular Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal then moved on to New Zealand to perform with Caitlin Smith, John Kempt and Karen Hunter.
She has studied Afro-Brazilian drumming, learned the Irish bodhran and performed with Celtic Band, Killian’s Angels. With her immense experience and emotional approach to her playing, Sex To Love is thrilled to call Nannette Band-Family.
Pat Vitagliano, a Las Vegas resident, has been performing as a musician since age 14. Immersing himself in live and studio production, he was exposed to an amazing diverse range of music. As a singer/songwriter/Producer, he has also honed skills on guitar, bass and piano.
Pat has been recruited into touring with Nuclear Assault from 1996-1998, then spent time in NYC performing a comedy show that included self-written music which he incorporated into his comedy act. Performing along with Jim Gaffigan, Rich Voss, Jim Norton, Laurie Kilmartin and more, he has enjoyed success on the comedic end of the stage.
Patrick eventually became a song writer for the serious side of music, staring with a solo-acoustic album in 2004, and become the founding member of The Bones (who currently recorded their 6th album, “Circle”) In addition to The Bones, Pat is the bass player for Sex To Love and bring his charming and witty personality along with experience and musical & vocal abilities.