Vin fronted the band "Stryker" from 1992 through 2000 and was renowned for his “Talking Heads” set and his passion on stage. The band released an original CD in 1995 with lyrics and melody lines written by Vin.  Performers appearing on stage with Vin during those years include Tommy Shaw of Styx , Tom Shultz of Boston , and Brian Johnson of AC/DC. 

Focusing the last several years on his songwriting and recording career, Vin Lamar is an intense performer who can reach listeners in an engaging and charismatic way. Vin has dedicated himself to writing songs as a way of processing the changes in his personal life.  Music has always been the way he releases pent up emotional energy and because of this he connects to a lot of people through his original works. Vin performs his music on piano and acoustic guitar. 

Vin Lamar  has an incredible talent to write and perform songs about our everyday experiences. Vin takes the everyday moments and causes you to search your soul as you travel through your own personal journey.  He addresses the full gambit of life’s moments filled with painful decisions through those moments when you find you are finally able to laugh at yourself. Having the ability to express and define those chosen moments when life hands you monumental challenges is the heart and soul of Vin’s music.  He sees the struggle, sorrow, or pain of his own misfortunes or that of others and transcends the feelings from each of those moments into beautiful resonating songs. Yet, without missing a beat, Vin can embrace how amusing life can be and creates light hearted, “rib busting” humorous songs that allow us to laugh at ourselves and at our shortcomings.  He sees the silliness, playfulness and the childlike beauty in our everyday life and harnesses this with extraordinary simplicity into fun light-hearted songs.The balance of both love and laughter is the real premise of the way Vin lives his life.  It is this balance and his keen sense of awareness of the human journey that makes Vin a master of his craft.