![]() Asian Restaurants with Private Dining in Miami.American Restaurants for Breakfast in Miami.Hotels near Zoological Wildlife Foundation.Saturday, November 13, at Gramps 176 NW 24 St., Miami 85. "One day, I want to be able to sing the whole thing in German."įor now, audiences will have to be content with watching him shred and sing in his native tongue as he spreads the gospel of his home country's proud rock heritage.ĭion Lunadon. I memorized the first verse so I can play it live," he says. "On the record, I imitated the words as best I could. Lunadon found singing a song in a language he doesn't speak to be a challenge. "I had a friend in Switzerland with a record label who wanted a German song, and I always wanted to sing a song in a foreign language." "It's the German word for 'scream' or 'howl.' It's a translation from an English song I did on my first album, 'Howl,'" he explains. ![]() Lunadon's solo career has thus far spawned one full-length album and an EP released last year with the German title Schreien. A Place to Bury Strangers was essentially Oliver band," he says. I had to look at what I was doing and decide what was best for me. "I was forced to make a decision to go solo. We learned what it was like touring the world and working with industry people," he says.Īfter the band split in 2006, Lunadon moved to Los Angeles, crashing with Australian band Jet, best known for the 2003 hit "Are You Gonna Be My Girl." After the move, he joined New York City noise rockers A Place to Bury Strangers as the band's bassist.īut after a happy decade, Lunadon decided it was time to take control of his career. We were against what a lot of bands in New Zealand try to do in being weaker versions of American bands, like the New Zealand version of Red Hot Chili Peppers."Īfter joining garage-rock act the D4, Lunadon finally got to experience what it was like to be a working musician outside of New Zealand. "The guy who ran it was into Andy Warhol's the Factory and made it a very DIY space for bands that didn't want to be a part of the music-industry machine. It was almost like a squat, but they had a studio," he recounts. ![]() "We were teenagers and got hooked up with older musicians at a DIY space. It wasn't long before Lunadon joined his first band, Nothing at All. One day I told myself I'd go to work once I figured out how to play 'Stairway to Heaven.' I showed up three hours late, and Dad fired me." "I used to work at my dad's stationery shop. "When I was 6 or 7, I saw Michael Jackson's video for 'Beat It' and was obsessed by it," he says.Īfter being forced to take piano lessons, a teenaged Lunadon picked up the guitar. ![]() Still, it's not so far that he could escape American and British musical influences during his formative years. We're 12 hours from anywhere else," he says. Gramps is a far cry from Auckland, New Zealand, where Lunadon was raised. Miami will see how much Lunadon puts into his loudly hyperactive rock 'n' roll when he and his four-piece band play Gramps on Saturday. My strong point is putting my all into it physically and being in the moment." "Some artists like Jonathan Richman might not be high-energy, but they're brilliant lyricists, so that makes them a good performer. "I guess my energy is my thing," Lunadon tells New Times. Dion Lunadon didn't have much of a reaction when reading aloud the third sentence from his Wikipedia page: "He is also known for his high energy and often unpredictable stage presence."
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