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The Leader

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THE LEADER rock out with the dynamic grace of two sonic gymnasts (in formal attire). Careening through a thousand time signatures and pop genres, bassist Julie DeLano and drummer Sam Lazzara reign supreme over the low end, with suspenseful rhythmic patterns beneath wickedly clever melodies and lyrics. It would be math rock if it weren't so soulful...yeah.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Website: olivejuicemusic.com
Band Members: Julie DeLano: Bass and Vocals Sam Lazzara: Drums, Vibraphone,and Vocals
Influences: Gaylord, Lenny Bruce, Joe Strummer, Burt Lancaster, Freddie Mercury,Leonard Bernstein, Federico Fellini, Peggy Lee, Orson Welles, Ella Fitzgerald, Loretta Lynn, Louis Armstrong, Polly Jean Harvey, Johnny Mathis, John Bollinger, Exene Cervenka, Elvis, Count Basie, Jim Jarmusch, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, David Lynch, Kiki and Herb, Burt Bacharach, Luciano Pavorotti, Courtney Love, Judy Garland, Prince, Jerry Lewis, Kim Deal, Dee Dee-Joey-Johnny....and more...
Sounds Like: "You'd think a bass-drums duo would sound spare, but Julie DeLano and Sam Lazzara of The Leader fill out their sound with weird, soundscapey flourishes. Their recent Olive Juice disc, "Dorian Gray Days", is an atmospheric, ambitious affair; the songs vary in tone, but they're uniformly imaginative-if not not always charming."-Time Out New York Aug. 3, 2007
Record Label: Olive Juice
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Disappointing decision on term limits!!!

I just wrote the mayor, the speaker and my "rep" in the city council. This is the letter I wrote to the speaker:To Speaker Christine Quinn,I am writing to express how disappointed I am in the decision...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:27:00 GMT

Check out what this article says about The Leader. You really can’t argue with it

http://welcometoboogcity.com/boogpdfs/bc44.pdf
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:52:00 GMT

Release: The Leader to back up Major Matt Mason for cd release

We are very excited to be MMM's backing band for his cd release event at Brooklyn tea party on Saturday March 22nd. This is one of my favorite albums of recent times by one of our favorite song writer...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:29:00 GMT

A date with The Leader contest...

Date with The Leader contest:We have found ourselves in a predicament. We only have one extra ticket to the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday, February 26 to see Giuseppe Verdi's take on Shakespeare's Oth...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:05:00 GMT

why I live in NYC...

Free Summertime Music concerts ...sometimes of legends like BookerT and the MGs 2 days in a row. Once in beautiful Rockefellar park over looking the Hudson once in downtown Brooklyn. Hip hugger, melti...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:25:00 GMT

The "Green " mayor...

So we all of a sudden we have an enviromentally conscious maYOR. The same mayor whose city( the largest city) has a joke of a recycling program. I've got a question about congestion problem in the ci...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:46:00 GMT

X and Joe Strummer

Wed. went to see "The Unheard Music" at Bam. I own it but never saw it on a big screen.REally great portrait of the times. One of the best music doc/movies from the Punk era. John Doe took questions ...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:24:00 GMT

way to have a perfect day...

I went to breakfast with Clint from Clint Michigan today and after finding Foodswings closed, (there by dashing our hopes for a vegan milkshake), we bumped into Jeff Lewis as we were settling for bake...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:33:00 GMT