LEMON BIRD – the band who should not be; four personalities converging in a musical project that unites the incompatible. With their guitar dominated hard rock, Lemon Bird originates from blues oriented rock. But thanks to their wide musical background Lemon Bird goes the whole hog – country, folk and unusual rhythms speak a foreign language in their arsenal of rock songs. Lemon Bird's ambition is to break the boundaries and tear down the walls that genre-loving people have been building the past thirty years. The most important criteria are, in studio or on stage, creativity, energy, improvisation and a passion for their music. Despite all this, Lemon Bird never loses focus on the audience.
Lemon Bird has been around since early 2004. In the beginning Rick was playing Irish folk music down south. Not far away Andy played in a marching band. On the east coast John was bluesing around. They all ended up in a small Swedish town. Andy, Rick and John started playing drums, banjo and tuba in a jazzband. Rick and John soon switched to electric bass and guitar. They hooked up with a guy named Jonathan – thus Lemon Bird took off on its first flight. Later Jonathan decided to leave the nest and a good old friend named Daniel grabbed the mike and brought his lovely bluesharp. Lemon Bird never went down, they just hovered for a while.
Inspired by their diverse musical background they created some music of their own – resulting in the album RARA AVIS. Please enjoy, and for heaven's sake – play loud!
With a large collection of material, Lemon Bird is constantly revising and re-writing their material. Often on the spur of the moment, right on stage! The motto of Lemon Bird is "We like it, let's do it!". Watching and listening to Lemon Bird, you will soon find out that one plus one plus one plus one equals five, where the magic of their music shapes the form of the fifth element.
Ain't Gonna Grieve Gotta Keep Movin' Hole in my Soul (All the Little) Lemon Birds Don't Hang Up