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About Me

NOT YOUR AVERAGE BAND...
Finally, a band that has the guts to do something different.

An original blend of pop, ska and new wave treated with an Elvis Costello / Joe Jackson touch on the production side.
This quintet had been playing together for four years in a previous project. The natural evolution of the music led them to christen a new pop project in the Fall of 2004 to coincide with the release of their debut album "A Part" on Top 5 Records in Canada and Grover Records in Europe. The release was immediately followed by a major 5-week European Tour (Nov/Dec 2004) The album has received rave reviews and is beginning to creep its way onto college charts in Canada.
In April 2006, the band turned their sights to Asia where they played 15 shows in 8 days in the south of China
The assault on the States and the rest of the world is impending... Stay tuned...
Check out some tiny video clips from Lo's cell phone!!
Visit Chris Raz's tour diaries and blog - NOW!!!
You can also visit his music page/alter ego: The Elvin Ray Ex
Visit King Kong's MySpace page here

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/9/2005
Band Website: loandthemagnetics.com
Band Members: Mike Gasselsdorfer "Mike G." on drums
Mitch "King Kong" Girio on bass
Chris Raz on guitar
Dan Meier on keys & reeds (Departed)
Lo on vocals & baritone sax
Influences: Elvis Costello (early)
Blondie
The Pretenders
The Police
Kraftwerk
and so much more
Sounds Like: "Someone making love to your ears..." -GSR
Record Label: Top 5 Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Los side-project gets lots of attention

when it rains it pours!!tomorrow night, i'll be playing and singing back-up as special guest of a band at the GAMIQ gala (Metropolis, Montreal)the Magnetics are itching to start recording again... tha...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:51:00 PST

Lo in NYC this Friday

Hi everyone...Lo's side-project Les Handclaps will be playing at an RSVP only party in New York this Friday May 25th. RSVP HEREFREE ADMISSION!!!!Also playing are Les BreastfeedersShould be fun...Hope ...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Thu, 24 May 2007 09:53:00 PST

Lo's side project plays...

Hi everyone...I should apologize for not blogging or sending a bulletin for the very first show of my electro-pop-yeye side project Les Handclaps... But I just assumed everyone would be at the Slacker...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Mon, 07 May 2007 10:10:00 PST

NEWS! Some sad, some good...

Hey dudes, we haven't been paying much attention to this account recently and we apologize to those who've left us messages that were unanswered. We'll get on that really soon. Things have...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:54:00 PST

LUO THE BOON!

Hey dudes! Chris Raz here with another blog, ENJOY!!! So while we were in China, the Magnetics discovered all kinds of new fun hobbies like drinking "fire water" or sweating, but none wer...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:33:00 PST

Raz's China Blog.... COMPLETE!

Hey guys! So I've just finished posting the last of my Chinese tour diaries, so check out the goods @ www.elvinray.blogspot.com enjoy raz...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:13:00 PST

special jazz fest show!!!

we posted a bulletin and posts to a few forums, but just in case, below is the info again...i'm pretty excited about this project. i've wanted to do something for a few years, and now the montreal int...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:51:00 PST

Lo's first China blog... and not my last...

15 shows in 8 days, 6 airports, 5 airlines, 44 hours of flying time, crossing the Date Line twice, insane jet lag plus 12-hour time difference, 16 days above 30 degrees Celcius (86 Fahrenheit), one su...
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Thu, 18 May 2006 06:40:00 PST

Raz' China Tour Diaries posted

Hey all, I've been posting my tour diaries from our China trip w/ some cool pics so go enjoy @ www.elvinray.blogspot.com Chris Raz
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Fri, 12 May 2006 05:14:00 PST

china blog to wait??

no time... slow internet, if any... will do more blogs when we get home... having an amazing time, learning a LOT!!!! :-) see you all soon Lo
Posted by Lo and the Magnetics on Thu, 04 May 2006 07:27:00 PST