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Band profile Meltasia Festival Edition: Lecherous Gaze
Lecherous Gaze is a 4 piece rock group from Oakland, California, members are:
Guitar -Graham Clise, Bass Guitar – Chris Grande, Drums – Noel Sullivan, Vox – Zaryan Zaidi and Zack Dellorto..
from Pitchfork.com on Lecherous Gaze:
‘Lecherous Gaze got their start in the Oakland hardcore scene over a decade ago, but they’ve mellowed out ever since lead vocalist Zaryan Zaidi took the reigns in 2011—that is, if your notion of “mellowing out” involves swapping breakneck tempos for crushing psych, smoking 20 joints, and turning the amps up to the point that your teeth rattle. Their new album, Zeta Reticuli Blues, hits shelves June 3 via Tee Pee, and features guitar work that’ll make you long for the days when they still made Guitar Hero games.
A sizzling slab of stoner rock, “Boulevard Diamonds” sees the band manning the throttles with expert precision. Guitarist Graham Clise fires off psychedelic runs with ease, while the rhythm section barrels forward. Zaidi’s rabid, carnival-barker growls rise above his bandmates’ mechanic chug as the chaotic blues-rocker unfolds, a boogie straight out of hell.’
Lecherous Gaze is signed to TeePee Records..
From the TeePee Records website:
‘The history of Lecherous Gaze goes back to 2001 when guitarist Graham Clise and bassist Chris Grande started the hardcore punk band, Annihilation Time. After several personnel shake-ups, drummer Noel Sullivan was brought into the fold as the band toured relentlessly across the US and Europe. In the summer of 2009, AT vocalist Jimmy Rose decided to depart, at which point the band chose to lay the name to rest and begin with another project. After a brief period of stewing their chops covering old Black Sabbath songs in their downtown Oakland home/practice space, the band re-emerged with a new vocalist under the name Lecherous Gaze. Steeping themselves in the Hendrix-tripped guitar-god worship of bombastic 70’s rock and the primordial 60s rockin’ rawness of Chuck Berry, Clise and company’s hard-core of Flag and Sabbath worship congealed into a sticky sweet nug of potent hard rock hash. And after a few more line-up changes, the band released a self-titled 4 song EP with singer Lakis Panagiotopulos on Tee Pee Records in 2011. However, after some brief touring of the US and a full European tour, the Gaze decided to part ways with Lakis, again taking a brief period off to expand their arsenal of riffs. They soon enlisted the help of long time friend, Zaryan Zaidi of the band Char-Man to join the Gaze as their new front man. With his raspy Beefheart/Howlin’ Wolf delivery coupling with the aggressively dark tones of Alice Cooper, Zaryan gelled perfectly with the frustrated and heavy sonic assault the band had been building up for release since the break up of Annihilation Time. October 2012 sees the release of the debut full length 3 years in the making; which with its maelstromic mixture of heavy rock riffage, punk snarl attitude, and Zep-like attention to detail, comes across as a heshers record collection melted together into one crushing slab of volcanic rock and roll.’
For more on Lecherous Gaze, check out their FaceBook HERE and Allmusic.com HERE..
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