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From The Mind Of Adi #44: Shane Lawlor’s (Electric Touch) Firsts
Firsts: Sh*te that happened before other sh*te happened.
Today: Shane Lawlor’s Firsts! This time, we examine what inspired Shane Lawlor from Electric Touch. Catch Electric Touch’s blistering rock ditties tonight at Emo’s.
- 1st favorite song: According to my mother and father - "Brown Girl In
The Ring" By Boney M. Apparently as soon as I could walk (which was at 9
months!), I was laughing and bouncing to this old classic.
- 1st favorite musician or band: Buddy Holly. I would listen to Buddy
Holly every night as a kid in England and drift off to sleep.
- 1st vinyl purchased: Let's Dance by David Bowie. I got it for my mum (My Dad actually bought it but I signed the gift, like you do when you're a kid
and your only job is playing in the yard) but before too long I had it in my
room and it stayed there!
- 1st album recorded on a cassette tape: I remember taping Queen's
"Bohemian Rhapsody" off Gem AM - Solid Gold Radio (An Oldies, but Goodies Station in Nottingham). It wasn't piracy back then, it was just a deep rooted need to hear the song repeatedly and it wasn't in the shops at that time.
- 1st cassette tape purchased: The Best of Buddy Holly. I wore that tape
out!!! I still listen to him a lot.
- 1st concert attended: Five Star - England's answer to The Jackson 5. I remember being amazing by the fact that 2 women were literally coming to
blows over which one was waved at by one of the singers. At a young age I
witnessed first hand the power of music, or the power being on a stage....or maybe
just the power of being in Five Star - I'm not sure.
- 1st CD purchased: Chuck Berry - Rock ‘n’ Roll Rarities. Another one that totally changed my life. My parents were shocked that I wanted to buy that old music, but I wanted nothing else.
- 1st album downloaded: Believe it or not - Electric Touch by Electric
Touch. Up to that point I only bought the CD or Vinyl so I could have the
whole package, cover, read the liner notes etc.
- 1st personal band: We were called Ease, and we were a 4-piece of
school friends. We rehearsed every day and were really tight, but only
played a handful of shows. We had tunes like "Lipstick Lover" and sounded a lot like The Jam.
- 1st recording: My first ever band saved up and booked 24 hours in a
local studio. It was a "lock out" so the band has the use of the studio for one
day - from 9am - 9am the next day. We recorded 3 songs and when we listened back
at home we thought that was it - We were stars. I don't know where the tape is
now, but I heard it a few years ago and it's not as bad as you might think. The
first Electric Touch recording was a 2 song demo recorded in Austin that ended up
landing us a record deal!
- 1st live performance: The Duchess Theatre in Nottingham. My friends
booked the theatre (as we were too young to play in pubs), and we sold it out with
4 bands from school on the bill. My band was the second on. We didn't have a
bass player, but we went down great! I remember after the show, I kissed a girl
from school behind some stage scenery, who normally wouldn't look twice at me,
and that was it - I knew what I wanted to be!
- 1st national (or international) tour: Our first "Electric Touch" National Tour was with The Fratellis and The Airborne Toxic Event. It was an amazing experience we had a wonderful time! We're still close with The Airborne Toxic Event - they are friends and wonderful people, so it's great to see them doing so well.
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Past Firsts:
- Adi’s Firsts
- James Petralli’s (White Denim) Firsts
- Chris Rose’s (Car Stereo (Wars)) Firsts
- JP’s (Built By Snow) Firsts
- Lauren Larson’s (Ume) Firsts
- John Farmer’s (What Made Milwaukee Famous) Firsts
- Martín Perna’s (Ocote Soul Sounds) Firsts
- Adrian Quesada’s (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout!, Ocote Soul Sounds) Firsts
- Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault’s (Runaway) Firsts
- Ben and Jeff Brown’s (No Show Ponies) Firsts
- Jeramy Neugent’s (Learning Secrets) Firsts
- James Moody’s (The Mohawk) Firsts
- Nancy Whang’s (LCD Soundsystem, The Juan MacLean) Firsts
- Jen Rea’s (Team Fabrication) Firsts
- Richard Henry’s Firsts
- Matt Ragland’s (Nelo) Firsts