Biography of
Alternative music artist Lazarus X
To understand the
essence Houston's newest local band Lazarus X you must understand the origin
of the name. In the early nineties the artist Dave L. lived for the guitar.
He was in a band that had an upcoming tour starting in Austin in a few
weeks. Life was good. Then in an moment of youthful impetuousness, an
incident he refers to as “the car surfing incident” he climbed on the hood
of a friends car as the friend sped down a dark road at a reckless 60 mph.
Bad idea. With the squeal of brakes and an
explosion of pain down his left side, in an instant a promising career was
over. Or so the doctors said anyway.
He had fractured his arm and broken the connecting bone in his wrist. The
doctor explained very calmly and emotionlessly that he
would never again have flexibility or control in his left hand. He would
never play a guitar again. He never believed them once, even in the eight
years when so much as the simplest chord caused him extreme pain.
Eight years later, after intensive therapy using
stretching, yoga and martial arts, particularly aikido (a Japanese art
originally reserved for royalty) he began to play again. “It was like a
flood gate had opened” Dave offered. “All of these songs I had been working
on in my head just began to pour out of me. Not long after beginning to play again he picked up the
nickname Lazarus X signifying the rebirth of his
career into this new and unknown territory. He also adopted the name Lazarus as his
last name for reasons of privacy. (Privacy is very important to Laz.)
Dave then formed Vampyre Boyscouts and put away
the songs he had written for a more collaborative format. The rock foursome
released a demo but by the time it was released the band had
gone their separate ways due to differing musical interests. Unfortunately
the master was lost in a computer crash a year or so later. "I also lost an
entire novel I had written." Laz confessed. "The band was more a group of
close friends then a musical collaboration. We decided we were better
friends before the band and the most important thing was the friendship."
Laz added. They remain
close friends to this day. Out of the ashes formed Pseudo Quack Axiom which had a
successful 2 year run as a touring band releasing a album called Smile. The
band got some notoriety in the Southern Texas region before deciding to
dissolve the band in late 2002.
Lazarus X was anxious to get in the studio after the
dissolution of PQA. “I’m really better at writing by myself than
collaborating.” admits Laz. Not long thereafter the old songs he had written before Vampyre Boyscouts make a reappearance.
"I had about 20 songs already written before Vampyre Boyscouts formed but I
added a few new songs just to round the album out a bit. I recorded the guitar and bass parts in my project studio. When
Silver Dragon Records was formed we went back into the studio and recorded the
vocals. The whole album was recorded before I even formed the band. Many of
the guitar parts and most of the solos were recorded first take. I feel that
there's a spontaneity there when you first write a song and that's why I
prefer a in house studio, to capture that feel that you can never quite
recapture once it's lost."
Laz
explains "I titled the album Weapon of Love after the song I wrote of the
same name. It is basically a tip of the hat to my personal hero Martin
Luther King Jr. who fought for freedom not just for his race but for all
races and did so without resorting to violence. That to me is the mark of a
truly great man."
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