The Leane: Like a 'ticking time bomb'
LAURA IRWIN
Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: Arts and Entertainment
No altar boys sing in "The
Leane," the area's latest and
greatest Brit punk revival
band.
Their shows are for punkrock
fans yearning for a
unique style that is rare to
find in this day and age of
copycat tunes.
Led by frontman Michael
LoStracco, "The Leane" has
amped crowds at PhilaFunk
Live to The Trocodero, The
Khyber, The North Star Bar
and The Fire and everywhere
in between.
This sort of garage-band
goes-pro story begins during
a bachelor party in the summer
of 2003 when 6-degrees
of separation united
LoStracco with Jessie S., on
lead guitar, a long-time friend
of Miguel Arizmendi, drums
and percussion, LoStracco's
friend from youth. Then,
Lostracco brought in Brett
Thompson, friend from
Arcadia University, on bass
guitar, thus "effectively starting
'The Leane' in August
2006, playing our first show
at John and Peter's that
September."
"It started really slow,"
said LoStracco, "but in June
of 2007 we made it a point to
get out there and get shows.
After that, it was a domino
effect with booking gigs."
LoStracco, tall and darkhaired
with a dimpled chin
that the girls fawn over, has a
voice like Anthony Kiedis,
lead man for The Red Hot
Chili Peppers. The band said
their influences come from
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
and Queens of the Stone Age,
not to mention other 90s Britrock.
They've been loosely
compared to The
Whitestripes, Kings of Leon
and The Clash.
"People can't really compare
us easily to another band
and I think that's great. I
don't think we easily fit into a
box. Promoters like us
because we can fit on many
bills."
Surprisingly, LoStracco's
main influence in music is
theater.
He uses visual elements,
himself, and his words,
which LoStracco said he
works very hard on, to create
a well-rounded appeal to
their performances.
But LoStracco, who writes
Leane," the area's latest and
greatest Brit punk revival
band.
Their shows are for punkrock
fans yearning for a
unique style that is rare to
find in this day and age of
copycat tunes.
Led by frontman Michael
LoStracco, "The Leane" has
amped crowds at PhilaFunk
Live to The Trocodero, The
Khyber, The North Star Bar
and The Fire and everywhere
in between.
This sort of garage-band
goes-pro story begins during
a bachelor party in the summer
of 2003 when 6-degrees
of separation united
LoStracco with Jessie S., on
lead guitar, a long-time friend
of Miguel Arizmendi, drums
and percussion, LoStracco's
friend from youth. Then,
Lostracco brought in Brett
Thompson, friend from
Arcadia University, on bass
guitar, thus "effectively starting
'The Leane' in August
2006, playing our first show
at John and Peter's that
September."
"It started really slow,"
said LoStracco, "but in June
of 2007 we made it a point to
get out there and get shows.
After that, it was a domino
effect with booking gigs."
LoStracco, tall and darkhaired
with a dimpled chin
that the girls fawn over, has a
voice like Anthony Kiedis,
lead man for The Red Hot
Chili Peppers. The band said
their influences come from
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
and Queens of the Stone Age,
not to mention other 90s Britrock.
They've been loosely
compared to The
Whitestripes, Kings of Leon
and The Clash.
"People can't really compare
us easily to another band
and I think that's great. I
don't think we easily fit into a
box. Promoters like us
because we can fit on many
bills."
Surprisingly, LoStracco's
main influence in music is
theater.
He uses visual elements,
himself, and his words,
which LoStracco said he
works very hard on, to create
a well-rounded appeal to
their performances.
But LoStracco, who writes
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