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Formed in the spring of 2007, “Lieder” (which means “songs” in German) was personally given its name by rock legend Pete Townshend of “The Who”.
“Lieder”, a trio based out of northern New Jersey, is an original band who displays an aggressive style of power pop, steeped in the tradition of American and British rock and roll.
Being influenced by ‘The Who” itself, lead vocalist/guitarist Mike Kosturko produces an infectious brand of memorable songs with the potency and precision of any other established artist.
Jorge Barreto, a committed disciple of rhythmic progression, lays down meaty yet melodic bass lines, which holds the bands sound together.
While commanding a solid tempo, drummer Mike DeRisi adds a flourish of strategically placed fills, without disrupting the songs relevance.
Although they have had much success recording, playing live is what this band thrives on. They revel in the immediate response to their energetic style of play and challenge anyone not to enjoy their enthusiasm.
All three have come together from years of experience to unite their influences into one enormous collaboration and celebration of a genre that has seemed to dissipate over the years.
THE ART OF THE POWER POP TRIO!
RECENT REVIEWS
"You've put together a nice 3-song demo and it's pretty
impressive ..... I think you're onto something here! I like
the songs and I like the vocals----you sound honest!" -Howard Kaylan (The Turtles / Flo & Eddie) Feb '08
"It's out of my hands" got me the most as it swings, which is something you don't get that often in modern pop anymore, it's very reminiscent of my generation's top flight stuff, the mid song "pop" of the snare bringing it all back together again is one of my favorite tricks of the trade, the on and off again drum breaks near the end turn me on again reminding me of my youth and then masterfully right back to the swing groove of which I was raised and then the interesting inverted arpeggios at the end was a delightful surprise as well, I didn't expect that and i love it when a band can set me up for an unexpected movement in the progression and at my age and listening experience few can do it to me today - for all that I must say I'm impressed and predict a very probable success for LIEDER in the pop genre." -Reflective Respect (internet radio DJ)
"Pure Power Pop at its Best!" - Power Pop Sounds
"Any tune that bleeds influence from one of my
fave groups of all time, The Who, simply must
get some play on the Songbird's station. And Lieder captures the sound of early Who as well as anyone out there. Quite dynamic! Rock on Lieder!"
-Sandman's Songbirds (internet radio DJ)
"Great pop tunes... I hear a ton of influences here
... And from New Jersey!!! Gotta check out a show!!!" -WIZARD X FM (internet radio DJ)
"Just good, solid, classic power pop!" - The Good Stuff Too!!! (internet radio DJ)
"SIOUX" performed live at The Underscore in New York City - 4/25/2009
The studio version of "Doesn't Anybody Care?" is fantastic! The lead and backing vocals are outstanding and the level of musicianship is really top-notch. Great song.
Thank you so very much for your friendship and kind words. It's musicians and music lovers like you that inspre us to make the music we do. You Rock!!! Visit us often or else our crazy dancin cat from our page will come after you!
Melodic Hardcore, Emotional Hard-core and Punk Rock have gained a lot of popularity and are now largely accepted in Japan, so next should be Power pop!
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