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InVettagating: Venice - Michael Lennon August 2005 page 1

Venice, a band with stunning vocal abillities from the L.A. / Venice beach area. This InVettagation informs about different aspects of Venice about their vocals, use of Line 6 gear and different tunings. So here's an InVettagation on 4 hardworking guys from the sunny side of Venice Beach California. Turns out they had one of the Beta models of the Variax 500 used in their Blue Paint video. Welcome to the rest of the InVettagation.

In this InVettagation an interview with their guitarplayer, Lennon family member, singer, songwriter and responsible for their recordings.

Thanks go out to all the Venice bandmembers, their crew and management, they have been very kind and helpfull.

For starters, a short info on the Venice chronicles. Michael can you give me some background?

Whell Venice consists of 4 family members Kipp Lennon - who's on lead vocals, Mark Lennon - also lead vocals, Pat Lennon - electric & acoustic guitar and vocals and myself Michael Lennon - electric & acoustic guitar, vocals. Kipp and myself started the band in 1977. The next year Mark joined and we got Pat onboard three years later. Kipp and Pat are brothers, as are Mark and myself.


Pat - Mark - Kipp	Pat & Mark - Kipp & Michael

Venice's music can be described as either Rock, Folk-Rock, Country-Folk-Rock, Adult Contemporary or Vocal Group, depending upon the source. Our sound is often compared to the Southern California sound of 1970's groups like the Eagles, Crosby Stills & Nash and Fleetwood Mac.

Is there a kinda of a statement that Venice tries to get across?

A Statement? Not nescessarily, I think we wanna speak honestly and truthfully about our life experiences when we write our songs. We want to get the people to know that they're not alone in their feelings whenever they are happy or sad or different states they are in.

We write songs about the things that we experience, we write about the things we go through and it ends up to being things that other people go through in their own lives aswell. Somethings about our own lives it could be taking by different people. For example we could write about a child and someone could think it's about their girlfriend.

We try to write the songs more generally and not so specific so that people can apply it to their own experience of that same situation. Wheter it's the love for a child or a grownup. even it's a bout the death of young or old person or a loved one.. whell whatever it is.

So I don't know if we're really making a statement. I think it the main thing that we do is stay honest and write about what we're talking about. we don't try to make up stories to make a hitsong or something. we really wanna try to keep it real. We find that the most succes comes when we do that.

The songs that connect the most are the songs that are so simple... They capture a reality in life but in a unique way. Like saying "the family tree will always grow" instead of saying "we will have kids" or they will die and we will have kids. So we try to do something artistic and creative with it and keep it really simple. So it's not really a statement it's more a motto or our goal.


Michael Lennon	Michael & Line 6 Variax 500

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