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Interviewed by M G Jen What is the history of the band? Patrick - REDLIZZARD were born in December 2007 from a project I had with Elvis. At the time we were also working with Mauro in another project and the invitation for him to join us came naturally. Rick joined the band after: I had worked with him in several other projects, so both me and Elvis thought it would be the most natural choice for Rick to fill in the drummers place. In April 2008 we had some original songs already finished, so we went into studio and recorded our first demo. The result was five songs that we used to introduce the band to the public. During the following 2 years we played live in many clubs, bars and entered some competitions. In 2009, we won our first award in a band competition. During 2010, we made it to several music competitions finals and ended up winning most of them. REDLIZZARD began the year of 2011 participating in two more finals in band competitions; one of them was one of the most prestigious national competitions, XVI Corroios Music Festival. Despite being ranked #2, the band was praised by the organization in the Festival site: ‘REDLIZZARD managed a stunning display perfectly to tread the stages of great festivals in Portugal and the rest of the world’. Still in 2011, we had a lot more nominations and awards, the most important was the contest ‘Have a Nice Day on the Stage with Bon Jovi’. In result of that, REDLIZZARD were the opening act for the Bon Jovi Concert in Lisbon at July 31 2011 for 56,000 people. According to the local media, we were BIG,
with an excellent reception from the public. In August the band was invited to attend the program ‘Verão Total’ for a national television network, which gave them the opportunity to present their work to millions… It was our first television appearance. In the summer of 2011 we recorded our first EP - In Your Face, which was released on the 17th November. In November 2011, REDLIZZARD were nominated in two categories, ‘Best Alternative / Pop Band" and ‘Best International Band’ for the ‘The Upper State Independent Awards’ (Site: http:// usiawards.com/) in the United States which also ended up winning both. Since then we're touring in Portugal to promote our EP live in Portugal. And although we only play live in Portugal, we've had some great feedback from online radios all around the world a sking for our EP. Who are the band members and their role? REDLIZZARD are Mauro on Vocals, Elvis on Lead Guitar, Patrick on Rhythm Guitar, Roger on Bass and Rick on the Drums. What is the origin of the band name? Elvis - Hehehe… There are a lot of theory’s about that… But probably the one closer to the truth involves rival football teams… That’s all we can reveal ;) Who would you say are the band’s influences? Patrick - We all have different types of music and
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