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Ep16: It's Lunarin's leading lady! It's Linda Ong!
Lion City Rock
English - January 11, 2022 10:29 - 1 hour - 63 MBMusic Commentary Music Music History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
One of our favourite rockers, Linda Ong of Lunarin is our guest this week! Lunarin has been progressively rocking the Lion City ever since Linda, Eng Teck and Kah Wye first met in Dunman High.
With influences ranging from Nirvana to Tool, critics have described Lunarin's brand of prog-rock as "snarling", "propulsive", "groovy metal bangers" and – our favourite – "celestial pop with the force of a battle-axe".
But their musical journey wasn't always a smooth one. First forming as Fuzzbox, their debut gig was, by all accounts, a dud. Then there was the matter of "irreconcilable differences in musical direction" that saw them split from their first singer. So how did they go from being "just another band" to being able to get Grammy-winner David Bottrill to produce for them?
Here's their story...
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