ASK LEE HE KNOWS
3/2/2000

Now on with the questions...

Q: hey lee! i was just wondering what bands are opening up for you guys this spring? and do you (or other members of luna) like the popular girl scout cookies? if so, which kind? thanks! dan

A: Dan, On the spring tour, you may see one of these bands/artists open for us: Champale, Mark Eitzel, Lockgroove, and Cat Power. Check local listings. As for the popular girl scout cookies, I've not heard them. Are they good?

Q: lee... could you please inform me this. i would like to know what equipment y'all use. thanks. jeffrey

A: Jeffrey, We get this question a lot. A list like this will of course have many variations (and put some people to sleep), but basically, for all the gear-heads, here goes: On tour with the LUNA Machine - Sean achieves what has come to be known as "Edentronics" with a Fender '64 Jazz Master, '64 Jaguar, '72 Telecaster Custom, and '82 Les Paul. Amps include a Matchless DC-30 and a '63 Fender Super Reverb. The Dean Wareham Guitar Armada includes 2 early 90's Gibson Les Pauls made just for him by the Gibson custom shop, a 90's Kelly Telecaster, a reissue Dan Armstrong clear guitar, and a '63 Fender Jaguar that he stole from my brother. He usually plays them through a Matchless Chieftain. Sean and Dean play through different combinations of these effects: Fulltone Fulldrive 2, Boss Compressor, Tremolo, Analog Delay, DD3 Digital Delay and T-Wah, Ibanez Phasetone, Digitech Talker, Voodoo Labs Tremolo, Electro Harmonix Micro-synth, and many, many more. Justin Harwood plays a '63 Fender Jazz Bass that he bravely rescued from a burning building. It was later run over by a truck, but seems to sound even better for it. A Mesa Boogie 400+ through an Ampeg 8x10 amplifies the sound on stage. But, while he's out of town... Britta Phillips plays one of the coolest bass guitars I've ever seen - a peachy, orange, red Fender Precision from the 1970's. I play mostly Ludwig drums from the 60's and 70's in various shapes, sizes and colors, including Blue Sparkle, Blue Vistalite and Stainless Steel (oooh, aaah). The people at Paiste Cymbals and Promark sticks are very nice to me, and I recommend them to anyone who will listen.

Q: Bionjour, J'ai une idee. An international one. I send you a CD of my band, and you talk about it during interviews or so. Even if you find my band is a shit. OK ? You know, it makes a long time I talk and talk about Luna in France. It's your turn now ! Well, send me first an adress. Thomas

A: Thomas, You mean like this?

Excerpt from the March issue of WHAT YOU DIG magazine interview with LUNA drummer, Lee Wall - WYD:

So Lee, what music have you been digging lately? LW: Well, I still can't seem to get The Flaming Lips Soft Bulletin out of my CD player, the new Yo La Tengo, and umm, oh there's this guy from France - Thomas, now that shit rocks!

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