lionel
His stunning performance the day he auditioned for Manitu left no doubt to the rest of the band that he was The one. "He plugged in, didn't talk much and played right away with the right intent and an incredibly serene self-confidence". Lionel is 11 when, after hearing the band Kiss on the radio for the first time, he decides he is going to be a musician. At 12 he puts his first rock-band together with a bunch of schoolmates. They play on self-made cardboard guitars and empty barrels of laundry soap drum-set. They tour the birthday parties in the neighborhood, playing over their favorite records pretending to be rock-stars. Later on though, he starts playing real drums on a friend's drum-set that he is considering buying from him. But his parents put a veto on the transaction. "Way too noisy, son! No Way!!!" they say. Nevertheless Lionel keeps practicing on his buddy's drum-set for 2 years at their rehearsal place and begins performing with his band anyway. In the meantime though, he develops a real passion for what is going to become his favorite instrument: bass-guitar, to which he will remain forever faithful. From then on, Lionel played bass in many pop-rock, cross over metal-funk, rock-prog, and symphonic-rock bands. He is credited on several CD albums and toured in Switzerland, France, Germany,…
manitu 2008
