Inside the Music Universe™: Loomis and the Lust
A recent review of Loomis and the Lust stated the band “should really be a household name within a year or two.” Hit Song Science™ seems to agree: Loomis and the Lust was recently named a finalist of the Music Universe™ Win a Video Contest for their Platinum Auddy-winning track, “Sweetness”. Their music video for “Bright Red Chords” was awarded mtvU’s Freshmen of the week, is now on rotation on mtvU, and was selected out of thousands of videos for Music Mix USA’s contest for airtime. The band has recently appeared in interviews and features on MTV.com and mtvU as well as on the pages of Billboard magazine. L&L has been chosen by Delta Airlines for their Indie Rock in-flight entertainment and added in rotation for 35 retailing and cable outlets and counting. In the latest edition of “Inside the Music Universe”, uPlaya learned that these young independent artists have every bit of attitude their rock style demands…
uPlaya Artist Loomis and the Lust
uPlaya.com: Why did you decide to form Loomis and the Lust?
L&L: We wanted to make simple music for complex people
uPlaya.com: What is "the Lust"?
L&L: A good alliteration.
uPlaya.com: What is your inspiration?
L&L: Other music, girls, and Pontiac Firebirds.
uPlaya.com: What would you say you are best known for?
L&L: Right now: our Bright Red Chords Video, and our bass player Scotty is on the TV show Glee. So sometimes people recognize him from that. It's funny; we like to tease him about it.
uPlaya.com: Any interesting stories from the recent tour?
L&L: In Tacoma, Washington, before the show I was taking a shower in my hotel when I heard a loud knock on the door, I opened the door in my towel and an entire S.W.A.T team with guns pointed at me wrestled me to the ground … Turns out they thought I was a bank robber than had been knocking off banks in the area … The robber had long blonde hair and did look just like me. I put the robber's picture on MySpace. It was pretty funny.
uPlaya.com: What would be the ultimate accomplishment?
L&L: If we made enough money to record and tour 365 days-a-year, and play shows for lots of people. It used to be that a record deal was the ultimate. Now it's all about making it work on your own.
[Will you be in Austin this week? L&L are playing at Darwin's Pub at 10:30 SATURDAY NIGHT for the RedGorilla Festival. Don't miss out!]
Need to know more? Check out Loomis' blog here.