PLEASE TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF...
I’m Peter Lawson and I live in Manchester, UK. I’ve been in a lot of different bands over the years ranging from Folk to Punk, but I gave up gigging in 2019, due in part to the pandemic, but also to rescue the last of my hearing! Since then I’ve released solo albums under my own name and under the name “Venus Loon”, which is a collaboration with Germany based drummer, Wolfgang Ostermann.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW ALBUM OR SINGLE
The album is called “The Witchfinder” and is a solo album, released under my own name. Although it’s nearly all instrumental, I aimed to evoke some of the sounds and/or ethos of the 17th Century, in particular the activities of the self-proclaimed “witchfinder” Matthew Hopkins.
WHICH SONG WOULD YOU SAY SUMS UP YOUR SOUND THE BEST?
That’s a difficult one! Maybe the track “The Witches’ Pyre”.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC?
I had older sisters, so I was brought up in the ‘60’s with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and many others. I went to the Kings School in Macclesfield UK, where there were a lot of bands formed, including Joy Division; the first band I joined there was called “Havoc” and I was the vocalist (aged around 13) and it went on from there really.
WHAT DOES TYPICAL WRITING AND RECORDING DAY LOOK LIKE?
Ha! Looks like me, sitting in front of my laptop with a guitar around my neck looking puzzled!
HOW DID YOU GET YOUR BAND NAME/ STAGE NAME?
My collaboration with Wolfgang Ostermann is called “Venus Loon”, named after a track from the album Zinc Alloy by T.Rex. The music has little in common with T.Rex, but I’m a long standing fan of them.
WHAT HAS BEEN THAT HARDEST THING ABOUT YOUR MUSIC JOURNEY SO FAR?
Learning how to use the IT associated with home recording; I hadn’t a clue when I first started and I’m still learning now.
WHAT'S BEEN THE EASIEST?
Working with Wolfgang Ostermann; he’s excellent and a really nice guy too.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T MAKING MUSIC?
I’m a retired Registered Nurse with post-graduate qualifications in neurology and teaching, so something along those lines I guess.
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN?
Listen to Cardiacs
WHAT'S NEXT?
I’ve just started work on another Venus Loon album (again in collaboration with Wolfgang Ostermann), although I imagine it won’t see the light of day for the next year or so!
PLEASE ADD ANY SOCIALS SO WE CAN SHARE
https://oob-records.com/artist/peter-lawson/
https://www.facebook.com/VENUSLOONpeterdlawsonmusic
https://open.spotify.com/album/4mABRV5PfoQFIDBIYcQN7P
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