Elemeno P

Elemeno P
Elemeno P at the 2007 Big Day Out
Background information
Origin	New Zealand
Genre(s)	Rock Punk
Years active	2003 - present
Members
Scotty Pearson Dave Gibson Lani Purkis Justyn Pilbrow

Elemeno P are a New Zealand based band. Their sound is guitar driven rock, With strong backing vocals from the other band members. Their first album, Love & Disrespect, was released on July 4 2003 at the number one spot and has since sold over 45,000 copies. Their second album, Trouble in Paradise was released on November 24 2005 and includes the singles "11:57", "Burn", "One Left Standing", and "You Are". Elemeno P have been named "New Zealand's biggest selling rockband"^{[citation needed]} and recently won Best group in the New Zealand Music Awards.

Band members

• Scotty Pearson - Drums
• Dave Gibson - Vocals
• Lani Purkis - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Justyn Pilbrow - Guitar, Backing Vocals

Trivia

• Two of the band members are also actors. Dave had a supporting part in the New Zealand made horror film The Locals, whereas Justyn was the sober driver in the New Zealand anti-drink driving advertisement made famous by the quote "Good after-bull consta-noon".
• Lani is also the bass player in New Zealand band Foamy Ed.
• Scotty owns a construction company.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Tours

The band have recently toured Australia with the Australian band, End Of Fashion. Elemeno P also toured around New Zealand to promote their new album, Trouble In Paradise, in late 2005/early 2006. This was part of the Summer Burn Tour and also included the NZ bands Deja Voodoo, Steriogram and Shihad - Christchurch show only. The Band are currently touring with Goodnight Nurse, performing all age gigs around New Zealand.

External links

• The Official Elemeno P page
• Elemeno P at MySpace
• muzic.net.nz - Elemeno P
• Elemeno P Online (Fansite)

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