Theory of Flight

Lips Like Morphine

 

Written By: Andy: Thursday, 5 February 2009

Passion, talent, and drive are the essential ingredients that go into a successful band. The hot local band Lips Like Morphine is one that has the key ingredients for success. They were first established 2 years ago with brothers Charles and Ahmad. Charles lived in Las Vegas, and tried to convince Ahmad to move here from New York. After a few debates, Ahmad made the move; something that led to the creation oft what we now know as Lips Like Morphine.

With brother Ahmad on board, they set their sights on Dell, a talented bassist who first got his initial start being a part the original line up of the popular band The Killers. Dell listened to the pitch, got a hold of the music and never looked back. Next to join was Chris, soon after they landed PJ. As the story goes, PJ was the only one out of fifteen guitarists who showed up to the audition without his guitar; sort of a pre-interview before the audition. Although there were a few change ups along the way, the band rocks out venues across town and makes music that gets everyone moving.

Their backgrounds differ. From Tool to the Killers, Kill Hannah to War Tapes, these guys know what they like and use it in to create their own style. They pull huge inspiration from the alternative sounds of the 80s and 90s along with unlikely inspirations such as jazz. Together their inspirations fused with their creative talents create what they describe as Brit Pop/New Wave sound, a blend of 80s new wave with modern 90 alternative rock. Sounds like a lot to describe one band, but fans can attest that they make it work.

With a name like Lips Like Morphine, it often brings up a question of what it all means. Kill Hannah had a hit song off their Until There's Nothing Left of Us album entitled "Lips Like Morphine." Lead vocalist Charles instantly fell in love with not only the song but also the name. It stuck with him until the discussion of a band name came up. As luck would have it, he proposed Lips Like Morphine and everyone agreed. They describe the significance of the name to the euphoric state guys find themselves after they kiss a hot girl; the surreal feeling of "did that really happen?"

What separates other local upcoming bands from Lips Like Morphine is the amount of drive these 5 young men have. They possess an astounding understanding of what steps need to be done in order to move forward and move up in this business. Their Myspace page shows close to 10,000 friends despite them only having 2 songs up for people to listen to. It's all about perfection and they refuse to put up songs of low quality. Every step, every concert, every venue this band does is with one goal in mind, the top.

Here are some factoids about the members of Lips Like Morphine:

Charles (lead vocals): His father was a jazz musician. He named a whole album and song after Charles. A picture of Charles is also on the cover of that album.

Ahmad (drums): Can solve the Rubix cube in under 3 minutes.

Dell (bass): Is the original bass player for the Killers.

PJ (guitar): Went to Beverly Hills High and used to hang out with young Charles Stewart and Paris Hilton.

Chris (keyboards): Is the substitute piano player for the hit show Phantom of the Opera playing at the Venetian.

Links:
www.myspace.com/thelipslikemorphine


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