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play lo-fi play hi-fi  Eu rio
play lo-fi play hi-fi  A melhor amiga
We're an indie rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four guys that have been playing as Lunar 4 since november, 2005. My name is Felipe Deslandes. I'm the lead singer and guitarrist of Lunar 4. I'm also the one who wrote our songs you can find on our first EP 'A melhor amiga'(2005), released in January, 2006. My brother Fernando (aka 'Flash') plays the drums. A cousin of ours, Gustavo (you can call him Guga) is the bassist and do some backing vocals. Our friend from an english course, Andre plays the lead guitar and do some backing vocals either.
Why this name?
Because we had finished the recording sessions of our first EP but we had no name for our band. And then we've noticed that even now we only see each other at night. In portuguese 'lunar' means 'of the moon'. The number '4' is because the band has four members and we know that the moon has four different stages... so we're a band with different people that only see each other at night. Lunar 4.
Do you play live?
Yes. We've done a mount of gigs in 2006 after the release of our record. We love it. We really enjoy to see the reaction of the people to our music. Actually we really get a kick out of playing live. One great moment was when we made a gig in a city near to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. The city so far away from us we've never tought that people there knew us. In fact, I could see too many people singing some of our songs! This is the internet times.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It gaves you so many bands and songs that actualy you can choose what is best for you. I think there won't be any kind of cd or even dvd in the future. Music will be published on the internet and bands will earn money just with the gigs. I think the big record companies could arrange these gigs with their own cast in the whole world to do promotion of their bands and also make some money.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yes. But it has to be a good contract to both parts.
Band History:
Lunar 4 é uma banda carioca, originada em 2005 pelos irmãos Felipe e Fernando Deslandes (este último, o ‘Flash’), o primo Gustavo Caldeira e um amigo do curso de inglês, André Nogueira.

O que no início de 2003 era apenas uma forma de se combater o tédio de um sábado chuvoso aos poucos ganhou nome, proposta e composições, autorais. Muitos ensaios e alguns shows sob a alcunha de “oQ!” levaram a banda a querer crescer musicalmente, muito influenciados por melodias e vocais da década de 60 como Beatles, Beach Boys e Byrds, assim como as guitarras setentistas de um The Who, o rock garagem de um The Kinks e toda a fúria de um Nirvana.

Em Novembro de 2005, a banda termina a gravação do seu primeiro EP “A melhor amiga”, restando apenas batizar este trabalho pós-oQ!, visto que agora as seis trilhas gravadas em mídia digital por Alexandre Griva demarcavam o início de um outro trabalho, mais sério e definido. É criada a Lunar 4, com o nome fazendo alusão a quem sempre estava lá, nos encontros sempre noturnos dos quatro caras a lua. O nome foi sugerido durante uma das várias reuniões etílicas dos caras no seu Quartel General, a “Padoca”.
Muito se pode ver das influências distintas de André, Felipe, Flash e Guga nas seis faixas do mencionado EP.

Seriam as quatro “faces” da lua?
- Não. Somos só quatro caras querendo cantar e tocar canções sobre sonhos e seus sonhadores.

Rock!
André - Felipe - Flash - Guga
Your influences?
Beatles, Byrds, Lemonheads, Smiths, Los Hermanos, Teenage Fanclub, Weezer, Clube da Esquina, Legiao Urbana
Favorite spot?
Rio de janeiro
Equipment used:
I use a telecaster with a chandler tubedrive, a compressor, daddy-o and a tremolo pedal from danelectro in a fender deville amp.
Andre uses a jaguar with a gt2, a compressor and a daddy-o in a marshall jcm800.
Guga plays in a hollow-body bass from the sixties, made by snake. He also uses a hatke amp.
My brother Flash uses drums by rmv and cymbals by orion.
Anything else...?
We hope you like our songs.
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