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LUZER is a four-piece power pop band from Hamilton Township, a suburb of Trenton, New Jersey. Taking the essence of great rock & roll from the last fifty years and spinning it into a refreshing original sound, LUZER was formed in the final days of the last millennium at Steinert High School.

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LUZER has made a name for themselves appearing all across the United States, bringing their high-energy theatrical live performances from New Orleans to New York City, and everywhere in between. With heavy comparisons to their biggest influences of Queen, The Beach Boys, and The Beatles, it only seemed appropriate that their first national tour be in support of the country’s number one Beatles tribute act, Long Live The Beatles. Performing to these wide cross-sections of audiences across the U.S. only confirmed what LUZER had always believed. Good music is timeless and ageless, and although the band’s pop sensibility may be a harsh contrast to whatever the current flavor of the week is on commercial radio, there is a large mass audience of all ages just waiting for some future classic rock.

Although citing influences ranging from the Electric Light Orchestra to Thin Lizzy is not unheard of in today’s music scene, it is certainly rare in a band whose average age is barely 21. The band also possesses no shortage of musical versatility, featuring four drummers and three guitarists and keyboardists in a line-up four members. Led by singer/songwriter Tim Mahoney, the band is rounded out by Dan Seeth, Chris Volk, and Sally (on their primary instruments of drums, bass guitar, and lead guitar respectively). At it’s formation in late 1999, Tim, Dan, and Sally were fellow high school juniors, Chris merely a sophomore, but the band had decided from day one that this was to be their career. And they have not stopped since, releasing two E.P.’s, two full-length albums, and a live CD, all before the bands members could legally drink alcohol.

The band had always had a strong appreciation for classic pop and rock 'n roll, but their newest full-length release Reset has really brought their influences to the forefront. Described by The Cincinnati City Beat as “an over-the-top rocker guaranteed to make Garage Rock poseurs shit themselves,” Reset’s completely self-produced fifteen tracks are the culmination of five years of performing, songwriting, and learning the full potential of the recording studio. The City Beat review continues, “Retro nods to the Beach Boys and Squeeze flaunt what so many bands lack—depth. It's really hard to believe these guys are in their twenties."

Albeit flattered by the notion of being mentioned in the same breath as their musical heroes, LUZER will be the first to shoot down the label of being “retro”. As Tim describes it, “You don’t want to rewrite great songs. You have to break down what made these songs great, and use those ingredients to make something new.” As the e-zine Fliggil put it, commenting on Tim’s songwriting, one listen to their newest album Reset will “easily distinguish Mahoney from the wanna-be’s of today’s mod-rock”.

With bold career aspirations including reuniting the surviving Beach Boys to lend their harmonies to a LUZER composition, to starring as themselves in a full-length feature film biopic of the band, LUZER has no goals short of being the biggest band in the world. With the sheer amount of great music these young musicians have produced in their first five years, their plans to rule the world of music just don’t seem too far-fetched.