| Elemeno P | |
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Elemeno P at the 2007 Big Day Out |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New Zealand |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Members | |
| Scotty Pearson Dave Gibson Lani Purkis |
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| Past members | |
| Justyn Pilbrow | |
Elemeno P is a New Zealand rock band. The band's first album, Love & Disrespect was released on 4 July 2003, and reached number one on the RIANZ albums chart. Their second album, Trouble in Paradise was released on 24 November 2005 and includes the singles 11:57, Burn, One Left Standing and You Are. Their third album, Elemeno P was released on 26 May 2008.
Elemeno P has been referred to as New Zealand's biggest selling rock band[1] and in 2006 won Best Group at the New Zealand Music Awards.
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During Elemeno P's set at the 2009 Big Day Out it was announced that founding member Justyn Pilbrow would be leaving the band to seek opportunities overseas. The guitarist standing in for the live shows is Dave Goodison, formerly of Garageland and the City Newton Bombers.
As of May 2009, Elemeno P have announced they are currently writing new material for a new album (described by Pearson as a "story-so-far album"), a timeframe for release is yet to be confirmed.
March is the expected time for the first of the new material to be released
The band have toured with the Australian band End Of Fashion. Elemeno P toured New Zealand to promote their album Trouble In Paradise in late 2005/early 2006. This was part of the Summer Burn Tour which included New Zealand bands Deja Voodoo, Steriogram and Shihad (Christchurch show only). The band has also toured with Goodnight Nurse, performing all age gigs around New Zealand. In the 2007/08 summer, Elemeno P toured New Zealand with The Feelers and Atlas.
Winter 2008 saw Elemeno P, Streetwise Scarlett and Deja Voodoo tour New Zealand playing all the main centres and many small towns.
Elemeno P teamed up with New Zealand music legends Supergroove in the summer of 2008/2009 for the Rock and Roll Caravan tour, playing all the summer hotspots such as the Coroglen Tavern, Riwaka Hotel, and (with Shihad and The Datsuns) the Lake Hawea Motor Inn.
In January 2011 they were a headliner for the annual Christian Parachute Music Festival.
In March 2011 they played at Jim Beam Homegrown.
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Certification |
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| 2003 | Love & Disrespect | Universal | 1 | 2x Platinum |
| 2005 | Trouble in Paradise | 2 | Gold | |
| 2008 | Elemeno P | 3 |
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album |
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| New Zealand RIANZ Singles[2] | |||
| 2002 | "Fast Times in Tahoe" | 32 | Love & Disrespect |
| "Nirvana" | - | ||
| "Every Day's a Saturday" | - | ||
| 2003 | "Verona" | 10 | |
| "Urban Getaway" | 27 | ||
| 2004 | "Claim to Fame" | 38 | |
| 2005 | "Verona" (re-release) |
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| "11:57" | 10 | Trouble in Paradise | |
| "Burn" | 20 | ||
| 2006 | "You Are" | 35 | Trouble in Paradise: Special Edition |
| "One Left Standing" | - | Trouble in Paradise | |
| "S.O.S" | - | ||
| 2007 | "Baby Come On" | 13 | Elemeno P |
| 2008 | "Take The High Road" | - | |
| "Better Days" | - | ||
| "Louder Louder" | - |
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