Xavi
Life in Hollywood
So - what was life in Hollywood like? We've all seen the documentaries about the hey-day of the Sunset Strip, the crazy parties, sex,...
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Xavi
- Feb 5
- 3 min
Launching the Lürxx: September 1996 - February 1997
After living through the hunger summer of 1996, we secured basic funding from our moms - they both came to visit, saw how happy we were...
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Xavi
- Jan 15
- 6 min
Behind the scenes - the making of our music videos 1998-2023
We love doing music videos! Currently, we are working on one for our next single, "Nightjar" and we thought that we would take this as an...
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Xavi
- Jan 1
- 4 min
Poverty & Hunger - the summer of 1996
It was great to be off the streets and be able to get a good night's sleep. But now the real challenge began - how could we survive...
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Xavi
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
Setting up camp - Arriving in Hollywood Pt.3
After our first unsuccessful attempt at getting an apartment, we decided to give it another shot: We had seen a big banner advertising...
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Xavi
- Dec 11, 2022
- 4 min
Rock'n'Roll myths - Arriving in Hollywood Pt.2
Listen to the soundtrack of these times: Last week we talked about arriving in LA and living on the streets... In pre-internet times, all...
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Xavi
- Dec 4, 2022
- 5 min
"The streets are paved with stars!" - Arriving in Hollywood Pt.1
Stepping out onto a bridge at LAX Seeing that California sun rise for the first time. Palm trees and empty pavements Scarred by roots Hey...
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Xavi
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
Behind the scenes of the "Rebels" video
"Went out walking through the woods the other day and the world was a carpet laid before me..." - 100 Years Ago, Rolling Stones When we...
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Xavi
- Nov 13, 2022
- 6 min
Remembering Hollywood - talking to two veteran Black Lürxx fans 😊🎸🤩
Last week we mentioned our kick-ass 90s fan club, the Lürxx Gang. At its most numerous it had over 500 members world wide - besides the...
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Xavi
- Nov 6, 2022
- 6 min
To shred or not to shred - Jenny's story
Back in the mid-90s, Black Lürxx had a very cool thing: an international Fan Club called the "Lürxx Gang". It was comprised of people...
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Xavi
- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
Every Mother's Son - a mum's point of view
Sometimes it must be difficult being the mother of an artist. There's so much more financial insecurity, everything is less predictable,...
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Xavi
- Oct 23, 2022
- 3 min
Is rock still rebellious? And does it have to be?
Flea famously said that "rock is a dead form in a lot of ways". He recalled that when he expressed his desire to be a rock musician as a...
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Xavi
- Oct 16, 2022
- 5 min
Life-changing rock albums - musical mind blasts
Today, our vocalist and guitarist Xavi shares the 10 albums which wielded the hugest influence on his life and musical development. They...
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Xavi
- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
Starting the journey as an independent musician - Lady Liv's story
We still remember starting out as musicians waaayyyy back in the early 90s. Writing the first songs, finding your voice as an artist,...
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Xavi
- Oct 2, 2022
- 3 min
Homage to the Coconut Teaszer - a gem of the Sunset Strip music scene
Just the other day we were reminiscing on a zoom call with a group of dear friends about playing the Teaszer back in the 90s and how it...
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Xavi
- Sep 25, 2022
- 2 min
Tattoos rock! A chat with our tattooist Anna
Anna has done a bunch of work on us lately, from re-working Sabú's scruffy 1990s vampire bat into a beautiful fruit bat to a "we're the...
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Xavi
- Sep 18, 2022
- 5 min
Dyspraxia and playing guitar...
I was late-diagnosed with dyspraxia and ADHD in 2018 and that diagnosis explained soooo many things that had puzzled me all my life....
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Xavi
- Sep 11, 2022
- 3 min
Life as an independent musician
We’ve just recently gotten back into doing music on a more professional level after many years of working in other fields. Back in the...
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Xavi
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
Hangin' with the Lürxx and friends
We're excited to start this blogging-thing! Here, we will once a week share a little bit of our lives, talk about creative processes, fun...
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