Comments on: Avion (formerly Lionheart) http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/ Providing a permanent record of Australian bands, musicians, recordings and technical crew no matter what the musical genre, both current and past. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:18:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Narara Music Festival 1984 http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3714 Narara Music Festival 1984 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:25:09 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3714 [...] Avion [...] [...] Avion [...]

]]> By: Geoff C http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3612 Geoff C Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:57:31 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3612 oh man! what a thread! I've never ever ben on myspace before and dont even know if I'm leaving the comment in the right edit box! (blind guy you see, page lay-outs not always intuitive to us guys with text-to-speech screenReaders.) I stumbled across this whilst writing a text to randall, having missed his gig at the Palm Beach Golf club last night, and wanting to tell him incredibly coincidentally looking for something else, that I'd located a live avion album cassette! I didn't even remember they'd released a live album, that's how long ago, - and wanted to check the names of a couple of the songs, (not being able to read the liner notes obviously.) and ... found all this stuff here on Paul's page! Wow! great to see I'm not the only old Avion Fan around! Man if ai started on my great memories of this band I'd write a novellette! and probly bore you all to death. I saw them (metaphorically speaking of course,) just ... o I dunno, - stacks and stacks of time in the 80's. who needs sight when john's mixing and Randall's onstage anyway! man the arrangements of their tunes!!! the just great guitar and drum sounds John McConnell used to pull, (and that of course the Waller's used to produce,) and the range!!...and incredible perseverance of ran's up there vox! incredible band! what can I say. I loved them. The energy was all there for me in the sound, and let me tell you, the guitar sounds on the studio release of I Need You, are... just like toy stuff compared to what they pulled live. maybe my most favest memory was at an Australian Christian Music festival called Black Stump one year, where somehow, no idea why or how, I got to get up on stage and play a tune with Avion, outdoors! man! I'd always played 10-46's tuned up, (i.e. normal tuning,) and wore my guitar reeeeally high. to then be given a guitar to play thatfelt to me like it was round my knees, with 9-42's Tuned down, ...man! felt sooooo floppy to me and crazy! But I'll never forget the extasy of that moment. how loud the guitar amps were behind me, and just how amazing it felt! but, here's the best bit. After whatever traversty I rendered to the audience (I can't even remember, thankfully,) took off the guitar, handed it back to Randall, and... forget being blind, I was just soooo high on addrenolin I just plum walked off the front of the stage!!! anyone there see that in 1986 or so? thankfully people caught me coming down and I was fine! man avion! you guys toootally rocked! Thanks for all the great stuff! again, far far far better live somehow than in studio. They even let me once come into the studio whilst mixing down a single which I think was celebration. ... Thank you soooo much for that experience as well, even though I was such a painful little so-called insecure wanna-be trumped up "know-it-all", that I'm sure they wished they had never allowed me to be there! I'm sooo sorry for that! thanks for all the musical opportunities and guitar sound education I got from you guys. May God bless and keep all of you safe. G. oh man! what a thread! I’ve never ever ben on myspace before and dont even know if I’m leaving the comment in the right edit box! (blind guy you see, page lay-outs not always intuitive to us guys with text-to-speech screenReaders.) I stumbled across this whilst writing a text to randall, having missed his gig at the Palm Beach Golf club last night, and wanting to tell him incredibly coincidentally looking for something else, that I’d located a live avion album cassette! I didn’t even remember they’d released a live album, that’s how long ago, – and wanted to check the names of a couple of the songs, (not being able to read the liner notes obviously.) and … found all this stuff here on Paul’s page! Wow! great to see I’m not the only old Avion Fan around! Man if ai started on my great memories of this band I’d write a novellette! and probly bore you all to death. I saw them (metaphorically speaking of course,) just … o I dunno, – stacks and stacks of time in the 80′s. who needs sight when john’s mixing and Randall’s onstage anyway! man the arrangements of their tunes!!! the just great guitar and drum sounds John McConnell used to pull, (and that of course the Waller’s used to produce,) and the range!!…and incredible perseverance of ran’s up there vox! incredible band! what can I say. I loved them. The energy was all there for me in the sound, and let me tell you, the guitar sounds on the studio release of I Need You, are… just like toy stuff compared to what they pulled live. maybe my most favest memory was at an Australian Christian Music festival called Black Stump one year, where somehow, no idea why or how, I got to get up on stage and play a tune with Avion, outdoors! man! I’d always played 10-46′s tuned up, (i.e. normal tuning,) and wore my guitar reeeeally high. to then be given a guitar to play thatfelt to me like it was round my knees, with 9-42′s Tuned down, …man! felt sooooo floppy to me and crazy! But I’ll never forget the extasy of that moment. how loud the guitar amps were behind me, and just how amazing it felt! but, here’s the best bit. After whatever traversty I rendered to the audience (I can’t even remember, thankfully,) took off the guitar, handed it back to Randall, and… forget being blind, I was just soooo high on addrenolin I just plum walked off the front of the stage!!! anyone there see that in 1986 or so? thankfully people caught me coming down and I was fine! man avion! you guys toootally rocked! Thanks for all the great stuff! again, far far far better live somehow than in studio. They even let me once come into the studio whilst mixing down a single which I think was celebration. … Thank you soooo much for that experience as well, even though I was such a painful little so-called insecure wanna-be trumped up “know-it-all”, that I’m sure they wished they had never allowed me to be there! I’m sooo sorry for that! thanks for all the musical opportunities and guitar sound education I got from you guys. May God bless and keep all of you safe. G.

]]> By: mal http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 mal Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:36:58 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3582 Avion played at my 21st in feb 1982 in a hall in adamstown (newcastle) they had just changed their name from lionheart. It was a great night the police came and stopped the noise "great memories".if I remember rightly it cost me about $300 for the night bargain!!!! It was great to hear "I need you " and my favourite "southern cross" Avion played at my 21st in feb 1982 in a hall in adamstown (newcastle) they had just changed their name from lionheart. It was a great night the police came and stopped the noise “great memories”.if I remember rightly it cost me about $300 for the night bargain!!!! It was great to hear “I need you ” and my favourite “southern cross”

]]> By: Ralph http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3554 Ralph Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:37:24 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3554 I've just started working in a guitar shop in Brisbane. On my first day i heard the opening chords of "I need you" roaring out of the amp room. I ran in and had a chat with the player about Avion. He didn't know much about them but remembered the riff from long ago. I told him my Avion story (see post way above). He then broke into "Never let me go". Cool! I’ve just started working in a guitar shop in Brisbane.
On my first day i heard the opening chords of “I need you” roaring out of the amp room. I ran in and had a chat with the player about Avion.
He didn’t know much about them but remembered the riff from long ago.
I told him my Avion story (see post way above).
He then broke into “Never let me go”.
Cool!

]]> By: Mark http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3534 Mark Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:33:04 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3534 I was lucky enough to know the Waller brothers and sister through a youth group in Killarney Heights NSW called Young Life. Also had Evan as a music Teacher in '86 whilst in Year 12 at The Forest High School. Even got taken to the studio's whilst they were recording their LP! I was lucky enough to know the Waller brothers and sister through a youth group in Killarney Heights NSW called Young Life. Also had Evan as a music Teacher in ’86 whilst in Year 12 at The Forest High School. Even got taken to the studio’s whilst they were recording their LP!

]]> By: Paul Gannell http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3527 Paul Gannell Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:36:34 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3527 Album Link: http://amiestreet.com/music/phoenix-ash/from-the-ashes/ Album Link:
http://amiestreet.com/music/phoenix-ash/from-the-ashes/

]]> By: Paul Gannell http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3526 Paul Gannell Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:32:15 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3526 I have a new Self produced and recorded album out under my alter ego name of Phoenix Ash get it while it's still free. cheers Paul. <a href="http://amiestreet.com/music/phoenix-ash/from-the-ashes/" rel="nofollow"></a> I have a new Self produced and recorded album out under my alter ego name of Phoenix Ash get it while it’s still free.
cheers Paul.

]]> By: Aussie Web Radio http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3525 Aussie Web Radio Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:48:11 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3525 Avion rocks. That single performance on Countdown (in the clip provided) made me a fan. Bot the studio albums get plenty of airplay on my all-Aussie web radio station. Avion rocks. That single performance on Countdown (in the clip provided) made me a fan. Bot the studio albums get plenty of airplay on my all-Aussie web radio station.

]]> By: Lesliegl http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3498 Lesliegl Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:34:31 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3498 Hi Paul ..good to hear your still playing...i first came across Avion when they played Countdown in early 83 performing ''I need you'' thought the band was great ..got the single...i lived in central NT at the time..so the only way i got to see aussie bands was Countdown In 84 i travelled to NSW for the first time to visit family in the Campbelltown area...i looked in the paper and saw an ad for Avion supporting Kevin Borich Express at the Ingelburn RSL ..great i thought ill be able to go to see em'..looked at the bottom of the ad and saw the notice'' for the information of members of ingleburn rsl and their guest'' ...bugger i thought ..i wont be able to see em' ..im not a member ..being from the NT i didnt know anything about RSL clubs and membership ..i could have gone but signed in as out of the area ..so that was that i got the first lp ..waited for seemed ages for the White Noise lp to come out ...then read in in Juke mag that Evan Murray had been killed in a car accident on the freeway to Wollongong after a gig and the band had disbanded in 87...very sad then in 97 i moved to sydney and in 99 saw that Avion was going to do the ''Boys are back in town'' and got to see the band play on the final gig of the tour at the Bondi pavillion..only got to do five songs but it was a great set ...kicking off with ''I need you'' it was all there ..classic hard rock...big drums ...chorused guitars ...pity there wasnt many ppl there ... one thing i admired bout the band was Kendalls bass playing ..deep with a clear top ..i bought my first bass in 79 and the Avion albums were yardstick for me what i regard as a great bass sound..i couldnt believe him playing harmonics in the break on Ransom..it was a case of ''what the'?? '' lol my question is ..what bass did Kendall paly on the Avion lps? ive got a pic of the band rehearsing i think ..hes playing an Ibanez Musician bass...i used to have one too during the 80,s ..when they played on countdwon i think hes playing a Maton MB4 bass....when he played at the bondi pavillion he was palying a Music man bass...and what amps and cabs he used .. all the best .. Leslie Hi Paul ..good to hear your still playing…i first came across Avion when they played Countdown in early 83 performing ”I need you” thought the band was great ..got the single…i lived in central NT at the time..so the only way i got to see aussie bands was Countdown
In 84 i travelled to NSW for the first time to visit family in the Campbelltown area…i looked in the paper and saw an ad for Avion supporting Kevin Borich Express at the Ingelburn RSL ..great i thought ill be able to go to see em’..looked at the bottom of the ad and saw the notice” for the information of members of ingleburn rsl and their guest” …bugger i thought ..i wont be able to see em’ ..im not a member ..being from the NT i didnt know anything about RSL clubs and membership ..i could have gone but signed in as out of the area ..so that was that
i got the first lp ..waited for seemed ages for the White Noise lp to come out …then read in in Juke mag that Evan Murray had been killed in a car accident on the freeway to Wollongong after a gig and the band had disbanded in 87…very sad
then in 97 i moved to sydney and in 99 saw that Avion was going to do the ”Boys are back in town” and got to see the band play on the final gig of the tour at the Bondi pavillion..only got to do five songs but it was a great set …kicking off with ”I need you” it was all there ..classic hard rock…big drums …chorused guitars …pity there wasnt many ppl there …

one thing i admired bout the band was Kendalls bass playing ..deep with a clear top ..i bought my first bass in 79 and the Avion albums were yardstick for me what i regard as a great bass sound..i couldnt believe him playing harmonics in the break on Ransom..it was a case of ”what the’?? ” lol

my question is ..what bass did Kendall paly on the Avion lps? ive got a pic of the band rehearsing i think ..hes playing an Ibanez Musician bass…i used to have one too during the 80,s ..when they played on countdwon i think hes playing a Maton MB4 bass….when he played at the bondi pavillion he was palying a Music man bass…and what amps and cabs he used ..

all the best ..

Leslie

]]> By: Paul Gannell http://www.australianmusichistory.com/avion/comment-page-1/#comment-3489 Paul Gannell Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:28:05 +0000 http://australianmusichistory.com/?p=3#comment-3489 Kenny is working with his old mans company importing and selling wooden floors which takes him overseas quite a bit Johnny seems to be giging a lot with a band whose name escapes me at the moment and as for me after a 10 year break from playing singing and recording have finally started to write again although a little rusty I can still belt out a tune or two as for a Avion reunion the thought kinda scares me now that I'm 47 the words Spinal Tap comes to mind anyway never say never I guess. http://www.myspace.com/zeddastratoblaster Kenny is working with his old mans company importing and selling wooden floors which takes him overseas quite a bit Johnny seems to be giging a lot with a band whose name escapes me at the moment and as for me after a 10 year break from playing singing and recording have finally started to write again although a little rusty I can still belt out a tune or two as for a Avion reunion the thought kinda scares me now that I’m 47 the words Spinal Tap comes to mind anyway never say never I guess.
http://www.myspace.com/zeddastratoblaster

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