Some 25 years ago in Perth, singer-guitarist Mark Lizotte (aka Diesel) finalised the line-up for his band at that time, Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. Within a matter of months they were on their way across the Nullarbor, blitzing it live and heading for a national top 3 album chart debut.
In those intervening years since leaving Perth, he has sold in excess of 800,000 records and become a household name, simply as ‘Diesel’.
And now to celebrate his alter ego’s silver jubilee, Diesel has cut 15 tracks for his brand new album ‘Under The Influence’ – an album dedicated to his musical heroes ‘Under The Influence’ presents some familiar songs in ways you’ve never heard before and similarly it’s Diesel in as good a form as you’ve ever heard him! ‘Under The Influence’ will be released through Liberation Music on July 1st, 2011.
Diesel showcased some of the songs from ‘Under The Influence’ on the recent Joe Cocker/George Thorogood tour where he earned rave reviews. To celebrate his 25th Anniversary in music and the release of his new album, Diesel will undertake a full national tour from late July to blow out the candles on the cake and blow the roof off pubs and clubs right across the country
Diesel has just been announced as the support for Rod’s Australian tour and told SMILER
“I was 4 years old when I pushed a chair over to the phone in the kitchen, getting my older sister to call the radio station so I could request “Maggie May”. I’m looking forward to seeing Rod and his band and being a part of what promises to be a great tour across Australia.”
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For more information on Diesel go to The official links:
www.dieselmusic.com.au
www.facebook.com/officialdieselmusic
www.myspace.com/officialdieselmusic
www.youtube.com/officialdieselmusic
