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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 23 News Luck to play familiar tunes at Lincoln Jordan Luck has written some of New Zealand’s most iconic rock anthems. He spoke to Tom Doudney about life after <strong>The</strong> Exponents and the inspiration behind his latest material, ahead of <strong>The</strong> Jordan Luck Band’s performance at Lincoln’s Selwyn Sounds concert in March MORE THAN 30 years after their debut single Victoria established <strong>The</strong> Exponents as Kiwi rock heavyweights, singer Jordan Luck’s songwriting is again in the spotlight. His new outfit, <strong>The</strong> Jordan Luck Band, have been nominated for best rock album in tonight’s New Zealand Music Awards. Luck said it was phenomenal to have the album, Not Only… But Also, getting such a positive reaction. While his songwriting hadn’t changed much over the years he worked harder on the lyrics these days than he did in the early years of <strong>The</strong> Exponents (originally known as <strong>The</strong> Dance Exponents). “I find the tunes are still coming out of the air for me but it takes a lot longer to do lyrics than it did,” Luck said. “I was pretty spontaneous back in the day, whereas now I am a wee bit conscious of the fact I might be singing these in 20 years again, so I really want to be singing something that I want to be singing. “That has been the case since about 1990 when Victoria was about 10 years old and I was thinking ‘wow, people still really like this song, I wonder what is going to happen to the new stuff?’ And here we are nearly 20 years later and people are still singing ‘Why does love do this to me?’ and I’m going ‘flipping hell, I better make the next one really good’.” However, Luck said this process had resulted in his best lyrics yet on Not Only … But Also. “Even if you didn’t hear the music, it’s a good read,” he said <strong>The</strong> songs, written over the last three years, cover some very New Zealand territory, often with an interesting twist. <strong>The</strong>re is one about a murder in Lake Tekapo, another about selling paintings on holiday in Southland and “a ROCKING ON: <strong>The</strong> Jordan Luck Band will play Lincoln’s Selwyn Sounds concert in March. beautiful one” inspired by his memories of getting lost near the Wanganui River while on a road trip with original Dance Exponents guitarist Steve Cowen. He and Cowen, who died in 1986, had been on their way to record Victoria at the time, when Luck, who was behind the wheel of their Bedford van, decided to take an alternative route. <strong>The</strong> Exponents’ induction into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame last year, with Cowen also recognised, had brought the memories back. “<strong>The</strong> song is really about missing him in a way that is pretty strong.” Luck said starting a new band after the success of <strong>The</strong> Exponents had been tough in some ways. “<strong>The</strong> Exponents turn up all the time, there is no getting away from that – we got into the hall of fame last year and now there is a TV film that they are doing on <strong>The</strong> Dance Exponents.” However, he still enjoyed playing the old songs and said the band’s performance at Selwyn Sounds was likely to be about 75 per cent Exponents material. Unlike many of the line-up, it will not be Luck’s first time playing in Lincoln as <strong>The</strong> Exponents played a number of gigs at the university over the years. •Selwyn Sounds will be held on March 4, from 11.30am- 8.30pm. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketek and buyers will be able to prepurchase a return bus ride between pick up points in Christchurch or Rolleston and Lincoln Domain. LINCOLN’S FINEST SUBDIVISION presents ON THE DOMAIN MARCH 4 20<strong>17</strong> LINCOLN Mi-Sex Dragon Sharon O’Neill Debbie Harwood Margaret Urlich Annie Crummer Jordan Luck Band Jason Kerrison www.selwynsounds.co.nz nine bands. one day.
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