Name: Jon Lechner
Instrument: Keyboards/Vocals
Nicknames: "Maverick", "Mr. Roboto", "The Keyboardist
Formerly Known As Jon"
Date of Birth: 4-21-19xx
Hobbies: Programming his Yamaha DX7 synthesizer ("…it will come
back in style…trust me").
Favorite color: Brunette
Madonna or Cyndi? neither… Jo from "The Facts
of Life"—the
original bad girl.
Misc. facts: Has every episode of the "A-Team" on Beta ("It’s
far superior to VHS").
Wanting to be a rock
star after both Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee married supermodels, Jon began
acquiring ax-shaped guitars and roto-toms at an
early age. However, Jon’s life changed dramatically when the song "Axel
F" was released. "It was one of the first songs that was all
synthesizer…it was massively gnarly. Synthesizers were taking over
the world… I figured that by 1989 ALL music would be created by
synths. A music war started between the keyboard guys and the drummers/guitar
players. I made a choice. You can win any war if you choose the right
side. "
Always a slave
to technology, Jon recently upgraded his Commodore VIC-20 computer
to a Commodore 64 and considers any computer that doesn’t
hook up to your TV "a rip-off." In a recent interview by
Eighties Keyboard Player magazine, Jon was asked his opinion of bands
and artists of today going back to recording real violin and cello
players in their music. He replied, "C’mon…do you
really think you can simulate a synthesized string patch using rosewood
and horsehair? As if..."
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