Lipta

Lipta, also known as L.I.P.T.A. is a Alternative Rock band native from Centralia, Valstrath, the band became famous in valstrath after the release of their first album named "Choose Your Way", that sold 4,2 million copies in Valstrath. The band members are Leander Ashcraft (Vocals and Guitar), Irving Crizel (Male Back Vocals and Guitar), Priscilla Velabre (Female Back Vocals and Bass), Tyler Winston (Drums) and Aaron Cajetan (Keyboard).
== History ==
=== Beginning and "Choose Your Way" (2003-2006) ===
The band begun in 2003, with the friends Leander, Irving and Priscilla, by that time, Irving was the drummer, they started playing in bars around Centralia playng covers of The Queens of Stone Age. When the businessman Evan Bricks discovered the band. Lately, in 2004, Tyler and Aaron joined the band, making the formation that stays until nowdays. But just in 2006, they'd release their first album, named "Choose Your Way" the album was a success, sold over 4,2 million copies (Being the third most sold album of the story of Valstrath) and the song "When The Rain Be Gone" was the number one single of 2006.
=== National Success and "Damn It!" (2007-2008) ===
After the success of Choose Your Way, in the following year, the band started composing their second album, released in January 3rd, 2008, the album "Damn It!" also made a lot of success and sold 2,3 million copies, the songs "Fireworks", "Damn It!", "I Wasn't Expecting That" were the main tracks of the album.
=== "Chalk" and "Colon, Close Parentheses" (2009 - 2012) ===
After the success of "Damn It!", Lipta begun a tour around Valstrath, and after the end, they did their first show out of Valstrath, in Melbourne, Australia, to public of 10.200 people. After it, in 2009, they released the album "Chalk", featuring the hits "Oslo" and "Blizzard Song", the album sold 3,9 million copies.
The band haven't released anything new for 2 years, until in 2012 finally, the band release their fourth album named "Colon", featuring the song that until nowadays is considered the biggest hit of Lipta: "Bring You", that was responsible to the album sell 5,3 copies, being the most sold album of the history of Valstrathian music.
=== New albuns, New Phase (2013... ) ===
The band until nowadays is making success like it did in 2006. They released three more albuns after it and nowadays and the success passed to Australia, Brazil, England, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Norway.
== Albums ==
=== Studio Albums ===
* Choose Your Way (2006)
* Crossed Fates (2008)
* Chalk (2009)
* Colon, Close Parentheses (2012)
* Wide (2013)
* Metropolis (2014)
* Jeff and Tyler (2016)
* Psycho Inc. (2017)
== Members ==
* Leander Ashcraft (Vocals and Guitar) - Lion
* Irving Crizel (Guitar and Male Back Vocals) - Orca
* Priscilla Velabre (Bass and Female Back Vocals) - Fox
* Tyler Winston (Drums) - Tiger
* Aaron Cajetan (Keyboard) - Crocodile