Lennie Lazenby

* Lennie in 2001
* Lennie Currently

**Leon Lazenby**, better known as **Lennie Lazenby**. \*Bobsville, late 1970s. Singer, songwriter, musician.

## Early life

Leon Lazenby was born in Bobsville. When he begun attending Bobsville primary school, he met John Dwight, a pianist from the school choir, who was just a year younger than Leon. When Leon begun studying at music high school in an unknown town, he met Matthew Snare, a drummer who was also from Bobsville.

## Lennie and the Lazers (1991-2003)

In 1991, Leon became known as Lennie, and formed a band with his two friends: Matthew Snare on drums, John Dwight on keyboards and himself on guitar. They usually gathered at the weekends and performed in The Can Canteen, a popular bar for teenagers in Bobsville under the name *The Lazers*. They soon realized that their performances would sound much better if there was a bass player in the band. Matt immediately remembered and asked if they could give his girlfriend, Jeanne Laine, who played bass, a chance to join the band. Lennie and John agreed. Next Saturday evening, Jeanne came. The band played *Day Tripper* by *The Beatles*, a song with quite difficult bass line. Jeanne nailed the line and so she became the band's bass player.

After Lennie graduated in 1992, the band released their first single titled *The Rock 'n' Roller*, featuring *The Rock 'n' Roller* on A-side and *Yellow Spoon* on the B-side under the name *Lennie and the Lazers*. The single was very successful. In August, the band released their first album Lennie's Lazers. Like the single, the album had a booming success and so the band got famous, thus being called the pride of Bobsville.

Their first tour was in 1993, after John and Jeanne, who were a year younger than Matt and Lennie, graduated. It took place in UK from August to December.

In May 2001, the Lazers went on their, unknowingly, last world tour. While in America, Lennie cought a cold. Despite that, he continued singing. When the band returned to their hometown on 23, December, Lennie publically spoke about the cold. The band went to Lennie's home and rehearsed all day. The next morning, they came to the town square to rehearse. That morning, Tom rang Bob to say he won't come to Bobsville. After hearing that, Lennie and Wendy went to Lennie's Limousine and drove to the Bobsville Airport. Then they flew to the Arctic circle. Tom was very happy to see them and thanked them. The people in town were worried about Lennie as nobody knew where he was. At last, he returned - without voice. His cold had gotten so bad during the flight that he barely spoke. After turning on the Christmas lights, Lennie went backstage where he and the Lazenbys discussed the concert. The conclusion was that they'll play the songs they planned to and John will sing. The concert begun at 21:00 with Crocodile Rock and ended at 00:00 with Yellow Spoon. After the concert, the band slowly begun to tear up. Lennie was thinking of starting a solo career under the name Lennie Lazenby.

When Matt and Jeanne got married in January of 2002, Lennie attended as Matt's best man. The band was on hiatus that year. In 2003, Lennie rang his fellow Lazenbys and asked them if they could get back together for one last record. They all agreed and so they recorded their final album, Reprise. After that, the band broke up.

## Discography

Lennie continued with his solo career. Since then, he released 10 albums: