Website www.leepresson.com Record label Irascible Records | Active until 2004 | |
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Years active 1994-2004; 2006–present Albums Swing Is Dead, El Bando En Fuego!, Playing Dirty, Jump Swing From Hell: Live at the Hi-Ball Lounge Similar Alien Fashion Show, Steve Lucky and the Rhum, Lavay Smith, Swingerhead, Vernian Process Profiles | ||
Lee presson and the nails hot for teacher
Lee Presson and the Nails (also known as LPN) is a swing band that formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 1994 during the late 1990s swing revival. As of 2010, the band has released five albums.
Contents
- Lee presson and the nails hot for teacher
- Sing sing sing by lee presson and the nails
- Formation and awards
- Reunion
- Discography
- Songs
- References
Sing sing sing by lee presson and the nails
Formation and awards
LPN differentiated themselves from other bands of the late '90s swing revival by their wacky stage antics and the sinister appearance of band leader Lee Presson. The San Francisco Chronicle described LPN in 1996 by coining the term "Goth Swing." The band won a California Music Award (Bammie) in 1998 for Best Swing/Cabaret Act, an SF Weekly Award for Best Swing Band later that year.
LPN temporarily disbanded in 2004 when Lee Presson moved to Hollywood, where he played keyboard for the Oingo Boingo tribute band Dead Man's Party.
Reunion
After a two-year hiatus, Lee Presson and the Nails performed a reunion show in San Francisco on 16 September 2006 at the DNA Lounge as part of the inaugural launching of The Hubba Hubba Revue, a San Francisco Burlesque and Variety show. After more shows, Presson moved back to the Bay Area and soon LPN was back in full swing, so to speak.
In 2010, the band released Balls in Your Face, a download-only album of ballroom dance music.
In recent years, the band has found a new audience in the steampunk/dieselpunk community, headlining in 2012 at the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition in Santa Clara, CA in 2011, and at Her Royal Majesty's Steampunk Symposium at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. They were a headlining act at the first Steamstock in Richmond, CA in 2013.
Discography
Songs
Big Pants DanceJump Swing From Hell: Live at the Hi-Ball Lounge · 1997
Ghostriders in the SkySwing Is Dead · 1999
ShadowmanSwing Is Dead · 1999