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Metal band makes waves u by Ayla Miller
Alien Weaponry, a high school metal band with a Kaipara connection, are mixing Te Reo Maori with metal, and have taken out first place in both Smokefree Rock Quest and Smokefree Pacifica Beats this year.
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The band is made up of Bream Bay College students 16-year-old Henry de Jong on guitar/vocals, 14-yearold Lewis de Jong on drums and Otamatea High School student 14-year-old Ethan Trembath on bass. The band started in 2010 with Henry and his brother Lewis jamming in the lounge when they lived in Auckland. After they moved North, Ethan joined the band, and has been a member for four years. The de Jong boys are of Ngati Pikiao and Ngati Tuara descent, and Ethan is also of Maori descent. They have written a number of songs in Te Reo which they performed as part of their recent sets. “We have found writing in Maori has worked really well for us. I find it is quite an artistic language to write p Alien Weaponry are excited by their wins at the Smoke Free Rock Quest and the Smoke Free Pacifica Beats Judge Jeff Newton from NZ on Air said lyrics in and we are planning to keep It should be out by the end of the year.” Henry attributes their success to their they could not find fault with the band’s writing this way,” said Henry. performance and described them as “This year was our fourth year passion for the music. “If you are doing something that you being beyond their years. entering Smoke Free Rock Quest with “They believed in their identity as a Ethan and to be able to finally win it is love you are going to get passion and feeling out of that, and other people can metal band, their use of Te Reo was a really awesome feeling. “Our next immediate goal is to get sense that when you perform on stage. impressive, there’s not really anything our debut single out. We have got that That is the way to go. Don’t change just else like this in the world at the moment.” recorded and a music video in progress. to be liked.”
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