Dave Gibson: Elemeno P frontman on the band reuniting for Rhythm and Alps this summer

Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Elemeno P erupted onto the New Zealand music scene in the early 2000’s, making waves with their pop-rock singalong anthems like Fast Times in Tahoe, Verona, and Every Day’s a Saturday.

They remain one of the country’s biggest-selling rock acts, having graced the stage at nearly every venue in New Zealand at least twice.

This summer, the group is reuniting to take on Rhythm and Alps down in Wānaka.

The members are a bit spread around, with frontman Dave Gibson basing himself stateside in New York.

He told Jack Tame that nowadays when they need the band back together, they set out the bat signal.

“We all congregate, you know, in our headquarters which is located in a cave in Kingsland,” he joked.

“We get the whole band back together and we, you know, do a few a rehearsals.”

“We sound like a terrible Elemeno P covers band for the first two, and then by three, you know, it just seems to come back.”

Gibson told Tame they have a WhatsApp group chat, and every couple of years they jump back on the horse.

“We just really love each other and we love playing and we feel very grateful that there are still people want to come and see us play.”

“We feel very lucky all these years later.”

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