If, like us, you believe our baby Lindy needs to be Laney approved to, click here
YES!! Your eyes do not deceive, Lindy is actually on the official Laney amp website!!!! BUT take a close look...they called him "Daniel Lionel" what the heck???!!! Lionel??! its Lioneye damnit you morons you!! Lindy is such a big fan of Laney, you could at least have the sense to get his name right!!!!!!
With this in mind,we decided to send an email to Laney.co.uk. We encountered only one problem: we can't find a contact address to send this to!!! nooo!!! please help us, where can we email Laney.co.uk???
Here is a copy of the letter, as composed by Raven....
We are two great fans of Laney amplification. However, whilst browsing your website we were appalled to discover that Finnish guitarist Mikko Lindstr�m (HIM) is referred to as DANIEL LIONEL in your artist listings. The correct name, as we and any other fan can tell you, is in fact DANIEL LIONEYE!! We suggest you remedy this situation as quickly as possible as a mistake like this could cause Linde (Daniel Lioneye) himself much upset and humiliation. He is a huge fan of Laney amps and often endorses the product, claiming to �love Laney�.
Furthermore, we were also shocked to see that there was no picture accompanying the very brief profile on your website, especially as there are a great many images of him to be found on the Internet (and we've seen most of them)
As fans of the man ourselves, we know that a large number of people would enjoy seeing a picture of Linde in the artist listings. Enclosed are two true-colour pictures of him in action.
We felt we should let you know this, as Laney is Classic British Amplification and your website is otherwise superbly designed and your products excellent.
Thank you for your time.
Raven & Sparrow (Lunatic and guitarist respectively)
(www.geocities.com/laneyamplover)
Exclusivley, I Sparrow was able to ask the man himself - Mikko Lindstrom (via the Linde Q&A on Heartagram.com) just what he thought about the sitution with Laney....
Do you know that you are Laney approved? How do you feel about this and how do you feel about them putting your name wrong? - Jenny, UK
I know that there is some sort of mutual understanding going on with Laney but I haven't signed any contratcs yet. They make great sounding amplifiers and I've been happy with them. According to their site there is a Daniel Lionel who is Laney Approved. I wonder if that is me.
Oh it is!!!