THANKS TO MY DEAR FRIENDs Julian Dods for gt in chorus and Sweetleaf for  syth intro and vocal in bridge

BLUE NIGHT

new zealand music month hope you like  john moerenhout  julain dods bass and main lead a little dabble into reggae rock

SHINE ON ME

played recorded and produced by john moerenhout

THE DOG AND ME

a political song nz ,Julian Dods leads, Stu Wymer lurics,John Moerenhout did rest hope ya like

ABOVE THE LAW

COLLABORATION, JULIAN DODS, JOHN MOERENHOUT, STU WYMER julain dods gts and lead ,stu wymer lurics, john moerenhout gt, bass vocals recorded and mastered at spare room studio

REACH OUT

john moerenhout     julian dods  collaboration

ONE MANS WAR

John moerenhout , Julian dods leads, Recorded in spare room studio

LONGING FOR THE CHILD IN ME

JUST CHUCKED LURICS TOGETHER that's how it came together out of the blue Julain did some awesome leads, and rhythum lots of work on this one, Jullian Dods, gts, leads, John Moerenhout gts, bass, vocals,recorded at spare room studio, hope you enjoy

OUT OFF THE BLUE

song i wrote years ago yours truly did all hope you enjoy its a moment on life at the time please leave comments good or bad thanks to late great keith Ensor for lyrics

Brown Cow

another song i wrote years ago revamped buy Julian Dods and John Moerenhout, acoustic,lead, backing vocals.Julian wrote lyric's and sang this song plus gts, bass and drum programing, recorded at spare room studio hope you in joy

STAY WITH ME

another song wrote years ago re hashed Julian Dods did lots of work on this one making it more hard rock,gts,bass,drum programing ,John Merenhout,vocals, lurics and gts ,recorded at spare room studio hope yall like

BROCKEN WING

gts,acoustic gt lead, backing vocals julain dods, gts, lead vocals,bass,lurics,music written by me, recorded and produced by me at spare room studio. this song was inspired by all those stupid people who waste their lives on P 

Burn Away

Ann McCamley lyrics, rest done by me wrote this in a band called Damn If We Dont hope you like john moerenhout

FEELS LIKE HEAVEN

i wrote music and did programed drums, bass and rhythm, backing vocals. john moerenhout Julian wrote lurics and sang and did leads julian dods

DREAMS AND LIES

Julian Dods, wrote music and lyrics,gts and vocals,and recorded his parts. John Moerenhout ,bass,backing vocals mix and produced

LITTLE MISS PERFECT

Again disgraced by this government, Julian Dods gt, and bass John Moerenhout  gts, vocals written and produced at spare room studio

IF JESUS WAS WATCHING

recorded produced played JohnMoerenhout. lead Julian Dods

MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE

one of the first songs I wrote  revamped, Lost Love, stripped back a bit, played, recorded, and produced by John Moerenhout.solo effort I hope ya like a bit of REGGAETON

LADY IN RED

old ideas revamped ,Julian Dods partner in music back from lifes distractions remixed  enjoy john moerenhout

RIVERS OF SORROW

DRAGGED OUT FROM THE PAST slowed it down,remix All done by me  tribute RIP KEITH

FROM WHERE TO NOW

going for a easter run, produced, recorded,played by me in spare room studio, lurics by Keith Ensor

north bound

this is a tribute to Neil Edwards awesome song he wrote hope I did justice to it here's to you mate

DREAMING OF LOVE

this poem really touched me, its written by Dorothy Quaife,  so I wrote a song around it had to condense it to fit song but still has same meaning ,arranged by me recorded,played and produced by me John Moerenhout lyrics by Dorothy Quaife

TOLERANCE

music lurics gts John  Moerenhout bass Jack  Fajner drums Keith Ensor recorded and mastered john spare room studios drums recorded by Brent Manning

Lady in red

A song i did with Jack Fajner years ago jack did bass .vocals and luyrics i did drum track. gts .backing vocals.recorded and produced at spare room studio

Canvas Skys

thanks to julian, ray and kev it was a cool moment in time, not so good for new orleans

Haricane

John Moerenhout gts, Julian Dods , gts, Mark  Dingle on drums and vocals, Jack Fyner bass, this one was hard be cause i did not record the drums that well ,its taken along time to get them sounding ok, Marks drumming was awesome and i wanted to catch the moment ,recorded  and mastered John Moerenhout spare room studios

Sin City

john moerenhout gts / julian dods gts,bass.drum set up,mean leads/ i wrote song,lurics ,vocals produced and recorded at spare room studio I think for me the lead solo is the best solo Julian has done for me just awesome can hear it over and over again 

Summer night so dry

one of the first songs I ever learnt a tribute. julain dods bass, intro lead and main and outro. the rest by me john moerenhout, recorded at spare room studio hope you injoy

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

id like to say formost if this song makes any money it would go to fight the tip,this is  about a preposed dump on top of this mountain valley, if it leaked it would contaminate all things below it including the Kaipara harbor it has real high rain and just the silliest place to put one,its time to change, there has to be a better way with dealing with waste. on top off that they are bring in waste in from other countries  not just Aucklands played with my specail friends  Julian Dods on bass, Greg Leaf synths-saxs ,me John Moerenhout gts vocals recorded and produced & written recorded at spare room studio lyrics by Stu Wymer and John Moerenhout

Dome Valley

DOME VALLEY

collaboration john moerenhout ,to my speical freinds this song would not be made with out them julian dods,greg leaf,music, stu ellis,lurics recorded at spare room studio julian and i wrote music, julian on bass and lead gt , greg on syths hope ya all like

please explain

PLEASE EXPLAIN

driving force started in the late 90s as a coverband we did pubs and clubs, the singer and bass player left so the band finished .i kept the name and started writing originals and started a band called damned if we dont and now im mainly on my own these days writing and producing my own stuff,i bring people in when ever they and I wont, i just love music have played since 12 years old, been in lots cover bands over the years but got really sick of having to do songs other people wanted so I stop playing covers and only do originals these days and loving it, I put my heart in to it, its one off things in my life whats kept me going, im a west Aucklander westie through and through,Julian Dods life long member of driving force and dear friend playing bass and guitar 0n a lot of the songs i hope you injoy what I produce, keep rocking and may we have a peaceful loving earth,ps thanks to all the fans that support me john.

Driving force.

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