MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK

摘要

The whole reason guitarist Joji Malani joined Gang of Youths was because singer Dave Le'aupepe came to him with a noble cause; to make an album, The Positions, as a monument to his then fiance who was losing her life to cancer. "It seemed worth leaving aside other aspirations in order to pursue that," recalled Malani. Things got complicated, and Dave credits his bandmates with helping him through the breakdown of his marriage and struggles with substance abuse. What most people don't know is it goes both ways, said Malani, that Dave saved him too. "Being a Pacific Islander, I had other ambitions," explained the once budding sportsman. "There was no guarantee I was going anywhere, but that was the intention. I also came from a really academic family and music wasn't really seen as something to pursue. Then I had a life-defining injury to my knee; I pretty much couldn't walk for two years. Dave was one of the few people that would come and visit me every day. As much as Dave says we saved him, he did the same for us; me especially."