Tag: "bass player"

The Barebones
0 Comments. 1,185 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2012 @ 6:52am.
  Like superheroes, every band needs their origin story. So, from which crucible did Melbourne's The Barebones burst forth? Why, from the remnants of much-missed guitar pop-rock combo The Suits, who had a pretty decent run indeed. "We were fairly successful," singer/guitarist Matt Simmons says.  "Then we split up and I went away for a few years. I just wrote and wrote and wrote.... Read More
Q&A: SteelBirds
0 Comments. 1,911 Views. Posted 11 Oct 2011 @ 10:10am.
Name/Band: Luke from SteelBirds   Define y our genre in five words or less:   Soul singing, motown folk rocking!   Someone walks passed as you're playing, they get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say?   Got to get inside folks! These guys' harmonies are tight, the guitarist has a sweet bandana on and a pedal board equipped for space travel.   How... Read More
Tom King
0 Comments. 1,315 Views. Posted 17 Aug 2011 @ 11:40am.
What's your name then? Oh. And the name of your band… Tom King, my band is called No Love for Lexi   And what do you do?   Sing, write songs and play guitar.   When did you start doing that?   I started playing guitar when I was about 5 yrs old.   Why did you start doing that?   I remember listening to the Woodface album by Crowded House on repeat when I was a wee... Read More
Metalocalypse
0 Comments. 2,052 Views. Posted 20 Jul 2011 @ 2:34pm.
RAWR! So you're a huge US band and you've been tapped to do a cover story for a certain glossy music mag in Australia. You can't be fucked, because you're a huge US band and, pffft, Australia, right? Fuck Australia. Who cares, it's tiny and full of jailbirds with no money to buy merch when you tour anyway - correct? You dog your interview two times. The second time, you're even at a club and... Read More
Farewell to The Arthouse
0 Comments. 2,269 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2011 @ 9:39am.
The Arthouse means a lot of different things, to a lot of different people. That, of course, has always been central to its charm. The low-slung ceiling, the creaking floor-boards, the fireplace, the pool table, the small stage, the toilets, the toilet graffiti – it has all played host to every sort of band and music-lover you could name. Now, since the family of leaseholders have decided to let... Read More
Another Bass Player Leaves Interpol
0 Comments. 2,335 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2011 @ 10:35am.
Dave Pajo, bass player for indie rock merchants Interpol, has left the band while replacement bass maestro Brad Truax steps in.     Pajo, who joined the band mid last year after the departure of original bass player and founding member Carlos Dengler, had spent only nine months touring with Interpol before his decision was made public today. In a statement released on... Read More
I Am Kloot
0 Comments. 2,169 Views. Posted 11 Feb 2011 @ 9:13am.
Peter Jobson, bass player from Manchester three-piece and indie darlings I Am Kloot, is, to paraphrase Morrissey, a most charming man. Peter Jobson, bass player from Manchester three-piece and indie darlings I Am Kloot, is, to paraphrase Morrissey, a most charming man. During our interview he rattles off quirky sentences in his lovely Mancunian brogue, throwing in jokes so dry often a minute... Read More
The Vandas
0 Comments. 3,210 Views. Posted 21 Jan 2011 @ 1:14pm.
It’s early on Friday afternoon, with the sun shining for the first time in recent memory. Gus Agars, and (a freshly shorn) Mikey Madden, drummer and guitarist respectively in The Vandas and I are sitting outside a coffee shop in Block Arcade discussing The Vandas, past, present and hopefully future. Towards the end of the interview I offer a gratuitous recollection: way back in... Read More
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