Tag: "guitars"

Q&A: River of Snakes
0 Comments. 589 Views. Posted 10 Feb 2012 @ 10:33am.
  What are your names? Oh. And the name of your band… My name is Raul Sanchez... and my name is Elissa Rose and the Band is called River of Snakes   And what do you do? Raul: I play fuzzed out guitar, sing, scream, jump around, and act like an idiot. Elissa: I play Bass and sing.   When did you start doing that? Raul: I think I was born slightly tweaked, but I started playing... Read More
Scissor Sisters
0 Comments. 2,480 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 10:16am.
The best damn party band in the world, Scissor Sisters, are heading back to Oz for the Pyramid Rock Festival and Summadayze. It seems like yesterday (actually it was just over a year ago) that they were last here, memorably bringing out Kylie Minogue to perform her single All The Loverswith the band at Festival Hall. The Scissor Sisters have a great relationship with Australia, and they can'... Read More
Q&A: Zen Band
0 Comments. 963 Views. Posted 6 Oct 2011 @ 9:09am.
First up, what is this Death Console used by your vocalist Niik? The Death-Console interfaces 2 keyboards, guitar, midi-guitar, bass effects, trumpet, drum triggers, smoke machine, 11 RGB LED ParCan lights and 1 UV LED light, footswitches, ZEN's 5th Member Niik, plugged into a computer operating Ableton Suite and DMXIS. The -Console is programmed differently for each scene of each... Read More
60 Seconds With… Caitlin Park
0 Comments. 870 Views. Posted 22 Sep 2011 @ 9:33am.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? The Band is called Caitlin Park – I’m CP, I write the songs, arrange and compile the samples and play guitar and sing on stage.   What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Audiobooks and found sound folk, like The Books, but maybe a bit more song-writer-y   What do you love about making music? I love being... Read More
Jim Ward
0 Comments. 2,415 Views. Posted 11 Aug 2011 @ 8:42am.
No matter the capacity in which he performs music, it seems Australian audiences can't get enough of the work of Jim Ward. With two incredibly popular bands now undergoing varying forms of hiatus, the At The Drive-In founding member and Sparta front man is now gearing up to showcase a collection of his solo work. Though all founding members seemingly on amicable terms, a reunion of At The Drive-... Read More
Fucked Up : David Comes To Life
0 Comments. 3,336 Views. Posted 22 Jun 2011 @ 11:06am.
Mentioning the term ‘rock opera’ often elicits extreme reactions, with responses falling somewhere either side of ‘lofty genius’ or ‘pretentious fuckwit’. Providing an album-length drama circling the life of a protagonist is a testing and ambitious task, and Ontario-based hardcore outfit Fucked Up have done just that. Brilliantly.   The almost 80-minute punk opus David Comes To Life is... Read More
Melvins
0 Comments. 1,662 Views. Posted 3 Mar 2011 @ 11:45pm.
Forming in 1983 in America's far North West, going through about a million bass players and labels in that time, hugely influential sludge pioneers Melvins are making their first visit to Australia in two years. This will be their first visit in their new four-piece incarnation, as the band, in a sense, merged with the core of Seattle band Big Business a few years back. Melvins now... Read More
Bomba
0 Comments. 1,768 Views. Posted 28 Jan 2011 @ 9:08am.
What’s your name then? Oh. And the name of your band…   “Nicky Bomba, from Bomba.”   And what do you do?   “I sing, play guitar and drums, have fun with an audience and write songs. I like thinking too…”   When did you start doing that?   “When I was about six I started playing drums and started gigging with my brother... Read More
The Beautiful Girls
0 Comments. 3,533 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:10am.
It’s worth mentioning when a band can transform celebrated genres to the point where they sound both recognisable and innovative; a goal reggae-rock fusionists The Beautiful Girls just so happened to have managed to attain. This ability is evident in the current tour for new single My Mind Is An Echo Chamber – lifted off 2010’s triumphant Spooks LP... Read More
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