They existed from 1995-1998. Each year they changed their name, from Squadcar 95 in 1995 and so on until 1998. They released one 7” split-EP with the band Bright Eyes and an album called Sububstance.
And it seems Adam Sousa was also in Lost who I have a record from on the site, here. He’s also making music in the UK with Jerome Maz, formerly of Yummy Fur.
Due to their currently being about 14,000 bands that have existed throughout time with the same name as this band and their album,
I found it quite hard to find out anything about them online. My memory is a blur about FOE. I know I saw them but don’t remember much more than that.
This record is what you’d best describe as a metal/rock/funk hybrid.
Str8 outta Bunbury, mid 90′s. Couldn’t find a thing about this online apart from some metal archive links.
Recorded, produced and mixed by Russell Collins at Phoenix Media Labs, Bunbury 1996.
It has a kinda metal/rock/backyard party/emubitter/90′s vibe.
Scott Kinsella : Guitar
Glen Boulden : Drums
Jason Fardig : Vocals
Daren Kinkella : Bass
Denzil Maher : Guitar
I stole this bio :
If you have ever frequented hot jazz night spots in Perth, Western Australia, then you have most certainly found yourself bopping along to the moody and swinging sounds of Perth’s favourite jazz combo, Hip Mo’ Toast.
Boasting a broad repertoire, slick arrangements and joie de vivre,Hip Mo’ Toast are the martini-sipping swingers’ first choice in musical entertainment whether looking for the perfect ambience for an intimate encounter or the infectious voodoo beat of a funky mambo. And let’s not forget they play darn good jazz.
Since their formation in early 1997, Hip Mo’ Toast have played in
restaurants, hotels and concert venues such as the Burswood Casino Theatre,
Perth Entertainment Centre, The Subiaco Hotel, Plantation Estate, the Red Herring, The Red Rock Hotel, Reveley’s, and Phillimore’s.
They have wowed audiences at jazz clubs and lounges such as the Perth Jazz Society, Greenwich, Varga Lounge, the Fly By Night Musicians’ Club and Jazz Fremantle. Hip Mo’ Toast has featured at festivals such as the South Perth Fiesta, Geraldton Seajazz Spectacular, Araluen Botanical Gardens, Perth Swan Festival Club, Fremantle Festival, York Jazz Festival, and with Frank Bennett for the City of Stirling Concert.
Hip Mo’ Toast has brought its special blend of sophistication and with-it-ness to country venues as far afield as the Earl Of Spencer in Albany, Caves House in Yallingup, Leeuwin Estate and Vasse Felix Wineries in Margaret River and has supported Grace Knight, Engelbert Humperdinck, Frank Bennett and Dionne Warwick, to name but a few !
Shane Pooley
Libby Hammer
Michael Perkins
Chris Foster
Troy Roberts
This is their debut recording from 1999.
This is a self titled EP by Volatine that came out in 1995 on Salmonberry Records. Sorta reminds me of Pearl Jam.
In the early 90s NFNWD struck up a musical partnership inspired by their high school musical heroes.
Deciding there was way too many band names starting with The, for a name they settled upon No Flowers No Wedding Dress. A line from the Bruce Springsteen song The River.
That musical partnership has seen out the 90s, been through some line up changes, spent a month touring Spain, lost the Wedding Dress part of its name, and has seen the band perform countless gigs and build an impressive catalogue of music and achievements.
While never officially splitting up the band has not played a gig since 2001. All members continue to play music in other projects.
Shaun Corlson: Vocal Guitar
Shaun Hoffmann: Drums Vocals
Nigel Parry: Guitar Vocals
Tim Keady: Bass Vocals
Todd Walker: Keyboards
Greg Butcher: Bass Vocals
Derek and Gary: Vibes
1996 EP ‘One Day Closer’. Click the cover.
Generally I only post about music from the past but here is something from right now.
Yiannos McStavros was the frontman of the amazingly amazing pop/ska/punk outfit ‘Billings Method’ and also contributed axe/backing vox to the similarly amazing ‘Whitechapel’.
In his latest musical output we see him strip things right back to the bone. It’s acoustic, its solo, its ‘The Story Of A House I Knew’.
Oh and its free.
I don’t even know what the hell this is. Thanks to Chris Righteous @ Dadas for the donation.
It’s actually so fucking weird and bad that I didn’t bother to rip it all to mp3. The disc art is enough. 29 tracks of home recorded noise that seems to concentrate lyrically on such subjects as :
- fuck cops
- fuck bouncers
- i drive better with a few in me
- chopper reid
- fuck cops/bouncers
I dunno why the disc art has details of how to buy it, one would assume if they had the disc in their hand then they already owned it.
Curiosity got the better of me so I looked up the address on the disc and it appears to be here, where the letter ‘A’ is, in the middle of …well, nowhere.
Specifically, this shed.
Amazing.
Heres the second track from it.
Something a little different from the usual material posted on this site, but definitely one of my main musical interests!
Tides In Motion was an 11 track compilation released toward the end of 1999. It came out on Optimum Recordings which was owned by
Dj Echoic who had been a major player on the Perth jungle and drum and bass scene since its early days, as well as holding it down on RTRFM for years.
It features some of the main DJ’s from that time period who were producing, including Diamond D, Echoic, B Jam, Jase From Outta Space, Sardi (Replicant) etc.
Musically its very much in the vein with 98/99 dark dnb. I don’t remember hearing anyone play these tunes out personally but I was often hepped up on goofballs during this period. Actually I do recall JFOS doing a live set at the Bridge Thearte (for EMAS!) around 1999 which was much in the vein of his track on this compliation.
I guess in the ‘pre cdj’ era it was quite hard to get stuff cut to acetate if you lived in Western Australia.
Anyway here it is, enjoy.
I am pretty happy to have come across a physical copy of this disc after a trip to the hellhole that is Mandurah Cash Converters earlier this year.
This is another CD compiled on Idaho Records by Bob Gordon from XPress and it is the follow up to the 1993 compilation ‘Bedtime Beats You Brainless‘.
Featuring 14 tracks from a fairly varied cross section of the Perth live scene in 1994 it includes acts such as Verona, Lamia, Bucket, Header, Circus Murders amongst others.
A great little compilation and well worth the download. Grab it here.
Stolen straight from their wiki.
Mach Pelican were a punk rock band formed in Perth, Australia in 1996. In 1998, they relocated to Melbourne, Australia. They announced their farewell tour in July 2007, and played their final show in Tokyo, Japan on 17 September 2007.
The band was formed by three Japanese students who were studying English in Perth in 1996. After touring extensively, Mach Pelican moved to Melbourne in 1998. (Did they???)
In eleven years, Mach Pelican played 800 shows.
The band’s split in 2007 was a result of personal differences and immigration problems.
On 17 May 2009 they re-formed for a one-off performance at the Tote Hotel as a support for The Gimmes.
On 10 April 2011 the band reformed and played at a benefit concert for victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami at the Esplanade Hotel in Saint Kilda.
Here is their 1998 debut EP ‘Blue Sky’.
Here is their 1999 debut, a self titled LP.
Heres their 2002 LP ‘Pulsate to the Back Beat’.
Here is their 2006 LP ‘Radio Action’.
Heres the Self titled LP from them. Awesome. Thoroughly awesome.
Click the cover and get downloadin’.
And HERE is another Dropsick LP. Unreleased, untitled, and fucking rockin’!@! Thanks to Figg for this!!
The lovable Rabbit Records has recently thrust itself into the digital age thanks to the help of Bandcamp which allows artists and labels to sell their wares directly to the world.
First up on their bandcamp site is 3 incredible releases from one time Perth punkers The Dead Ends.
You can pay as little or as much as you like for the releases which is a great idea. Don’t be cheap. Rabbit needs a new pair of shoes.
Grab the music here.
Stolen from Dr Al’s Begerk Recordings facebook page, and well worth the repost.
Way too many hours spent watching Rage over the years has given me an unnatural love of filmclips. Yep, luv em. Anyway, I’ve got a playlist on youtube featuring all the clips I could find from past and present Bergerk! clients but if I’ve missed anyone let me know and I’ll add it in.
Thanks to Miles Hitchcock for getting in touch regarding his band ‘The Healers who existed 89-91.
A Perth rock band in the grunge days, popular but short-lived. Released 3 recordings on Survival Records:
Check out some audio and other projects of Miles here.
Andrew Ewing from Thumb was nice enough to send me 3 of their CD’s. Thank you very much Andrew!
‘Combining ‘60’s blues and ‘70’s rock influences with a contemporary grunge immediacy, Thumb’s brooding sound was captured on two highly acclaimed albums. “Nitros City” was their rock beast, while “Strange Kept Plain” saw a move towards a more diverse sound, drawing further back to Beatlesque art-pop and blues-tinged acoustic folk. This more stripped back style revealed what those close to the band had known some time – behind the bombastic delivery, there were seriously good songwriters at work.’
and here is their self titled EP – Thumb.
Check out Andrews solo project here and the band he’s currently playing in The Devil Rides Out
