I was very young - very very young – and I tried something for the first time and it was at Big Day Out and Sound Garden were playing and it was meant to be the last Big Day Out ever and I was lying down on the grass watching Sound Garden and feeling [ahh] pretty good. laughs
Ideal Lineup? Wow this could take me days to go through – The Birthday Party, Scientists, The Drones, The Stabs who are a Melbourne band, Hungary Ghosts… I could go on for ever!
Fave artist you've seen at a Music Festival? Oh, when I was really really young, too young to be at a festival I got snuck in to Summersault Festival and saw Sonic You play… that was amazing!
Tips for attending a Music Festival? Stay out of the sun definitely! I’m a very very white man and at Big Day Out I got burnt just walking from our band tent to the stage… 30 seconds in the sun – so definitely slip slop slap!
September 2 2010 Kate Miller Heidke To Headline A Taste Of Lilith Fair A Taste of Lilith, Australia’s first ever ‘taste of’ the very successful Lilith Fair, founded by singer Sarah MacLauchlan along with Dan Fraser, Marty Diamond and Terry McBride to raise money for charity,...
September 2 2010 Delta Goodrem Joins Will Smith to battle Cancer?? Yes that is correct...Our little Delta a victim of Cancer herself is joing a stack of big name stars for a telethon in the US to raise money for cancer research on September 10th. Delts will join George...
September 2 2010 The Jezabels Finish 3rd ep in trilogy and hit the road!! The Jezabels have been busy of late, locked away in Jim Moginie's Oceanic Studios in Sydney, with producer Lachlan Mitchell, putting the finishing touches to the final collection of songs that will make...
September 2 2010 REVIEW: John Butler Trio - Adelaide, SA We all felt strangely out of place. Sure, we were all there excited to see John Butler Trio, but there was a strange vibe in the venue that could not quite be placed. And that is exactly what the problem...
September 2 2010 Bluesfest 2011 Dates Announced AUGUST 31, 2010 – After a successful Bluesfest’s 21st birthday celebration event during Easter 2010 – planning for Bluesfest 2011 is now in full swing. The 22nd annual Bluesfest 2011 event will take...
September 1 2010 Heroes For Hire - New single, shows and recording in the US! To celebrate the release of their infectious new single - and it’s accompanying frostbitten video - “Come Away With Me,” Sydney’s rapidly rising pop-punkers HEROES FOR HIRE will be playing a handful of...
September 1 2010 Independent Music Awards nominees announced! Nominations for the fifth Annual JAGERMEISTER INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS (formally known as the Jagermeister AIR Awards) have officially been announced, and they include a stellar array of the country's...
September 1 2010 Parklife relocates to Brisbane from Gold Coast Parklife 2010 is returning to its old home at Brisbane’s beautiful Botanic Gardens & Riverstage on Saturday 25th September. The festival was scheduled to take place at Parklands Gold Coast but is being...
August 26 2010 Bam Festival cancelled Brisbane's newest festival BAM Festival has been cancelled due to a lack of ticket sales. In a statement by the organisers they say, "It is with great sadness and disappointment that we here at BAM HQ...
August 26 2010 Muse add Biffy Clyro and Dead Letter Circus on tour Muse have announced that they will be bringing Scottish rock group Biffy Clyro and Brisbane rockers Dead Letter Circus on their Australian ‘Resistance’ tour in December as their supports. Tour dates...
August 26 2010 N*E*R*D headline Pyramid Rock Festival! N*E*R*D, The Temper Trap and Chromeo will headline New South Wales Pyramid Rock Festival this new years. Also on the lineup is Neon Indian, Shout Out Louds, Mystery Jets, Xavier Rudd, Basement Birds,...
August 25 2010 Homebake Festival takes a break in 2010 Sydney's Homebake Festival will take a break in 2010. In a statement organisers said, "With such a plethora of festival announcements of late, we've decided to go against the grain and as such - after...
August 25 2010 No Sleep Til Festival announces killer lineup! Amid a sea of rumour and innuendo, we’re here to set you straight and make all your heavy music prayers come true... NO SLEEP TIL, is a national touring festival that will deliver a mix of the best international...
August 24 2010 Silversun Pickups announce Melbourne show! Silversun Pickups will be performing a one night only, exclusive headline show on September 28th at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne. The Los Angeles quartet has been flaunting their music across the United...
August 24 2010 Jay-Z to support U2 on Australian tour! U2's Bono has confirmed that they will bring Jay-Z to Australia as their support act on their Australian tour this December. Since 1996, 10-time Grammy award-winner, Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter has dominated...
August 24 2010 The Mess Hall announce September tour dates! Sydney’s 2010 AMP shortlisters, and 2007 winners The Mess Hall have announced they are to follow their brilliant set at Splendour In The Grass by playing select dates along the East Coast of Australia...
August 23 2010 Lineup for Independent Music Awards! The fifth Annual JAGERMEISTER INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS (formally known as the Jagermeister AIR Awards) will be held on Friday October 1st at The Forum Theatre in Melbourne. The event is a rare opportunity...
August 22 2010 CONFIRMED: U2 bring 360° tour to Australia in December! U2 will end the year with live dates in New Zealand and Australia. The U2 360° Tour will visit Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and the tour also includes U2's first Perth date since Popmart in 1998....
August 21 2010 Architects, Comeback Kid & This is hell tour Oz! A killer triple bill of potent hardcore supremacy, ARCHITECTS, COMEBACK KID and THIS IS HELL are touring Australia this December. Championed by critics, fans and peers alike as one of the finest UK metal/hardcore...
Shinedown
Posted 29/01/2010
If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?
Probably a few pushups, some weights, sit-ups, stretches and just amping up. We like to keep fit so we get pumped before a show working out.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?
The same thing I always ask for…Orange Gatorade and American chocolate, it’s the best!! (So no portable Jacuzzi??) nah man…but it might be from now on!!
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.
Two from Memphis hard ass rocking bands…Cavo and Sawash…check em out
What's your most essential item to take on tour?
My computer man…..I can escape, work, communicate or whatever. I need my computer everywhere I go!!
What's your secret talent?
HAHAHAHAH….I don’t have one….I like to cook but I’m not real good!
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?
All of em, we use all of them. We have both personal and Shinedown Facebooks, Myspace and Twitter and we are on them all the time…obsessively…
New Empire
Since their formation, the Sydney four-piece have constantly been experimenting and fusing different styles to create their original and powerful brand of music. New Empire's high energy and powerful live show combined with their heartfelt and honest music makes them one of Sydney's most popular new bands. Awoe magazine has described New Empire as "the essentials of the rock pop culture", and this is clearly echoed by thousands of music lovers across the country.
Forming in the late Summer of 2003, Euphoria Audio are a Rock/Popular band from Wakefield, UK. They have worked closely with producers Stuart Epps (Oasis, Robbie Williams, Jimmy Page) and Steve Levine (Culture Club, The Beach Boys), and most recently have recorded in Trondheim, Norway with Universals D-sign Music (Kylie Minogue, Joe Cocker).
In 2010 the band showcased at the Musexpo music conference in Los Angeles in front of world-wide delegates as well as a performance at the legendary Viper Room.
