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A BLOOD-WRITTEN ROMANCE

Who: Cameron Foster (vocals), Alex Little (guitar), Andrew Boltong (guitar), Tom Elson (bass), Joe Hoyle (drums)
Influences: Parkway Drive, I Killed The Prom Queen, Trivium, From Autumn To Ashes, Atreyu, Alexisonfire, Norma Jean

AS I FALL THROUGH

The group formed in 2006, playing covers and doing small concerts in local areas. They are working on a demo CD at the present time, with three new tracks that are each different in ways that suit this band. They all have their own different musical backgrounds, listening to all different types of music – they have found influences in bands such as Killswitch Engage, Bring Me The Horizon, The Devil Wears Prada etc. This particular band mixes easy-listening with screamo and speed metal. Over the last year, As I Fall Through have performed various concerts. After a few set-backs, they have strived to come as far as they have, swapping band members and doing some intense beard-growing. Through the years, many high school bands have come through Exeter High School, and never has this school witnessed the great potential As I Fall Through has started to show.

BIG SAUSAGE PIZZA

They are formed from the ashes of Filthy Degrading Chunk and the uprising of Exsanguinate. After surfing the internet for many sleepless nights, they soon stumbled upon Daryl. With his chiseled facial features and washboard abs, they all soon agreed that he was the central image of the band that they were after. The unique standard of songwriting is inspired by their lead vocalist’s soon-to-be wife. A band that, with rhythmically explosive technicalities and pop-esque melodies, are sure to get Texas-stomp pit madness throughout their set, prepare to be blown away by Big Sausage Pizza.

CHAOTIC DILEMMA

Together for three years, Chaotic Dilemma are an original five-piece featuring Sophie Fisher (vox), Sean Zolnierczak (vox/lead guitar), Cameron Jones (drums), Beau Polley (bass) and newcomer Liam Burnie (rhythm guitar). Representing Prospect High School in the 2007 Tasmusic Rock Challenge, Chaotic Dilemma bring their original songs to the table and look forward to unleashing their latest alternative indie rock on fans. The release of their debut EP is scheduled for late this year, having already spent many hours in the studio.

DIRECT EFFEKT

Direckt Effekt are a five-piece band and consist of Rob Mallett (guitar/vocals) James (Bogga) Dale (guitar) Yianni P (guitar) Jack Pitt (bass) and Christan Pearcey (drums). They all go to The Hutchins School in Hobart, and are in year 10. To choose one genre for these guys would be almost impossible, seeing as though they can play anything from rap to rock to metal to punk to … OK, maybe not rap, but they are a very versatile bunch of fellas when it comes to rocking out. At the moment they have a few covers down and many more planned but are working on getting a solid set of originals down. Get on board as these guys show Tassie – and, one day, the rest of Australia – how to melt faces!

END OF SILENCE

End of Silence are a band with a lot of different influences, featuring dueling guitar riffs, punk-inspired lyrics, fast and heavy drum beats and an emo bassist with rather a lot of insecurities. End of Silence play for the fun of getting the crowd moving – loving nothing better than seeing the audience on their feet, jumping around, kicking, screaming and having a good time.

Originating from a soft rock band known as Hot Tuesday, they have only been on the scene for around half a year – in that time progressing a lot. Starting off as a bunch of mates with a dream of starting a metal band, they recruited Sheepy as a singer (being a bass guitarist up until this point with no real trace of singing talent). After several practices showing some form of musical sound, they snuck their way into Locally Famous under the name of Hot Tuesday. The one song played there gained enough of a response from the crowd for the band to continue in the direction they were heading.

End of Silence now have their own original sound, playing for fun and not taking life too seriously. They are looking forward to having a great time at the Rock Challenge and not worrying too much about placings.

FINEST HOUR

Finest Hour are a six-piece garage band from Scotch Oakburn College. Finest Hour consists of Tom Byard on lead vocals, Chas Rose on lead guitar, Nick Croft on rhythm guitar, Max Yoo on second rhythm guitar, Kirby Clark on bass guitar and Andrew Schindler on drums, with all contributing with back-up vocals. Finest Hour cover a large variety of genres, ranging from acoustic to heavy rock. They have been together since the beginning of 2006, with Chas and Kirby new additions to the band this year. They are currently in the recording phase, and are hoping to get some recordings completed in the very near future.

FRACTURED CORNFLAKE

Fractured Cornflake formed to challenge rock at the Uni Bar in August. The fractured cornflake line-up is: Jimmy J – vocals and guitar; Callum – guitar; Rossco – bass and Willow – drums. We will open and tour with any heavy rock or metal band. Our career options are varied, such as the SAS, abalone diver, janitor and house maid, but most likely we’ll be world leaders in three weeks in domination of Rock 2007.

GET FUNK’D

Hey, what’s up? This is Joe, Zeb and Dion … We started jamming in music classes together in 2006. This eventually led to forming a band together named “Get Funk’d”. After playing our way into 2nd position in the 2006 Rock Challenge, we decided to tackle it one more time in the hope of being victorious in 2007. Our style is different, you dig? It’s like acoustic hip-hop with sweet, sweet melodies. Our live set could be described as something out of the ordinary … Peace brothers!

HENRY HORSEFALL AND THE SPORTO ELITE

At this current stage, the band’s sound can be described as energetic rock with pop melodies and everything in-between, with their songwriting influences a mix of Kisschasy, Queen, Grinspoon, My Chemical Romance, The Living End, Metallica, End of Fashion, Bon Jovi, and Gyroscope.

Currently their goal is to get enough of there own songs at a kick-ass level so they can support some of their “sister bands”, Cruel Like That, Novella and Dirty Harry and the Rockets across the state, at venues they haven’t even heard of yet. “Until that day, we’ll just be chillin’ in Dougan’s shed, playin’ some tunes.”

ICE BREAKER

Ice Breaker has been together since the start of the year, though we have been playing together for a couple of years. We play mainly blues with some rockier songs every now and then. We’re all in year ten at the Friends School. On average, we have been playing for 3-to-4 years. We have previously played in the recent Amnesty Battle of the Bands, and came second only to one of the college bands.

LADY INSANE

Lady Insane is an “all-girl band” which consists of three members: Effie Burns – bass and vocals, Laura Wilson – guitar and vocals, and Alexandra Robinson – drums, keyboard and vocals. Playing all types of music genres ranging from punk, alternative rock and heavy rock, Lady Insane have a unique and interesting sound. They have incorporated the use of a synthesiser into some of their songs, which gives their music a distinctive sound. Lady Insane’s influences include the Horror Pops, Distillers, Tool, A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails.

MARGARET SPREAD

October 2005 saw the birth of Margaret Spread, a five-piece Pearl Jam tribute band. The band’s sound is influenced heavily by Pearl Jam and Soundgarden; it originally began as a three-piece when eager drummer and Pearl Jam fanatic Adam Davison teamed up with talented guitarist Brendan Fisher and vocalist James Woodberry.

The boys, all from Clarence High School, were approached to perform at last year’s Amnesty International Battle Of The Bands. The boys recruited bass guitarist Joe Berry to help fill out their live sound. Margaret Spread was a huge success with the keen crowd. Since then, the band has performed at gigs including The Lark Distillery in Hobart, The Loft, and Sorellapalooza.

The band recently recruited rhythm guitarist Sean Hardstaff – a member of bassist Joe Berry’s side project, Gunk. Margaret Spread has composed seven originals. For the Rock Challenge they will be covering Neil Young’s Rocking In The Free World, as well as debuting their two originals, Post-Script written by guitarist/vocalist Brendan Fisher, and Pilatus, which was a shared effort by all members of the group. The members of Margaret Spread are practicing hard and looking forward to “letting rip” in front of the huge crowd.

MOTHER TRUMPET

Riverside High School’s Mother Trumpet is one of the many talented bands that are competing in the high school section of this year’s northern heats of the annual Tasmanian Rock Challenge.

Mother Trumpet won the opportunity to represent Riverside High at their school Battle of the Bands, where they competed against twelve other musical groups for the privilege.

The band is comprised of Tom Richards on vox, Liam Briginshaw and Brad McDermott on guitars, Elliot Gee on bass and Callum Seadon behind the drums.

The Grade 10 band formed mid-2006 with the aspiration to create “funky pirate rock”, but when that failed they settled for “groovy pop rock, a pack of sugar and a crappy gorilla amp named ‘The Tube Cruncher’.”

With influences such as Cream, The Clash and Devo providing them with inspiration for their original songs, Mother Trumpet is already proving to be a hit among those who have been able to witness them performing.

PENGUINS AND POLAR BEARS

Jamie Curtis – lead guitar/vocals
Peter Sheppard – lead guitar/vocals
Kiel Cormack – bass/vocals
Luke Connor – drums

SAY GOODNIGHT!

As Say Goodnight!, we are aiming to produce music that kids out in the public will take hold of. We are trying to provide them with something that maybe they can relate to. With music having such a strong stranglehold over today’s culture, many bands around these days are in a band, or play music, just for the glory of it. It can be really sickening to see this going around. Also, many of the bands we have come across along our journey have been so concerned about being better than every other band they see. It’s just so egregious. We don’t care about the competition; we just hope that our music can touch someone’s life, and relate to it. Our style of music is interesting – it could maybe be described as melodic hardcore brushed in love. It is a style that is our own, and we like it. If you ever happen to see us around, we will always be happy to have a chat about absolutely anything.

STROKE OF ACE

Stroke of Ace is currenty in pre-production stages for the recording of their debut CD, to be titled Trading Guns. Since forming in 2005, the band has created a local following of fans, and is preparing for a run of dates along the east coast later this year. Receiving rave reviews, the band constantly receives invitations to perform, and their energetic live show keeps their fans always wanting more. Stroke of Ace are setting their sights on securing tour support slots for international and Australian rock bands, and, with a youthful approach to the music industry and life in general, are set to explode into the eyes and ears of the public with a unique and rocking debut release.

SYREVILO

Syrevilo the band formed when bassist Oscar Neyland and drummer Tim Fielder joined the duo Syrevilo – Oliver Lovell (vocals) and Rhys Thomas (lead guitar, backing vocals) – to play the duo’s originals. Syrevilo the duo formed in 2004 when the two friends felt compelled to write a song for one of their friends who was very sick. Since then, they have written a multitude of songs on topics ranging from love to cardboard boxes. The group’s sound is a mixture of folk, pop, rock, and jazz, with main influences being Tenacious D, Frank Zappa, and Eva Cassidy.

THE CHARIOT

Some would argue that The Chariot is the best band ever to come out of Tasmania.

Others would be wrong.

The Chariot formed in 1986 as a cover band, playing mostly small digs around town and earned a name for themselves covering classic techno ballads such as Your Heart Is Like My Prostate (Swollen And Full Of Love). In 2007, a chance reunion reunited these wayward souls. The two founding members, James Hunn and William Hewer, bonded over shared musical interests and cheap pornography. Many a night they spent together with their baskets full of vinyl classics and their tattered old copy of Asian Beavers 5. In between viewings of poor quality Swedish porn, they wrote together amazing classics, such as Tree Lovin’ (But I’m Not Weird).

However, in an alternate reality, The Chariot would have formed following a spontaneous songwriting session one afternoon in 2007. From that point on they would stun and amaze friends, acquaintances and anyone else who would listen with their works of creative genius. Their music would earn them a reputation as gods amongst men.

THE MILKMAN OF HUMAN KINDNESS

The Milkman of Human Kindness has roped together some friends to form a band, and is set to blow minds and ears. Joining David Bakker is Nick Rose on bass guitar, Andrew Poynter on electric guitar and, as a last minute addition, Edward Rose on the kit.

His debut double album, The Office of My Life has recently been causing a stir. The twenty-five-track effort was released late 2006, and has been spreading far and wide. Copies are being played by radio stations around the state. He has also recently been accepted to represent Tasmania on the Australian blues scene by playing in the National Youth In Blues festival in Perth, Western Australia.

Stone-cold blues aside, The Milkman of Human Kindness draws inspiration from many genres and artists. Main influences include Neil Young, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Johnny Winter and Jeff Lang. His music has the gritty bite of blues with the subtle, quirky, provocative spin of indie pop/folk. This is reflected in the thoroughly arranged instrumentation, the thoughtful, stimulating lyrics and, of course, his name, which is taken from the title of a Billy Bragg song.

THE TROLLS

Forming in April 2006, The Trolls consists of brothers Corey and Jason Graham and Trenton Smith. Highly influenced by alternative rock and funk, the band has created a sound which fuses alternative rock, funk, ska and reggae. Major influences include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Silverchair and Sublime. The band has been gigging regularly around Hobart, often incorporating keys or horn sections. Joel Bowerman will be joining the band on keys at the Tasmusic Rock Challenge this year. The band is currently recording an album at The Winter Palace in Hobart, which they hope to release later this year.

VENDETTA

Vendetta is the premier rock band from Rosetta High School. The members of Vendetta are all multi-instrumentalists, and are some of Rosetta High School’s top musicians. They are involved in all aspects of the music program, including general music, guitar ensemble, stage band, and concert band. The members were brought together to complement each other’s strengths, and have been performing at every opportunity since they formed two months ago. Vendetta has developed a strong support base, as they have proven to be very popular within the school community, and have been touted as one of the best band to come out of Rosetta. The members are Stephanie Arnold on keys and vocals, Jordan Griffiths on drums, Michael Smith on bass, Ashton Shearing on vocals, Thomas Booth on lead guitar and vocals and Brad Herbert on rhythm guitar.

VULGAR

Vulgar was founded in mid 2006 as part of the Rock Skills programme. The lineup consisted of Mitchell Clark (drums) and Josh Hamill (guitar, vocals), who are cousins and brothers, Myles (guitar, vocals) and Josh Flood (bass). We first started doing cover material from Metallica and Black Sabbath. Then we progressed to writing original work. We are strongly focused on producing an EP, currently obtaining funding for the costs. We should have our demo released by late November. Our influences are mainly 80s thrash such as Exodus, Death Angel, Anthrax, early Metallica, Testament, Nuclear Assault, Megadeth, Pantera etc … As a result of writing our own material, we’ve become tighter and developed a full, aggressive sound.

YOUR DAMN NEIGHBOURS

Your Damn Neighbours (or YDN) are a vintage-style metal band that formed in the summer of 2004. They consist of four members; Toby Dadson on lead vocals and guitar, Billy Bennett on lead guitar, Alex Barnes on bass guitar and Aled Templeton on drums. They currently are all in grade 10 at Kings Meadows High School. Their main influences are bands like Black Label Society, Skid Row, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Pantera, KISS, and many more rock/metal outfits.

YDN’s larger gigs have been the Rock Challenge 2006 (where they were finalists), the Tasmusic Showcase at the James Hotel in 2006, a support slot for local band GRRR at their DVD launch, Locally Famous in both 2006 and 2007, and also playing off against major Launceston bands in the MS Fest 2007 Playoffs at Lonnies Nightclub.

YDN are currently producing their debut EP with the expertise of Dave Venter (Who has previously recorded and mixed bands such as GRRR and This Future … Chaos), which should be in stores in the near future, with a statewide tour planned to promote the release.

ZDENEK

In the beginning, God created The Heavens and the Earth before deciding that they didn’t satisfy his creative needs. He then poured all his creativity into his greatest creation to date: “Zdenek”. When he was finished he tried to rest, but all attempts were futile, as “rest” is not a word known by Zdenek and their “Shred”. Zdenek wrote and played constantly for over 100 years without rest. This resulted in the imminent death of the original drummer. All of a sudden, Zdenek disappeared for over two million years, and their music passed out of all knowledge. It was written in the Stone that one day descendants of the band would reunite, covering all the lands of middle earth in a second age of “Shred”.

ZWEI

The Scotch Oakburn College band Zwei (pronounced “Zvai”, meaning “two” in German – consists of David Butler on piano and lead vocals and Hannah Morrell on violin and backing vocals. Zwei has been together for a mere two months, and has gelled to produce a unique style of performance. Despite the aspects of performance, the last ingredient into the Zwei mixture was in fact the name itself. Zwei takes its influences from recording artists and bands such as piano vocalist Sarah McLachlan, unique guitar vocal group Stephen Speaks, pop-tenor Josh Groban and English rock sensations Queen.

After performing at the Scotch Oakburn Battle of the Bands, Zwei were invited to perform at the SOC Gala Ball for 2007; Zwei proved a great success on this evening. One of the things that make Zwei’s sound so unique is in the instrumentation of piano, violin and vocals, creating an intimate sound between music and audience – almost creating the dying performance style of recital. Zwei have no recordings as yet, but the future may hold opportunities in this area.