We made a film clip.

Hello world.

Things have been flat out!

We were supposed to finishing of some recording this week but our producer is stranded in Thailand...

So we shot a film clip instead.

You guessed it! its for 'Break me' We did it with an old friend of the band Daniel Daly and a new friend Darcy Carter. It was a full DIY affair and so far she's lookin pretty good!

I wont go into too much detail...ill just let you watch it when its out...but it was the most fun out of all our videos to shoot for me becasue it was essentially a big party!

Here are some pictures for you too check out

We have to thank a bunch of people for helping us make the video! it was all a bit last minute and hectic and without them it would have not happend!


First up Dan and Darcy for making it happen!

Casey and Reenie for all the wacked out make up! It was frighteningly good ha ha ha

Macbeth footwear for the invaluable wheels!

Lovells Lager for making a fine drop for social lubrication! it went down a treat and made the party scenes really...party?!

Pete for loaning us his shed so we could shoot a video.

Jayde for the last minute call up! Maybe a new career is in order?

Jayben for manning the Barby!

And Justin and all the extra's! if you didnt turn up...well our party would have looked a little flat! i know you had to wait around a while but we hope you had fun! thank you again!

oh i forgot one person....Timmy Rapp for taking method acting to new levels in his role as 'the bar fly'.


Thats about it for the time being.

Stay in touch.

MarkBENmattANDY

P.s. I had a dream we booked a tour!

HUMID RAIN AND REMANICING.

We did an Interview (well two infact) at MMM radio in Sydney town a week or so back.
We also played a broken down version of 'Break me' in which we squeezed Andy into an ipod.
He complained about the room but it was just easier that way.

It's funny when i got the email saying we were doing an interview with 'ugly phil' i had a little chuckle to myself...he probably doesn't even remember it happening but some of the dumb shit you do as a kid you forget about...this just sparked my memory of some dumb teenage fun...

About 10 years ago Phil used to host music show late at night on channel ten, this was the days of the fax and home phone...no mobiles or internet for us coast kids...i cant even remember what the show was like but im sure we hated it at the time...

So the show is on late on a saturday night and they would encourage people to call or fax (!) in...i remember several occasions of ringing up and trying to get through, i dont think we ever did...There was one time where you could see the faxes come out live on air. So we took this as our chance and we started to draw caricatures of phil and his co-host (jackie o?) with block's o cheese - we must of thought the show was cheesy ha! anyway we started to send them through and out they come live on air...i remember him picking one up and he was well confused about the cheese...man it made our night...hell even our week! Its funny the shit you do as a kid for amusement.

We also managed to squeeze in a little interview with 'Chit Chat' of whom was a stirling chap!
Its funny as we used to share an a&r representative way back when.
Anyways he does planet rock and an Australian music show on Sunday evenings.
Was good to talk with soemone who has 'been there' so to speak (he used to play in machine gun fellatio)



I know its an easy target but...

I love it how the new Nickleback album has 'ELEVEN CLASSICS' on it...i would have thought in order for something to be judged classic it would have to be around a little bit more than a couple of weeks?
Even then calling nickleback classic at any point in the game...i dont know about that.
Dude really need's to get over his Hetfield complex.

Id like to think that Jaymz is thinking 'EET FUK KROGER!' ha ha.

ITS FINALLY HAPPENED!

After promising you that we would be giving away our new single in OCTOBER...well
Its now November...oh well time fly's when your sitting in a patisserie eating the BEST SANDWICH EVER...anyways the good news is you can click the banner below and begin downloading 'break me' in all its glory!



what else...Oh if your in a band and you are from Tasmania you can win the opening slot at our show in Ho Ho-bart on the 19th of dec

All you gotta do is purchase any RØDE Microphone or PreSonus product from McCann’s Music Centre or Modern Musician before 5 December 2008...then... get your entry form from McCann’s Music Centre or Modern Musician when you buy your gear to submit your CD or Myspace details.

pretty sweet deal?

You may have noticed we have some sweet new photos, well a couple of days back we did a shoot with a killer photographer named Angelo check out he's work H E R E!.

what else...oh Nova and triple j radio have been nice enough to add 'Break Me' to their playlists so if you look over to the right you will see all the relevant links to vote for 'break Me' so please do!

what else...Matt got a haircut and looks like the Fonz with he's leather jacket and chest fuzz?

Ok im going to bail now, i hope you enjoy "break me", stay in touch and hassle the radio to FLOG IT!...the song that is.

Out

mark

The making of 'Break me' video.

Hello!

it's all happening!

Here's a little video on the making of break me...tell us what you think!

D O W N L O A D "BREAK ME!" F R E E !

Hello,

We just got our new single 'break me!' back from mastering and its come up an absolute treat!

So much so that we are going to give it away for FREE!

The song will be on the radio and available for FREE in the next couple of weeks,

BUT!

We will be making 'Break me!' available to you our loyal fans within the next week!

So if you have any friends who you think might want our new single FREE then get them to sign up to our mailing list on the right hand side!

The only way you can get the song is by being on our list! So spread the word!

Be sure to check your emails regularly as we will be sending you all the details on how to get song SOON!

Regards
Mark

Mixing the first taste off the album

This is going to sound weird...but the weather in melbourne over this past week has been killer.
Sunny but not hot! cool but not cold...perfect!

Not to mention the food! and the company...and...well the coffee was pretty expensive...i think Sydney has the coffee thing going on a little better...i mean its super cheap and strong in my hood.

Maybe the problem is local knowledge?

Anyways why were we living it up in M-town you ask?

Well Ben and myself were working on overdubs and mixing the first taste of the our third record with the affable Richard Stolz.

We spent a couple off days down in Sing Sing south doing some vocal, guitar and keyboard overdubs.
It seems that everyone in the north side off Richmond to the south side of Prahran drives a luxury sports car...Ben was in his element!

Anyway it was good to go over some stuff we did out in the country and get it all to make some sense.

The room we were working in is actually where some of one of my favourite albums EVER was made...Crowded house 'woodface'...it might not resemble in the slightest what it did back then but it was still good to soak up that energy knowing your treading the same boards as your idols.



We had wednesday off as Richard was a little off colour, which worked out fine as we were staying in Albet Park with our live sound guy Adrian. I think i could get used to albert park...nice and flat so you can ride a bike with ease...and the number one tram goes straight into town.



So we basically spent the day eating the BIGEST omellete EVER! drinking coffee and checking out guitars at the guitar emporium.
After such a hard day we finished off jamming all night on the drums and Adrians loop pedal...RAD!

Albert park goes down to south melbourner "beach"...which its not a real beach at all...its like a big bay...anyways its blowing a bloody gale down there...and FREEZING as the wind is literally just off the iceberg (Antarctica), but that doesnt stop the fitness freaks trying to play beach volley ball in the wind...

Im not sure what this is called...


After a big night Jamming and Scabbing beer of Adrian we returned to Sing Sing Proper to Mix 'Break Me!'.




It was good to be back there again...we mixed our first record and 'cut your losses' there.
The owner Kai is a legend, he built the joint and its a cosy place to hang out!



So Richard went hard while we put in our two bob's worth and i think it's turned out a treat!
I cant wait to get 'break me' out there on the radio for everyone to hear...i think you are going to like it!
I wouldn't say its representative of the album as a whole but its a move in another direction for sure!



I had such a good time in Melbourne that by the time we'd dropped the Cd of at crystal mastering i didnt want to go home.
It was perfect beer weather and i just wanted to lap it up but all i could fit in was one sly pot off Guiness before i had to get the last flight home.
BUMMER!

P.s I just got the Mastered version back from Crystal today and its STONKING!!!! cant wait t show you!

E X A B I T I O N I S T S

Hi.

Im not sure which is more confronting.

Two men having sex in full view within shouting distance.

or Goth's with teddy bears.

i think the later...

well anyway thats how i spent my weekend.

The dudes across the way were once again going hammer and tongs with the blinds open and the lights on.
its becoming a regular occurance .
I just want to eat some burritos and...well its hard to digest food when faced with a hairy arse crack going up and down.

Also there was some kind of goth festival on over the weekend... now i can appreciate most subcultures..
but goths? mmm
Raver goths?
fully grown men with teddy bear goths?
GOTHS WITH CHILDREN!

somethings not right there...
Anyway it only lasted one day and i can only guess they have gone back to working in I.T and at the local warcraft shop.

In other news Ben and Myself will be heading to Melbourne to mix the first taste of the new jams.
This means that in the next week or two you will be able to hear on the radio and download on the interweb our new single!!!!

so how good is that!

im sure you will be bombarded with info on it very soon!

Mark

A T F T v E P I S O D E 5 / S T U D I O D I A R Y P t 1

Hey,

Here is the first of the videos i promised, documenting the making of our 3rd album .

Its just a quick little tour of the House we recorded the first half of the record in.

Hope you dig.

Also click H E R E for some free music!



N E W S I N G L E O U T O C T O B E R

WHOOOO! WA! WEE!

WOW!

We played our first 'real' shows in over 6 MONTHS over the weekend and man it was good to get out!

rooty hill was interesting...i think the kids don't dig on rock n roll so much out there...or maybe its just us? anyways thanks to those of you who spent your hard earned and put up with us playing new songs!

Yesterday we played the badlands festival and hell! it was Killer!

Was good to catch up with all our mates who we haven't seen in ages!

The response was well unexpected and amazing, thanks to everyone who has left us comments and sent us emails about our set, we really enjoyed it!

But now its back to the grind...we have to get this record finished so we can get back out and play some more...its fun i tell's ya!

So yeah basically just a massive thanks and hopefully we can do some more shows before the year is out!

In the meantime get some blood oranges and juice them before their extremely short season is over!

x

P.s. stay tuned for a sneak peek of the record next month!

M A K I N G A R E C O R D P A R T O N E

WOW!!!...

I have been home for two days now and the reality of being home has hit...GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!

Now i have got that of my chest i will let you know what we have been up to.

a little over three weeks ago we packed up our song board with a MASSSSSIVE trailer load of musical instruments and recording equipment and headed for the hills


Rather then record in a regular recording studio, We decided for this first batch of recording to rent a lovely house in the 'gourmet' region of north east Victoria Deck it out with a stack of gear and go for it.

We had about two weeks of recording time, in that time we completed 4 songs and recorded about 6 others in various stages of completion. We will be finishing the others off and recording some more as soon as we can.

This is a photo of the main 'live room' looking from my 'vibe zone' towards where we set the drums up.
It is a rather large space and we were able to get some killers sounds out of it.


This photo is again from my 'vibe zone' looking over to Matt's area.
We would all play in this room together with our headphones on.
I put my guitar amp in the laundry...it meant we couldn't do our laundry while we were recording.


these next two pics are for the nerds...it is a selection of some of the gear we used.




This is our main man Richard Stolz, when he isn't in the kitchen making a mess he is producing our record, and doing top job at it! He's 'control room' also doubles as his sleeping quarters.


Matt and Ben checking out the progress.


secrets to the stars.


This is Richard with our engineer Matt Maddock. He likes to cook.


Ben sings in this converted wardrobe.


2005 Brown brothers shiraz...smooth, round and with a hint of blueberry.


You can NEVER have enough pedals to make noise with...ever


more amps.


sex


Can you see the monkeys?


I would have some more pics for you like when we enclosed Andrew in a tiny space (Lynard skynard stlye) to record his drums or when we found a big dead wombat but i accidently dleted all the pics from my camera and lost them so you will just have to imagine it!

So i hope you enjoyed that i will post some pics of our mid recording day trip and when i finish editing the movies we made i will get them up!

until then stay in touch and stay tuned for our new single in OCTOBER!!!

O U T!

Mark and the gang.

A U G U S T N E W S F L A S H

Hola!

Welcome to the internet, this is our August update for you!

First thanks to everyone who cam out to our 'secret' show in sydney a while back.
It was great to get out and play a set of new songs and from all reports you guys dug it?

It gave us the itch to do some more shows so click HERE for the details...we'd love to see you front and centre!

But before we do the shows we are heading back down to the ranch to get album three under way!!!

In a little under 2 weeks we will be heading into a house in the lovely victorian countryside for three weeks with our main men Ricardo Stolz and Matt Maddock to commence recording!

We are so pumped for it! it has been WAAAAAY to long between drinks dont you think?

We are going to do a series of little movies documenting the recording.
So if there is anything in particular you would like to see in there LET US KNOW!

We are aiming to get a new single out mid to late october for your listening pleasure and do a bit of touring before the year is out.

If you want to be the first to hear the news please sign up to our mailing liste below!

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Do you like coffee? like the good stuff? not that Gloria Jeans rubbish!
well i suggest you head over to the Mayan coffee website and have a look around for some tasty non colonistic coffee.
My favourite is the 'organic' its smooth and creamy and tasty.

If you are in the area head in for a snack...the Huevos rancheros is killer.


Ok stay in touch and ill keep you posted.

Later!

Mark

FREE MUSIC...BE THE FIRST TO HEAR THE NEW RECORD

Hey,

First up in the next week or so we are going to make available tracks off our first two records for FREE! CRAZY!!

but the only way you are going to get access to the free jams is by signing up to our mailing list.
So do that below!

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Also by signing up you will get acces to stax of special downloads and be the first to hear our new record when it drops!

So tell your friends and family to join up too and i will love you!

NICE!

mark

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