Define your genre in five words or less:
Live, original, mash-up hip hop band.
How long have you been gigging and writing?
These tunes were written around two years ago. It’s taken ages to find the right crew. Well worth all the auditions and lineup changes, because we are a close knit family now who probably share way too much with each other.
Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with?
We are generally pacifists, but if we were to get up in someone’s grill I would love it to be Kattamoni. There are very few live bands doing hip hop in Melbourne that I know of and it is wonderful seeing that bunch doing so well.
What inspires or has influenced your music the most?
The songs are written in a time I was exploring the world of polyamory, making babies and watching a war between the 1% and every one else roll on.
What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?
The best bands write the music they want to hear, or at least they try to. At our level, at least one of you has to work out a way to love the management side of things too.
Why should everyone come and see your band?
Because we are the weirdest combination of people you’ve ever seen, playing the catchiest, most mind-blowing grooves that are around.
Catch RENELOPHUS at The Brunswick Hotel on Friday December 11.
