So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band?
Battle Axe Howlers. Mikey belts the drums and sweats a lot, Deano plays lead guitar in his moccasins, Pauly plays guitar and buys beer, Cog is on bass and owns an esky, and myself, Diesel, is on vocals, and I drive two to four hours every Friday to band practice.
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?
For a mixture of reasons we’ve had people say we sound like The Cult, Kyuss, Metallica, and Motor Head.
What do you love about making music?
Everything! The creativity, the outlet, the booze, friends, listening back to our jam sessions, playing live, the riders, meeting other rockers, recording, and the camaraderie between all the bands throughout Melbourne is great. Everyone seems to want to help each other out, and go to gigs.
What do you hate about the music industry?
Not being able to afford roadies and venues that don’t return emails.
If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why?
I think we would all be happy to go back in time to when we were teenagers, to show ourselves our music, so we would have gotten off our asses, and got the band going years ago.
What can a punter expect from your live show?
A Heavy rock, stoner riffed, chunking pack of hungry rock wolves, chewing on Drop D coated strings, Orange amped meat, thundering drumsticks, and freight train vocal steaks, spat back at you in the form of Battle Axe shrapnel.
What’ve you got to sell CD-wise?
We’ve recently recorded for the first time, and managed to create a four track EP that are all stoked with. We’re also beginning to build up enough record-worthy songs to begin recording our first album sometime soon.
When’s the gig and with who?
Friday February 24, at the Brunswick Hotel, with Art Of Later, Damn The Torpedoes, and The Underhanded. It’s going to rock!
Anything else to add?
Thanks to Mat Young for all the help, and Sammy for the sound.
