Define your genre in five words or less:
Electric swamp blues-funk!
What can a punter expect from your live show?
Four mates channeling their inner blues soul and delivering a raw, uncut performance of era-crossing sounds that would have the blues gods grooving.
What inspires or has influenced your music the most?
I’d have to say my bass-playing father, as he brought me into the world of music at a very young age. I was put on the drums at around age five and then eventually I would study guitar. He was playing albums to me from the likes of Steely Dan to Jimi Hendrix, Cream to Frank, Buddy Guy to ZZ Top, the list goes on. We’re also influenced by the juggernaut of amazing musicians that Melbourne has to offer!
What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?
Be well rehearsed, have a good connection internally, be able to write clever catchy songs in the genre, record and play the tunes live like your life is on the line! Have a great social media infrastructure in place, keep pushing the limits of your playing, tour the world, all in all enjoy what you’re doing and hope at least one per cent of the world does too!
Do you have any record releases to date? What are they and where can I get them? The Werewolves of Melbourne just put out their debut EP titled, Black Diamond Ring. You can buy it online digitally through bancamp.com or come to one the bands live shows and pick yourself up a hard copy.
Where would you like to be in five years? Touring the world as a recognised artist, ideally receive a call from Eric Clapton and asked to play at his Crossroads festival in the states with the Werewolves of Melbourne!
When are you releasing Black Diamond Ring? Our next show is this Sunday May 18 for the EP launch at the musicians’ venue of venues, Cherry Bar!
