I saw this band called Don Fernando, they were tight as fuck and sounded like Queens Of The Stone Age playing Songs For The Deaf era cross with Kyuss doing Sky Valley yet sounded completely original at the same time.
How long have you been gigging and writing?
I’ve been writing since I came into this world and gigging since 2005.
You have played stacks of shows all over the world, what has been the best show and where?
Man that’s hard, supporting Helmet here in Melbourne at the Hi Fi Bar is pretty hard to top
You are about to drop your latest album Dia De Los Muertos . What does this mean and how does this reflect on the release?
The title is “day of the dead” in Spanish, I kinda went with a theme on this album which is death and rebirth in all its connotations. It’s a new lineup for the band and a new heavier sound; in death there is beauty and the death of something always brings something new and fresh.
Off to Europe in September, what are you looking forward to?
We’re really looking forward to playing some festivals which will be a first for us, as well as all the club dates. We just love getting out on the road in a way which is just not possible here in Australia, playing every day, no sleep, driving ourselves and putting on some very memorable shows, we all live for this shit and were born to do it! So all of it!
What are you not looking forward to?
The stench. 5 weeks in a tour van has a stench all it’s own
What can we expect when you return, will you come back at all?
Yeah, we will be back! Just bigger and better and a bit uglier.
Hit us up with the details for the launch.
Friday August 26 at The Espy with Battle Axe Howlers, Hytest, Mammoth Mammoth and The Hard-Ons! It’s a massive lineup! Get down early!
