1. We all met at a place called Turk’s Shed, which is an old dairy shed on a farm about an hour south-east of Melbourne that’s been converted into a studio with a jam room. We would all go up there and party a fair bit. Lots of loose jams were had here, which has a huge part to play in how we play together today. Many Melbourne musicians over the years have visited this place, we were lucky enough to have a place like this because Jake’s cousin owns it and especially where we can play until whatever hour we want to with no one telling us to turn it down. Lots of vintage gear as well, and while you’re at it we can press record on the tape.
2. Dave knew Jake before he had any pubes. When Jake was a little tacker at the age of 12, his parents would take him down to the farm and watch his cousin and Dave play in the band they were in at the time. There was a goat on the farm called Victoria but that’s whole other story isn’t it, Dave?
3. Our first gig was at The Tote. Pretty happy with that. We worked on writing and jamming for 12 months before we took this band out. We had always said that we wanted to play at the Tote for our first show and that’s if we could. What do you know, all stars aligned at the time and we got a gig there Saturday night.
4. Our band name was a drunken joke that stuck. We were all out at a house party one night and we are pretty sure that it was Dave and Alejandro that thought of the band name; it was just a drunken joke that we were laughing about that night. We told a few people that we were thinking of using the name for our new band, and everyone hated it so much, so we kept it.
5. All songs are written together. No one in the band is allowed to write outside of a rehearsal room without each other present, otherwise they will be spanked with the hand of doom. We have a certain rule in place with this band that no one is allowed to go home and work on riffs and bring them into the band. We have found that writing everything when we are all together works for us. There is a certain magic that happens when four people get in a room together and we want to make sure we keep that vibe.
FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE will hit up The Retreat on Friday March 28.
