1. How did you all meet? What was it that brought the band together?
Most of us met in high school, except our lead guitarist Spall. Our lead singer Oceanz was playing with his old band at the Cue Club in Brunny. Not knowing who the opening act was he looked on stage and found this metal god absolutely wailing Van Halen tunes. I’m talking dive bombs and all. Oceanz found him at the bar said hello and the rest is history.
2. How do you prepare for a show? Any weird routines?
I don’t know whether these are routines, but our bass player fills the sink in the green room with water and chills with his head underwater for like ten minutes, whilst the Lisati brothers are usually arguing over Kendrick versus J. Cole and Spall is telling us to hurry the fuck the up because we’re meant to be onstage.
3. Have you ever had a strange experience with a fan?
We had this crazy girl trying to pick up our drummer when we played in Rye. She was a mum, had two kids, a husband and by the end of the night offered him treats with her head poking outside the window of a cab. We love it down there.
4. What do you think sets you apart from the rest of the Melbourne music scene?
Our music is a totally left of field merging rock’n’roll, R&B and hip hop in a way that’s never been seen before. Our live shows have this mad energy, which is like walking into a club with Kendrick’s King Kunta playing in the background and you’re just feeling sexy and sleazy.
NEON QUEEN are playing at The Brunswick Hotel on Thursday February 11 with Mild Manic, Maverick and Lachy Ross.
