Define your genre in five words or less:
Hard melodic rock.
What inspires or has influenced your music the most?
Really digging Twelve Foot Ninja at the moment – those guys are amazing – check out the clip to Mother Sky on YouTube. We love some of the bands that are flying the flag for Oz rock like Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus, The Butterfly Effect.
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
We recently played our first gig with Dave Glavich, the new guy in the band, at The Prague. That place recently shut down, but we all loved the vibe and what those guys were doing for the local music scene. It’s such a shame they’re gone, but that gig was a huge one for us and one we’ll probably remember for a long time.
Describe the worst gig you have ever played.
Our first gig together as Shortfall was hilarious. The place smelled like a urinal and there was this one bloke in the crowd of about four people who was drunk as a skunk kept barking like a dog at us in between songs. I think we’ve got a live recording of that gig and you can hear the dude.
How do you stop your pre-gig jitters?
We generally hold hands and join each other for a moment of quiet prayer backstage.
If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be?
Definitely someone like Karnivool. We love the way their songs are so complex and each of them are amazing musicians. That and I’d love to learn from some dudes we really look up to musically.
Anything else to add?
Just to remind everyone to make sure they go out and check out as many live bands as possible. We’ve got some amazing talent on our doorsteps and hopefully the punters head out and support bands and venues alike and help keep the Melbourne music scene strong.
SHORTFALL launch their new single at Revolver on Saturday November 3.
