Men Imitating Machines ask Vultures Of Venus……
How would you describe your sound to a stranger?
Electro glam space rock.
What has been your physical creative output?
We have a full length self titled album and an EP titled Your Planet or Mine, which we are now giving away for free (or small donation) from vulturesofvenus.bandcamp.com. We also made three film clips for this release which you can view through our facebook page.
What do you love about being in your band?
Getting to meet lots of lovely people at shows who come and say hi after the gig. Plus all the free cocaine and groupies keep us pretty god-damn happy to be on-top of our game.
What are you going to bring to the First Floor show?
Sing along choruses. Big fuzzy riffs. Bass fatter than your mumma’s mumma. Electronic sounds from outer space. Wild stage antics. Scissor Kicks. Choreographed dance moves. Verging on ridiculous mid-song banter. Psychedelic projections and burlesque performances from The Venus Man Traps.
Where is the weirdest place your music has taken you?
We recorded our film clip for Outer-space down at the Geelong salt mines during the middle of the day. We snuck past security all wearing those bright orange council worker vests. It came out really well, it kind of looks like surface of mars. Check it out by googling “Vultures Of Venus Outer-space“.
Vultures Of Venus ask Men Imitating Machines…
What is your sound?
Live as fuck electronica.
What can a punter expect from this First Floor show?
Beanies with homemade pom-poms, suits, bare feet, crowd heckling; face pulling, MIDI drums and badass wobbles courtesy of Jarman and his MIDI bass guitar.
Which other person in the music industry would you have a showdown with?
Justin Bieber ‘cause dat cat is probably the only dude we could beat in a fight.
What do you love about making music?
We just love to perform and have a license to act like idiots outside of mundane day jobs. We also feel like we have been lucky enough to innovate in our own small way and contribute some new ideas about how electronic music can be performed live. This has allowed us to make contacts all around the globe and share a whole lot of knowledge.
But seriously, tell us why we should come see your band.
We are men imitating machine music, who also act like we are a metal band from the ’80s. We are the fifth most popular live wobble band in Aspendale and we have pretty much been with all of your mums.
What do you do before a gig?
A five minute and 27 second power hug followed by two slaps on the back and one slap on the top of the head.
Anything else to add?
Head to menimitatingmachines.com for the most up to date nude photos and obscene bass wobble biz-ness.
