• The Zarsoff Brothers

    11 February 2007

    About Entertaining Sydney band based around smutty cabaret-theatre comedy. Played a mix of r&b, blues and rock with some school boy type humour (ie nose picking, flatulence). Obviously light-hearted but the music was substantial.from Who’s…

  • The Best Truck In The World

    31 May 2006

    A decent truck can mean the difference between a great gig and a night full of grief. Back in the eighties I went back to work for Rick Doolan who was the original drummer in…

  • The Wombat Switch – Mad Gorilla

    07 October 2005

    The Wombat Switch. I don’t even know if it is a term that is still used. Back about 20 years ago “Wombatting” was something you did to the support band to sabotage them. You know,…

  • Stage Diving at Sawtell – Hoodoo Gurus

    19 September 2005

    Stage diving and crowd surfing is a phenomenon that has become popular over the last 10 or 15 years. The idea being that after diving from the stage, the crowd will catch you and you…

  • Yellarock 1

    18 August 2005

    Round about 1990 we got a call from a Biker Club about doing a big gig for them. It was to be a three day festival of bikes, booze & music about halfway along the…

  • Stevie Wright

    06 August 2005

    I was blown away last night to see Stevie Wright on This Is Your Life. During the late Eighties I worked for a while as Stevies live sound engineer, alongside my brother Brett on monitors…

  • Going on a real tour – James Blundell

    25 January 2005

    The “tour” story about Bandanna apparently gave some people, including my beloved Mrs Gibbo, the idea that touring was some sort of wonderful, bohemian lifestyle chock full of naked women, intoxicating substances and midnight law…

  • Goin’ on tour – Bandanna

    01 January 2005

    I had a conversation with my Son the other day that brought back a few memories. He is “getting a band together” with a few mates as teenagers do and we were talking about things…

  • Shepparton

    17 December 2004

    How often does Shepparton spring into your mind? Be honest. Not often I’ll bet. Well, I have had discussion recently with someone from Shepparton and it jogged a few memories. As some of you know,…