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Jam Band / Folk / Hip Hop

Take me out in tracksuit pants.



Melbourne, Victoria
Australia

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Member Since11/28/2005
Band Websitewww.customkings.com.au
Band MembersNick Vorrath
Luke Gale
Craig Shanahan (AKA The Falcon)
Tommy Spender
Jarrad Brown


InfluencesJoseph Conrad, Latin Playboys, Peter Green,
US/Cuban Trade Embargo, Dean Martin,
the Moons Gravitational Pull, Burt Reynolds,
Los Lobos, Australia/US Free Trade Agreement,
Tim Winton and Fenomeno Chievo.

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We've seen the "Red Sails " Film clip and we're very impressed.Thank you To Mat Jordan (director) and his team for a fine job. Soon you'll get a chance to see it too on Rage and Channel V. You can vote for it on JJJ Super Request. Text message "Red Sails" to this number: 1975 7 555 or call 1300 0555 36

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Record LabelLiberation
Type of LabelIndie


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"Custom King's debut album is one of the most refreshing and original records I've heard in a long time" JB MAG

"At Sea is an ambitious, sprawling yet thoroughly cohesive listen and a stellar first effort for Custom Kings" Time Off

"If any band can be claiming to be reinvigorating rootsy, reggae flavoured pop it's the Custom Kings" Rolling Stone

"At Sea is perhaps the best pop album produced by an Australian outfit this year" Wireless Bollinger

Buy a signed copy of our new album " At Sea " online right here!

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Buy our Almost SOLD OUT e.p " Merchant Songs" here.

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Buy our ultra rare first e.p "Peace" This is now a collectors item..

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Customs. The thin line that protects our borders and regulates the flow of goods into this young country. For many years my brothers and I ran these docks and airports, a law unto ourselves. Whether bringing it in or shipping it out, we could make you rich or we could be your ruin. It was here that the music was born. Buried under crates of Peruvian coffee beans, sung by rare and endangered parrots smuggled from deep within the Amazon, nestled up against a suspicously mis-shaped boogie board cover bound for Indonesia. We found it in old wooden legs, leopard-skin pill-box hats and hollowed out walking sticks. We sung songs about the sea, merchant songs, songs of crime and punishment that never made it passed quarantine. We are the Custom Kings, ask anyone.

カスタムキングについて

地平線の彼方に広がる、広大な青い空。どこまでも続く美しい海岸線。ギラギラ光る太陽の下で、波に乗るスリルを求めるサーファーたち。終わりのない夏。そんな、自由を求める人々が集まる南半球の大陸、オーストラリア。そして、そんな人たちのためにサウンドトラックを作り続ける、数々のバンドたち。メルボルン郊外の5人の友人が結成した、カスタムキングはそんなバンドの中でも、現在、オーストラリアで一段と注目を集めている期待の新星。結成以来、精力的な国内ライブ活動、2枚のEPリリース、数々の野外ライブフェスを経て、2007年5月、満を期して待望のデビューアルバムをリリース。デビューアルバム“アット シー”は、ジャンルにとらわれず、ポップ、レゲイ、ソウル、フォーク、ヒップホップ、そして、ロックンロールの影響を、彼らなりに消化した、カスタムキングならではの、ユニークな音を詰め込んだ、爽快な作品。 “アット シー”は、オーストラリア全国ラジオ放送局“Triple J”のヒットアルバムになり、カスタムキングの人気は揺るぎないものとなる。

オーストラリア国内での人気を確立したカスタムキングは、2009年3月、遂に、グランドコンポーネントなどの、人気メルボルンバンドのCDリリースで注目を集めているP-Vineより、日本国内リリース決定。日本でのアルバムリリースと同時に、カスタムキングは日本初の国内ツアーを発表。 

彼らのライブを見るたびに、私はなぜか、夏のビーチパーティーを思い起こさせられる。彼らのリラックスした、爽快なライブでは、我を忘れ、夏のビーチパーティーにいるみたいに、彼らの曲に笑顔で踊っている自分を見つける人が、多いのではないだろうか。そして、パーティーからの帰り道、なぜか少しだけ幸せになった、自分に気がつくかもしれない。そして、“カスタムキングなしでは、パーティーは始まらない”って、心の中で静かに、つぶやくかもしれない。


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Joe Neptune





Jul 9 2009 12:27 PM

Hi, Joe Neptune is playing at The John Curtin Room with Houlette and Pinto this Saturday Night. You coming?
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Jul 3 2009 8:09 AM

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Jul 2 2009 12:02 PM

Hi there, we're heading over to Melbourne town this Saturday 4th July to play a show at Northcote Social Club with Skipping Girl Vinegar. Hope you can make it!
BONJAH





Jun 30 2009 6:44 AM

Hey Tommy, how are you man? All well with writing of record? Hope you are well bro. Regs
BONJAH





Jun 30 2009 6:44 AM

Hey Tommy, how are you man? All well with writing of record? Hope you are well bro. Regs
emizzle





Jun 25 2009 12:06 PM

When are you boys coming back to Townsville? x
KAARUN





Jun 24 2009 2:52 PM

Thanks for the req . & mesaage  I'm delighted to receive your invitation. ♥
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Jun 23 2009 10:16 AM

Hi Joe, I just watched your clip

 

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Jun 23 2009 5:53 AM

Friday Night Fire continues this Friday June 26 with Tobias Cummings and new band Alaska Coats, Pony Face, and Voodoo Economic. Also Dan Lethbridge rounds out his residency at Wesley Anne this Thursday June 25 with D Rogers in support. Two great nights of local Melbourne music, proudly presented by Hundred Fire Management. We hope to see you there!
 
 
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Jun 18 2009 4:31 AM

Hope all is well amigos!

 

Joe Neptune





Jun 15 2009 9:02 AM

Hi, Joe Neptune is playing at Ya Yas with Jacky Winter this Thursday Night. Sweet and warm...
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Jun 12 2009 1:56 AM

Check out our new blog and let your mind wander...

http://planetofthescrapes.blogspot.com/

"Also hugely enjoyable, highly original AND psychically useful is the music of Australian duo The Scrapes, whose fiery epic guitar and abandoned Mithraic fiddle pieces evoke images of lost Keltic lands inundated by the oceans, lost Iberian & Armorican sea peoples and lost times from beyond the beyond." Julian Cope
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Jun 12 2009 1:56 AM

Check out our new blog and let your mind wander...

http://planetofthescrapes.blogspot.com/

"Also hugely enjoyable, highly original AND psychically useful is the music of Australian duo The Scrapes, whose fiery epic guitar and abandoned Mithraic fiddle pieces evoke images of lost Keltic lands inundated by the oceans, lost Iberian & Armorican sea peoples and lost times from beyond the beyond." Julian Cope
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Jun 9 2009 5:27 AM

Dan Lethbridge continues his June residency at Wesley Anne this Thursday with support from one Tim Cannon. Come warm yourself by the open fire, have a drink and relax with some great music.

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Jun 9 2009 5:09 AM

All The Best - Cheers

www.bigozmusic.com.au
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Jun 6 2009 2:01 AM

Hi, Joe Neptune is launching his new album at Manchester Lane this Sunday. Come on down for dinner and a show (or just a show). We know you've got Monday off....
Bankin Garu





Jun 4 2009 12:18 PM

Thanks a lot for jammin',  great vibes playing together.
Hope to see you soon!

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s@quila





May 28 2009 1:03 PM

thnx for yr friendship!!
come thru my pg again n check out my friends muzic!!

cheers from JP!
pce n one
saquila
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May 27 2009 10:42 PM

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May 27 2009 8:07 AM

hey just leetin u guys know i got a photo of u :) from when u played at the curtain
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May 27 2009 7:11 AM

Thanks for adding me guys. Hope you are well, take care.
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May 26 2009 11:58 AM

we miss you.x
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May 26 2009 5:46 AM

Hi lads. Kris Emond contacting Earth. Kicking It Hey? Nice
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