| Influences | Flesh vs Venom are a four piece band with sounds that lie somewhere between an industrial Joy Division with moments reminiscent of Bauhaus based around the early sounds of Washington DC’s finest Nation of Ulysses and bands that circulated in the mid-nineties chicago no-wave scene, they are Melbourne’s ultimate discomfort disco band.
Flesh Vs Venom have survived quietly around Melbourne for the past 5 / 6 years, with a few line-up changes, members moving countries, and constantly evolving sounds... The band started out after the demise of Melbourne's "The Vivian Girls", Flesh Vs Venom originally consisting of Amy Clarke (ex Ninetynine), Sean Bailey (Lakes) and Dakoda Abrams.. not being satisfied with the break up of The Vivian Girls, and feeling that there was still more ground to be covered and experimented with, the three enlisted the help of Mindy (ex Little Ugly Girls) to play bass... this line up lasted for around 3 or 4 shows, but with weird times, brought weirdness between them... After Dakoda and Amy decided to continue with the same name, they found Mr. Martin Evans (also in The Day Everything Became Nothing, ex At Sea, ex Breakdowns and many others) in a little warehouse on Beavers rd, and the band started again, this time as a three piece... Drums, Keys and Guitar... The sound was chaotic, jazzy and got mostly lost on crowds in Melbourne... Dakoda moved back to Canada, and then to the UK, while Amy moved to Berlin and that was the end.... Well, at least for the next year and a half. Finding themselves all back in Melbourne again, they decided to have a couple practices.. Their first show back was the 'supposed' last show at the Rob Roy, with four songs they could get together in the 4 practices they had... In the audience was old friend Tim Hillier (ex Farenheight 451)... Drunk, stumbling and slurring, they asked Tim to join in on bass... Back as a 4 piece, FVV slugged out a few shows, to a very uninspired crowd... Trying to find a sound and common ground they all could work within... After the past two years, they've come to find a sound unlike any other... The band are more controlled and grounded than they've ever been... Mid last year they went in to the newly built Head Gap studios to record 14 songs with Mr. Neil Thomason (ex Ricaine & engineer for My Disco and many others), 8 of the songs ending up on the newly released album entitled "Tales Of The Parrot House" out on Melbourne's new indie label Exo Records. The 8 songs are somewhere between punk, pop and avant garde... standing out as almost goth. And now in 2007 Flesh Vs Venom are having to have a break from live shows, with two of the members with a baby on the way... But plans for a new 6 song EP are being set out... Enlisting the help of friends from all corners of the world... Flesh are piecing together a highly unique ep, where people they love and respect are providing the first sounds and the band building it from there, with a plan to have it ready for release in mid 2007 and plans to tour O/S for the release. Tales Of The Parrot House is angry, noisy, arty, experimental and the first release from these four, and will definitely not be the last
Fugazi, Bauhaus, VSS, Blonde, Alice Coltrane, Alice Cooper, John Coltrane, Mile Davis, Kid Creole, Sisters of Mercy, PopGroup, This Heat, Faust, Angel Hair, Year Future, Antioch Arrow, GoGoGoAirheart, The Get Hustle, Gorecki, CRASS, Scissor Girls, Bride of No No, Azita, Flying Luttenbachers, Lake of Dracula, US Maple, Mars, Citizen Fish, DNA, Birthday Party, !! NATION OF ULYSSES !!, Subculture (uk & ca), Mark Stewart, Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Slayer, Metallica, Venom, Celtic Frost, No Means No!, Dead Kennedy's ------------
Melbourne & Australian bands / people we love, respect and support (not a complete list!!!) -------------- Head Gap studios, True Radical Miracle, Sinking Citizenship, On/Oxx (rip), My Sister the Cop, Default Jamerson, My Disco, Missing Link Records, Paint it Black Records, Lindsey Lohand, Fuck I'm Dead, Roskopp, The day Everything Became Nothing, Witch Hats, Batrider, Castings, Maps, Fabulous Diamonds, Good God, Alps!!... and too many more.... message us if your mad your not on here..... or just shit talk us.... -------------------------
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