Ramones, Motorhead, The Wildhearts, The Hellacopters, AC/DC, Turbonegro, Backyard Babies, Supershit 666, The Hard-Ons, Gluecifer, Guitar Wolf, Zeke, anything else heavy with riffs, and anything from Japan.
Also: Skateboarding, snowboarding, Moto-X, BMX, hot rods and muscle cars, burlesque, Roller girls, tattoos, leopard print, etc. Oh, and the film BMX BANDITS. That kicks ass. As does RAD... just not as much.
Formed in Adelaide in 1998, Muscle Car's hunger for real rock n roll was apparent as 4 guys with an interest in getting on stage and kicking out the jams joined forces to do exactly that.
Muscle Car's debut recording in 1999, a split 7" with Adelaide rock n rollers, The Gels, was a foot in the door for what was coming next. The band started playing anywhere and everywhere and gathering quite a following. The next release, "Sandra Sully" (2001), about Sydney's infamous news celebrity, achieved the band even more notice when Channel V took note of the band's ode to the lovely lass of late night news and promptly interviewed the band. A growing desire to release his very own tribte to The Hard-Ons, one of Damo's favourite bands of all time and the one reason that he started playing music to begin with, Muscle Car recorded the "Single As Usual" EP (2003). A power pop gem of 6 tracks including their cover of the New York Dolls "Looking For A Kiss". This EP also included the balltearing rocker "Hell Yeah, Let's Rock!" which featured special guest, Elea from Brisbane girl-punks Gazoonga Attack, on vocals and the video could be seen numerous times on ABCTV's "Rage".
In support of the "Single As Usual" EP, the South Australian Government gave the band money to go on tour around the country to showcase themselves to anyone and everyone who was prepared to listen. A successful tour also had the band on a high and to follow up the momentum, work was begun on a new release. This is what became the "Baby, Come On" EP (2004). The band continued to play and tour a lot more but the ever growing desire to move to the big city of Melbourne started playing on Damo's mind. "I felt I was stuck in Adelaide. I wasn't able to move further and I wanted so much more. I put it to the band, half were interested, half weren't. Then one thing led to another, personal issues got in the way and the band started falling apart. But I wasn't going to let that get in the way of creativity so I thought 'fuck it, I'm outta here' and made the move. I don't regret it all. Melbourne is a real home for rock 'n' roll. There's so many amazing bands and people here."
In December 2007, Damo made the long overdue move to Melbourne. Within weeks of arriving, he had put together a new line-up which rocks harder than ever before. "I met Riley through one of our old bass players, funnily enough" remembers Damo. "And Dave I've known for years as he used to come to our shows when we toured Melbourne. Matt was recommended to us by the first drummer the new line-up rehearsed with after he couldn't cut it. It all came together really quickly." Just 2 weeks after the line-up was together, Muscle Car found themselves in HeadGap studios laying down new tunes. "I like to move fast... get things done. I hate being stagnant which is what I was in Adelaide... hence the move" says Damo.
Now having completed a UK tour with fellow punk rock n rollers, The Hip-Priests and The Shadowcops, touring with The Wildhearts in Australia, and heading to the USA in 2010 for a nationwide tour, Muscle Car are here to stay. With 2 new songs out now on the 'Smash It Up' compilation released by Motherbox Records (click the link below) and a couple split 7"ers in the pipeline, and of course, an album, this is just a taster for what will be coming in 2010. Stay tuned for more rock n roll.
HELL YEAH, LET'S ROCK! (Crown & Anchor Hotel, Adelaide, SA, May 17th 08)
HELL YEAH, LET'S ROCK! (Retro Bar, Manchester, UK, July 24th 08)
FAR EAST RAMPAGE 2010 at CLUB CITTA' KAWASAKI, Japan 2010-01-10 "ADDICT XX" - Female vocal bands Fest. (3 Stages set!) 2010-01-11 "DAMN FES" - Nothing but HEAVY METAL. (3 Stages set!) ■TIME：DOORS-12:00 | SHOW STARTS-12:30 ■PRICE(1DAY TICKET)：ADV-¥3,500 (+DrinkFee) | DAY-¥4,000 (+DrinkFee) ■TICKETS(10-31 OUT)：チケットぴあ(340-955) | ローソンチケット(72715) | e+イープラス | disk UNION | and BANDS
"ENTER THE RAMPAGE" - FAR EAST RAMPAGE 2010 COMPILATION ALBUM ■2009-11-25 OUT | 3CDS | TALLCASE | 43BANDS ■FTCS-2171-3 ■¥1,980(TAXIN)
The boys from NovaCaine wish to thank everyone for a successful kick-start to their reunion shows & will continue with the madness @ the Joiners Arms Hindmarsh on the 28th November with special guests Underbelly & Brail. You can also catch them returning to the stage to support long time friends The Loving Tongue @ Enigma on December 12th as part of the Tongues new CD launch for
Summer comes in 10 days early with one of the hottest nights melbourne's seen all year... Featuring three of melbourne's hottest independant female-featured rock n roll bands, all together at the home of rock n roll - The Cherry Bar, this will not be one to miss!!
NO PRE-SALES, LIMITED CAPACITY VENUE, GET IN EARLY, DON'T MISS OUT!
KATAKLYSM EUROPEAN HEADLINING TOUR 2010 w/ BELPHEGOR, DARKEST HOUR, SUICIDAL ANGELS, RESISTANCE 7 Jan 2010 Batschkapp Frankfurt 8 Jan 2010 Roxy Saarbrücken 9 Jan 2010 Atak Enschede 10 Jan 2010 Biebob Vosselaar 11 Jan 2010 Academy Islington London 12 Jan 2010 La Locomotive Paris 13 Jan 2010 Live Music Hall Cologne 14 Jan 2010 Backstage Munich 15 Jan 2010 Arena Vienna 16 Jan 2010 Posthof Linz 17 Jan 2010 MOR Cafe Zlin 18 Jan 2010 TBA Ljubljana 19 Jan 2010 Estragon Bologna 20 Jan 2010 Matrix Bochum 21 Jan 2010 Z7 Pratteln 22 Jan 2010 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart 23 Jan 2010 Hellraiser Leipzig 24 Jan 2010 Postbahnhof Berlin 25 Jan 2010 Markthalle Hamburg
After almost 10 years Adelaide’s very own NovaCaine have reformed & are ready to unleash themselves on the live circuit. During their time apart the line up kept busy on numerous solo & collaboration projects including Couldrum, The Inflatable Scooterz & Coil. The band would also like to promote the inclusion of Pete Gore joining the guys on drums to give new blood & innovation to a classic sound. See NovaCaine at various venues including the 12th December @ Enigma Bar (for the loving tongue - cd launch) along with shows on the 7th (happy sometimes & squid jag), and 28th November (underbelly & brail) at the Joiners Arms. Hope 2 see you there MUSCLE CAR!!
Hey, thanks for the add and support! We really appreciate your friendship! Watch for our next album; 'Halls of Karma' in 2010, folowed by a tour. We're working on investors and we'll be getting into the studio soon...
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Roll up roll up, Vultures of Venus are back in town you funky disco cats. And guess what? ... their self-titled debut LP is finally here! Ten tracks of unadulterated Glampunk Electro madness! It’s unleashed on Thursday 29th of October at Bar Open on Brunswick St. It’s Bowie on steroids; it’s Marquis de Sade and Andy Warhol screaming at the moon through a home-made vocoder. The Lollyshop is open for business ! It’s going to be a huge night filled with bubble machines, strobes, psychedelic video projections and cautionary tales to tell your grandchildren. It will also feature live performances from those vixens of burlesque “the Venus Man Traps”. Support on the night comes from psych-popsters Go-Go Sapien serving up synth-infected garage with lashings of ravenous big sexy guitars. Make sure you get down early to catch the debut performance by newcomers Tusk. And most importantly we have kept the entry fee down to a very affordable – FREE ! Copies of Vultures of Venus’s LP can be scoped up for a low $10 on the night. Yee-Har space cadets !
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