The Chuck Berry Revue rock n roll your Sunday afternoon away at the Coburg RSL. A highly entertaining authentic show capturing the best and rarest of Chuck’s incredible musical catalogue. A must for fans
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The Pink Stones deliver a full serving of Peach State picked country-rock from Athens, Georgia with the release of their debut album, Introducing… The Pink Stones, via the New West Records imprint Normaltown Records. Mixing elements of classic cosmic country, raucous rock’n’roll and fresh humor and heartaches, The Pink Stones are authoring a new chapter in the annals of Cosmic American Music.
The journey to the Pink Stones debut album began in 2015, when freshman college-student and then punk rocker Hunter Pinkston bought a special single by one of his favorite bands. “It was the song ‘Brass Buttons,’ Pinkston says. “One side was The Lemonheads and the other was Gram Parsons’ original version. I bought it because I was a Lemonheads fan, but I flipped it over and that was the one of the first times I’d heard Gram Parsons. I was like, ‘Oh shit! I didn't know I liked country until right now.’”
Inspired by his discovery, Pinkston not only began tracking down and listening to Parsons’ catalog, but took the well-travel music fan path of seeking out similar artists and influences. It was actually a landscape he’d seen before but paid little attention to.
“When I was a kid my mom liked country music but my dad was totally a rocker,” Pinkston says. “They would constantly be switching the radio. I was definitely with my dad and had discounted country forever. Then it caught up with me and I became pretty much obsessed with it.”
John Corabi - Acoustic & Solo
Journeyman, stalwart or just The Mayor of Rock ‘n’ roll, John Corabi certainly needs no introduction.
As the voice of The Scream, The Dead Daisies, Union and ESP, but perhaps most notably, as the voice of Motley Crue during their brief departure from life with Vince Neil in 1994, anything featuring the raspy vocals of John Corabi cannot be mistaken.
On the eve of the release of his autobiography “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades”, in which he recounts his life from the streets of Philadelphia to the Sunset Strip and beyond, John Corabi brings his intimate solo acoustic show to Australia for the first time in what can be considered a career retrospective of sorts.
Fans can expect to hear Corabi perform music from all stages of his career intertwined with stories and anecdotes that only John Corabi can deliver.
They don’t come more seasoned than Corabi and with a wide repertoire of rock ‘n’ roll at his disposal, this will be a unique insight into one of the biggest and most recognisable voices in rock ‘n’ roll.
BOB 'BONGO' STARKIE'S SKYHOOKS SHOW -RAZOR SHARP Riffs and a lotta laughs!!! Skyhooks helped change the face of rock n roll in the 1970s with #1 and Top 10 singles to their credit, as well as two of the country's biggest selling albums, Living in the 70s and Ego is Not A Dirty Word.
Children of Finland Fighting in Norway (C.O.F.F.I.N) are a four piece hard rock & roll band hailing from the ocean shores of Sydney, Australia featuring a lead vocalist on drums. Forming in 2005 as schoolmates influenced by a huge love for music, skateboarding and a good-times-all-the-time attitude. Since playing their first show at the age of 12 opening for The Hard-Ons at Manly Youth Centre the band have meticulously carved out their own corner of hard biting Australian Rock n Roll.
C.O.F.F.I.N have gained a passionate following for their unique take on punk and rock music, gathering widespread acclaim for their energetic and addictive live shows combined with their lyrical activism and howling guitars. It has delivered them hundreds of gigs over the years, headline tours, and numerous festival appearances. They’ve toured and shared the stage with many world renown bands such as Rose Tattoo, TSOL, Celibate Rifles, Dead Kennedys, Cosmic Psychos, Parkway Drive, Frenzal Rhomb, Misfits, Amyl and the Sniffers and the Hard Ons.
C.O.F.F.I.N have recorded and released four studio albums, one live album, and three EPs, all of which have sold out globally.
Their most recent LP – the self-titled ‘Children Of Finland Fighting In Norway’ – released through Legless Records and Erste Theke Tontraege Records in October 2020 is now in its 6th re-issue and continues to be distributed globally. 2022 saw C.O.F.F.I.N tour the world in support of friends and Australian punk heroes Amyl and The Sniffers. Playing shows to crowds in the thousands across the globe, C.O.F.F.I.N’s reputation for wild live performances became known by fans and industry alike everywhere. Following their lap of the globe, with not a minute has been wasted, a new album has been tracked and three new record labels signed (EU, AU and US regions), including a deal with the highly esteemed, historical Goner Records (US).
C.O.F.F.I.N are set to travel far and wide this year with various scheduled tours around key festivals such as The Great Escape (Brighton, UK) and Goner Fest (Memphis, US).
Itchy Fingers are a four piece 50's & 60's Rock'n'Roll, Rockabilly, Rythym & Blues band from Melbourne. Formed in 1992 the band has been gigging for the last 27 years, performing at various Festivals, Pubs and clubs, dances, Hot Rod Shows, Car Club events and private functions.
Flying Dutchman are a 4-piece Rock & Roll band from Melbourne, Australia. After years of jamming together the two brothers and two cousins fuse hard monsterous groove and tight punchy riffs with hard hitting vocals. The type of of sound that will make you want to slam back a few bevs and bang your head until your neck is sore.
Born out of a love of rock, punk and metal, Forklift Assassins have come to throw down some massive riffs. Playing fast and loud tunes, these guys know what it means to ROCK OUT.
The band is made up of Sanjin on guitar, Lex Baritone on bass and Mike on drums and vox. Influences include Dead Kennedy’s, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, The Misfits and especially Motorhead. Go on, get on it.
Arguably, The Rolling Stones are one of the most iconic rock and roll acts in the history of modern pop music, given and holding the title of the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band for decades. Monkey Men dare to stand in the world’s biggest musical shoes. Formed in March of 2023 by Karl Liebhardt and Paul Montgomery, band mates from a former Rolling Stones tribute, Exiles on Main Street, they hit the ground running with a fantastic line-up of local musical talent. Monty, the group’s frontman, looks nothing like Mick Jagger, but wears the look as the character he portrays. “I have seen the Stones at least a dozen times and I have been singing their tracks at the top of my lungs driving up and down California’s freeway’s for decades. I know what Mick sounds like and I know how he moves. What do they say about 10,000 hours? I’ve put the time in on their music”. Yet Monty asks the audience of Rolling Stones fans to listen with their ears, not their eyes. “I get our guys to bring the energy out of the music in their playing. I tell them, "I need to feed on you guys and you need to feed off me and the audience will feel it. We’re not just playing their music, we have to bring the energy they bring.” Like Mick himself says on Let It Bleed, “We All Need - Someone we can Feed aawwwnnnn..” Karl, the group’s “Keith” guitarist, is also the band’s historian, a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge about the Rolling Stones. He brings an authenticity to his musical approach staying true to the different guitar tunings Keef used on certain recordings and uses today in their live sets. There’s that 10,000 hours thing again… Monkey Men, a play on words from the hit song “Monkey Man” from the Let It Bleed LP, are after the live sound of the Rolling Stones today, bringing to the stage an entourage of seasoned, musically educated and talented performers including a horn section and backing vocals. Monkey Men bring the Rock and Roll Show in their tribute to the Greatest Rock and Roll Band, tip their hats and dig in the feast of energy in the music of The Rolling Stones.
Mac the Knife was born out of the fiery depths of a sweaty Sydney garage... A five membered rock n roll Hydra, each terrifying head ready to roar songs of catharsis and carnage, written for the people, by the people. Mac have built a name for themselves in the Sydney music scene as one of the most enthralling live acts around town, leading backyard opera to name them “A hidden gem of the Australian Music scene”. Their searing debut E.P “Silvertongue” secured them support slots with such names as Polish Club, Johnny Hunter and Eliza and the Delusionals .
Upcoming single “Labour in Vain” is the gutsy first song off their forthcoming E.P “In the Shadow of it All”
Plastic Section and The Vibrajets live at The Tote front bar on Sunday April 14, 3pm-6pm. Plastic Section play dirty garage rock ‘n’ roll inspired by weird rockabilly and raw rhythm & blues. Their latest album “Ready” was recently released by Outtaspace Presents to rave reviews, as was their previous album “Twisted” and their Off the Hip release “Trouble Is Our Business”.