cooksta
Always a great band, this track just evokes so many memories of the sounds of the 90's in Melbourne.
Favorite track: The Earthmen: Whoever's Been Using This Bed (early version).
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Guttersnipes are Paul Brockhoff, Mark Hurst, Michael McManus and Andrew Rice
Written by Guttersnipes
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Birdland by Lindsay Gravina and Mike Alonso
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Hello and welcome to the first Sound As Ever compilation album. I am absolutely stoked to share this with you. The entire adventure of running the Sound As Ever page thus far, has been remarkable over these past months, and with thanks to the unrelenting passion and commitment from Scott Thurling, here we are!
From dreaming up the Facebook page over a bottle of wine one Saturday night to some three months down the track….. we have our first release!
I never had any inkling over that pinot that the page would grow so quickly and be embraced by fans and bands and industry people alike.
Finally Australian ‘90s music had a place to be celebrated and adulated. People like me who hoarded all our ticket stubs, photos, flyers and posters from our youth had a place to share them, where they would be welcomed.
This comp is quite special, in that most of these songs haven’t ever been released or even heard before. We are truly thankful to all the bands who submitted their gems – this is such a stunning snapshot of 1990s era Australian music.
Thank you for your support and commitment to our tiny idea which has become a wonderful reality. We look forward to many more Sound As Ever adventures with you.
Jane Gazzo April 2020
credits
released July 3, 2020
Compilation concept and curation - Scott Thurling
Artwork by Chris Rees
Mastered by Ernie O at his Urban Fringe Compound
Thanks to all “Sound As Ever” members for their input and enthusiasm
Brunswick St, Fitzroy was a destination in the 1990s. Rent in the area was cheap, and the locals were young and keen to be out on the streets soaking in the community around the venues. I was lucky enough to book bands at two of the key spaces, the Evelyn Hotel and the Punters Club throughout the decade. I started booking the Evelyn as a teenager. This was before the days of mobile phones, voicemail and email. You had to call the bands at their house, and hope they would be at home. Weirdly I got to know quite a few of the key mums by name while leaving endless messages and waiting for calls back. It was often an epic task to book and confirm a single show. It felt like most of the bookers from the 80s were older barflies, alcoholics or drug dealers (the only people who were lucky enough to have the bands’ home phone numbers!)…. at least it felt like that at the time – everyone was cooler than me. I had the good fortune of meeting Wally Kempton, who was booker at the Tote at the time. He allowed me to ride my bike over and sit in the front bar copying out all the band’s numbers from his A-Z book. Thanks Wal – owe you a beer. I was young, inexperienced, eager to learn, happy to work for nothing – perfect fodder for the music biz!
At the turn of the decade most of the shows were free entry, with occasional returning-from-overseas heroes like Dave Graney or Kim Salmon charging $5 for an ‘event’ show. Everything felt accessible to all, regardless of financial situation. All were welcome. Over the decade that bizarre term ‘alternative music’ (alternative to what?) helped the widest range of musicians all connect and find traction. The venues would host metal one night, folk the next, pop-punk and indie, electronic glitch and techno, reggae, dub, funk and anything else you could think of. The front bar became a melting pot of people from all scenes and all genres. I loved the diversity; loved the feeling that anything was possible. One night at the ‘What Is Music?’ event, an artist on stage spent 45 minutes repeating a single line into a mic. The audience alternated between confusion, anger, restlessness, drunkenness, laughter, cheering, clapping, chanting – it was awesome. What was the line? “WHY-AM-I-A-PIE?”
Sound As Ever (Australian Indie 90-99)Melbourne, Australia
Sound As Ever 90-99 is a community and forum for friends, fans,bands and industry figures to commemorate, celebrate and
appreciate one the most exciting decades in Oz music.
It came from a need of wanting to document this time and the wonderful people and artists who were part of it.
A place to immortalize the time and relive some lifechanging moments. www.soundaseveraustralianindie90-99.com...more
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This is the sort of punk album 99% of US acts would give their left nut to put out!! And TR brings an outstanding melodic element and some cracking vocals and lyrics! What a great collection of tunes!!! Get this album up ya, and then pass it on to your gen Z kids, mates!!! Ralph Douglas
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The album took a while but was well worth the wait. I simply cannot understand why more Australians have not got behind Even. Another cracking set of tunes. xxx Damian Percy