The Living End

The only reason I created this blog, is to let the people in the world know that theres a band in Australia called The Living End and it is awesome. Of course, I am a fan, and my objectivity is compromised, but my challenge is to prove everyone that these guys are great. I first knew about the band when I was only a teenager growing up in sunny Mel... bourne, Australia. If you know a little about our country, youll know that huge rock bands have come out of the island like AC/DC or Silverchair, even INXS, but there was no big punk rock culture. During the big explosion of bands like Green Day, Rancid, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Offspring, NOFX and all that ska-punk revolution of in-your-face punk rock mixed with ska, reggae, rockabilly and even some Americana, we didnt have anything like that here. I heard Green Day was doing an Australian tour and I lost my mind, I went to see both shows in Melbourne and both in Sydney. I was haunted, dancing and laughing and singing but I didnt know the supporting act, some local kids called The Living End. The first time I saw them on stage I didnt pay them any attention, I just saw they were a three piece with a double bass, but I was waiting for the almighty Green Day I loved so much. The second night, they were up there again, this time I listened to the songs and I found they were very good at their thing that was kind of a rockabilly Stray Cats thing with punk rock attitude and muscle. They were just kids like me, but Chris has always been a better-than-average guitar player. He caught my attention with those big old Gretsch Falcons jumping around and playing complex guitar parts adding some rockabilly licks to fast punk tunes. Then Green Day took the stage, and I forgot about them again. By night three I went over to the merch shop and bought their demo and a T-shirt. By night four, I was a fan. I went home and told all my friends about it; we had our own punk rockabilly band in Australia! I was thrilled; my hair was dyed blonde, I used to wear this second-hand ...Read More