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Call it a gathering of the tribe, a mix of the old and recent. Whatever you tag it, it’s going to rock Sydney’s inner west to its rooftops when The Conspirators, The Prehistorics, Jupiter 5 and Candy and The Dead take to Marrickville Bowling Club on Friday, August 23.It will be a rare appearance by The Conspirators, who date from the early days of Sydney’s halcyon ‘80s live music scene and are the quintessential DIY garage band.They carved out a name on the crowded inner-city scene to deliver an EP and a single before members went on to other things.In 2017, the original line-up of Colin Cardwell (vocals), Vince Cuscuna (guitar), Angelo Antidormi (guitar), Phil Tuchscherer (bass) and Phil "The Bat" England (drums) reformed 34 years after they stopped and their last outing was a support earlier this year to re-convened Darlinghurst punks The Professors. The Prehistorics are something of a Sydney institution, forming around guitarist-vocalist Brendan Sequeira and numbering his brother (and Radio Birdman filmmaker) Jonathan Sequeira on bass.Brendan and a revolving line-up were based in France for many years and this show will be their last before a tour of Europe. For this show, he’s joined by Zach Rembrandt on bass and Tim Chillingworth on drums.Their fourth and most recent album “Storm The Gates” was a tour de force with its Radio Birdman/Detroit-influenced, hooky pop-rock tuneage and their live appearances always deliver.Making its debut is Jupiter 5, a new band of old heads convened from trace elements of The Conspirators, Psychotic Turnbuckles, Thurston Howlers, 69BC and other fellow travellers. They embrace their musical pedigree with lashings of 60s & 70s rock’n’roll.From exploring the outer reaches of the solar system, Jupiter 5 crash land onto their home planet bringing the fruits of their voyage in musical form. In what can only be executed by a group in close quarters for an extended period, they will bring their own hybrid brand of rock to the worthy late in 2019. This a band from the end of the galaxy to beyond the seventh moon… a journey that relies on brute force and grooviness, with an exacting coolness to satisfy the hippest cats.Candy and The Dead are a Melbourne-via-London post-punk goth also making their Sydney debut.Born on the dark side of Londons' Camden Town, principal; members Zach Rembrandt and Bob James Beam (of Christian Death fame) got together in the winter of 2012.After a few moves between London and Melbourne and a revolving door of “local rock stars” coming and going, Candy & The Dead are once again based in Melbourne with a line-up of Zach Rembrandt, Uzy (drums), Meka NY Doll (bass) and Bradley Bradley (guitar and vocals).
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Candy Biography
In pushing the limits of standard chaos, Candy has been a transitory force within the hardcore music scene since their debut in 2017. Refusing to adhere to the paradigms and principles of hardcore, punk, metal, pop, or whatever genre the listener has tried to assign them; they’ve manufactured a space all their own.
During the fall of 2017, Candy ushered it’s audience into their dystopian soundscape with the breakout 7” Candy Says. Synthesizing global influences from across the punk/hardcore spectrum, from forefathers such as Bastard, Discharge, Cro-Mags, and Integrity, the group demonstrated their ability to match the energy of their inspirators while providing a uniquely visceral experience. Frontman Zak Quiram’s guttural bellows propelled with Michael Quick’s contemplative guitar work, we see all the working parts of a band hell bent on warping the reality of its listener. Use of chorus pedals over down-tuned guitars further affirms the saccharine & grotesque dichotomy that has become Candy’s calling card.
Aligning with the esteemed engineer and producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Code Orange, Integrity & more), Candy achieved the type of artistry that transcends the confines of its own medium, with their first full-length record “Good to Feel.” Noise and image bled together throughout the albums’ brief but resounding 9 song track list. Lyrically, Quiram addressed the rampant environmental devastation, suicidal ideation, police violence, and corruption that plagues the news cycle, while fellow band members provided its soundtrack.
Following the release of their debut full-length, Candy left an impression on spectators near and far with their brooding and bloody performances. Touring alongside contemporaries, such as Fucked Up, Terror, and Harms Way, as well as making appearances with hardcore icons like Quicksand and Iron Age, showed bystanders that the company they keep reflect their larger rejection of genre conformity.
In their latest lockstep along the yellow brick, Candy has found an ally in Relapse Records. Having shared the stage with acts from Relapse’s roster, such as Full of Hell, Nothing and Gatecreeper, the band is geared to make some of their most jarring, yet satiating, musical offerings to date.
- Joseph Davis
Read MoreDuring the fall of 2017, Candy ushered it’s audience into their dystopian soundscape with the breakout 7” Candy Says. Synthesizing global influences from across the punk/hardcore spectrum, from forefathers such as Bastard, Discharge, Cro-Mags, and Integrity, the group demonstrated their ability to match the energy of their inspirators while providing a uniquely visceral experience. Frontman Zak Quiram’s guttural bellows propelled with Michael Quick’s contemplative guitar work, we see all the working parts of a band hell bent on warping the reality of its listener. Use of chorus pedals over down-tuned guitars further affirms the saccharine & grotesque dichotomy that has become Candy’s calling card.
Aligning with the esteemed engineer and producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Code Orange, Integrity & more), Candy achieved the type of artistry that transcends the confines of its own medium, with their first full-length record “Good to Feel.” Noise and image bled together throughout the albums’ brief but resounding 9 song track list. Lyrically, Quiram addressed the rampant environmental devastation, suicidal ideation, police violence, and corruption that plagues the news cycle, while fellow band members provided its soundtrack.
Following the release of their debut full-length, Candy left an impression on spectators near and far with their brooding and bloody performances. Touring alongside contemporaries, such as Fucked Up, Terror, and Harms Way, as well as making appearances with hardcore icons like Quicksand and Iron Age, showed bystanders that the company they keep reflect their larger rejection of genre conformity.
In their latest lockstep along the yellow brick, Candy has found an ally in Relapse Records. Having shared the stage with acts from Relapse’s roster, such as Full of Hell, Nothing and Gatecreeper, the band is geared to make some of their most jarring, yet satiating, musical offerings to date.
- Joseph Davis
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