Beasts Of Bourbon
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Tex Perkins
The Dark Horses/The Band of Gold
Sunday, Aug 28|by Doug Wallen
Australian rock icon Tex Perkins plays it safe on new albums with The Dark Horses and The Band Of Gold, writes DOUG WALLEN. Two albums cut in different studios with different players (save shared bassist Steve Hadley). One all originals, the other all covers. Yet these new works from lifer Tex Per…
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Tex Perkins: ‘My Sensitive Side Could Crop Up Anywhere’
Friday, Jun 24 2011|by Patrick Emery
PATRICK EMERY speaks to Tex Perkins about the latest Dark Horses record, how he classes himself as a singer and the modern day tragedy that is the St Kilda football club. With the Beasts of Bourbon having imploded under the weight of personality clashes and the band’s culture of excess, the Cruel Sea retreating back to obscurity after a brief indulgence of the summer festival circuit, and the Ladyboyz having met Pe…
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Kim Salmon
The Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom, Melbourne, Oct 2 09
Monday, Oct 5|by Patrick Emery
The first thing to note about tonight's show is that Melbourne’s Hi-Fi Bar has expanded its range of beers to include Cascade Pale Ale. It’s still marginally overpriced, but at least we won’t be condemned to a night of Toohey’s New. Things are already looking positive. We grab a handful of stubbies…
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Beasts of Bourbon
The Axeman’s Jazz/Sour Mash/Black Milk
Friday, Sep 11|by Patrick Emery
Though they may have devolved into a pub-rock caricature of their former selves, The Beasts of Bourbon’s first three albums – 'Axeman’s Jazz', 'Sour Mash' and 'Black Milk' – exhibit the band at their eclectic best, writes PATRICK EMERY. By the time The Beasts of Bourbon imploded in a screaming hea…
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Brian Hooper
Monday, April 6 2009 at 02:00 PM
Former Surrealists and Beasts of Bourbon bass player Brian Hooper is back from the brink with a solo album and a new lease on life. He talks to PATRICK EMERY about being part of rock’n’roll folklore, his battles with substance abuse and the 2003 accident that nearly saw him paralysed. In the early…
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New Solo Disc For Hooper
Monday, March 16 2009 at 02:00 PM
Been wondering what Mick Harvey’s been up to since quitting the Bad Seeds? Turns out he’s been producing the second solo album from Brian Hooper. Titled The Thing About Women, the album features guest appearances by Dan Luscombe (The Drones, Paul Kelly) and Spencer P Jones (Beasts of Bourbon). It w…
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