toadphoney said about 2 years ago or at 2:08PM on Thursday, January 28 2010 in chat
I remember when they played before a big afl game and somebody made them all wear matching silver jumpsuits. That was a good idea. The drummer was originallyt from a decent aus metal band whose name escapes me...
I bet he can't look his exbandmates in the eye after wearing that outfit because metal musicians are very superficial and judgemental and they would probably have called him homo.
Non-Intentional Lifeform
Holy shit that's one from the vaults! A good friend of mine drummed with them for a while before the singer went solo.
he sold out for 2 years of bliss I guess. did the metal community welcome him back?
KILLING Heidi siblings Ella and Jesse Hooper are set for a comeback to the charts.
The hit-making pair's new band, the Verses, has just signed with Warner Music.
The deal has also helped the band secure the coveted slot supporting Fleetwood Mac on its December tour of Australia.
Unlike Killing Heidi, the Verses have a country-tinged southern rock sound.
Aside from Ella's occasional appearances on Spicks and Specks, the Hoopers have kept a low profile since the end of Killing Heidi, to concentrate on their songwriting.
Now 26, Ella was 17 when Killing Heidi topped the charts in 2000, becoming the hottest band in the land.
The Verses have built a loyal following through residencies at the Toff in Town in Melbourne.
''We're country kids - we like things to go at a nice, slow pace - and we gave ourselves time: time to write, time to get inspired, time to try different things musically,'' Ella said.
''We were taking a holiday from the three-minute pop song, although funnily enough we've found ourselves coming back to that.''
The first taste of the Verses will come with an EP released next month.
Curious listeners can download their new single Forever More free from theverses.com.au as of Monday.
The band will support Fleetwood Mac at Rod Laver Arena on December 1 and 2.
This is the little photo that goes with that story - I hope it is really them.
can't wait.
The suits were a tiny bit like this.
Without the flavour flav thing
I'm pretty sure that the guy on the left is the drummer.
angry people standing with smiley people confuse me.
I once interviewed these two at The Falls. It was for the camera and we suggested that we sit on the tailgate of a ute. I asked their manager (aka, their mum) whether this was okay and she replied 'It ain't the first time she's been in the back of a ute, mate'' and laughed. A lot.
I'm sure I have told this lame story here before.
non intentional lifeform were rad
Whatever happened to Paul Kosky?
I can accept this from a drummer. I wonder if eldritch can.
TRUE STORY
I met their drummer at a strip club once and mentioned that I saw Non-Intentional Lifeform open for Korn at Brisbane's Festival Hall (1997). He was so excited that he shouted me a lap-dance.
I HATE strip clubs and was only there because my boss (at the time) took me there for a X-MAS work break up. I think I was 19.
He was a pretty nice bloke from what I remember.
What a Sexist.
the drummer went on to record an album with dr invisiablo and has now apparently retired from drumming and i dont think he is really into the whole thing anymore.
ella did guest vocals for the graveyard train album.
That's the dude.
That Verses ep is terrible.
Hey, the dude second from the left in the NIL shot kinda looks like the bass player from Killing Heidi..... NNNNOOOOO????
so that little dude turned into the big red dude? nah dudes. this is all fucked up.
No - They got the m-people's bass player. True. He would have loved the jump suits.
big red rooster aint the little dude. NO WAYS!
No its not - the ranga is the brother of the singer. The guitarist - some say the best guitar player/modern guitar composer this country ever procuced
yeah I agree the best procuced. next to me and ben cousins.
Live, The Verses’ six-piece line-up, is currently fleshed out by the members of Melbourne trio Even.
‘‘We thought we needed a fresh backing band and we wanted someone who can do the poprocky thing, and they’re just the perfect band to do it.’’
¦ The Verses support Ryan Meeking at the Corner Hotel, 57 Swan Street, Richmond, tonight (October 28). Tickets are $17 plus booking fee.
how come these guys (verses) aren't huge?
They just got dropped by their label, Warner, although they re-signed Ella as a solo artist.
Who? The Verses?
answer her
Electric Flu aren't opening for Fleetwood Mac either.
www.myspace.com/electric_flu
I just ran into Ella, a new album is in the can and some songs are hitting the radio soon. She said its her reverb drenched drone/smack album.
Killing Heid's dealer
I'm sorry to report that the killing heidi shrine at violet town has been taken down
Ooohh, the fall of the Killing Heidi empire. I think Ella Hooper hosts one of those terrible Channel 10 weekend music shows now.
channel ten still have a music show?
Yeah, in some areas. It seems to change names every week. At one stage it was called The Benchwarmers, then Landed Music and now Hot30Countdown.
She turned down a host position on the New Young Talent time, kudos for keeping cred.
This made me laugh a lot more than it should! :-D