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 Photo: Justn Ma
Who wants to be able to hear at work on Monday? Nobody at The Zoo tonight, as a devoted crowd turns up to bludgeon their eardrums into oblivion with a particularly heavy rocking line-up. Made up of members of Fort, Bryon Bay’s Ox begin abruptly, and while the material might be new to most of the crowd, punters who enjoy being pounded by an uncompromising delivery will back for more.
Giants Of Science frantically fly through a fast-paced set, the garage rock tone best visually represented by Ben Salter’s headbanging front-mullet (not to mention his “I Fucken Represent Cunt” t-shirt). The lads might be stoked to be playing alongside their teenage heroes tonight, but with their burly riff-rock sounding as fresh on new tracks Zodak and Prognosis: Fucked as any stage over the last decade, the students put up a strong challenge to the masters. Ending on Sparklehorse’s Happy Man is a sombre and fitting reminder that “we lost another hero today”.
It’s been 10 years since intra-band tension put an end to Wollongong’s stoner rock kings Tumbleweed, but apparently the time off’s only given these five hairy men a chance to relish belting out their beloved deafening, repeated riffs. Everyone’s clearly happy to be back, especially the flailing, pantomime-armed frontman Richie Lewis, who punches the room with every big resonant note in all of the ‘90s favourites like Stoned and Acid Rain. As an excitable Lewis thrashes about and heaves to the floor, he sometimes recalls The Saints’ over-the-top Chris Bailey, with bassist Jay Curley and guitarist Paul Hausmeister occasionally rolling their eyes, but the overall vibe is of camaraderie. This becomes more apparent through the career-spanning set, which is capped off with a killer run of their most recognisable tunes – Hang Around, Sundial and an awesome Daddy Long Legs. Finishing the encore with Interstellar Overdrive’s drawn out psych-jam is the perfect way to end a brilliantly blunt and brutal show, and ensure hundreds of Brisbane rock fans are destined to say “What?!” the whole next day.
SIMON TOPPER
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