Huge blast from the past. Plenty of Facebook chatter going on at the moment for Mercy Dash to play a special reunion show. Mercy Dash were around in the mid 90’s playing many-a-show at the now-defunct infamous Joey’s in St Kilda. And yes, I was in the band. We played all over Melbourne but particularly down on the Mornington Peninsula where most of the band lived. We had some great times – a bunch of really young guys attempting to punch above our weight. At the same time (and from the same area) bands like The Living End, Fireballs & Body Jar rose to prominence playing the same pubs we were playing. Alas, the band split up in the late 90s. Fast forward to now & there may well be another Mercy Dash show coming soon. We’ll keep you posted…

That’s Mick Brown on the left – he’s had a lot to do with The On Fires, playing drums on our debut album Sky Caves In & various other releases. And believe it or not, that’s me in the green vest, Brendan Young (2nd from the right) – now Chapter Ray’s guitarist, and bassist Chris Micalef (far right).

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We were away out in the country over the weekend – important family business. A wedding nonetheless. Played guitar for the signing & for some of the reception (very honoured). Perfect setting on a farm in a valley surrounded by lush green rolling hills & beautiful weather. Awesome. Meanwhile back in Melbourne, The Cult were playing a show somewhere in celebration of their killer 2nd album Electric. I loved that album. Still do. Apparently they played the record start-to-finish. Here’s how I first saw em…

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Dropped over to see friend and photographer Simon Marrow yesterday. Simon came on tour with us through Germany earlier this year. At some point, we played a show in a city called Suhl & stayed at Anja’s place – another photographer. We had a few days there including a long photo-shoot followed by a show that night. Simon took the shot below in Anja’s bathroom – her home was converted from an old East German chandelier factory. When I caught up with Simon yesterday, I left with a drive full of pics & movies shot on the tour. (more about that soon)

Simon’s photography business is Monkey Stereo. Check out his site.

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Italian fashion designer Chiara Biasi recently used ‘Sky Caves In’ (title track to our 2004 debut album) as the soundtrack to the video launch of their latest clothing range, Anarchic.

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