Saw this Saturday night on Rage. Stuck in my head –

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Stalk sent us this link to an amazing documentary about Australian rock legends Sunnyboys. A band vastly underrated, the film focuses on songwriter & front-man Jeremy Oxley who battled depression during the band’s rise and fall in the 80’s. A tragic but loveable character Oxley’s journey is both heart-breaking and triumphant.

Loved the Sunnyboys as a kid – but I was a bit too young to fully appreciate their importance. The doco’s a full-length feature film and well worth watching.

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Kevin Radomski played drums for us through China earlier this year. His ‘day job’ is working with Jane’s Addiction as drum tech for Stephen Perkins. Kev’s always out on the road, globe-trotting with the band. Apparently they’re taking a break & he shot us this pic a few days ago somewhere in LA. Must be chilly there.

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The Vagrants played their last show (in Australia) for a long time on Monday night (Cup Eve). Good crowd at The Brunswick Hotel.

Renata & Steve – The Vagrants, on stage at Brunswick Hotel Monday night.

Lauchlan Bruce band played support. We first met Lauchlan in Germany earlier this year – he was The Vagrants bassist for that tour.

Lauchlan Bruce Band – Brunswick Hotel Monday night.

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Tour archives: Live at Shanghai Foreign Language University 2012. Hangin’ With The Living…

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This was our first really big show. Back in 2011 we played Beijing Midi festival for the first time, with no idea how big it would be until we stepped on stage. We’d arrived just in time & left for the airport about 30 minutes after the last song. The sound quality in this video isn’t great (downloaded from Chinese TV website) but the crowd shots & vibe are awesome.

I remember we were all getting a flu of some sort, not helped by the dust storm being kicked up by the crowd. I looked down at my guitar during the show & my fingers were filthy, like I’d been digging trenches.

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Good friends The Vagrants are set to launch their Harley Monroe store in Box Hill. The guys have an amazing array of affordable nostalgic pop art-work in stock. Collectable retro gear perfect for the pool-room, the fridge, the lounge, the garage – wherever you’d like to bring the cool in your life. Not to mention birthday cards, awesome gift ideas & an assortment of potential band merch.

Harley Monroe store – The Vagrants very own brand – Box Hill, Victoria.

Do yourself a favour – get down to 11 Trawool St, Box Hill (Vic) & avail yourself!

Have a great weekend.
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Lauchlan Bruce is set to join The Vagrants on stage for their final Melbourne show at The Brunswick Hotel, Monday 4th November – Cup Eve. Lachlan (from The Lauchlan Bruce Band) toured Germany earlier this year as The Vagrant’s bass guitarist. We had a lotta great times (we were their opening band). Didn’t know it at the time, but Lauchlan is also an amazing guitarist & multi-instrumentalist. Looking forward to catching up for a few beers at the show. I’m told he will be shredding…

Lauchlan Bruce.

The Brunswick Hotel show will hopefully not be the last time we see The Vagrants, as they re-locate to Europe next month. They’re planning to visit Melbourne for a few shows next year.

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Photographer Anja at Style Delux – we stayed a few nights at her place on tour in Germany this year – had a couple of unusual pets. They spent most of their time clinging to the branches of indoor trees in the lounge-room. Simon Marrow took the shot below, holding the insect-to-be-dinner.

The shot above features on the home page of Simon’s website, Monkey Stereo. Take a look. There’s a bunch of German tour shots on the ‘On Tour’ page.

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Shot from Germany – a show at Somerda with The Vagrants in April.

Many thanks to Simon Marrow at Monkey Stereo for taking this (and hundreds of other) tour shots. Simon came on the road with us for 2 weeks of that German tour. He’s a brave man, listening to the same sound-check & show night after night after night.

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