Kris Hopes - Grinspoon (06/05/2013)
Life is looking pretty good for Australian rockers Grinspoon.
They started 2013 by playing at Big Day Out, have commenced a national tour for their new album Black Rabbits and are preparing to support Aerosmith while they are in the country.
Drummer Kristian Hopes said this is the time to play the album for fans and watch their reactions as they warm up the audience on Aerosmith’s Australian tour. Grinspoon will join Spiderbait, Wolfmother, The Dead Daisies, Kingswood and Diva Demolition as special guests.
“They were on the way over and wanted a few big Aussie bands,” Kristian said.
“It will be a massive crowd. It’s nice for one gig to play to that size instead of 20 shows to 1000 people. And it’s exciting to play with these guys. They are rock and roll legends”.
Grinspoon formed in 1995 and are still sporting the original line-up.
This is virtually unheard of when some of the most popular bands to ever grace the stage, including AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Kiss and Metallica, have all replaced a singer, guitarist or two in their time. But Kristian said something profound happens to the sound of a band once you start changing members.
“If you start changing members it can kind of snowball and you’ll never settle,” he said. “You’ll never always get along but you turn up to play and get on with what you do. The band comes first. We’re still here so we must be doing altigh”.
It is a philosophy that has seen Grinspoon through some tumultuous times but they have been a staple on the Australian rock scene and are known for consistently making catchy tunes.
It has garnered them several successful albums and a string of music legend friends, some of which collaborated with the band for Black Rabbits.
Chris Cheney of The Living End, Tim Rogers of You Am I and Scott Russo of Unwritten Law are guest musicians on the album.
“We had a few friends in America at the time to come guest on the album,” Kristian said.
“It was kind of cool to have friends like that, that would help you out. It adds a good vibe to the record.”
Black Rabbits was chosen as a title because it is slang for bad habits. “Pat (guitarist) came up with it,” Kristian said. “It was fitting of our band over the years. It sat pretty well with us”.
Nicole Barlow
They started 2013 by playing at Big Day Out, have commenced a national tour for their new album Black Rabbits and are preparing to support Aerosmith while they are in the country.
Drummer Kristian Hopes said this is the time to play the album for fans and watch their reactions as they warm up the audience on Aerosmith’s Australian tour. Grinspoon will join Spiderbait, Wolfmother, The Dead Daisies, Kingswood and Diva Demolition as special guests.
“They were on the way over and wanted a few big Aussie bands,” Kristian said.
“It will be a massive crowd. It’s nice for one gig to play to that size instead of 20 shows to 1000 people. And it’s exciting to play with these guys. They are rock and roll legends”.
Grinspoon formed in 1995 and are still sporting the original line-up.
This is virtually unheard of when some of the most popular bands to ever grace the stage, including AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Kiss and Metallica, have all replaced a singer, guitarist or two in their time. But Kristian said something profound happens to the sound of a band once you start changing members.
“If you start changing members it can kind of snowball and you’ll never settle,” he said. “You’ll never always get along but you turn up to play and get on with what you do. The band comes first. We’re still here so we must be doing altigh”.
It is a philosophy that has seen Grinspoon through some tumultuous times but they have been a staple on the Australian rock scene and are known for consistently making catchy tunes.
It has garnered them several successful albums and a string of music legend friends, some of which collaborated with the band for Black Rabbits.
Chris Cheney of The Living End, Tim Rogers of You Am I and Scott Russo of Unwritten Law are guest musicians on the album.
“We had a few friends in America at the time to come guest on the album,” Kristian said.
“It was kind of cool to have friends like that, that would help you out. It adds a good vibe to the record.”
Black Rabbits was chosen as a title because it is slang for bad habits. “Pat (guitarist) came up with it,” Kristian said. “It was fitting of our band over the years. It sat pretty well with us”.
Nicole Barlow