Speed Date with Lucia Neville from A Girl’s A Gun

I am Chi, the vocalist for Sydney rock band A Girl’s A Gun. I enjoy a cold beer on a hot day and red wine on a cold night but you will never really know me until you hear me sing. In the early days, A Girl’s A Gun and myself dabbled a lot in the blues and Southern rock sounds. We are evolving into a more solid rock sound. Like every band when they start, we wore our influences firmly on our sleeve. We are now working on shaping a sound that is purely us.

2.Keeping Busy

We went full steam ahead playing festivals, tours, radio play, and recorded and released our debut EP Head Up Above The Clouds, which made Hard & Heavy Old’s top 100 albums of 2014. Then we spent a year rearranging the lineup and now we are ready to relaunch and do it all again with a new look, new sound, new lineup: bigger, better, faster.

3.Best Gig Ever

We played a festival in the Blue Mountains and the green room was a primary school classroom, filled with beer and Red Bull. It was pretty hilarious, and I must admit I felt a little bad but I got over it. It had a massive stage, great sound, awesome acts to watch and free beer. We have gone from that to playing a dirt patch in a car park behind a pub on the South Coast, shit sound, no free beer… it’s balance, I guess.

4.Current Playlist

I can speak for me personally – I really dug Father John Misty when I saw him live at the Opera House; I love his honest lyrics. I have always girl crushed on Alison Mosshart and I always will; she is my spirit animal.

5.Your Ultimate Rider

No traffic and a parking spot would be nice. Chuck in some beer, no fuss.

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