1.Your Profile

Hello, our name is Horace Bones. We’re four guys from Melbourne playing music that sounds psychedelic, garagey, liberating and belligerent but always tender… in a liberatingly belligerent sort of way. As a band we enjoy playing good gigs, playing bad gigs, fooling about on the patio and coming home twisted and YouTubing Leslie Nielsen’s best bits. The kinds of attributes we’re looking for in a fan are unbridled enthusiasm, determination, open-mindedness and a boat.

2. Keeping Busy

In recent months the band has been keeping real busy behind the scenes. We recorded our debut double A-side EP at Alamo Studios, the first single of which we are touring in January/February of this year. The song is called ‘Tarantula’ and it’s pretty, pretty, pretty good. We’re playing in Sydney at a joint called Frankie’s Pizza… I’ve Googled it and it really is a pizza place. That’s cool. If you’re reading this and you’re in Sydney, then come to the gig; it’ll be the weekend before Australia Day and you can eat pizza. And we’ll eat pizza…at the gig… pizza.

3. Best Gig Ever

The greatest gig so far would have to be our show at The Shadow Electric. First of all, it’s in a convent (as in where nuns live). Also, we had to get there early to set up so we drank a bunch beforehand and I remember walking onstage with a lampshade on my head like some ’90s cartoon of an alcoholic at a knees-up. Then our drummer accidentally swallowed the mirror ball, which didn’t reflect well on the band at all. We played pretty good too and the crowd really got into it. I got in the van after the show and my brother’s mate let me inhale his unwavering, lukewarm drink and I sat back and everything was right in the world.

4. Current Playlist

Right now I’m sitting in my kitchen listening to Iggy Pop’s album Lust For Life; it’s brilliant. Royal Headache’s new album is something else too. But my favourite album of recent times would be I’m In Your Mind Fuzz by the Gizzards. I guess I’m an album guy.

5. Your Ultimate Rider

It’s very simple: beers, whisky, some chickens hypnotised to act like people, a smooth surface, one pedestal fan and one human fan. We’ve had most of those but never all at the same time; I’d really like that. I feel like a lot of people request a midget. I’m not saying I’m against it, I just want something more original. Imagine all them chickens sitting around drinking pints, discussing the sound quality of the venue and how much of a poser the lead singer is. Right?

Get along to hear Horace Bones atFrankie’s Pizza, along withGreenthief, Bones Atlas and The Adaptors, on Sunday January 24.

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