1.Growing Up
Everyone in the band comes from a really different place. We’re a total mixed bag. Some of us – myself one of them – come from musical upbringings, others in the band found it through total chance. Itdoesn’t matter how you catch the bug. We all ended up with a passion for music, and having come together in this project it now feels like we’re on the right path.
2.Inspirations
I’m a big guitar nut, I love Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck. I love the sound they make on the guitar, and the confidence they have leading a band. I used to play ‘Sultans Of Swing’ at my dad’s gigs. Together with the other boys we pull inspiration from everything from acid jazz to ’90s nu metal and every stop in between.
3.Your Band
The band’s called Bonez. It’s myself on guitar, Bernardo Lopes on bass, Hugh L. Jones on drums, Ben Frank on second guitar and Tomi Gray on vocals/crowd control. It’s been a great time getting to knoweach other aswe’ve only been together with this lineup for a couple of months. We’re currently on the road now touring our new single ‘Lemonade’ and have been having some great times getting a little more familiar witheach other. It’s hard not to when you’re sharing a bed.
4.The MusicYou Make
We get compared toa lot of bands – everything from RedHot Chili Peppers and Rage Against The Machine to The Doors and even fucking Poison. Wecan’t wrap our head aroundthat one. But wetry to steer away fromlabelling it cause we think we’ve really got a fresh thing going. We have a bit of a reputation for our live shows being pretty out there.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
There are so many great bands scattered all around the place. What we need is a little organisation. We all hate the cliquey-ness ofa lot of the scenes in Sydney in particular. People in bands get really pissy about their scenes. It’s kind of funny. We just do what we do, we have a great time doing it and we’re meeting more and more people along the way that want to share in this journey with us,which is great.
Catch Bonez with Grenadiers atFrankie’s Pizza onThursday February 5.
