1.Growing Up
I grew up in Rowville about 30 minutes from the Melbourne CBD; real suburban little town. At public school I always played music.
2.Inspirations
When I was young it was all my dad. He played some of the best shit. I was lucky as. Bands like Cold Chisel, Pink Floyd, The Doors, AC/DC, Phil Collins, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and heaps more.
3.Your Band
The Crookeds are Rick Carroll on bass, Tully ‘T-Man’ Hackett on drums, Jake ‘The Weapon’ McLoughlin on lead guitar, Byron ‘Bozz’ Stephens on guitar and me, Sonny, on vocals and guitar. Rick and I met when we were about eight years old, started a band in high school and always played together. One of my best mates Biv introduced us to Tully through his school. Rick knew Jake through some mates and was in a heavy metal band with him for a while. They were actually awesome. Bozz joined the band from an ad we put out on the internet. Took us a few plebs to find someone but when he walked in with his long curly hair, me and Tully were sold. We all have such random tastes in music but four out of five of us are metalheads. Recently we finished up our EP titled Volume. 1 which was recorded at Laneway Studios in Melbourne by Michael Badger from The Demon Parade and mastered by Jason Torrens at our little home base, Debasement in Ferntree Gully.
4.The Music You Make
We tend to write music that we’re into at that moment. Say we’re listening to heaps of Mötley Crüe, then someone will come to prac with a sleazy riff. I think our main target, though, is music that makes people dance but also has a nice rock groove to it.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
The music scene at the moment is awesome. There are so many good up-and-coming bands. Just depends a lot on what gets recognition. Some shit bands get radio play when a band that’s been doing the road for years gets nothing. I recently saw Ocean Alley – they’re a really good bunch of musos who inspired the hell out of me.
Playing No Worries Fest on Saturday December 24 at theWaterfront Hotel, Moruya, The Crookeds have releasedVolume. 1indendently and it is available now on iTunes.
