A near six-month gap between playing gigs may not seem like a huge amount of time but for oft-touring Australian rock band Hockey Dad it feels like a lifetime.
“I got my guitar pedal board out yesterday for the first time in months and I can still smell the beer on it from the last show, ” says singer-guitarist Zach Stephenson. “It’s the biggest break we’ve had from touring. I need to get back out there to let some steam off – I feel a little cooped up and I actually miss being in a van for eight hours a day. I never thought I’d miss it this bad.”
Like every other touring musician around the world, Stephenson and bandmate Billy Fleming were blindsided by the effects of COVID-19, which forced the Windang-bred duo off the road at the exact moment they anticipated getting out to support their new album Brain Candy.
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“We would love to be touring right now, especially with the new album coming out, ” says drummer Fleming, a friend and neighbour of Stephenson’s since they were toddlers. “It feels weird putting out a record and not being able to play it to people, even though it has been good to nestle in at home for a bit and catch up with friends.”
The band has landed upon a novel way to scratch their itch to play live and launch their third album by staging two shows dubbed Alive At The Drive-In at Wollongong’s Bulli Showground on July 31 and August 1. Four hundred cars per show will be able to watch the band play live on stage, with audio transmitted via FM radio.
“We’ve never been to a regular drive-in theatre before so we have no idea what’s going on!” says Fleming, 24. “The tickets for the first show just went straight away, though, which is awesome. People are obviously super excited for live music and it’s a good way to do it – everybody’s safe and in the comfort of their car.”
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Mirroring their recent Itch music video, where they portrayed brain-craving members of the undead, the live shows will be zombie-themed. Both Fleming and Stephenson, however, are unenthused about re-creating the look live.
“I’m scared 'cos for that video we were in make-up for about four to five hours, ” adds Fleming. “We were in LA in summer, so we were unbelievably hot and sweaty and felt gross covered in this paint. I can’t imagine having to play a show and put green shit on for two nights in a row, although it would be pretty funny going to the pub afterwards dressed up.”
Culled from about 25 demos (“a blessing because we usually never have that many songs to choose from, ” says Fleming), the 13-track Brain Candy features the familiar Hockey Dad themes of girls, good times and goofiness, with Germaphobe – a perfectly timed song if ever there was one – a good example of the latter.
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“I know right? It’s insane!” says Stephenson regarding the prescient inclusion of Germophobe in addition to another track called Dole Brother. “I wouldn’t say I’m a germaphobe but I reckon there are some germaphobes out there who are probably in heaven because everyone’s much cleaner, washing their hands and wearing face masks. I feel like it’s a germo’s paradise!”
As for Hockey Dad’s future, Stephenson thinks the lack of touring should result in a bountiful supply of songs for the band’s next release.
“We’ll start writing some more records - we may as well build up a song bank, ” he says. “There might be a few double albums coming out next year, who knows.”Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challged and removed. (August 2020 ) (Learn how and wh to remove this template message)
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Hockey Dad is an Australian surf rock band from Windang, New South Wales. The duo consists of drummer Billy Fleming and vocalist and guitarist Zach Stephson. Since 2013, they have released one EP– Dreamin' (2014), and three studio albums– most rectly, Brain Candy (2020), which peaked at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart.
The band was founded in 2013, although the members claim to have played together before being an official band with a third member Bailey Carson. The duo cites a band called Abstract Classic as an earlier project that fizzled out before they became Hockey Dad.
Fleming and Stephson were both born and raised in Windang, New South Wales, and lived two doors down from each other on Boronia Avue in New South Wales, where they still reside. The members met in 1999 at the ages of three and four wh they were playing a neighbourhood game of football on the street.
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Continuing to reside in the same town, the duo spds their time surfing at the beach and skating at the local park.
Hockey Dad is currtly associated with two record labels. Firstly, they are signed with the Australian indepdt label Farmer & the Owl/Inertia Music since 2014 for all dealings within Australia and the remainder of the world with exception of North America.
Hockey Dad credits the era of 1960s garage as their main influce. The duo also credits their musical inspiration to bands such as Bass Drum of Death, Sparkadia and Band of Horses. Growing up, Fleming quotes that listing to his brother's collection of '90s punk music helped develop his musical style.
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Zach Stephson was born on 15 November 1994 in Windang, Australia. For Hockey Dad, he plays the guitar as well as provides the main vocals for all their songs. Along with this, Stephson can play bass and drums and is learning behind the sces to record and produce music.
Billy Fleming was born on 7 July 1996 in Windang, Australia, and plays the drums for Hockey Dad's records. Fleming can also play guitar and bass and is learning recording and production with Stephson. Additionally, he is learning mastering in audio post-production.
The APRA Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) to recognise composing and song writing skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
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The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commced in 2005.
The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live sce. The awards commced in 2016.
The Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually in January or February by the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.
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