By Kris Peters
What can we say about Sydney music legends RedHook that we haven’t already said over the last couple of weeks?
The quintet are this weekend finishing up their run of shows with The Smashing Puumpkins and Jane’s Addiction as part of The World Is A Vampire Festival before turning around and heading straight back out on the road for an extensive tour to promote their sensational new album Postcard From A Living Hell, which came out only last week.
One of the main things HEAVY loves about RedHook is their down to Earth nature and love of a good time, so when we were offered the chance to speak with the whole band fresh off the stage at the first show of the Vampire Tour at Eaton’s Hill in Brisbane we threw the script book out the window, safe in the knowledge a backstage interview with Emmy Mack (vocals), Craig Wilkinson (lead guitar, programming), Alex Powys (drums) and Ned Jankovic (bass) would be nothing if not a shit tonne of fun.
Were we right?
You be the judge…
We start by pointing out the band seem to be the current darlings of the Australian festival circuit, having appeared on pretty much everything going in the last 12 months.
“We’re all over it like a rash at the moment,” Emmy laughed, “everyone’s sick of us.”
“The only way to get rid of us is with a wooden stake through the heart,” added Ned.
From there the band all chime in with different quips about garlic and vampire hunting and… you get the drift.
What follows is a highly entertaining and humorous chat about their role at The World Is A Vampire Festival, their upcoming headlining tour of Australia, their overseas jaunt, comparing Australian festivals to ones overseas and what we can do to improve over here, public hygiene, the new album, the band’s wrestling name, signature move and finishing move using their song titles only and much more.
Listen on if you dare.
- The World Is A Vampire has three shows left, April 27 in Melbourne, April 29 in Newcastle and April 30 on the Gold Coast. Tickets still available from www.oneworldentertainment.com.au
