“Not since AC/DC and Rose Tattoo has Australia had a rock’n'roll outfit that kicks out the jams as loudly and proudly as Fort.” – Rolling Stone
With five releases under their studded belt and a history of rocking venues throughout the country, FORT have been delivering their sonic heaviness, grinding rhythms and chugging guitar riffs to venues far and wide since 2000. Still firmly planted in the hills of the NSW North Coast, FORT have toured with the likes of Clutch, FuManchu, Nebula and Helmet. Now they will be joining their friends and inspirados KYUSS LIVES on their first Australian visit since ’93.
Musical legends in Australia, the stoner rock riffs of Wollongong’s TUMBLEWEED inspired a whole generation of music lovers when they emerged in 1990s from the seeds of the Proton Energy Pills and The Unheard. TUMBLEWEED burst onto the scene in a huge way by gaining infamy courtesy of a national support slot to the one and only Australian tour by the legendary Nirvana back in 1992.
Despite their chequered history with its many ups and downs including several band line-up changes, TUMBLEWEED have let bygones be bygones and the original line up is once again on speaking terms and playing and writing together for the first time in almost fifteen years and will be supporting KYUSS LIVES in Sydney.
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John Garcia, Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri are reuniting Kyuss and are set to unleash their desert rock fury across Australian in 2011.
The legend that has become KYUSS was formed in 1989. In October 1995, just three months after releasing what was arguably their breakthrough album …’And The Circus Leaves Town’, Kyuss broke up. The band has been on an indefinite hiatus ever since, and has gone on to reach legendary status – influencing thousands of rock bands all over the world.
Last year Garcia toured Europe under the psuedo name “Garcia Plays Kyuss”. He planned a one-time only tour to play his favorite KYUSS songs live. Mission accomplished.
But Garcia was wrong, dead wrong. The demand appeared to be much bigger than he originally thought. People loving KYUSS were not your average fans, they were truly apostles! No matter what city or town the band hit, how small the clubs or how big the festivals were, sheer madhouses’ at every show ensued.
During the Hellfest Festival in France, Nick and Brant spontaneously joined John on stage and they felt something they hadn’t felt in over 20 years. It was impossible to explain the feeling but the adrenaline rush they all shared was obvious.
It was time to mirror that feeling once again by hooking up in the desert and jamming out. Within a few hours all three had decided to get that KYUSS legacy where it really belongs… live, and on stage, played straight to the people, for the people, who had never got a chance to see the real deal back in the day. They are coming to Australia in May 2011 to fuck shit up and fuck you up. Consider the rest history.
KYUSS LIVES!
