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Local drummer for Stavebud and Splank, Ebbo Brown reveals all in this exclusive interview with Bathurstafterdark.
How did your band start?
– Which one???hahahahaha
Stavebud all fell together about 12 or 13 years ago
as a high school thing that grew and grew.
Do you play Original songs in the band, and if so, do you have an EP or Album?
We play originals every time we play . Ususally the ones we make up then and there.
We Did a full length CD called “Thousand Island” in October 97
Which other local bands have you played in?
Sh*t! You name it baby!!!! ummmmmmmmmmmm….
Splank,
1 gig for saddle rash,
Glory box,
Sourmash,
Pig Iron Bob,
Robinson Brothers,
Sonic Screwdriver,
various other emergency call – ups,
endless one off combinations and jams.
What is your day job?
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh….. thats a secret
Who’s your biggest musical influences?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…big Q dude.
I grew up listening to heaps and heaps of jazz….
but I think overall in my life the biggest influences would be:
Mitch Mitchell – Jimi Hendrix experience,
Elvin Jones – Coltranes Band,
Tony Williams – Miles Davis,
Kyuss,
Fu Man-Chu,
Tool,
Brothers Johnson,
Funkadelic,
Parliament,
Sly & the Family Stone,
Henry Rollins,
Sonic Youth,
Mudhoney,
Dinosaur Jnr,
Cream,
James Brown,
Spearhead,
Front End Loader,
Shihad/ Pacifier,
The Melvins,
Preshrunk,
Bjork,
Metallica,
Queens of the Stone Age,
Foo Fighters,
The Meters,
Brooklyn Funk Essentials….
the list really does go on a bit but thats a sampler.
What sort of covers do you guys play? give us some examples?
we ususally steal lines and licks from various numbers and turn them into jams and sh*t.
What new music are you listening to at the moment that excites you?
New Queens of the stone age, new Pacifier.
Favourite Bathurst venue to play?
hmmmmmmmmmmmm….
Probably the Commercial hotel
What gear do you use to perform live?
Sleishman Kit ( 22×16, 16×16, 11×11, 10×10),
Sabian Cymbals.
What’s the best gig you ever played?
best gig? hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…….
The best ones are usually the worst ones..
the ones that years later ya look back and go man…we actually got outta there alive…
hahahahaha,
the ones that you learn the most from.
Best supports are the wiggles, skinkhour, fur, custard etc some of the
gigs we did in wollongong were pretty ace too.
Where do you see yourselves in 5 years?
Same place better skills more records under our belt.
What other venues outside Bathurst do you play?
You name it done it! hahahahahahaha.
naaaaaaaaah but its a fairly comprehensive list.
Are ‘Groupies’ just a myth or do the really exist?… Got any stories? (We had to ask…)
Groupies are seriously real!!!!!and some are pretty scary some are damn foxxy!
I’ll be keeping my stories to myself however…
What made you pick up begin learning the drums?
I had issues in formative teen years and needed to vent some steam…drums were a logical choice.
What are your Top 5 albums of all time?
Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Motorhead – The Ace of Spades
Public Enemy – It takes a bnation of Millions….
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue.
What is the biggest crowd you’ve played to and what band were you in at the time?
Thats a hard one….
biggest crowd at a uni gig or a particular mystery gig at an un-named venue….
What would you do to change the music industry for the better?
End the whining about how crap everyones else is…
stop muso’s saying ” aww i can f**kin do that!, this band is crap”
I’ll tell ya, ya f**kin can’t do it like anybody else. You do it like you!
Know what I mean d**kheads!!!
(sorry)
I’d also suggest that rather than saying how hard it is to get gigs and do em
just get em and do em…if you are gonna whinge about how bad it is why do it??!!!
More independance on every scene…
be advised it ain’t the suits that are fuckin up the industry its those willing to sign with them…
Where would you like to be and doing what in 10 years?
Rockin harder than ever!!!!! Just try and stop me!!! hahahahaha
Got any interesting stories from the road?
Pass…
When you were younger, did you used to do silly things like play the tennis racket in front of the mirror or sing into a deoderant can?
Didn’t everybody??!! ( and don’t say you didn’t people!!!)
please tell us about your experiences in the studio.
Lots of studio time under my belt with lots of different peoles and bands..
One thing matters on that front, BE TOTALLY F**KIN PREPARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you could have dinner and drinks with ANY 3 musicians in the world, who would they be? and what meal would you serve up to them?
Wynton Marsalis,
Brant Bjork,
Chriss Goss.
They say you need luck and to be in the right place at the right time to break into the ‘Music Scene’. What else do you think you need?
I think that is bullsh*t. Ya gotta peddle ya wares on the live circuit and let it
ruin ya life by letting it take over. Nothing else matters but the jam or the gig!
Walking away is not an option. Its how committed you are that makes it for you.
What other local musician or band would you like to have a jam with?
The big M, and Robbo and me would be a sweet band.
dunno, wouldn’t mind doin some metal with some local funkateers.
What local band, both past and present is the greatest in your eyes beside your own band?
Souvlaki Moustach from Orange were a hot act in their time. Theres heaps of talent out there
its a shame its mostly wasted on doing covers.
What’s you claim to fame? (ie. maybe you supported ENYA on her last Australian tour, or maybe you met one of the Bee Gee’s for instance.)
plenty. we backed the wiggles, and heaps more
people seem to did the Wiggles bit,
And We backed Catwitch once ( f**kin funny stuff).
WHAT DO YOU WANT WRITTEN ON YOUR HEADSTONE?
“Here lies the last sasquatch!!!”