Regurgitator
Regurgitator formed in Brisbane late stage '93 by core members Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely, along with drummer Martin Lee - playing their debut show March '94 for Friends of the Earth. Current drummer, Peter Kostic joined late ‘99.
Releasing numerous EPs and albums that they have recorded in dubiously idiosyncratic scenarios: TU-PLANG (1996) in the jungle canopy outskirts of Bangkok; the pixel obsessed 80s jolt of UNIT (1997) in a condemned Fortitude Valley warehouse as demolishers waited outside…ART (1999) in a sun soaked Byron Bay beachside house lapping up the waves; EDUARDO & RODRIGUEZ WAGE WAR ON T-WRECKS (2001) amidst the red bricks and cigar smoke of (Gang of Four) Andy Gill’s London lounge studio; MISHMASH(2004) in a glass panopticon installed in Melbourne's Federation Square as part of the disruptive Band in a Bubble pastiche of reality shows; LOVE & PARANOIA (2007) in a bullet riddled studio in Rio de Janeiro under the looming rock arms of Corcovado with a gang of dueling Brazilian sound engineers; SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS (2011) in Ben's old Melbourne Northcote shopfront; DIRTY POP FANTASY (2013) in a Hong Kong skyscraper apartment; along with the more recent meta-virus album #9 HEADROXX (2018) that was fabricated over the internet across cities and time.
In the past 29 plus years they have toured all over Australia, NZ, Japan, UK, Europe, USA, Asia, Middle East along with a barrage of festivals including the Big Day Out, Clokenflap, Reading, Fuji Rock, Groovin’ the Moo, The Falls, Meredith etc. Always drawn to the odd they collaborated on the contemporary dance/live music project ‘Rock Show’; worked with puppets on Raised by Wolves at the Melbourne Fringe; performed a self-written live soundtrack to Japanese film AKIRA at the Sydney Opera House; reproduced the debut Velvet Underground album in conjunction with Chinese collaborator Mindy Meng Wang on guzheng; and flippin' eggs with the riotous kid fun of the POGOGO SHOW… among other weird trips down that spiral of light fantastic. Still touring and flooring it, more recently on the hugely exuberant sold out UNITS 2023 national tour…more than ever they find themselves extending the vitality of their live performances, continuing to infuse them with exuberance, mania and their mashed-up motion of rock, punk, electro, funk, pop, hiphop…and a new album brewing in the can of ongoing futures!
Bodyrocking often starts around six months of age. Headrolling and headbanging usually start at around nine months of age. Most people stop this behaviour by five years, but occasionally it keeps going after this. Keepin’ on, Roxxin’ on!
PERFORMING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
