Dig It Up! The Hoodoo Gurus Invitational Celebrating 30 Years of Recorded History in 2012

The Dig It Up! concerts are selling like hotcakes, I’m very pleased to say. Brisbane and Perth are already nearly sold out and Sydney HAS sold out of the most-expensive Gold Reserve seating and the cheaper General Admission tickets are flying out the door.


And why wouldn’t they??!! This is a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity (I refrained from saying once-in-a-lifetime - but it is) to see a heap of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands EVER in one place - alright, TWO places (Sydney & Melbourne): The Sonics, The Fleshtones, Redd Kross, Died Pretty, The 5678s, The Hard Ons…I could go on. It is the perfect music festival: right size, right taste, right on!

I’ve seen ALL of these bands live, most of them recently, and can vouch for them ALL being the 100%-pure (unadulterated) “good stuff”. Seeing The Sonics in particular was a thrill for me: they are one of the most influential punk bands of all time and their songs have been covered by everybody (for example, The Cramps recorded ‘Strychnine’ and also “borrowed” the riff from ‘He’s Waitin’ ’ for their song ‘New Kind Of Kick’). I saw The Sonics perform a couple of years ago in New York and Gerry Roslie, their singer/keyboard player, sounded just as raunchy as he did on their original recordings, which are some of the wildest sounds ever committed to vinyl, doncha know? I don’t know how he did it then and I don’t know how he does it now - I’m just glad he can!

Dave Faulkner

As always, go to: http://digitup.net.au for the full line-up and ticket info.