Where did your band name come from? An epiphany.
Group members: Joel Steenbergen (singer/lead guitarist), Kurt Schiffer (bass guitarist), Shaun Buchanan (drummer).
Describe your sound: Put some grunge, some rock and a pinch of psychedelic into a blender and shake but don’t stir and we basically sound like that...
What are your influences, musical or otherwise? Syd Barrett, The Vines, Led Zepplin, Nirvana and The Rolling Stones.
What’s the weirdest experience you’ve had whilst performing? A wonderful hippie lass trying to hold a conversation with the lead singer Joel whilst in the middle of playing a concert.
What’s your biggest achievement/proudest moment so far? We got featured and played on the Big Show in America when we released our new EP Get Evolved.
We also have three songs in triple j’s Unearthed top 100.
What are your plans for the future? Albert Hall in England would be a nice venue to play at...
What makes you laugh? Dance music – can’t tell one song from another, and we haven’t heard a single chorus since it all began.
What pisses you off? The attitudes of a lot of nightspots in Canberra. They won’t let originals be played because they’re set on selling as much booze as possible, then drunk people want to sing to covers – we’ve actually been told this by one prominent spot in Civic.
What’s your opinion of the local scene? As above, also it looks as though the only way musicians playing original music can make it in Canberra is by playing free of charge, or organising their own events and risking what little funds they have on the locals actually showing up... it’s pretty depressing really. Having said this, there are places which do let you play, even if you are just starting out – our hats off to Joan at The Pot Belly Bar in Belconnen, and we also did a set at The Phoenix Bar in Civic.
What are your upcoming gigs? The Holy Grail in Kingston on Saturday July 24 and Woden Youth Centre on Friday August 6.
Contact info: www.thenaddiks.com, 0411 145 312.
