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Call The Great Shakes political punk prostitutes and they smirk, “Call up the zealots for a fundamental time.” Stand still, staring, arms X’d across your chest, and they groove, “Distortions in the truth, we give it to you.” Laugh, cry, scream at them, and they remind you that they “know you’re never faithful” and they “know they’ve had enough.” The Great Shakes didn’t start out this self-assured, these five distinct people who know Americana is more than the isolated island culture of the 5 boroughs of NYC. They started out disillusioned and lucky.

Sleepmakeswaves are an instrumental rock band from Sydney, Australia. Drawing influences mainly from but not limited to post-rock, the young quartet mix driving metallic bombast with textured electronics to create a sonic space where delicate melodies and thunderous climaxes peacefully co-exist. Since their formation in late 2006, sleepmakeswaves have rapidly established themselves as a promising and unique voice in their field.

genedefect, a 4 piece metal band from western sydney, jumped into the metal scene in late 2005 with support shows all around sydney, recording and releasing thier first demo cd in 2005 gave them and understanding of where they were in the industry and were confident that they could make thier mark in the metal scene. through 2006 genedefect have been perfecting thier sound and performance which has brought them to this point in 2007 with a release of thier new demo in april and an EP by the end of the year...

There is more than one band with this name. 1. Rook were a rock band from Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 2005 and split up in 2010. They played their last official show at the Corner Hotel on 30th of January 2010, with a one-off reunion at the Esplanade Hotel on December 10. Vocalist Forbes McKail and guitarist Tyson Fish now play in The Khyber Belt. “… Melbourne heavy rockers Rook fired up the crowd with tracks from their ’Transitions’ EP.