"We wanted to just get the fuck out of many different boxes that had been built for us."
“We came from hardcore, we came from punk. I’ve done all that. There’s not much more to do, we’ve got…
"I did fall a little bit out of love with the idea of making music and with the industry in…
"There aren’t these fat cat tycoons sitting in board rooms snorting cocaine at lunchtime, thinking about how they can rinse…
"Somehow, people will still find a way to be personally offended by us saying that they're racist – as if…
Mr Boombastic explains why he's still a pop pioneer, ahead of his latest trip down under.
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"I’m in the studio and I have to kinda turn the phones off so I’m not leaking anything. I don’t…
"I don’t want to take our fans for granted because we’re lucky that, even in places like Australia, our shows…
"It’s about using pre-existing elements and putting them in a blender to create something that doesn’t exist yet."
"They just give new music a chance"
"It’s just such a shocking thing and honestly the worst feeling in the world to realise that at our show…
The Australian music industry legends gives us the insider info on the business.
"I was trying to put myself in her shoes when she woke up in a strip club feeling like she’d…
"Australia became quite a special place for me quite quickly."
"Wouldn’t it be funny if I picked up that guitar, walked out the front door, got to the corner, and…
Spoiler: It features a whole lotta spandex.
"That whole scene is really inspiring to us just because, all of those folks, they’re able to put up such…