RUDELY INTERRUPTED
Harder we work the luckier we get!
L-R: Rohan Brooks, Josh Hogan, Constance Kirkpatrick, Marcus Stone, Rory Burnside, Sam Beke
The future holds bright for these independent rockers as the band continues to receive invitations to perform from all over Australia and internationally, from Cairns to Kakadoo from Melbourne to Montreal and from Sydney to Singapore, the Rudies continue to thrill audiences and positively connect the Australian disability culture to a worldwide audience. “Music has truly made a positive impact on all our lives’ Rudely Interrupted. Rudely Interrupted’s music and story has been and continues to be heard all over the world in 1000’s of blogs, tv, print media, newspapers radio and internet radio including: Triple M, Triple R, Triple J, FBI, RTR FM, Spicks n Specks, ABC TV, 7pm Project, Rage, Canada AM, MTV, Musique Plus, Much Music, Village Radio NYC, RTL German TV, Channel News Asia, Singapore, Beijing and beyond! .Tragedy of the Commons is the stunning debut album from the Melbourne six piece and entertainment explosion Rudely Interrupted. Mixed by Paul McKercher (Spiderbait, Augie March, You Am I) at 301 in Sydney, the band’s recently toured the USA and Canada in support of its release. Available now on iTunes and physical copies available from the online store.
Reviews: “Their music is some of the most energetic and genuine to emerge from the Australian rock ‘n’ roll underground in recent times.” – Time Out Magazine
“This Melbourne group – with a taut, impassioned sound somewhere between the Killers and Wire – happens to be the real deal.” – The Village Voice
“Rudely Interrupted manage to out-anthem The Killers.” – Toronto’s Eye Weekly
“If you’ve never heard them before expect some extremely well-crafted music by a bunch of guys who happen to have been saddled with a slightly wonky set of genes.” – VICE Magazine
“There is nothing disabled about this band. These guys rock!” – Fox News Red Eye
“Rudely Interrupted would be nothing without the music.”– The London Times
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“Tales from the Rudely rock n roll road 2010”
Woodford Folk Festival 2010
We left around 9am on boxing day so xmas was cut short for rock n rollers like us and Rory let us know about it! Connie didn’t come to this show, it’s getting very hard for her these days and we don’t want her to end up in a wheelchair so we all decided it was best to tackle this show without her. So on the first day we drove to Dubbo around 10 hours, after a great drive and a good sleep that night we were up early and headed towards Armidale to collect Harry. We had to drive the back way to Brisbane to pick up our soundy (Harry the Haz) from Armidale NSW and after a comfortable drive everything went to plan and on budget! Armidale is about 5 hours from Dubbo and we made it in 6 so that’s good for us! Ha! We picked up Harry after a breif hello with his mum and headed up to Brisbane. Very exciting for all of us and we were all pumped to be on the road again and heading to Australia’s biggest and best festival Woodford. The tunes were pumping out from the ipods and the vibe was uplifting! What could go wrong! We made it to Glenn Innes, filled up the van and stopped for a quick bite to eat. At the service station we were told the road to Grafton was closed due to floods, but we were heading north and didn’t think too much of it. We traveled on a further 300kms and were coming up to Warwick about 160kms short of Brisbane and looking forward to arriving at our accom for a well deserved break to prepare for the show the next day. There was an errie feeling as we drove into Warwick about 6:30pm and everything seemed too quiet, as we approached the bridge river crossing to head on up to Brisbane the SES were their with the police. The van came to a holt and Rory asked why we were stopping, Chloe said we needed a little rest and myself and Harry went to find out what was happening. All roads to Brisbane are closed due to floods the SES told us. Ouch! We arrived back to the van and Rory and the guys were very keen to move on ahead, as we passed on the information to the band the reality hit home to us all. We’re going to miss the bigest gig of our lives! Arghhh!!! We were running around trying to gather the right information as to what we could do to make it to Brisbane by 10am the next morning. All the locals were saying there’s no way we could get there and we may be stuck in Warwick for 2 days or until the river subsides. No way said Rory, we are going to make this gig and that’s the end of it. Tempers were on edge as we tried to find out what our options were. There was 100′s stranded and all the accommodation was full up, the police were putting people up in the local school and Chloe went to talk to the local authorities about our options. They suggested we turn around and go back to Armidale. Argghhh!! I rang the program director at Woodford and told them of our delemma, Hannah was great and we kept in touch! Man, what a devestating end to the year for us.. We thought we might as well turn around and head back to Stanthorpe and stay at the caravan park to get some sleep and see what our options were from there. We booked ahead as we knew everyone was in the same situation and bookings were going fast. We can’t have tents we need appropriate accommodation for the guys and we were lucky to get one of the last cabins. We grabbed a bite to eat and headed towards the Stanthorpe caravan park, we called ahead for the address and much to our disappointment and surprise, they gave our booking away! Well this was very frustrating. We rang Harry’s mum and she offered to put us up for the night, but that was another 5 hours drive.. The whole time we were on the phone and internet trying to find out flood information so we could make the right desicions as to what our next options were. After about another 3 hours drive we arrived back at Glenn Innes and refuelled. At the service station we over heard a guy saying his mother had just driven the road into Grafton and after a few calculations we realised we could potentially make the show with 2 hours to spare if we drove all night. Our show was at 12:00pm and it was now 1am. If we drove all night we could make it. I asked everyone if they were prepared to give it a shot and we all pulled together and hit the road RUNNING!! What a team!! We made it to Grafton at about 2:30am and from there it was about 7-8 hours to Caboolture and we could make it with 2 hours to spare. Seems like everything we do as a band we are thrown challenges from all directions, but the “nothing will stop us” attitude has got us this far and we knew if we worked together we could pull it off. We drove safe and all through the night and arrived in Caboolture for a quick sleep before heading to the festival. It rained all night and all day and we finally arrived at the festival gate, exhausted, but ready to ROCK! We played the concert stage and the MC on the stage introduced the band and told the audience of the commitment we made to make the show. It was the biggest stage the guys had ever played and the audience was huge. The performance was simply amazing and Rory lead the band like a true champion. Josh nailed everything and Sam invented a new character called “Ligtning Man” He literally bought the weather with him! What a gig and what a reception from the audience, we recieved a standing ovation and the applause just kept on going and going and going! It was the best feeling in the world knowing we could go through all of that and still get up and perform. It simply blew me away! I knighted the band true rockers that evening and there would have been other bands that would give up in that situation, but not us, no way! This is why these guys are a great band and here’s the proof! Watch our new single due out late 2011. “So Tired Live @ Woodford 2010” The next day we performed on the Joyluck Club stage and the show was even better after a great rest and plenty of food to revitalise us all. We signed records and posters and the response was simply awesome so hats off to you all for your support! We made a heap of new fans and met up with some old friends and we thank Rachel for her respite and Woodford for all their support for the band. WE DID IT! So from all of us: Cath, Chloe, Harry and the band! Have a great year and live it like it’s your last!USA-CANADA 2010
Arrival Flying in to LAX is always a little uncomfortable and thankfully Rory is an American citizen. When his band buddy Josh was held up upon entry due to finger print identification issues, Rory thought this was lacks and unacceptable. “Just let him in”. After a 45 min delay and Rory carefully walked away from the situation Josh and myself returned to the group and continued on to DC without incident. Phew!
On arrival we met up with our Tour Manager Liv Lunde and Annelies from VSA Arts was on hand also to greet this motely crew. After explaining to the guys you’ll have plenty of time to get to know Liv, lets get the luggage off first and then we’ll say all our hellos and get to meet and greet Liv. Yeah right! Pounce and the rest of us lug all the gear.
DC was a great place so some went to museums and some of us went to hit the streets. We moved onto an area of the city called Adams Morgan for lunch, It’s a street like Brunswick st back home in Melbourne. Having Sam with us for lunch seemed to grate a few people the wrong way so we skipped off without realising we didn’t pay, but our conscience got the better of us and we returned to pay the bill before heading back to the hotel for the afternoon.
On return to the hotel there was a bomb scare right outside the hotel bar. The whole city street went into lock down mode because someone left a suspicious package, bag on the footpath. The bomb squad was called in to investigate the bag. They seemed to be arguing about who will go and ex ray the contents! Oh but nothing come of the suspicious package so I off to rehearse before the big show tomorrow.
Heart attacks Sam eating out of the breakfast buffet as you’re walking past is always a little funny as it’s happened before and this time was no different. It’s pretty rock I guess, but after meeting 4 Fire brigade members and 2 Ambulance officers in the lift whilst looking for Sam afterwards I failed to see anything too funny. “Man down on the 9th” one officer said. And there he was, lying on the ground out of breath complaining of a heart attack. They had him on the stretcher carting him off to hospital. Hang on a minute guys he’s having you on I said, “did his vitals check out” yes they said, “That’s cause he is having you guys on” I said. After signing all the forms taking responsibility for Sam’s heart complaints and Sam failing the “Can you walk” test I began to relax a little and we all laughed, but having to deal with insurance companies for an Ambulance hell ride to the hospital ain’t fun, but still very rock n roll.
First show Our first show and all this work and we haven’t even touched an instrument yet and that’s the reason we are here, to rock n roll with the VSA Arts and the JFK Centre. This performance took a little while to warm up, but we got through it and Rory was the star of this show. He seemed to really hold it together and the interpreter was having a blast dancing away with us on stage so I couldn’t help but play with her actions. Ian and I have worked hard on this tour and we really appreciated the performance and especially the private function afterwards, it made it a little more special for everyone. Thanks Aus embassy and Ben, everyone we met including a lovely and very striking looking guy named Randy Router who just really digged the band and was a true legend. I had a chuckle! Oh the tour coach and you just knew this was going to get a little stinky, but it’s big and very comfortable. Joe the driver was very kind, although he was from Louisiana and was a big Sarah Palin fan, he could drive a really big bus really bloody well and that’s just what we wanted. He loved the band and told all his mates about us so we all became good mates. He was picking up the Temptations after us so they’ll have the doco to watch also. Thanks Joe we’ll wait for the Temptations tour invite!
NYC Heading in to NYC we caught up with our fantastic team at The Musebox for a quick hello and thankyou to all the gang at Musebox. Nadine and Xavier and all the Broadway crew, we love you and thank you very much for all your continued efforts. We met up with Susie Jones TV producer and excellent documentary film creator, minus Ben and Whitto this time, in NYC and there were hugs all round for the short trip across Manhattan Island to Brooklyn Bowl, probably cause she didn’t have a camera and camera crew with her this time. Crossing New York City and Manhattan Island can be uncomfortable at times, but in a tour coach and looking like some sort of rock star holiday camp, but it’s a little more comfortable than cabs and subway trains. Hell yeah!!
No sleep till Brooklyn Kylie Robertson from Robertson PR came early and met the guys at the Brooklyn Bowl to say hi and to finally meet the band and crew. Thanks Kylie! Kylie told Rory a fact that he managed to tell everyone he met along the way for the rest of the tour. “Teenages who drive to school and start as early as 7:00-8:00am were more likely to have an accident than those who drove to school and started later than 8:30-9:00am”. By the end Rory had a speech ready for Obama demanding a change in the schooling hours of America. Brooklyn Bowl is such an awesome venue, you should see this joint! Peter Shapiro producer and very successful promoter has built this place from the ground up and woow, what a venue. Bowling and Rock n Roll. Connie whipped everyone’s butt on the real bowling alley, wow!
I was a little sloshed walking up on stage due to being a little excited about playing this venue. John Woodruff and Rick Arnstein were a massive help and a huge support to Ian and I for this tour and for that we are truly thankful. We’ve learnt heaps along the way. Hearing stories about Cold Chisel sleeping on Ricks apartment floor and all the other crazy past tour goings on It was hilarious and the best highlight. Wish we could’ve stayed and partied all night. The vibe was overwhelming and the show was superb. It was Harry the Haz our production manager and Rohan’s fav show, what a rock venue and glad I got to thank Peter Shapiro for he’s support. Apparently at the end of the night I wouldn’t get on the bus to go back to NJ which annoyed Liv and Harry, but it was fun once I finally got on the darn thing. A little “Hows ya father” hey Rory.. Thanks to Harry for stopping at Walmart to buy cheese in a can. “Cheese in a Can” was born a song we need to record.
A~ Flat Minor Pianos was the following day and we all loved Ludlow st in the East Village is home away from home for us musos. Sammy left all his rock gear on the bus so Cath came to the rescue she had to do a mad dash to Broadway to buy some new magicians costume for Sam’s performance. Andrew and Andrew from East Village Radio were there to introduce us and the New Yorker was with them doing a story so we may get a mention. They’re quite a pair Andrew and Andrew they dress the same and kinda looking like a new young poser group. It was an awesome show Rory, Marcus and me were in front of the stage with the audience and the other guys on the stage and it really worked we thought. Josh was the star this night I reckon he played really well and we all sounded fantastic because of him. We waited about 50 mins for the bus that night and Rory held it together for 49 mins, pretty good we thought! Oh but what a minute can do..
Sam, Ian and Harry go off to watch the world cup America v England in a Brooklyn bar, Chloe and Marcus, Josh and Liv go to the NYC Zoo via the big piano in the toy store. Cath, Rohan, Connie, Rory stayed in Jersey. All went out for dinner in Jersey looking across to Manhattan. Pretty cool. Sam explains to Harry (best production manager in the world) how Sam wants his bass to sound while he’s on stage “like a thunderstorm and lightning”. Off to the Hamptons.
The Hamptons Northampton was Cath’s birthday and we had a meatloaf prepared for the rider, thanks Liv was delicious. The turnout was awesome cause we made the front cover of the local paper and we packed the venue out, they were right into the Rudely idea so we had an awesome night and Rors met a few school teachers and together they almost rioted with the slogan, “No more early school hours for America”.
Wii ability All the guys were back on the bus playing Wii and a few of us ended up at a sports bar watching Boston beat the Lakers and waiting for Joe to come drive us off to Toronto. The Celtics have this thing whilst eating a lot of nuts bashing some green Celtic blow up things together driving everyone crazy with it. Some crazy tradition the Boston fans have. On return to the coach Josh was playing Sam and Marcus on Wii bowls. 10 strikes in a row, that’s the type of game you have to play to even think about taking Josh on at Wii bowling. We only saw 286 this particular night and he insists he’s cracked the 300 twice. Get outta the way Rohan “I’ll show you how” says Sam
TV SNACKS The drive to Toronto for the Canada TV performance Canada AM - Canada's Most Watched National Morning News Program was crazy due to Canadian customs getting everyone of the bus at 6:30am wow what a sight that was my friends. We almost left without Marcus, but a quick head count stopped us short of leaving him behind.
The next morning we performed live on TV and it was awesome, a perfect performance from everyone except me, Ha!! Sam was still asleep but turned it on when the lights and smoke machine came out. The production crew were a little "oh what the hell is this", but once again in true Rudely style by the end of the performance we had them speechless and that’s what is all about folks. Ottawa, oh playing next to a strip club was interesting, some of the lovely girls met a few of the Rudely crew, but no numbers exchanged thankfully. The girls are coming to Aus for their own show in July so they invited us along! Nadine and her mother were on hand to add to the glee of the night and it was an excellent show. Marcus had a good night as I remember oh and the bar staff loved Sam a little too much and had him drinking all sorts of beer. Thanks Eugene!
Montreal Liv’s home town Off to Montreal this city is fantastic I reckon. Merci beaucoup, je m'appelle Rohan. Basse Masse, merci! “Thank you very much. My name is Rohan, beer please. Thank you! Ha Ha!!
Al Capone Lion Di’Or was another fantastic venue and apparently where Al Capone drank and gambled in his hay day. Jackie from DKD events thank you! We made it to rotation on Musique Plus Canadian MTV so that’s really amazing. Rory met a 23 year old young lass Michaela (journalist) from Mojo TV who was stunning, she was still on the bus when Rors continued to talk about her.. Parts 1 & 2 of that interview can be found here. Awesome times were had in Montreal, we love it!
DKD
We met the legend Donald K Donald who is great mates of John and Rick’s, these guys have had a great and very successful past together in the music business so it was awesome to be a part of the DKD group. Eugene and the DKD crew were quick to thank all of us and they rocked out to our sounds. We were treated like royalty from start to finish. The response to the band was fantastic so it couldn’t have gone any better. After the show there was a live Karaoke band put together by a bunch of great Musos from Montreal and we’d like to thank them for their support as well. Thanks guys! Rory got up to sing “Burning Ring of fire” the tune Johnny Cash made famous. I helped him up onto the stage and he just started singing as soon as he reached for the mic. “Love is a burnin flame…” pitch perfect right key and the band just looked at each other and started to catch up, it was bloody amazing, he flawed the whole room. It sent shivers down the room like a shock wave, wow now that was a highlight for me. Back in the coach and onto Toronto again overnight!!!
NXNE Toronto for the NXNE and our last show for the tour, it was awesome to be back at Sneaky Dees for the NXNE and Musbox presents rock n roll spectacle with fellow aussies “ VIOLENT SOHO” headlining the bill. Although it was hot we walked back from the Hilton where we were doing interviews to the tour bus. Much to Rorys dismay! We were the pick of the festival by some of the most influential industry types on Toronto radio Alan Cross, and we all put on a great show for the last performance of the tour. Bye Liv..
Wrap up With the support we get from people like Cathy Steventon, Chloe Steventon I doubt we will ever find a better team of carers for the band. These girls are freaking amazing and we are truly thankful for having them on board everywhere we tour. They know what needs to be done being the season tour professionals they are and they help us all achieve greatness and something truly remarkable in all our lives. Best on road goes to Connie Kirkpatrick, she had the whole tour sorted from the beginning. Here’s a girl who slept on all the flights for the length of the flights, rocked out on stage then went back to bed on the bus got up to have a feed and shower and rocked out again that night. She has it totally worked out and is at the top of her game.
All the Rudely’s and Crew, Harry, Cath, Liv, Chloe, Ian, Joe (Bus driver), Rohan, Rory, Josh, Marcus, Sam and Constance. Merci beaucoup!