Injured Ninja

The Epic of Gilgamesh: Live in the Goldfields is the LIVE concert film and album of INJURED NINJA’S cacophonous DOOM RAVE re-telling of the ancient Mesopotamian tale The Epic of Gilgamesh, the most ancient piece of literature in the known world.

Boorloo’s noisiest boys Injured Ninja have been antagonising live music spaces and helping build creative communities since 2007. From SXSW in 2011 to Dark Mofo in 2021, Injured Ninja remain unapologetically loud and unable to die, bringing to both tiny venues and major arts festivals alike their own unique brand of sonic annihilation, surrealist humour and multidisciplinary, multi-media live performance.

INJURED NINJA begun as a noise-punk band from Perth, Australia formed in the dark ages of 2007 by Steven Alyian, Dominic Pearce, Jake Steele and Matthew Bairstow. They released a bunch of loud abrasive music. Ariana Grande infamously ripped off one of their music videos. No, seriously, google it. They self-imploded somewhere around 2012 after releasing two albums ‘Injured Ninja vs. Skylazer’ (2010) and ‘Superluminessence’ (2011). During this hiatus members worked as / with other acts including Empire of the Sun, Kûcka, Usurper of Modern Medicine, Weapon is Sound, Tobacco Rat, Selfless Orchestra, Doublethink Prism and more.

Old habits die old, and old ninjas simply don’t die. INJURED NINJA returned as a three piece in 2020 with “TOTAL IMPACT! MAXXX DAMAGE!” and followed with singles 'Hausuu' (2021) and 'PYAH!' (2022).