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THE WHATS are Tim Steward and Dean Shwereb from Screamfeeder.
"Dean and I were in London in 2004, the Screamfeeder tour was winding up; somehow Darek and Kellie were leaving the country before us – we had another week or so up our sleeves. We got offered a gig and decided to do it as a 2 piece, and it was one of the most fun gigs of the whole tour.
We came back to Brisbane and started writing songs together, and it was really fun and liberating. Not to take anything away from our experiences in Screamfeeder, but when you’ve been in a band for 15 years things can start to get a bit repetitive.
We recorded the album and did a bit of touring. It was hard, no-one knew who we were and it didn’t exactly shoot us to superstardom. We actually cleared the Pony one night in Melbourne, there were two people left by the time we’d finished, and one was Mirko, our mixer that night.
We went on tour to Japan in 2005 (with Screamfeeder, it was an obvious decision) and then we went over and played in England again. We’d been accepted at Manchester’s In The City music conference and we played a couple of weird little gigs in London too.
Next we came back and started writing songs with less guitar; we managed to record the results: 4 songs, released in 2011: A Bit Of Everything With THE WHATS.
As for the future, we’ll keep it open."
"Dean and I were in London in 2004, the Screamfeeder tour was winding up; somehow Darek and Kellie were leaving the country before us – we had another week or so up our sleeves. We got offered a gig and decided to do it as a 2 piece, and it was one of the most fun gigs of the whole tour.
We came back to Brisbane and started writing songs together, and it was really fun and liberating. Not to take anything away from our experiences in Screamfeeder, but when you’ve been in a band for 15 years things can start to get a bit repetitive.
We recorded the album and did a bit of touring. It was hard, no-one knew who we were and it didn’t exactly shoot us to superstardom. We actually cleared the Pony one night in Melbourne, there were two people left by the time we’d finished, and one was Mirko, our mixer that night.
We went on tour to Japan in 2005 (with Screamfeeder, it was an obvious decision) and then we went over and played in England again. We’d been accepted at Manchester’s In The City music conference and we played a couple of weird little gigs in London too.
Next we came back and started writing songs with less guitar; we managed to record the results: 4 songs, released in 2011: A Bit Of Everything With THE WHATS.
As for the future, we’ll keep it open."
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