The Groove Robbers

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THE GROOVE ROBBERS PLAYED THEIR FIRST GIG IN DEC 2001.

THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND HAD BEEN PLAYING FOR MANY YEARS IN VARIOUS MUSICAL GENRES INCLUDING BLUES, SOUL , FUNK AND ROCK.

BILL FROST THE BASS PLAYER HAD ACTUALLY MADE IT AS A ROCK STAR IN THE EIGHTIES IN THE BAND 1927 ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER GARY.

FRONT MAN GUY DELANDRO HAD WRITTEN SONGS WITH INXS, ICEHOUSE AND RICHARD CLAPTON AND HAD HIS OWN RECORD DEAL WITH WARNERS IN LOS ANGELES IN THE EIGHTIES.

THE CONCEPT WAS TO ONLY PLAY MATERIAL THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WOULD KNOW  NO MATTER HOW CHEESY OR HACKED. SPINAL TAP, 70s GLAM ROCK AND 80s  POODLE-HAIR METAL BANDS PROVIDED THE IDEA OF DRESSING AND ACTING LIKE ROCK STARS AND USING

EVERY PATHETIC ROCK CLICHÉ POSSIBLE AT ALL TIMES WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY TAKING THE PISS OUT OF ROCK STARS IN GENERAL AND MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE INDUSTRY. THE COSTUMES BECAME MORE BIZARRE AND THE ANTICS OF GUY HAVE EARNED THE BAND CULT STATUS AT THE THREDBO ALPINE HOTEL WHERE THEY HAVE HAD A 2 WEEK RESIDENCY EACH WINTER SINCE 2003. THEY HAVE PLAYED VARIOUS CORPORATE GIGS ,PRIVATE PARTIES AND CONTINUE TO ATTRACT  A  LARGE FOLLOWING ON THE NORTH COAST OF NSW WHERE THEY ARE BASED IN BELLINGEN.

THEY HAVE JAMMED ON STAGE WITH LEGENDARY GUITARIST DENIZ TEK FROM RADIO BIRDMAN, THE BREWSTER BROTHERS FROM THE ANGELS , PAUL WHEELER DRUMMER FOR BOWIE, ICEHOUSE AND  MORE RECENTLY SNEEKY SOUND SYSTEM AND KIRK PENGILLY OF INXS.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SHOE GAZING WITH THIS BAND. IT’S TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE FIRST SONG. THE STENCH OF ROCK FILLS THE ROOM AND THE AUDIENCE JOIN IN. IN FACT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED.