Hi,
I've recently been getting very nostalgic for the 1980s musings of the indie outfit Hipslingers and located some obscure video footage recorded at the Mustard Club in Newcastle Australia. The Mustard Club was an under 18s venue set up in the city in a grand old theatre. The band played there twice in 1985 and 1986. The video was recorded by a friend of Karin Catt's, whose name escapes me at present, and who was also a guitarist for the local band Yes Commissioner. Thus far I uploaded Rock of Ages (Wise) from the 1985 gig and Strange Days from the 1986 show. The lineup was John Di Gravio (Lead vocals, guitar), Stuart St Hill (Trumpet, Vocals), Darren Rowe (Bass) and Nick Cecire (Drums). The 1986 show included Garry Kosky on Trombone.
I have to thank Matt Ward who helped out with the another four videos of songs from the Hipslingers first lp Panoramic. Sacred Cow was recorded somewhere in the Hunter Valley and directed by Jonathan Samway. Telescope was directed by Robert (Barb) Taylor and used black and white home movies recorded by John Di Gravio together with (then) new footage. He did quite a brilliant job weaving it all together. Psycho-ess and Never the Twain both come from an NBN Telethon recorded sometime in 1989 (I think). Psycho-ess was featured on the 1988 Youngblood compilation album from RooArt. Never the Twain was a single that came off the Hipslingers never released follow up to Panoramic, which went under the working title of "Moof". The lineup for these songs was John Di Gravio (Lead vocals, guitar), Stuart St Hill (Trumpet, Vocals), Kyri Frame (Bass) and Nick Cecire (Drums) and Alex Cifuentes (Lead Guitar).
The last track Fred the Leper came off a home movie of a gig in Civic Park Newcastle during the Mattara festival in October 1989. The lineup featured the Hipslingers with two members of local group the Madding Crowd, Matt (Hooly) Thompson (bass) and Robert Taylor (Guitar) along with two members of the audience on tamborines. It's a personal favourite.
I hope you enjoy these tracks.
I've recently been getting very nostalgic for the 1980s musings of the indie outfit Hipslingers and located some obscure video footage recorded at the Mustard Club in Newcastle Australia. The Mustard Club was an under 18s venue set up in the city in a grand old theatre. The band played there twice in 1985 and 1986. The video was recorded by a friend of Karin Catt's, whose name escapes me at present, and who was also a guitarist for the local band Yes Commissioner. Thus far I uploaded Rock of Ages (Wise) from the 1985 gig and Strange Days from the 1986 show. The lineup was John Di Gravio (Lead vocals, guitar), Stuart St Hill (Trumpet, Vocals), Darren Rowe (Bass) and Nick Cecire (Drums). The 1986 show included Garry Kosky on Trombone.
I have to thank Matt Ward who helped out with the another four videos of songs from the Hipslingers first lp Panoramic. Sacred Cow was recorded somewhere in the Hunter Valley and directed by Jonathan Samway. Telescope was directed by Robert (Barb) Taylor and used black and white home movies recorded by John Di Gravio together with (then) new footage. He did quite a brilliant job weaving it all together. Psycho-ess and Never the Twain both come from an NBN Telethon recorded sometime in 1989 (I think). Psycho-ess was featured on the 1988 Youngblood compilation album from RooArt. Never the Twain was a single that came off the Hipslingers never released follow up to Panoramic, which went under the working title of "Moof". The lineup for these songs was John Di Gravio (Lead vocals, guitar), Stuart St Hill (Trumpet, Vocals), Kyri Frame (Bass) and Nick Cecire (Drums) and Alex Cifuentes (Lead Guitar).
The last track Fred the Leper came off a home movie of a gig in Civic Park Newcastle during the Mattara festival in October 1989. The lineup featured the Hipslingers with two members of local group the Madding Crowd, Matt (Hooly) Thompson (bass) and Robert Taylor (Guitar) along with two members of the audience on tamborines. It's a personal favourite.
I hope you enjoy these tracks.
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