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GreazeFest 2006 Review (Page 1)

 
After months of planning and anticipation, the 7th GreazeFest Kustom Kulture Festival had finally arrived. I was determined to make this year’s GreazeFest a cut above previous festivals. 2006 marked the seventh year of GreazeFest and the fourth year at the Souths venue, so there had been plenty of time to practice and get the formula right.

To give the Sinners’ Ball and Greazers’ Ball a distinct look and feel, we dressed the room in 1950s images, and set the tables in black and white, with candles, winding snakes, lucky dice and distinctive nodding dogs, which were to end up in all sorts of places and positions (mainly in people’s pockets…) by the end of the weekend.

The Sinners’ Ball on Friday night attracted a diverse set of patrons with studs, piercings, buckles, straps and all sorts of tattoo art. It’s great to see a new generation of music fans discovering this exciting genre. I think we set a record for the most mohawks at GreazeFest – I counted seven at one stage, but I think the record was broken again come Sunday at the Hot Rod Show!

Friday Bands
The Friday night bands kicked off with Miss Teresa & Her Rhythmaires putting in a sensational set of rockabilly – many people commented that Miss Teresa had the best authentic rockabilly sound of the weekend. Next up were The Rumble Kings who filled the floor with punters dancing to their rough and ready boogie-rockabilly tunes. Perfect Sin from Melbourne put the hammer down with a tough as nails set of hard edged rockabilly that had the audience screaming for more. The Bone Daddies cranked the pace up by a number of notches with a rockin’ set of vintage tunes played with all the same angst and humour of their regular outfit Zombie Ghost Train. In between bands Mike da Moocha was spinning a great selection rockabilly tunes and requests plus some locally flavoured surprises.


Sinners Ball
 

Miss Teresa & Her Rhythmaires...                             click on image to enlarge


Rumble Kings...

    


Perfect Sin...

The Bone Daddies...

The Audience...

 
 
 

Greazers Ball

The Greazers’ Ball was a sell-out, so the room was at capacity very early in the night. With many of the wilder dudes partying too hard at the Sinners Ball, Saturday night’s Greazers’ Ball saw a calmer and cooler crowd come through the door. Corn Liquor got the party started and these guys put in a great set of traditional rockabilly, much to the delight of the rockers and the dancers. Next up were Big Kitty and the Scaredy Cats. With the recent addition of Rupert Jenner on second guitar, the Cats dropped a few jaws with their swingin’ tunes and three-part harmonies. The Retro Rockets soon jumped on stage and had the room partying at full volume with their catchy, Setzer-inspired rockabilly tunes. The audience was simply going nuts over these guys and we could have partied all night if the hands on the clock would only slow down. If the energy could go up another notch, only The Detonators could do it and they did it in spades, leaving those left standing hypnotized with their relentless beat and outstanding songs. It was great to see The Dets again and they were in top form tonight. Can’t wait for their next album – the new songs sound killer.
 

Corn Liquor...


Big Kitty & The Scaredy Cats...


The Retro Rockets...


The Detonators...

 
 

The Audience

 
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