Greazefest 2007 review pg 2

Hot Rod Show After only a few hours sleep, it was back to Souths for the final day of GreazeFest, the much anticipated Hot Rod Show. It was a warm winter’s day, Brisbane style – cool in the morning and a glorious 27 degrees during the day. The team on the GreazeForce did a smooth job getting the cars in and registered quickly. As is the trend in hot rod culture, the autos started rolling in early, making the show field over half full before the designated roll up time of 9am. A steady stream of fins and chrome rolled into the show including bobbers, vintage bikes, stock American iron, Australian favs and classics, heaps of lowrider bicycles, plus through-the-ringer beaters all the way to up top notch hot rods. Live on Stage DJ Leapin’ Lawrie was spinning a perfect set of hot rod tunes, rare rockabilly and highway haulin’ classics as the hot rod show entrants hit the full mark. Duke Wilde & The Shotgun Hillbillies kicked off the live music, right on time, and slammed it into gear with full tank of rockin’ country. It was great to hear Duke on the big stage, as his songs really suit a big sound. Highlights were hearing the Allman Brothers’ ‘Rambling Man’ and the Stones ‘Dead Flowers’. Nice guitar work, good harmonies and good fun. Miss Teresa and Her Rhythmaires brightened the morning with a great set of authentic rockabilly and hillbilly tunes, such as Betty McQuade’s ‘Tongue Tied’. These hepcats are fully dialed into the 1950s both visually and musically and are always a pleasure to watch. The Voodoo Kreepers filled in a last minute spot at the Hot Rod Show, giving everyone a second helping of their rockin’ tunes, kiwi humour and very active stage antics. The Kreepers received a warm welcome from the other bands and from their newly established fan club. Newcomers to the bulk of the crowd at GreazeFest was Firebird from Melbourne, who hit the stage right on cue and wasted no time in cranking up the pace with their solid, Setzer style rockabilly. This talented trio blasted through a set of original rockabilly tunes from their debut cd ‘Buildin’ A Hot Rod’. I hope to see these cats again soon. Bad Moon Company hit the stage and signaled the psychobilly phase of the day. This young and upcoming Brisbane trio received a great response from the audience. Their incessant gigging has built their following in the psycho crowd and their original tunes are fast becoming favourites. The fashion parade gave the guys and gals from Cadillac Barbie a chance to strut their stuff between bands at GreazeFest. Their range of fashion from Suicide Glam and their full blown hairdos were a sight to see. The Casino Rumblers from Sydney hit the stage next with a full throttle combination of ska, punk and rockabilly. It was great to hear their brass section booming through the speakers and the Rumblers had everyone jumping around to their energetic tunes such as ‘Dry Martini’. These guys sure received the best crowd reaction, especially when they covered AC/DC’s ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’. The Quick Draw McGraws were up next for their very first performance at GreazeFest. This new Brisbane band features Geoff from The Chrome Daddies and Mark from the Wild Ones. They played a clever cross section of country punk and alternate tunes such as Chris Speddings’ ‘Motorbikin’ and The Screaming Tribesmen’s ‘Date with a Vampire’. Cool!
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Low Brow Art Show The GreazeFest Low Brow Art Show received an overwhelming amount of submissions from a diverse group of inspiring artists, who all turned up at once to hang their artwork. This display was the biggest yet and I think we’ll need a larger gallery next year. Skate decks were also a feature in the art show. Kwala Skateboards showed off a range of killer decks with some of the latest designs from their catalogue and a handful of artists submitted and hung decks in the show. Three commissioned GreazeFest decks were created by kustom kulture artists, Rob Walker, Scotty Makin and Andrew Smith. The artists were given full license to create whatever they wanted and just to include the GreazeFest name or initials. Rob created a multi-colour pinstriped, sci fi golf course featuring a half-human-half-pinstripe-brush-monster. I don’t know what this guru sprinkles on his breakfast cereal, but I’d like some too! Scotty went crazy all over his deck with a Mexicana day of the dead theme and Andrew kept it in the fast lane with a custom Mercury and pinstriped deck. Check the pix! This is the first year we have organised awards for the Artists. The Boss Artist award went to Leighderhosen’s ‘Filled Raked and Slammed’ acrylic painting. It was fitting to hand the inaugural award to Leigh, as she has displayed sensational paintings over the past three years at GreazeFest. The Rad Deck award (skateboard artist) went to Luke Newman’s RIP Elvis stenciled and spray-painted skateboard deck. If you didn’t catch Luke with his art, you would have spotted him holding second chair in the barber tent, chopping and waxing with Tony (the) Barber.
Lori Lee & Rob Walker	Skate Decks	Lori Lee & Andrew Smith
Marlowe and art	Drunken Robot	Duncan from The No Nos with a sacred Tasmania
Art Show	Art Show	Art Show
Tiny Tim striping	Rob Walker striping	Andrew Smith striping
Luke at the Barbershop	Cadillac Barbie fashion parade	The GreazeForce Team

GreazeFest Awards The judging of the GreazeFest Hot Rod Show is spontaneous and fast paced. The awards are not about making any one person, hot rod or artwork better than the next one. The recipients in each category are chosen who most represent the spirit of the GreazeFest. That’s about as technical as it gets. The GreazeFest is not a competition, it’s a celebration. Kitty Danger, the hot rod kitten from TCB Magazine, was guest trophy girl, causing a bit of ‘trophy envy’ amongst the entrants, not for the accolades, but for the photo opportunity with Kitty! Those who scored a blue ribbon are: King Rod (hot rod) – Shaun’s 1936 Dodge coupe painted flat black with an exposed big block, unveiled for the first time at GreazeFest 2007. King Rat (rat rod) – Pinstriper Tiny Tim’s flat black VC Valiant, fully covered in various shades of blue pin-striping. Even the windows had been pin-striped! King Kustom (custom) – Amy Smith’s pink EK Holden sedan with extended fins, extended eyebrows and other subtle finishes. Amy & Anthony from Smith’s Kustoms drove the EK from Sydney and were doing custom pin-striping and artwork at GreazeFest. King Kroozer (longest distance) – Glenn Miller’s 1952 Ford pick up. Glenn drove all the way from Waroona, south of Perth, took him eight days going there (via Adelaide) and then five days driving home. He said he was glad he did it and will be back again next year! Trophy Queen – Andrea’s 1932 Ford roadster painted baby blue with white scallops. The hot rod is a daily driver for Andrea and it was also spotted in the GreazeFest Street Cruise. Nice to note that three of the award recipients this year were gals. King Ride (motorbike) – Anthony’s gold metal flaked and flamed 97 Harley Davidson. Check it out in issue three of TCB Magazine. King Lowrider (bicycle) – Shaun Stranaghan’s Black Widow chopper with extended forks and spider web embellishments. Shaun is only 12 years old and has grown up around hot rods. Shaun has been to GreazeFest for the past three years and this was his first custom project.
King Kustom	Trophy Queen	King Rod
Lori Lee, Amy (King Kustom), Kitty	Glenn (King Kroozer)	King Rat
King Ride	King Lowrider	Leigh (Boss Artist), Lori Lee, Kitty
More Live Music Right on 5pm the live music moved inside to the clubhouse, as the chilly night air started circling the hot rod show. A couple of hundred people didn’t want the fun to end and stayed on for the next two bands and DJ. The room filled with smoke and a bubbling instrumental signaled the arrival of Men Into Space, the rockabilly trio who wear space suits and helmets and play ‘space’ instruments. The songs are about outer space – ‘Rockin Chair On The Moon’, ‘Satellite Baby’, and the members are rockabilly veterans (Jon Flynn, Dangerous Dan, Rupert Jenner), so it’s a musical and visual feast. The crowd went nuts and really dug these cats. Last band of the night and of the entire GreazeFest weekend was Monster A Go Go, featuring Dave Bean from the Casino Rumblers and Pat Capocci from The Lucky Shots. This trio adopts the great and not-so-great songs from the 1980s and revive them rockabilly style. Whether you dig the 80s or not, chances are you grew up hearing these tunes, so it’s a time warp even for 1950s diehards. The crowd was quick to get on the dance floor and bop all over the place to songs such as The Ramones’ ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ (air punching mandatory) and The Jam’s ‘Town Called Malice’. In fact, the crowd wouldn’t let the Monsters finish, so they kept pulling out cover after cover until time won out as usual and they ended on the B52s ‘Rock Lobster’. It was crazy and it was fun and it was the best possible way to finish off a fantastic weekend. The GreazeFest showcased just a slither of the many great rockabilly bands we have here in Australia. Several of this year’s acts were new bands, indicating we have a wealth of talent and a burgeoning culture, right here in our own backyards. To say we have a healthy rockabilly scene is an understatement and I sincerely take my hat off to all the great musos in Australia (and New Zealand, Ricki!). The Environment Even though cars are a big part of our culture, we can’t ignore the fact that our vehicle emissions are seriously impacting the environment. Have you given thought to this side of your automotive lifestyle? Have you ever considered making your car or your air travel to GreazeFest carbon neutral? Becoming carbon neutral is one way of taking responsibility for the carbon dioxide emissions we create with our lifestyle. We’ve made a start at GreazeFest by carbon neutralizing the cars that attended the Hot Rod Show. We took a rough estimate of 300 cars with V8 engines, driving an average of 100kms each, which calculates to a total of 12 tonnes of CO2. To offset this emissions, we have donated money to ‘Carbon Neutral’, a not for profit organisation who will in turn plant 73 trees on our behalf, as a way of counteracting the greenhouse effect. Read more about these solutions here: www.carbonneutral.com.au Thank You Very Much The GreazeFest is very thankful to everyone who helped make the weekend run smoothly. - Very special thanks go to my husband Johnny. ~ Special thanks to the tireless GreazeForce Team including Steve, Cheryl-Anne, Ryan, Tamika, Lisa, Derek, Mandy, Annette, Amanda and Tanya. ~ Les Mitchell, Kerry Gray and The Eliminators for organising the Street Cruise. ~ Brendan Wright, Matt and Brian for their production. ~ The Three Amigos for their gate patrol. ~ Pix by Pete for all the great photos. ~ The Walker Brothers for organising the Low Brow Art Show. ~ Scotty Makin, Rob Walker and Andrew Smith for the rad decks. ~ Matt Black Photography, Misha, Kitty Danger, Scotty Makin, Andy Dashwood, Daniel Lembrugen for the GF photography session. ~ Cruzin Magazine, TCB Magazine, Time Off Magazine, Quest Newspapers and Channel 9 for the exposure. ~ The teams at Cadillac Barbie and The Morningside Barber. ~ Extra special thanks go to Jim and his friendly team at Souths Leagues Club, who let us take over their venue every year and make the entire GreazeFest audience feel welcome. Biggest thanks though, go to everyone who attended GreazeFest this year - the lowbrow artists - the car, bike and bicycle owners - the local and visiting bands - the sinners and greazers at the Balls - everyone who rocked up from interstate and overseas - you are all an inspiration - it is YOU who gives the GreazeFest it’s identity and it’s YOU who make the GreazeFest a fantastic weekender for everyone. See you next year! Lori Lee Cash o-[_]-o GreazeFest Director
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