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Press Photos Press Shots (double click to download) "On The Rocks" Press Photo Oct 07
"Cane Trash" Press Photo March 06 
Cover Art
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"On The Rocks" Nov 07
"Cane Trash" March 06
European Tour Poster
BIO
Aaaahh… new bio! I’ve been putting this off forever… how do you fit 10 years of rock’n’roll on the back of a beer coaster? (I’m going to need at least two and I apologise in advance if I start slurring my typing!) Sixfthick (stupid name) hatched in 1995 - five city-living farm boys who had not a clue, got together to do a little stage show called ‘Country Style Livers’, penned by Gentle Ben and yours truly - that’s me, Geoffro. So the original line-up was: Geoffro & Gentle Ben (vox), Dan Baebler (bass), Karim ‘Birdhat’ Mellowship (guitar), and Fred (drums). We’ve had a few line-up changes over the years - Birdhat (guitar) 95 -03; Ben Jones (guitar) 03-04. The current line-up: Vox - Geoffro Corbett (The Tremors) Vox - Gentle Ben Corbett (Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side) Guitar - Dr Dan Baebler (The Tremors; Side Effects) Bass - Tony “the Jackal” Giacca (Side Effects) Drums - Fred (The Fred Band; Rocky Outcrop Experience) In retrospect, and the other members would agree, I reckon we were shit for the first 3 years… but for the next 7 we were white heat fucking genius! A dual pronged rock’n’roll hydra - sleazing forth from the swamps, cane drains and lantana of Shitsville, Queensland (population: You.) With a sound pilfered and plundered from the bottom drawers of rock ’n’ roll backed with an “if it ain’t broke - then lets fuck with it” attitude we unapologetically stumble, drunkenly, headlong into the night. Howling at dogs and humping the air while praying for your enlightenment. Yes. That’s what we do. We are Canepunk. We got fangs. But we walk upright just like you, we bleed and sweat just like you. We are the king hit at the piss-trough of life. If you’ve never witnessed a SixFtHick show you’ve either been living under a rock or you’re in jail for murder. Sixfthick has played over 500 shows, done 50+ East Coast Australian tours and toured to Japan (and broke lots of shit there). SixFtHick does not pay for damages. We play rock’n’roll - Geographical Rock’n’Roll - we are a product of our collective Queensland backwater upbringings. Naivety, blind stupidity and luck is our credo. We are proud, some would call us “staunch” - but it didn’t stop Fourex (it’s a type of beer (..or so they reckon), for you Southerners) threatening to sue us over a goddamn t-shirt. Heart breaking. Beer, my friend, is thicker than blood - it would seem! A reputation as one of this country’s finest live rock’n’roll acts has seen SixFtHick gain support and tours for many international acts. Bands that we have enjoyed playing with over the course of time include: Link Wray; Fugazi; Boss Hog; The White Stripes (they actually played support for us); Unsane; Jesus Lizard; Hellacopters; The D4; Rocket From The Crypt; Reverend Horton Heat; Supersuckers; Southern Culture On The Skids; Phantom Surfers; Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; Nashville Pussy; The 5,6,7,8’s; Andre Williams; Zoo Bombs; Beasts of Bourbon. Played a bunch of festivals too - like: Big Day Out a couple of times; Meredith Music Festival x 2; Hootenanny x 2; ZZZ Market Day and the Livid Festival in Brisbane 2 or 3 times??? Don’t ask when - it’s all a little scattered… Rekkids… SixFtHick have done a bunch. On the Valve label: Cousins - EP (97) Daddy’s Home - EP (99) Chicken - LP (00) Lap of Luxury - LP (02) And coming up March 06 on Melbourne’s Spooky Records, Cane Trash LP. Recorded September 05 at Atlantis Studios in South Melbourne by Spooky Records honcho and long time Sixfthick F.O.H man Loki Lockwood , the album is a document of psycho-fueled revenge , regret and subsequent guilt. Touching stuff. Also in conjunction with the release of this album, to celebrate our 10th anniversary, we will release an album of live tracks recorded on 28th/29th October 05, at the Annandale Hotel (Sydney) and the Tote Hotel (Melbourne). SixFtHick will be touring Europe mid-06 in support of the album release. "CANE TRASH" ALBUM in stores March 20th with bonus disc recorded live at The Annandale and Tote late last year.... Look out! |
