Patriarchs knock em dead at Fisho's

Aug. 16, 2010 - PRLog -- Reminiscent of it’s hey day in the early 80 the Patriarchs rocked the Manly Fisho’s house down on Saturday night (14th of August). With plenty of punters crammed into the small 500 strong venue the walls were dripping with the sweat of the exuberant audience, proof the Fisho's remains ones of Sydney’s premier independent band venues.
First up on the night there was a great warm up done by the boys from We Build tomorrow, these guys are sensational, with a singer who could give Jack Lord a run for his for vocal strength, an insane drummer and great songs, driven by Robbie Stains haunting Vox, the 50 or so early birders were way happy with what they got to hear and see.
The Patriarchs started the night with their perennial favourite Girl Twister an anthem of the Go-Go Grunge style they have developed. They quickly moved into their covers section, with the pick being their unique rendition of the Sunnyboys, “Alone with you”.  “Hot Chicks” got some rapturous applause and plenty were dancing to the syncopated beats of “Scaly Packer”. The set then wound down with the melodious “Wild Heart” and the song reminiscent of the man in black “Prison Cell”.
The boys completed the set with their version of the clash’s only number one hit “Should I Go or Should I stay” and for their encore their first and fastest song “Gingham Dress”.
The night was capped off by Blues rock officiators Stimulust and everyone was quoted stating it as a “brilliant night for all”.

The Patriarchs were forged by mutual interests in the northern beaches, the band first came together as a response to a need to perform live music as it was in the late 70’s and  early 80’s when bands like Birdman, Celebrate Rifles and the Laughing Clowns cut there teeth in the vibrant Sydney pub scene.
The founding members, Serge "Roller door" Shultz, the chief engineer of the "Full Steam Ahead" style engine room, Bruce "berzerko" England, the shredding lead guitarist  and Mike "Tangles" Williamson, the primary song writer and rhythm guitarist, originally formed the band in early 2009. The band experimented with a few singers until Elliott Cunnew, a young rude boy from the east end of London showed an interested and it was an immediate success. Followed quickly by Adam Walsh bassist and John Singleton who has fronted such bands as “FRET” and “Spondonickle”, the band was complete and a new and innovative sound was formed.  After writing  their first GoGo-grunge inspired song “Gingham Dress“ the band started to form their unique sound. This song was quickly followed by “Girl Twister”, which now heads their live set.