Patriarchs Return to Fishos July 14th

July 2, 2012 - PRLog -- The Patriarchs have what it takes to drag the age challenged masses out of their comfy lounge chairs and into those old black jeans and paisley shirts to stand on the sticky carpet again.
The Patriarchs play a brand of original music that is reminiscent of the great Aussie pub bands of the late 70’s and early eighties. Where bands where not measured by the amount of air time, their YouTube pranks or the amount of chatter on the twitter-verse, but the power and enthusiasm that could be generated in the middle of summer in a crowded band room, where the sweat dripped from the ceiling and walls.
The band was formed back in 2008 and has now become a pivotal representation of Northern Beach indie music with an extremely polished repertoire of originals. The band also have a comprehensive list of party songs to go along with their core set of original numbers, the band are playing live and have received recent air time as winners of the first round of the International band competition, Emergenza.
The band’s first gig back in 2008 was a 50th birthday party in the backyard of a friend and was closed down by the police at 10:30, with the comment from the Police, “the sound was “Obscene”. The band knew then they we were rock & roll and forced our way into the local venue’s on the Northern beaches, playing the old Fisho’s, with the highlight supporting “Mental as Anything” to excellent reviews. Since the Fisho’s closed down and relocated, we have done gigs at the Annandale Hotel, The Lair along with promoting and running our own nights at the local surf club and have been gathering a core following.
The Patriarchs live show is an interesting and lively cornucopia of original energy driven songs with the line-up offering a sound that gives our listeners an alternative rock sound. The boys start the night with the funk rock original Sandman then their perennial favourite Girl Twister, an anthem of the Go-Go Grunge style they have been developing and will kick on with their original set until completing the night with, "Don’t Tear it down" in honour of the old Fisho’s, the original bastion of independent rock music, with the crowd up and moving and hopefully shouting for more.
You can check out our songs on our MySpace site which has some video footage.
The Patriarchs are;
Shawn Rogut(27), the chief engineer of the "Full Steam Ahead" style engine room on drums, He lists his musical influence as rock (“it is just the blues and nothing much new has come out since Chuck Berry”).  Shawn has been playing for more than 15 years,  and has past experience in the music industry in playing at the Basement with "Why Front" - a group that puts on only one show a year, with only 300 tickets sold each year by exclusive invitation, to raise money for "The Humpty Dumpty Foundation" charity, with about $10,000 raised over the past 5 years. "J-String" - A cut-down version of "Why Front" that does the very occasional small quiet soulful gig, and "Meat Raffle"  a reputed big name in the Western area jam sessions.
Adam Walsh(27) teams up the rhythm section on bass and provides the funk and speed to the thumping original numbers out of his Schecter Omen Extreme 4. Adam lists his musical influence as, The Angles, The Clash, Sex Pistols, But Hole Surfers, Sunny Boys, The Cure, The Saints, Dead Kennedys, and AC/DC . From 1980 to 1984 Adam was a member of a young local act called ChoxOn playing covers from The Angles, The Clash, Sex Pistols, But Hole Surfers, Sunny Boys performing at the local blue light disco's and house parties and the many venues that were scattered around the Peninsula, teaming with the local legends of the times such as Swinging T’s and the Bilgola Bop Band.
Bruce "Berzerko" England(27), the shredding lead guitarist  who quotes his musical influences as Chicago Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall,
Mike "Tangles" Williamson(27), the primary song writer and rhythm guitarist, whom originally formed the band in early 2009. Mike’s musical influence  include 70 Acid Rock (Hawkwind, Budgie, King Crimson) and Alternate & Aussie Pub Rock (AC/DC, Saints, Radio Birdman & Laughing Clowns). He has been  playing  since he was 13 since finding an acoustic guitar under his grandmothers bed that reputedly belonged to the Atlantics as during the 60's Peter Hood was boarder in his grandmothers attic in Paddington.
Elliott Cunnew(27); a young rude boy heads up the vocals and supplies no shortage of energy and enthusiasm. Elliott lists his musical Influence as reggae, London ska music and English punk rock.
The Patriarchs
www.myspace.com/ozpatriarchs