REMEMBERING how to play Gramps songs has been like riding a bike, according to the band members who are reforming for a one-off reunion gig on Saturday night. The band, which was Unearthed by Triple J in 1998, will perform at the Victoria Hotel at Port Fairy from 10pm. For members Jordan Lockett (drums), David Gibb (guitar /vocals), Joel Coxall (bass) and Gus Franklin (guitar), it will be their first gig together as Gramps since January 19, 1999. Lockett said he had been jamming with Gibb and Coxall in preparation for the event and the rock-punk quartet would reunite with Franklin for a last-minute rehearsal when he got down from Melbourne. “The jams have been going great. It’s like riding a bike,” the drummer said. “I’m as pumped as I could possibly be. “I’ve been hoping this would happen for years. “I never wanted the band to split up but we had different lives and were doing different stuff.” Lockett will help open the night with his new band, A Bit How Ya Goin’. They will be followed by special guests The Casinos, which features Franklin on drums, before Gramps closes the night. Coxall, who has spent the past year and a half in Queensland, said he hadn’t played much music since Gramps disbanded. “Once we started playing again it just clicked,” he said of the recent rehearsals. “I’m back for a while now so I’d like to try and get something going after this gig.” Gibb agreed the rehearsals had been great. “The songs just started coming back,” he said. “It wasn’t as hard as I thought. It’s been fun so far. “It’s something we’ve always talked about but I hadn’t given it that much thought.” Lockett said he and Franklin caught up a few weeks ago at a Casinos gig in Melbourne and had hastily arranged the event. Franklin said he was “totally pumped”. “It’s with a little hesitation though, remembering everything and making sure it’s a good show,” Franklin said, adding he hoped it didn’t come out like ‘‘one of those bad Pink Floyd revivals’’. “We’ve all been talking about this since the band stopped happening when I moved to Melbourne. “It’s cool it’s happening.” Franklin, who plays with The Casinos, The Smallgoods and Architecture In Helsinki, said he was glad The Casinos had been able to get together to support his old band.
Gramps, 1998 vintage: (clockwise from top left) Jordan Lockett, Joel Coxall, David Gibb, Gus Franklin and sound engineer Tim Edwards are back together for a reunion gig.
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