Troubled Minds members Josh Taylor (centre) and Sean McKinnon with their manager Brigid McKinnon.
A CONCERT to raise money for Warrnambool's new youth centre is being driven by a motivation to tear apart stigmas and pull troubled minds out of the rut. Warrnambool's Civic Green will play host to a wealth of musical talent, including local band Troubled Minds, next Saturday to raise money for the new youth complex on Timor Street. The region's most recent winner of the Battle of the Bands competition, Troubled Minds has been asked to play at the concert and was only too happy to oblige. "There's a lot of crew who come from the country and they can fall into a hole," band member Josh Taylor, 19, said. "This centre will be great in getting them off their feet, giving them a kick-start and getting the ball rolling." Sean McKinnon, 19, also of Troubled Minds, said he thought the services at the complex could help some youth "get out of the hole they've been sucked into". The band's manager, Brigid McKinnon, said that it could be hard for youth in a small town to escape stereotypes. "It's really good to have a counselling service that isn't stigmatised," she said. "There's a lot of judging that goes on in small towns."
Geoff Rollinson, from the management committee at Brophy Family and Youth Services, said some of the other bands at the concert would be Emprica, Jim Jam, Zygoma and the Extreme Sprinklers. "There will be emergency services people including the police and ambos down there raising money," Mr Rollinson said. "It's part of the $250,000 community fund-raising campaign." Mr Rollinson said the new $2 million, two-storey complex would be a hub of activities and information for the region's young people. To help create the non-stigmatised environment, the centre's services would include counselling, youth activities and a coffee shop. "The layout will ensure privacy," he said. Mr Rollinson said 22 other agencies, including police and Centrelink, had agreed to use the complex as a referral centre. Brophy Family and Youth Services already has 300 young people on its books who are dealing with homelessness and 600 who are victims of crime and violence. Mr Rollinson said that in the past stigmas had stopped youth from accessing the services available to them.
The concert will be held at the Civic Green on Saturday. There will also be skateboarding, stalls, refreshments, face painting and hair braiding from noon until 8pm.
Band gets ink -- Warrnambool Standard 22nd Apr. 2005 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2005. All rights reserved
Port Campbell rocker band Troubled Minds is the latest south-west-flavoured act to make waves on the Melbourne music scene. The band will play at the Duke Of Windsor next Thursday, only its second big city gig. The rockers have already had their faces in the entertainment section of one of the large Melbourne dailies. "The buzzbin heat is on Troubled Minds, a garage rock triple threat from Port Camp bell," the music writers cooed ahead of the Melbourne gig and the band's spot this weekend at the Apollo Bay Music Festival. Front man Josh Taylor and the brothers McKinnon told the paper their ambitions weren't grand, just very rock and roll. "Personally, I want to break ear drums," Taylor said.
Rock trio has no trouble -- Warrnambool Standard 9th Sep. 2005 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2005. All rights reserved
SOUTH West TAFE band Troubled Minds finished ahead of three other bands, including Warrnambool’s Zygoma, to win the Coastal Region final of the National Campus Bands Competition. The rock trio has scored a spot in the state final at Richmond’s Corner Hotel on September 15, competing against eight other bands for a spot in the national final in Adelaide later this year. Troubled Minds also picked up $500 from sponsor Jim Beam.
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