WARRNAMBOOL battle of the bands winner Zygoma will launch its debut album Tears From The Sky at the Criterion Hotel tomorrow night from 10pm. The all-original album features 10 songs that were recorded over 10 days at Motherlode Studios. Bassist Mitch Crute said the band planned to hold an all-ages launch in the coming weeks. The CD will also be for sale at the Hand Up For Youth concert on the Civic Green on Saturday.
Bands do battle
By REBECCA FRASER Warrnambool Standard 20th Jan. 2005 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2005. All rights reserved
Brad Crute, left, Nick Lyons, Michael Ferguson and Mitch Crute of Zygoma. Picture: LEANNE PICKETT
WARRNAMBOOL’S young home-grown talent will be on display this weekend when five local bands battle it out as part of the 2005 Warrni Youth Fest. Zygoma, Charred, Z 50, Cash Dogs and A bit how ya goin are all set to have it out at the annual Battle of the Bands competition that promises to showcase a variety of local musical tastes. Hard rock, grunge, punk and pop rock will all be part of the five-band line-up, with bands from Timboon, Port Fairy and Warrnambool getting up and showing their stuff. The showdown will take place on Saturday night at the Warrnambool Civic Centre, and Warrnambool City Council youth development officer Adrian Hunter said they are hoping for a big turnout at the alcohol and drug-free event. “We are expecting about 350 to 400 people on Saturday, and what better way to spend a rainy, cold night,” he said. Mr Hunter said that in previous years they had as many as 13 bands competing on the one night, but because there were only five bands this year, the boys would really get a decent set. “They will all get to play for 20 minutes so this is a great opportunity to really show off a good range of their music,” he said. The battle is part of the regional musical development program Push Start, and Warrnambool’s first prize winners will compete at the Queenscliff Music Festival in November for the chance to play at the Victorian Push Start final at St Kilda’s Luna Park in March. Second prize winners will be presented with a $100 cheque by Warrnambool City Council, with third placegetters receiving 50. Warrnambool boys, Zygoma, are all geared up for Saturday’s event. The group won the competition two years ago . “We have competed a lot more than the other bands and even have regular gigs,” bass player Mitch Crute said. The boys will be launching their new CD, Tears from the Sky, on Saturday following the competition and although their newest band member Michael Ferguson is not featured on the CD he hopes that they make many more together. “We would all really like to make a professional career out of this and travel the world, and live the life of musos” he said. “ We just want to keep going with this and hopefully we will eventually be signed and make it”. A youth development officer, Mr Hunter said the night would mainly attract 14 to 16-year-olds, with tickets on sale at the door for $8. Doors open at 7pm and the competition ends at 11pm. On Tuesday, February 8 there will also be an Unplugged night featuring the Warrnambool and Brauer College Combined band, solo artist Jimmy Ferguson and Makeshift Groove at the Warrnambool Entertainment Centre. Doors open at 5.30pm and tickets are available at Kulcha Shift for $5 or 3 for $10.
A shot at fame -- Warrnambool Standard 18th Aug. 2005 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2005. All rights reserved
TWO south-west bands, Troubled Minds and Zygoma, will compete in the regional finals of the National Campus Band Competition on August 31. They topped a strong line-up of nine local bands that competed in the Warrnambool heat presented by Deakin University and South-West TAFE student associations. Matt Neal, Michael Schack and Russ Goodear judged the heat. Zygoma will represent Deakin Warrnambool at the regional final at the Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. “Zygoma have built a local reputation playing around town,” Deakin University Student Association activities officer Dave Murton said. “They certainly warmed up the Student Union Bar with their wellcrafted songs, and showed plenty of energy and enthusiasm.” Joining Zygoma at the regional finals will be Troubled Minds, representing South-West TAFE. “These lads from Timboon and Port Campbell have a raw and immensely strong rock presence on stage,” Murton said. “They performed last year at Grungestock at Deakin and certainly impressed the crowd in the lead-up to Machine Gun Fellatio and Dallas Crane.” For more than 20 years the National Campus Band Competition has given upcoming bands access to a wider audience. About 1000 bands a year from around Australia enter, hoping to join the likes of Jebediah, Eskimo Joe and George, which all got their start through the competition. Last year’s winner, the Vasco Era, has played some huge music events including the Falls and Big Day Out festivals. The band was also on the Grungestock bill this year at Deakin Warrnambool.
Tough gig --by Matt Neal. Warrnambool Standard 22nd Jan. 2005 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2005. All rights reserved
Long road to success: Warrnambool band Zygoma from left Mitch Crute, Brad Crute, Michael Ferguson and Nick Lyons.
EIGHT musical acts will line up on Warrnambool's Civic Green from noon today to play in the Hand Up For Youth event. Not only is it a fund-raiser for the city's proposed community and youth complex, I but for some of the bands it's one of the few opportunities they get to play their own songs to a large crowd. Warrnambool newcomers Zygoma are just starting on the road that many south-west bands have travelled and in just over a year of practising they've played two gigs one at school and one in a battle of the bands. Rob Trewartha, 15 (bass), Jordan Marshall, 14 (drums) and Nathan Eccles, 16 (guitar/ vocals) realise they're only just starting out. . "Aside from competitions, there's not really anywhere else to play in Warrnambool," Eccles said. "More people want to listen to songs that they know (and) nearly all our are originals," he said.
This photo of Zygoma was taken at a Civic Green performance during the Warrnambool Wunta Fiesta on Friday Feb. 11th 2005.
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