Beer and Whiskey, Jack Daniel's if were lucky.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
When did you guys start L.U.S.T ? And how did you guys form the band?
L.U.S.T. started in 2006, with Sindy and myself continuing our musical partnership from the ashes of our previous band "The Skanks" which broke up because I put something somewhere I shouldn't have.
We met in 2004 through a school friend of his who ran into me in Newtown outside my highschool, thought I looked like a Ramone and decided to form a band. Mikey actually played bass in The Skanks right before we broke up in 2005 for two shows, then in 2007 in search of a new singer, he blew us away with his voice and it was like "how come you never told us you could sing like that?!"
Chris jumped on board right before the Ace Frehley tour when our last bass player quit, and now here we are. We've been though a lot of musicians (three other guitarists, two other bass players and another singer) to build the tight unit that we have now, and we've become more like brothers than a band.
-Ronnie Simmons
Saturday, May 29, 2010
What guitars does Ronnie play and why?
I play a few guitars, the ones I primarily use live right now are a Gibson Les Paul Jr. double cutaway and a Gibson Flying V.
My Les Paul Jr. has become my Holy Grail, I love it's full yet almost obnoxiously biting sound. Being the entire guitar sound of L.U.S.T. I have to sound as big as possible.
The P90 sound really appeals to me being a huge fan of 70s punk bands and Johnny Thunders, however the 60 cycle hum would drive me insane because I run such a high gain amp. So I wired a Lindy Fralin hum canceling P90 into it myself which works perfectly.
When I want to get that real classic Gibson humbucker sound, with the option of either a wailing bridge pick up or smooth neck pickup, I use my Flying V. Like the double cutaway I love the all neck access (and look!) and still can't believe such a big sound comes out of such a light guitar. That axe went around the whole country with me (even to Bon Scott's grave) on the Ace Frehley tour.
-Ronnie Simmons
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Do you have any scars on your body? If so, how'd you get them?
Yeah I've got scars. A couple years back, I was dancing around on the roof of a parked car while our (at the time) bass player fooled around with some lady-friend in an alleyway.
It had be raining and I slipped off the roof and fell ass first through the back windscreen of the car. I smashed straight through it!
...spent the rest of the night picking pieces of glass outta my ass, legs and lower-back. And now I have stupidity scars to show for my awesome efforts haha!
- Sindy
What inspired the song 'First Tattoo'?
Well I'm always singled out for the way I look and dress, so over the years there's always been people (jocks, lads, and the "fully sick" type) who want to criticize what they don't understand with their fist. We used to drink in one of many ally ways off Oxford street in Sydney and would get into trouble with someone nearly every time, and part of the way I look is tattoos. I remember feeling invincible after I had my first one done when I was 16 years old. Put all that in combination with people constantly telling me how I "should" live MY life (morally, ethically, career wise, socially etc.) and the fact I was listening to a lot of the Ramones, Rancid & The Sex Pistols at the time and out of that came First Tattoo. Ironically the day I wrote it, me & a couple of friends were going to a party in Rockdale and at the train station a group of the "fully sick" type picked a fight and started spitting on us simply for how we looked...
"Hey you, fuck you, don't try and tell me what to do."
-Ronnie Simmons
Melbourne Tour - 28th May, 2010
We're very excited to be comind down to Melbourne tomorrow.
Playing the Espy at 10pm with some really cool local bands.
At the show we'll have available our Limited Edition MRSA mini-album
So get down to the show and grab a copy before they're all gone.
C'mon Melbourne, let's see ya!
Playing the Espy at 10pm with some really cool local bands.
At the show we'll have available our Limited Edition MRSA mini-album
So get down to the show and grab a copy before they're all gone.
C'mon Melbourne, let's see ya!
Sindy's BEER HELMET!
Drummer Sindy Sinn wearing his favourite piece of attire, his BEER HELMET.Photo by Andrew Pittman: Saturday 20th of March, at the Factory Theatre.
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