Depth Perception

DPPOD - Grant Walmsley (aka Grant Walmsley Freebird), formerly of The Screaming Jets, Hang Seng, Agents Of Peace, currently of Grant Walmsley Freebird Blues Band and Monsters Of Rock Down Under talks to DPPOD. Grant talks of growing up in a house full of music and how The Screaming Jets came to be. http://www.facebook.com/grant.walmsley http://www.facebook.com/grant.walmsley.10 http://twitter.com/grantwalmsley http://monstersofrock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/monstersofrockdownunder http://www.facebook.com/bloodsweatandbeersband http://thescreamingjets.com.au http://www.facebook.com/TheScreamingJets http://twitter.com/screamingjets

DPPOD - Murray Cook AM (aka Murray Wiggle), formerly of The Wiggles, currently of Bang Shang A Lang and The Proposition talks to DPPOD. Murray talks of being introduced to music by television, wanting to play guitar at a young age, moving to Sydney and being immersed by Sydney's music scene, and getting involved with a children's music project at university that would be the inception of The Wiggles. http://www.thewiggles.com http://www.facebook.com/thewiggles http://twitter.com/TheWiggles http://www.bangshangalang.com http://www.facebook.com/bangshangalang http://www.facebook.com/luke.russell.music http://sonsofsun.com.au http://www.facebook.com/Sons-of-Sun-The-Sam-Phillips-Story-190594557739198

DPPOD - Pete Cooper (aka Pete Porker), of The Porkers talks to DPPOD. Pete talks of how he found music in his youth in Newcastle, seeing Johnny O'Keefe live, finding Ska music in his late teenage years, forming The Pork Hunts which would then have to become The Porkers, and the trials and tribulations of keeping The Porkers going. http://www.theporkers.com.auhttp://www.facebook.com/ThePorkers http://twitter.com/theporkersband http://www.hardcorelogo.com.au http://www.facebook.com/HardcoreLogo

DPPOD - Charles Cilia, of Charles Cilia Custom Guitars Australia (Cilia Guitars) and formerly the guitarist of bands Jerk and Ink talks to DPPOD. Charles talks of becoming obsessed with guitars when he was a teenager, playing in bands as a teenager, how making his first guitar would eventually lead to a career as a luthier, and how answering a musicians wanted ad in Drum Media would see him become the guitarist in the band Jerk. http://ciliaguitars.com http://www.facebook.com/ciliaguitarsaustralia

DPPOD - Charles Cilia, of Charles Cilia Custom Guitars Australia (Cilia Guitars) and formerly the guitarist of bands Jerk and Ink talks to DPPOD. Charles talks of becoming obsessed with guitars when he was a teenager, playing in bands as a teenager, how making his first guitar would eventually lead to a career as a luthier, and how answering a musicians wanted ad in Drum Media would see him become the guitarist in the band...

DPPOD - Dave Larkin, of Dallas Crane, Gun Street Girls and the Dave Larkin Band talks to DPPOD. Dave talks about the music of his youth, the moment he decided to buy a guitar, the life and times of the band Dallas Crane, and of being a graphic designer. http://www.dallascrane.com.au http://www.facebook.com/DallasCraneOfficial http://twitter.com/dallas_crane http://www.facebook.com/Gun-Street-Girls-73030164582 http://twitter.com/gunstreetgirls http://www.facebook.com/davelarkinband1 http://twitter.com/DaveLarkinBand

DPPOD - Steele Saunders, Melbourne based comedian and prominent Australian comedic podcaster of I Love Green Guide Letters and Steele Wars talks to DPPOD. Steele talks of his skater punk youth, starting a punk zine Return Of The Punk Guy, and how the band Descendents would become the most important band in his life. http://steelesaunders.com http://www.facebook.com/SteeleSaunders http://twitter.com/SteeleSaunders http://ilovegreenguideletters.com http://www.facebook.com/iLoveGreenGuideLetters http://twitter.com/iLoveGGLetters http://ilovegreenguideletters.bandcamp.com http://steelewars.com http://www.facebook.com/ThisIsntThePod http://twitter.com/SteeleWars http://steelewars.bandcamp.com http://themidichloriancount.com http://www.facebook.com/themidichlorian http://twitter.com/themidichlorian

DPPOD - David McCormack, of Custard, David McCormack & The Polaroids, formerly of The Titanics, Who's Gerald?, COW, Silver Backwash, Miami, Static Exhale, and The Millionaires (amongst other bands too) talks to DPPOD. David talks of his Brisbane beginnings, finding The Beatles and Devo as a child, his exposure to several musical instruments. The rise, the fall and resurrection of the band Custard. And making a living composing music for cinema and TV at Sonar Music. http://custardband.com http://www.facebook.com/CUSTAR0 http://www.davidmccormack.com.au http://www.facebook.com/David-McCormack-27693826449 http://sonarmusic.com.au http://facebook.com/sonarmusic.com.au

DPPOD - Roderick Kempton (aka Wally Kempton and Wally Meanie), of The Meanies, Even and X, and also of Cheersquad management, talks to DPPOD. Wally talks of his music beginnings, booking bands in Melbourne, becoming the bass player in the Meanies and Even, managing bands and the struggles of managing too many bands at once, and how he recently got asked to join X. http://twitter.com/wally_kempton http://themeanies.net http://www.facebook.com/MeaniesAustralia http://www.even.com.au http://www.facebook.com/EVEN.theband http://twitter.com/EVENtheband http://www.facebook.com/X-Australia-396700085491

DPPOD - Russell Hopkinson (aka Rusty Hopkinson), of You Am I and Treatment, previously of Radio Birdman, Nursery Crimes, Vicious Circle, Cremator, The Kryptonics and The Bamboos (among several other bands) talks to DPPOD. Rusty talks of his punk and hardcore origins in Perth, the life and times of You Am I, starting his own record label/distrubution company, and of being the Asia-Pacific representative for Daptone Records. http://youami.com.au http://www.facebook.com/youami http://twitter.com/TheYouAmI http://www.daptonerecords.com http://www.facebook.com/daptonehouseofsoul

DPPOD - Tony Mott, music photographer talks to DPPOD. Tony talks of how a mere hobby of photography would eventually turn into a profession that would allow him to work with a multitude of musicians. http://tonymott.com http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/events/exhibitions/2015/what_a_life/

DPPOD - Michael McMartin OAM, of Melody Management, Manager for the Hoodoo Gurus, established Trafalgar Records, and has been involved with several music related organisations such as MMF, IMMF, AAM, PPCA and Support Act talks to DPPOD. Michael talks of seeing Elvis Presley in his youth, releasing records for Radio Birdman and being the manager for the Hoodoo Gurus. http://www.hoodoogurus.net http://www.facebook.com/hoodoogurus

DPPOD - Morgana Ancone, formerly of Nitocris, Morgana & The Monstars, The Lady Bites, Fukushima Bang Bang and currently of Boxing With Ghosts and Foo Foo Fa Noo, talks to DPPOD. Morgana talks about her first band Nitocris and playing gigs nearly every weekend for near a decade. The issues of starting your own band and the enthusiasm of still creating music today. http://www.facebook.com/nitocrismusic http://www.facebook.com/Boxing-With-Ghosts-222815744407283 http://twitter.com/bwghosts

DPPOD - James Roden, formerly of The City Lights, The John Reed Club, The Morticians and currently of The Cops talks to DPPOD. James talks of growing up with music in Canberra, being in bands, the initial creation of the label Ivy League, and the trials and tribulations of The City Lights. http://www.thecitylights.com.au http://www.facebook.com/thecitylightsaustralia http://thecitylightsaustralia.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/thecopsaustralia http://twitter.com/thecopsoz

DPPOD - Dave Graney, formerly of The Moodists, Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes, The Dave Graney Show, Dave Graney & Lurid Yellow Mist and currently of Dave Graney & The MistLY (among several other bands) talks to DPPOD. Dave talks about most of bands he has been in, living in the UK, recording albums and touring in Australia. http://www.thedavegraneyshow.com http://www.facebook.com/davegraneymusic http://twitter.com/davegraney http://davegraney.blogspot.com.au http://davegraney1.bandcamp.com

DPPOD - Ray Ahn, of Hard-Ons, Nunchukka Superfly and The Television Addicts talks to DPPOD. Ray talks of his earliest memories of music as a child in Korea, seeing AC/DC when he was ten years old, deciding to learn bass guitar with a determination to join his mates band, in which he succeeds, a band that would become the Hard-Ons. http://www.hard-ons.net http://www.facebook.com/hardons http://www.facebook.com/NunchukkaSuperfly

DPPOD - Peter Oxley, of Sunnyboys, Ed Kuepper's band and also formerly of The Sparklers talks to DPPOD. Peter talks of the trials and tribulations of being in the band Sunnyboys, life in music after Sunnyboys demise, the return of Sunnyboys, and the documentary about his brother Jeremy. http://www.facebook.com/SunnyboysFanClub http://thesunnyboy.com.au http://www.facebook.com/thesunnyboydocumentary

DPPOD - Justin Hamilton is a Stand-Up Comedian and hosts his own podcast "Can You Take This Photo, Please?", talks to DPPOD. Justin talks of music in his youth, before a fortunate moment of seeing David Bowie live at a gig in Adelaide would change his life and make an everlasting impression. Justin also talks about how he began his career as part of a comedic musical duo. http://www.justinhamilton.com.au http://www.facebook.com/officialjustinhamilton http://twitter.com/justinhamilton_ http://www.canyoutakethisphoto.com http://www.facebook.com/canyoutakethisphoto http://itun.es/i6S73hw http://www.shelvers.com.au http://www.facebook.com/theshelfcomedy http://itun.es/i6Sd4pv http://www.facebook.com/helliarandhammo http://itun.es/i6S73hN

DPPOD - Chris Dubrow, formerly of iNsuRge, Soulscraper and currently of Blackbreaks talks to DPPOD. Chris talks about his beginnings of busking in Melbourne, the bands he would be in whilst in Melbourne, then moving to Sydney and forming iNsuRge. Whilst never really leaving music, Chris then goes on to study economics and law, work in politics and in I.T. http://twitter.com/chrisdubrow http://blackbreaks.com http://www.facebook.com/blackbreaks http://twitter.com/Blackbreaks http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Blackbreaks

DPPOD - Peter Cox, a Curator at the Museum Of Applied Arts And Sciences (MAAS) Powerhouse Museum talks to DPPOD. Peter talks Australian music history and about music related exhibitions he has previously curated at the museum, exhibitions like "Spinning Around: 50 Years Of Festival Records" and "Real Wild Child: Australian Rock Music Then And Now". http://maas.museum http://www.facebook.com/powerhousemuseum http://twitter.com/maasmuseum