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Artist:Jagged Colour Collision

Genres:
  • Indie
  • Pop
Brisbane, QLD

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About

The musicians who form Jagged Colour Collision met while attending Ipswich Grammar School, a boys-only public school in Queensland, Australia. Shaw and Mulcahy had been schoolmates from primary school, and met Conor Hill and Alex Barnett in 2005 when starting senior school. In 2006 they formed the band, "Jagged Colour Collision", the name being a product of one of Barnett's dreams. Although nowadays a very structured band, Barnett has admitted that: "the first few sessions we had no idea. We jumped straight into originals, completely cut the bullshit, and produced god awful songs. I was on keys at that stage and had no idea about music composition, It was anything goes... real fun though!" Instrument rotations ensued, and Barnett was placed on rhythm guitar and vocals, Shaw on Lead Guitar, Hill on Bass and Keyboards and Mulcahy on Drums. In 2007 Jagged Colour Collision began recording demos and gigging. Describing their first gig, Hill stated: "it was terrible. Now it's hilarious, ...

Members

Alex Barnett
Adam Shaw
Conor Hill
Liam Mulcahy

Sounds Like

Modest Mouse, The New Pornographers, The Shins

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