Artist info
Genre
Indie, Roots
Sounds like
CW Stoneking, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul kelly
band members
Pretty Boy Floyd - Guitar & vocals, Desert Rat Shorty - Banjo & vocals, Rocky Mountain Slim - Fiddle & vocals, Weary Hobo - Doublebass, mandolin & vocals (ex-member)
Influences
The Pogues, leadbelly, Michael Franti
Unearthed artists we like
Sal Kimber and The Rollin' Wheel, Mojo Juju & the Snake Oil Merchants, Brian Campeau, Gilbert Whyte, The Barons Of Tang, Ducks in the Mud, Fun Machine, Lime and Steel, The Crooked Fiddle Band, Chris Gillespie & The Wandering Hands
Website
Bio
Punk bluegrass ratbags The Lurkers met at a friend's backyard climate festival in Dural and played their first shows at The Sly Fox, Enmore. They released their first album in '09 before gigging in Germany and protesting outside the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, DK. They've played to packed houses across the south-east of this country from Woodford Folk Festival to the back of a semi-trailer in Hazelwood, VIC. In late '11 they released their full-length album 'Padlock and Chain' recorded with Dave Sparks at Pirate Studios in Bega, NSW. These days they split their time between looking after mini-Lurker babies and playing local gigs and protests around Sydney.
Review
I caught 'em in the act at the Winter Magic Festival, they are even better live! totally love these fellas. I play them on my community radio show, love the sound, the lyrics, the ideals. i rate them more than 5 stars, they are a universe, to me.
I caught 'em in the act at the Winter Magic Festival, they are even better live! totally love these fellas. I play them on my community radio show, love the sound, the lyrics, the ideals. i rate them more than 5 stars, they are a universe, to me.
Review
This is what we need. Fire us up into action. Go The Lurkers
This is what we need. Fire us up into action. Go The Lurkers
Review
i need more stars! padlock inspires courage in world that's getting effed over! something you don't hear everyday. i reckon everyone needs a little bit of this, open up their eyes. cute bass player too.
i need more stars! padlock inspires courage in world that's getting effed over! something you don't hear everyday. i reckon everyone needs a little bit of this, open up their eyes. cute bass player too.
