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THREE BROTHERS FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA BROUGHT UP ON THE ROOTS OF TRADITIONAL ROCK’N’ROLL BY THEIR PARENTS, STARTED OUT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE PLAYING WITH THEIR OLDER BROTHER DURING THE EARLY 90’S AROUND THE ROCK N ROLL DANCE HALLS. PERFORMING IN SUCH BANDS AS THE BLUE MOON BOYS, THE BLUE SUEDES, ROCKABILITY AND THE THEN SOON TO BECOME THE LIVING END (RUNAWAY BOYS), THESE YOUNG LADS LEARNED THE ROPES FAST, PLAYING OVER 200 LIVE SHOWS FEATURING VARIOUS TELEVISION AND RADIO PERFORMANCES.COMING OF AGE, THE HUDSON BROTHERS ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN BAND, “RUNAWAY BOYSâ€, NAMED AFTER THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASED BY THEIR BELOVED STRAY CATS. HAVING BEEN ON SO MANY JOURNEYS TOGETHER, THE MUSIC OF THE RUNAWAY BOYS IS LITERALLY THE SOUNDTRACK TO THEIR OWN LIVES. SONGS LIKE FALLEN DOWN , SOMETIMES I FEEL ALONE AND WASTING AWAY EXPLAIN THE TROUBLES AND HORROR THE BAND HAVE HAD TO FACE, MOST NOTABLY WITH CANCER.INFLUENCED BY SUCH GREATS AS THE STRAY CATS, THE LIVING END, THE BEATLES, MOTLEY CRUE, GREEN DAY, EDDIE COCHRAN AND ELVIS, THEIR STYLE OF MUSICIANSHIP AND INSTRUMENTATION DERIVES FROM A BLEND OF ROCKABILLY, PUNK AND ROCK, WHILST THEIR ORIGINALITY STEMS MORE FROM THEIR LYRICS AND THE STORIES THEY TELL.THE BAND HAS PLAYED THE MELBOURNE PUB SCENE WEEK AFTER WEEK, ALWAYS CONTINUING TO ENTERTAIN THEIR QUICKLY GROWING FAN BASE, WHICH NOW INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL RUNAWAY BOY SLIM JIM PHANTOM (STRAY CATS) AFTER THE BAND LANDED THE SUPPORT GIG FOR HIS NEW TRIO DURING THEIR RECENT TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. THE BAND RECEIVED SLIM JIM’S BLESSING AND HAVE ALSO BEEN SUPPORTED BY THEIR LONG TIME FRIEND CHRIS CHENEY (THE LIVING END) WHO HAS OFTEN ATTENDED SHOWS.WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT E.P RUNNING WILD RECORDED AT HOTHOUSE STUDIOS BY CRAIG HARNATH AND FINN KENNE, THE BAND CONTINUE THEIR QUEST TO REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURING, RADIO PLAY AND SECURING THEIR UNIQUE PLACE IN THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC SCENE.THE RUNAWAY BOYS ARE: DAYVID “DIZZY†HUDSON - VOCAL / DOUBLE BASS DEE HUDSON - VOCAL / GUITAR GREG “KID RUNAWAY†HUDSON - STAND UP DRUMS* Contact us or chat with us on msn.
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