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Cass

Drekker PÃ¥! Drekker NÃ¥!

About Me

Well his daddy left home when he was three, and left nothing for his ma and he but ... oh hang on that was Sue. We're here to talk about a boy named Cass. Cass is a Brisbane institiution. He has been a member of the 6 greatest bands you've never heard of. Since his days as drummer/vocalist with the seminal powerpop posterboys the MELNIKS, he has taken all before him, taking up bass in pop revivalists CUNNINGHAM, fronting urban heartbreakers the B-SIDES, providing the engine to the STANDING 8 COUNTS inimitable garage trainwreck, making footballers weep with his SOLO stuff, giving the satanic pop of STAG a disco edge, and coming full circle with the sexiest pop rock duo since Simon & Garfunkel, PEOPLE OF EARTH. He has also recently developed the ability to talk in third person. Cass has now brought his unique style to the green pastures of Oslo, Norway. He is on the lookout for like minded musicians to bridge the rock n roll gap between Australia and Norway. The composer/author/comedian/actor Oscar Levant once said, "There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." Cass couldn't agree more! ..

My Interests

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Member Since: 11/25/2005
Band Website: mongoloiddave.com/themelniks_bio.html
Band Members: These are all the line-ups over the years................... THE MELNIKS - Cass, James Straker, John Swingle, Terry Devantier, Trent McNamara, Trevor Ludlow - CUNNINGHAM - Cass, Greg Brady, Jeremy Marshall, Trent McNamara, Nick Naughton - THE B-SIDES - Cass, John Swingle, Trevor Ludlow - THE STANDING 8 COUNTS - Cass, Ben Doherty, Bre O'Neill, Greg Hilleard, Roland Bishop, Tam Patton, Tom Beaumont, Walter Formoso, Sweet Willy - STAG - Cass, Dan Baebler, Tony Giacca - PEOPLE OF EARTH - Cass, Xavier Poropat
Influences: The Modern Lovers, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Flying Burrito Brothers, Adam Green, Shangri-La's, Dolly Parton, Teenage Fanclub, Elvis Costello, Phil Ochs, Lee Hazelwood, Blondie, Devo, Scud Mountain Boys, Spencer P. Jones, Soundtrack of our Lives, Pavement, Bill Murray, Dean Martin, Earl J. Hickey, Jeffrey Lebowski, love, life, my wife and liquor....
Sounds Like: Bands THE MELNIKS shared the stage with over the years --- Jesus and Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Teenage Fanclub, The Lemonheads, Swervedriver, The 3D's, Silverchair, You Am I, Magic Dirt, Hard Ons, Powderfinger, Spiderbait, Frenzal Rhomb as well as 2 Big Day Outs, 1 Livid and 1 Springboard festival --- Bands CASS' other bands shared the Stage with over the years --- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Supergrass, Wire, Von Bondies, Hellacopters, Reef, 5-6-7-8's, Young Heart Attack, Deniz Tek, Make Up, Joe Pernice, Kurt Wagner, Zoo Bombs, You Am I, Rocket Science, Front End Loader, X, Spencer P. Jones, Digger & the Pussycats

Type of Label: None

My Blog

C’arn the CATS!

Mention 1963 to most people and they'll mention something about a guy getting shot in a convertible in Texas, unless you're talking to a Geelong supporter. Yes, Kennedy being shot may have changed the...
Posted by Cass on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:26:00 PST

Happiness

What can I say. Every now and again something happens in a man's life that make him sit back and count stock of everything that's great in this world. What did the old song say, you gotta accentuate t...
Posted by Cass on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:00:00 PST

SPAMMER FUCKS AND APOLOGIES!

Just wanna apologise to everyone that got fuckin ringtone spam apparently sent by me. This was from some scum spammer who hacked my account. So I've changed my password and suggest you all do the same...
Posted by Cass on Tue, 08 May 2007 04:45:00 PST

I am winner, ha ha ha...

So apparently a ticket I never purchased won 785,510 euro in a lottery I never entered in a country I've never been. My name was randomly selected from 19,000 people. Man, I must be one of the luckies...
Posted by Cass on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:24:00 PST

Friends with Jesus

Don't panic, I'm not getting all god-botherer from the land of church burnings. But the other day I got a friend request from Jesus. And there in lays my conundrum. If it's a serious jesus freak posti...
Posted by Cass on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:09:00 PST

10 steps to a perfect rhyme

Time to Rhyme! (from Rock is A Vicious Beast - http://www.myspace.com/rockisaviciousbeast)Im not gonna bore you with talk of iambic pentameter, (thats how Shakespeare wrote his plays) and rhyming cou...
Posted by Cass on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:01:00 PST

Reading between the lines...

I've been bloody slack on these blogs, so for your reading pleasure I give you some things I wrote for DF Hannah's awesome zine(From Rock Is a Vicious Beast - http://www.myspace.com/rockisaviciousbeas...
Posted by Cass on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:50:00 PST

World Cup

I know Australia has been embraced by the World game, and living in Norway I have no choice if I wanna see football (I do miss watching me beloved Geelong, sigh...), but are we truly ready for this.. ...
Posted by Cass on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:59:00 PST

My two cents

So I haven't really taken much time with this blog thing. So I thought I'd give it another shot. Oslo is finally into it's spring which is great cause not only is it warmer (8-10 degrees, ooh Balmy) b...
Posted by Cass on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:02:00 PST