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Hailing from Newtown in Sydney, Australia, Eightball Junkies is a balls-to-the-wall high-voltage rock n’ roll show with original hard-rock tunes laced with pop-tinged melodies delivered by razor-edged punky vocals.Heavily influenced by old-school rock sounds of bands such as Motley Crue, Sex Pistols, Guns & Roses, Motorhead and The Divinyls as well as nastier and newer bands such as Marilyn Manson, Murder Dolls and The Distillers. Eightball Junkies “take their cues from the balls-out metal of the 80’s: plenty of grunt, riffs and attitude. These guys could really have something.†Fiona Cameron-Drum Media May '07.
The band formed in Newtown when old high school buddies Michael “Killa†Padilla (bass) and Dejan “Trash†(guitars) met Pete Zantey (aka Sloth-ex Sadistik Execution drummer). After a year of jamming and looking for singers without much success, the trio stumbled across singer Ceinwen Hertz, fronting KillerHertz at the time, and the Junkies were born.
In the two and a half years since the Eightball Junkies first gigged, the band has played with the crème of the crop of the local underground rock scene, toured interstate and recorded the demo, “Sex Drugs Rock N’ Rollâ€. One of the tracks off this demo “Vaudeville Show†was included on both a compilation for Fiend Magazine and Faultline Records (Melbourne) called "Suburban Movement", and another, "Hey MotherFucker" on "Kill City 4" compilation.
Currently back in the studio, the Junkies are taking time off from the live circuit, but will be bringing the show back on the road very soon. Till then, thanks to each and every one of you who came to our gigs and those of you who supported us in innumerable ways, you know who you are. Rock on guys and see you at the show!