PROBLEM ARE LIVING THE ROCK 'N ROLL DREAM........
Band bookings are at:
[email protected] or send us a message through myspace.
We are a 4 sometimes 5 piece band that formed in Melbourne in 2001.
PROBLEM should of played on BAD BOY BUBBY. Missing out scarred us for life, it did. But what the heck CUMBERSOME RECORDS put a song of ours on one of their samplers in 2002 and in October 2007 our cover of Syd Barrett's VEGETABLE MAN made it onto THE VEGETABLE MAN PROJECT VOL 5, then there's the TASSIE DEVILS CHARITY ALBUM out in 2008. Success, as Winston Churchill once said, is going from one disaster to another and not losing enthusiasm. To us its all about LIVING THE ROCK 'N' ROLL DREAM, the DREAM OF ROCK IMMORTALITY that one day some smelly writer from a second rate street press rag will come to our gig and write a brief piece on this weird band that sucked and went beserk. That's THE DREAM. OUR DREAM. YOUR DREAM.
PROBLEM have played Adelaide, Warrnambool, Ballarat, Bendigo, Campbell's Creek, Geelong and many Melbourne metropolitan shows. March 2008 will see PROBLEM flying over to New Zealand for their THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS tour, 8 gigs in 10 days, taking in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill and Christchurch. Then if we don't strangle each other we'll see about a tour of Adelaide, East Coast Australia and then Asia.The band have released 2 CDs. THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS- 2001,
HOT LOAD- 2004. THRONE OF BLOOD- the 3rd release- is in the pipeline. If you would like to purchase any CDs, t shirts, stickers & badges, they are available from- PERIL UNDERGROUND Basement 17- 19 Elizabeth St, Melbourne (03) 9614- 0155 for overseas customers 613 9614 0155 or if you are in Europe from www.louielouie.biz in Porto and Braga, Portugal (just ask for Rui) or better still come to one of our gigs. Dreams can come true....Past and present members have played in bands such as
DIED PRETTY, ONE INCH PUNCH, RYAN FERRY, THE SPELL, ECCLESIASTICAL CYCLE SLUTS, MOUTHFUL, PEOPLE ON A PLANET, BUSTER D HYMEN & THE PENETRATORS, SECONDS, HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, CHILDREN OF SORROW, NIGHT CYCLE, STONE CRADLE, FATIGUE, CHRISTINE SULLIVAN, ANTBOY, THE STERLINGS, FLAT MAGGOT and THE GRUNGE MONSTERS.......PROBLEM- Keeping the Rock 'n Roll DREAM alive!
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PROBLEM LIVE @ Old Bar 2007
by Dave Vroland.......
There's something going on but you don't know what it is, do you Melbourne? Perry Problem seems to know something we don't and ably backed by his horrid band, he's already dished out some hilarious culture lessons to Melbourne and is shortly about to make his assault on Adelaide. Part gruesome cabaret part edgy punk, Problem is one band that is really bringing entertainment back into Melbourne pubs. There's not a lot of pretence and certainly no Australian Idol vocal gymnastics, but you will see a visually exciting arthouse show with quality musicianship, even if it is provided by a fiendish peasant, a ghoul in denim and Chickenman.
Perry himself is not afraid to take a few risks as he strides through the crowd, impeccably dressed in a V-Line jacket, candelabra in hand, serenading his courtesans. His quirky (and often macabre) humor always shines though. With songs from the slick back streets of Collingwood, (Trust Me, I'm A Junkie) to dark tales from European history (The Blood Countess) Last Friday's show at The Old Bar had some unpredictable moments and those popping their heads in stayed for more. Problem are about to take their horrorshow theatre on the road and won't be back until later this year but they will be back.. Problems like this just don't go away…
