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JUNIOR DANGER
Member answering/role: Michael – bass/backing vocals. How long have you been together? Junior Danger formed around March 2013, playing our first gig in October last year. How did you all meet? Darren (vocals/guitar) and I have been friends most of our lives and have played in several other bands over the years. We met Tom (drums) when he was playing a show in another band a few years back and finally decided to jam together last year. You’re on tour in the van – which band or artist is going to keep the most people happy if we throw them on the stereo? I’ll hedge the bets and say a rotation of Queens Of The Stone Age and ZZ Top will keep things humming. Would you rather be a busted broke-but-revered Hank Williams figure or some kind of Metallica monster? Hank Williams… you’ll never see Junior Danger crying in a group therapy session! We can also master the broke part pretty well – so will just need to work on getting revered. Which Brisbane bands before you have been an inspiration (musically or otherwise)? There’s been so many over the years, from Mojo Webb to SixFtHick and Regurgitator. In terms of current tunes, I’m loving the likes of The Royal Artillery and Junkyard Diamonds. Also recently caught duo Barefoot Alley and were blown away by their live sound. What part do you think Brisbane plays in the music you make? Plenty – we all grew up here and have been influenced heavily, positively or otherwise, from our experience playing in most of the venues that the city has had to offer up over the past halfdozen years. There’s such a thriving and growing live scene at the moment. What’s in the pipeline for the band in the short term? Gigs, gigs and more gigs around Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast over the next few months. We’ve also finished recording our first EP and hope to have that mixed, mastered and launched by March. Junior Danger play Ric’s Bar on 11 Jan, TAPS Australia, Mooloolaba on 18 Jan, Beetle Bar on 30 Jan, The Tempo Hotel on 22 Feb and New Globe Theatre on 2 Mar. Photo by TERRY SOO.
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