From uni jams to playing at festivals

Alex Pereira met Colliflowers frontman Gary Collocott in primary school, sharing nothing more than the same school house colour and a Facebook acquaintance. When Gary put a call out on Facebook years later to start a musical project, Alex, then a Southern Cross Contemporary Music student, took the bait.

“We got chatting again and I told him I had some mates from Southern Cross Uni that would be great for this sort of project,” said Alex.

The Indie Rock band Colliflowers was born. With three of the four members Southern Cross music graduates, the Colliflowers made their debut at the Byron Beach Hotel and have been playing your go-to dancefloor songs across the east coast ever since.

Bassist Alex said Southern Cross provided him with opportunities to network and build connections in the music industry. “Just dive deep into it, talk to everyone because you never know what opportunities will come up from that little bit of networking,” he said.

“Our guitarist, Nelson, was just a guy I met when I started uni, and now we’re playing at festivals!”

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