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Massive aren’t always the only ones sometimes it’s a lot harder than you expect it boat to Tasmania, a ten-hour boat ride. It was
pulling the pranks though. They were pranked to be but you’ve got to do it.” a disaster of a tour. We got drunk on the boat
themselves while on tour with Blackberry The band also do things like avoid booking and got kicked out of the bar. We had to sit
Smoke. Brad says, “Their guitar tech, Doc, accommodation on tour so they can save there and ride off our hangovers. The support
who is a maniac anyway; he’s the guy who’ll money and instead try to make friends at band didn’t turn up so it was a hard gig. Tas-
go out and drink when all the rest of them go shows who then may offer them a couch or mania is a lonely island. We spent six days
home - I think he heard about us liking to prank floor to sleep on. At a show in Queensland, there. I don’t think we spent much time sober.
bands. We’d already spent a good hour in the Brad says, “we made friends but we got too There was nothing else to do so what can you
dressing room writing on each other’s arses, drunk to get to their house.” That sounds like do!?”
Blackberry Smoke related messages that we typical Massive! Instead they ended up sleep-
were all going to flash the entire crowd. We did ing in an underground car park. “Queensland’s n ‘The Way It’s Always Been’ Brad sings
all that and then we walked on stage and Doc, a very warm place so we decided to park our I‘I’m writing you this letter’. Being fans of
their guitar tech, had craftily drawn giant cocks tour van downstairs in an underground car Guns N’ Roses, he says if he could receive a
and cut them out on paper and stuck them to park and sleep down there. It was about 40°C. letter from anyone it would be one of his idols.
all our gear. I walk on stage and there’s a 14 It was a nice warm night. We got through.” “If Axl or Slash or Jimmy Page or anybody got
inch penis hanging from my microphone stand That’s not the only strange place they’ve hold of our album and decided to write to us
and I can’t really do anything because I’m al- slept. He tells us, “We’ve slept in a kinder- and say hello, I’d take that. That’s what you
ready on stage playing so I just had to keep garten, we’ve slept in a football oval. When we play music for – to enjoy it and hopefully peo-
going. That’s kind of weird and awkward. Well were in LA, we got kicked out of our hotel. We ple enjoy it back. If I was going to receive a let-
done to them, they beat us to it!” were about to sleep on Fairfax Oval where ter from anybody it would definitely be
Despite the frolicking onstage and the par- Slash went to high school, Jarrod made friends someone I look up to.”
tying offstage, Brad, Aidan, Jarrod and Bren- with a girl and we all went to her house, next Massive may still look up to Axl and Slash,
dan take their band seriously and put door to Charlie Sheen’s house. That was a but we wouldn’t be surprised if someday soon
everything into it. In fact, Brad used to have a weird place to end up!” they’re sharing the stage with them. And with
job doing extra work on TV but gave it up to The band travel anywhere and everywhere ‘Destination Somewhere’ as kick-ass as it is,
focus on Massive. “We push ourselves past for a gig. Sometimes it doesn’t all go to plan. these Aussies are also a band worthy of being
where you’ve got enough money or you’ve got Listen to the song ‘Sinking Ship’ on ‘Destina- looked up to. Visit www.massiveoz.com for
enough things to get you by but you keep tion Somewhere’ and you’ll uncover their terri- more info.
doing it. You do what you have to do and ble Tasmania experience. “We had to catch a Words By Shari Black Velvet

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