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Atomic Hi-Tones

This Melbourne based Rockabilly band packs every show with energy, great music and high octane entertainment.

20 + years of Atomic gigging has been action packed with regular appearances all round Australia and New Zealand plus support for international acts such as Reverend Horton Heat & Lee Rocker from the Stray Cats.

Although the band has recorded, live performing is their thing from grungy little pubs to Festivals and Hot Rod events with 1000’s of attendees.

The band was honoured with the Best Rockabilly Band at the Gold Coast Wintersun Festival and have the scars, tattoos and trophy to prove it.

Although Front man Cliff Jolly, who formed the band never chose Rockabilly, rockabilly chose the band. From the first gig, they fell into it. People from the Rockabilly and Hot Rod scenes liked what they did so booked them and have kept doing so.

Events large and small need live music that rocks. Adding energy, excitement and bringing people together to dance, jump around, watch, listen and be entertained. Being able to supply that service, be accommodating and great to work with, is the Atomic Hi-Tones magic mix.

The Velvet Club

Kicking off 2024 with a headline AUS tour and supporting international acts Louis Tomlinson and Sun Room. Naarm/Melbourne based indie outfit The Velvet Club have had a huge 12 months touring AUS three times in support of DICE, Ra Ra Viper & The Rions alongside debut festival appearances at Splendour in the Grass, Icebreaker and Now & Again.

Creating hazy Indie-rock, reminiscent of early 2000s Indie coupled with self reflective lyricism about navigating life through your 20's. The band, through regular nationwide touring, has been steadily growing a fan base around the country since their inception in 2018.

Returning in 2024 with the first single from their forthcoming EP. The 5-piece are set to release ‘Sleeping In' and announce an 11 date Australian Tour including a support slot with Louis Tomlinson in Melbourne and two dates at Tone City Festival in WA. Tickets for their headline shows are on sale now.

Highly Suspect

Highly Suspect is an American rock band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The band consists of twin brothers Rich (bass, backing vocals) and Ryan Meyer (drums, backing vocals), Johnny Stevens (guitar, lead vocals), and Matt Kofos (guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals). After starting as a bar cover band, they relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where they recorded The Worst Humans EP with producer Joel Hamilton.

The band's first studio album Mister Asylum was released in 2015, earning them a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The song "Lydia" was nominated for Best Rock Song. Highly Suspect's second studio album, The Boy Who Died Wolf, was released in 2016. Two singles were released from the album, "My Name Is Human", which topped the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and "Little One", which peaked at number 2 on the same chart. Their third studio album, MCID, was released in 2019, their fourth, The Midnight Demon Club, in 2022, and their fifth, As Above, So Below, on July 19, 2024.

The Southern River Band

'Catch one of the hottest and hardest working bands in Australia, SRB, on their 3rd National Headline Tour of 2023 this September and October! Fresh from supporting American Rockers 'Eagles Of Death Metal' on their Sold Out Australian Tour, SRB continue to show everyone why they're the best night out in the country. Get yourself a ticket and see it for yourself!'

Hank’s Jalopy Demons

Hank’s Jalopy Demons have performed publicly in Melbourne and Internationally since 1996. The latest line-up has been particularly active in seedy late night bars, where they have assailed unsuspecting victims with their well practiced and expert renditions of unadulterated Rock-a-billy music (sometimes cut with illicit substances such as late-50s garage Rock‘n’Roll and Hillbilly).

Hank Ferguson is a notorious Rock-a/Hill-billy singer, previously convicted for crimes against musical taste with the “Starliners” (1991-2002); specializing in vocal gymnastics and six-stringed acoustic guitar.

Dave Cantrell – Highly dangerous! Previous convictions include musical assault with electric guitar, vocals, steel guitar, trumpet and saxophone. Said assaults occurred between 1984 and 2011 on behalf of such bands as the “Stringbusters”, the “Straight 8s” and the “Starliners”.

Til (Snappy) Vex – Convicted of grievous bodily harm against numerous bull fiddles, electric basses and amplifiers over the last two decades. Connections with wild combinations include the highly sought after “Black Slacks”, “Rockin’ Bandits”, the “Roadsters” and “Straight 8s”.

Andrew Lindsay – known as “Mr. Rhythm” in hip circles; has served time most of his adult life for the supply of specialist drumming in such outfits as the “Roadsters”, the “Dancehall Racketeers”, the “Moonie Valley Drifters”, the “Starliners” and “Benny & the Flybyniters” between 1986 and 2012.

SPY V SPY

Primarily starting out as the voice of the homeless squatters of early eighties Sydney SPY v SPY spoke for everyone who felt "under the thumb of the system", they told true stories of the common struggle that polite Australia didn't necessarily want to hear.

A formidable live act - the band cut its teeth in the early days opening for groups such as Midnight Oil, INXS, Hoodoo Gurus, Split Enz, the Models and Men At Work as well as gracing the stage with international artists U2, David Bowie, Simple Minds and The Clash.

Throughout the 80's the band released landmark recordings Meet Us Inside, Harry's Reasons, AO Mod TV Vers., Xenophobia[Why?], and Trash The Planet to critical acclaim.

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In 2018 founding guitarist Michael Weiley reunited with original drummer Cliff Grigg.

Tragically Michael passed away shortly thereafter.

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Move forward to 2024 and the band perform the songs as authentically and true to the original sounds that is SPY v SPY.

SPY v SPY is

CLIFF GRIGG - drums/vocals
PAUL COXON - bass/vocals
DAVE ROMEO - guitar/vocals

Those Who Dream

Who is Those Who Dream?
Great question! Sometimes we wonder the same thing....

Those Who Dream is an Australian alternative rock duo and multifaceted creative project of siblings Josh and Hazel Meyer. Their captivating energy and revealing lyrics has propelled the band from a bedroom in Perth to national tours with Mayday Parade, Short Stack and Good Things Festival; as well as earning them features in NME and Alternative Press. 


The siblings are as DIY as it gets, citing “YouTube tutorials” as their teachers of filmmaking, 3D animation, design, songwriting and production. The sum of these talents can be best seen in the duo’s extravagant music video for their breakout single ‘Violet’, featuring surreal, horror inspired visuals. 


With their debut EP ‘Life In Cyan’ reaching #4 on Apple Music’s Rock charts, viral success on TikTok, and a constant stream of creative social media content, Those Who Dream have begun to amass a loyal and passionate fanbase.

Awaking Tyler

Awaking Tyler is a Melbourne based Rock/Alternative band. On December 11th 2015 they released their debut single (Live Again) along with a music video that had high acclaim with reaching number 1 on the rock Reverb Nation Charts and also reaching over 50k views on Montage rock's youtube channel.

Rock Chick

feat. NAT ALLISON (Suzi Quatro band) and her kick ass band!
ROCK CHICK, is a full tilt epic ROCK SHOW featuring Nat Allison (Suzi Quatro band) and her kick ass band! Playing ALL the greatest hits from all the greatest rock chicks throughout music history.

mclusky (UK)

Mclusky (often stylized as mclusky), originally known as Best, are a Welsh three-piece post-hardcore group formed in Cardiff. The group originally consisted of Englishman Andrew Falkous (vocals, guitar) from Newcastle upon Tyne,[1] Geraint Bevan (bass) and Matthew Harding (drums); the latter two were replaced by Jonathan Chapple and Jack Egglestone in 1997 and late 2003 respectively. The band released three studio albums before splitting in 2004, reconvening in 2014 – without Chapple – under the monikers 'mclusky' and mclusky*, before ultimately dropping the asterisk.