I was on my morning break at the hospital, when I came across the nurse who I love talking about guitar playing and bands with in the Intensive Care Ward. She came up to me with this excited and enthusiastic look on her face.
She was bursting with her experience of this great band that she saw this past weekend. The band is called Wolfmother. They are an Australian trio that has a huge sound and the endurance of a 6 year old kid on stage. She says their obvious influences are Zeppelin, and Sabbath, and they have lyrics that are out of this world.
I just Googled them and found their site. I am currently listening to the audio part of their site, and I can’t help but also notice the influence of RUSH on a tune called “Women”. It brings me back to the bands Caressive Steel album days of Working Man, boy what a sound they have.
She told me that it was their last show in North America. They did a 3 hour show that kept going like the old “ever ready bunny”! At the end of the show they just started smashing everything they owned on stage. She thinks that if they smash everything into literal tiny pieces then they wouldn’t have to bring it all home with them, makes sense to me.
They spun the crowd into a frenzy like after having a wild episode of doing the wild thing then just lying there in a daze and thinking to yourself, what just happened?
So check out this band’s site, and maybe grab their album so they can afford to ship their equipment home with them next time, ok?
Keep on Jammin’
Wow – high energy going on there. That dude sounds a bit like Robert Plant, but then again I’m listening on crappy laptop speakers. Great post.
I’d pretty much just heard Wolfmother’s songs on the radio until watching that video and I gotta admit they’re pretty good. Definitely deserve more credit then what they’re getting right now 🙂
I think that this is a great post. I really didn’t know anything about wolfmother until I started playing Guitar Hero 2. Since then I have been addicted. Glad to hear about your encounter.
Patrick, thanx for the comment. I think that these guys are the real deal. I just love how refreshing they are in the songs.
The next time that they show up in Toronto I will certainly be attending!
Keep on Jammin’
Hey Joana, the best keep secret from Australia are these guys! My nurse buddy said that she wish that I knew more about them before so I could have went with her and her husband to see them. Coulda, woulda, shoulda!
If you get the chance to see them before any of us do, please tell us how they are live, ok?
Keep on Jammin’
Hey Cade, what is Guitar Hero 2?
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Yeah it is a video game. I suggest that you look at it. It is maybe one of the most addictive video games.
The band sounds good and I do detedt a slight hint of Rush but not too much, on a side note while talking about Rush I think I may have to buy this new album. It may turn out to be their best release this decade. We will have to see though.
I know I will when I get a chance, maybe this weekend!
Keep on Jammin’
Wow! Thats some good energy. Reminds me of Zeppelin. Thanks for the video.