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Ol' Bouginvillea

Ol' Bouginvillea are a rock band from Perth, Western Australia formed in 2007. They are currently recording their debut EP.

Origin: Perth, Western Australia Genre(s): 	Stoner rock, punk rock, indie rock, alternative rock, hard rock, experimental rock Years active: 	2007 - Label(s):

Members: Regan McVeigh - "Regs" (vocals) Robert Long - "Rob" (guitar) Simon Morton - "Smo" (bass) Adam Hazebroek - "Bean" (drums)

Early history and formation

McVeigh, Long, Morton and Hazebroek first played together in casual jam sessions as a result of their meeting while attending Craigie Senior High School. The first of these sessions, around 1995, consisting only of McVeigh and Long jamming on guitars together playing covers of primarily grunge bands popular at the time such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam, but also covers ranging from A to B. These sessions were held with a group of friends often present including Hazebroek and Morton. Although neither of these two had begun playing drums or bass, it was something that they both aspired to do. As a result of these early sessions Morton picked up the bass, followed quickly by Hazebroek playing the drums and jam sessions evolved into what would be considered their first consistent full band jam sessions. During this time there were other friends present that were usually involved, playing extra guitars or rotating through instruments. These jam sessions became common practice and indeed a lifestyle which was to become more prevalent in years to come. By 2002, these four were the only people from the wider group who had continued to jam consistently as other friends became disinterested and through a natural unspoken progression the line-up of the band became more apparent. Although at this stage, there was no band name and the four friends did not necessarily view themselves as anything more than mates who enjoyed jamming together, there was much discussion about song writing, playing gigs, recording songs and general dreams and desires of what could be achieved as a band.