User:St.Dog&TheDay/sandbox

The old biography gave me toothache. ​ We're at the point now where we care less and less about the workings of the scene, so maybe that'll ban us to the underground for the rest of our careers, or the rest of you who disagree with licking crack will give a resounding "Amen". We're St.Dog&TheDay, ex-Durbanites who started screwing around as a 3-piece in Andrew's parents' guest room on the odd weekend, around June 2011. I was going to be a professional rugby boytjie, Andrew was going to prison and Nathan, well, I'd rather not share that. We kept screwing around, though our feelings changed a bit. It got a little better every single time. So we ended up playing the Winston Pub on the 20th of January 2012. We spoke a big game like typical lads who weren't too self-assured, though the quality of the performance was laughable. "We can't hear what you're saying". Um, it's the Winston Pub, lady, nobody could hear anything. People got offended, people got inspired, people were forced to remember. We played a few more nowhere gigs. Andy left varsity, I left academy, Nathan (unfortunately) left Embury. We found a pavement special and named it Luke, a lovely ensemble of corruption, passion and eating disorders. We recorded terrible demos, made enemies and made a music video depicting a band that would die and be buried only 4 months later. ​ We moved to Johannesburg and this is now home. ​ So now we've played a handful of shows that I personally think have made an impression. There's been injury, technical disaster and awkward silences (the Alberton bunch weren't too enthusiastic.) We've met bands that won't be leaving our hearts anytime soon - you're all a bunch of lovely bastards, you know who you are. We finally found our sound, like dirty-swing-punk-angsty-rock-'n-roll, and we're loving every moment of it. Yes, we are a punk rock band though, we thoroughly enjoy swearing at the government, rich people and general assholes. Call it what you want, we're not really bothered, as long as you enjoy it as much as we do. If you've gotten this far in this supposedly unorthodox approach to a biography, allow me to introduce you to the lads that hopefully you'll be spending the rest of your life with: Andrew Sutherland - Lead Guitar, 2nd Vocals Nathan Holmes - Drums, Motherbearness Luke van Aardt - Bass, Princessness Burt Fraser (Me) - Rhythm, Vocals We recently recorded 7 new tracks at Emendy College of Music in Pretoria, which should be around soon enough! Thanks to Kg, Kb and Connor Boyd, you lads are saving lives. Brandon Padayachee should be ready for another shot at this video thing soon(daar skimp ek al weer.) Thank you to Stewart and Maya (for letting us ruin your Sundays), Shan and Uncle Rob (for love and guidance), Uncle Coen (for the patience), The Cheap Bad Habits (for popping our cherries), Gareth Thewinstonpubmanager Talbot (for saying yes), Ronald and Roland (for taking a chance), Chelsea (for infinity), Wesley (for knowing that we'd have carried you over the line), Brett (for Cliffy's), Erin (for everything), Josh and the Sons (for the rock 'n roll), Dom's Brother (for bleeding in the mosh pit), Pat (for a home), Gia (for showing me that duracell lives), Ant (for the knowledge), Courtney (for the tour), Coastal Music (for saving the punks), Marshall Music (for delivering us to Orange), Fokofpolisiekar (for Ek Skyn) and every single one of you who come to the shows, clap your hands and show that our music is alive. ​ We'll be around for many years to come, so feel welcome to come sit and have a beer. ​​ Yours, in music ​and riots, St.Dog&TheDay