Galactaphonic news! Tumbleweed reform.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:40 amhttp://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/st ... -homebake/
IT'S been a long time between gigs for Aussie band Tumbleweed.
The Wollongong grunge five-piece, who were at their peak in the 1990s when they toured Australia with Nirvana, haven't played a show in nearly a decade.
While they never officially broke up, the band disintegrated due to in-fighting in 2000.
Now, they have put aside their differences and the original line-up will re-unite for the Homebake music festival in Sydney on December 5.
"I'm feeling quite excited about it," frontman Richie Lewis told AAP.
"It's been many years and long time coming, so it will be good."
Tumbleweed played at the first ever Homebake in 1996, which was held in Byron Bay, as part of a line-up that included Spiderbait, Silverchair, Regurgitator, You Am I, Magic Dirt and Powderfinger.
This year, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the festival (it was held twice in the same year a couple of times), Tumbleweed and Powderfinger will return to the Homebake stages as part of a celebration of those who "have, are and will succeed - our most famous local artists".
The 2009 line-up also features Jet, The Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Tim Finn, Sarah Blasko, Sia, Daniel Merriweather, Midnight Juggernauts, Short Stack, Decoder Ring and Eddy Current Suppression Ring.
Lewis said he was proud to see Tumbleweed among that group.
"I think at the time, back in the 90s when we were young and precocious, we thought we were the best band in the world and I would have said yeah we should be in that group," he said.
"I'm very grateful to be included in that group now.
"I do think it's sort of due in a way because I think the people we were playing to and the scene we were part of and things we did back then was pretty much forgotten. I think it's nice to ... be acknowledged for our contribution."
Tumbleweed will air some of their classics like Daddy Long Legs and Sundial at a yet-to-be-booked warm-up gig in Wollongong before Homebake, but will wait to see how they go before committing to any further shows.
They are also unlikely to record any new music together.
But Lewis said they're working hard to make sure their live show is just like they used to be - "only better".
"We don't want to get up there and be an embarrassment or be like a bunch of old dudes trying to recreate the past," he said.
"There was no real put on or pretension originally in Tumbleweed, we just let the music play itself out and move us how it moves us, and it will be exactly the same."
Homebake tickets go on sale on Monday August 17 at 9am.
IT'S been a long time between gigs for Aussie band Tumbleweed.
The Wollongong grunge five-piece, who were at their peak in the 1990s when they toured Australia with Nirvana, haven't played a show in nearly a decade.
While they never officially broke up, the band disintegrated due to in-fighting in 2000.
Now, they have put aside their differences and the original line-up will re-unite for the Homebake music festival in Sydney on December 5.
"I'm feeling quite excited about it," frontman Richie Lewis told AAP.
"It's been many years and long time coming, so it will be good."
Tumbleweed played at the first ever Homebake in 1996, which was held in Byron Bay, as part of a line-up that included Spiderbait, Silverchair, Regurgitator, You Am I, Magic Dirt and Powderfinger.
This year, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the festival (it was held twice in the same year a couple of times), Tumbleweed and Powderfinger will return to the Homebake stages as part of a celebration of those who "have, are and will succeed - our most famous local artists".
The 2009 line-up also features Jet, The Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Tim Finn, Sarah Blasko, Sia, Daniel Merriweather, Midnight Juggernauts, Short Stack, Decoder Ring and Eddy Current Suppression Ring.
Lewis said he was proud to see Tumbleweed among that group.
"I think at the time, back in the 90s when we were young and precocious, we thought we were the best band in the world and I would have said yeah we should be in that group," he said.
"I'm very grateful to be included in that group now.
"I do think it's sort of due in a way because I think the people we were playing to and the scene we were part of and things we did back then was pretty much forgotten. I think it's nice to ... be acknowledged for our contribution."
Tumbleweed will air some of their classics like Daddy Long Legs and Sundial at a yet-to-be-booked warm-up gig in Wollongong before Homebake, but will wait to see how they go before committing to any further shows.
They are also unlikely to record any new music together.
But Lewis said they're working hard to make sure their live show is just like they used to be - "only better".
"We don't want to get up there and be an embarrassment or be like a bunch of old dudes trying to recreate the past," he said.
"There was no real put on or pretension originally in Tumbleweed, we just let the music play itself out and move us how it moves us, and it will be exactly the same."
Homebake tickets go on sale on Monday August 17 at 9am.
