Off Minor Australian Tour

[br3ad_man]

Just in case any Australians are around and haven't heard about it yet, it starts next week. Dates;

4 Apr 2008 7:30 P
Northcote Uniting Church Hall Melbourne, Victoria
5 Apr 2008 8:00 P
Bakehouse Studios Melbourne, Victoria
6 Apr 2008 3:00 P
C Block Theatre Gorman House Arts Centre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
7 Apr 2008 9:00 P
Sydney Shopfront Gallery Sydney, New South Wales
8 Apr 2008 8:00 P
Maggotville Warehouse Sydney, New South Wales
9 Apr 2008 8:00 P
Hamilton Station Hotel Newcastle, New South Wales
10 Apr 2008 8:00 P
The Russian Club Brisbane, Queensland
11 Apr 2008 8:00 P
Ahimsa House Brisbane, Queensland
12 Apr 2008 1:00 P
Perth and Tattersalls Bowling Club Perth, Western Australia
12 Apr 2008 8:00 P
Hyde Park Hotel West Perth, Western Australia
13 Apr 2008 7:00 P
Irish Club Adelaide, South Australia
15 Apr 2008 7:00 P
Peacock Theatre Salamanca Arts Centre Hobart, Tasmania
16 Apr 2008 7:00 P
Irene Warehouse Melbourne, Victoria
17 Apr 2008 8:00 P
Bar Open Melbourne, Victoria


I will be at both Brisbane shows if anyone wants to say hi. These will be the best shows of the year, except for maybe when Ampere come in May.

www.myspace.com/offminoraustraliantour

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Have Heart is playing in June, that'll be better.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

9 Apr 2008 8:00 P
Hamilton Station Hotel Newcastle, New South Wales
i'll most likely be at that one.

[br3ad_man]

Have Heart is playing in June, that'll be better.I didn't know that, but I'll be there.

EDIT: Ugh they're playing a festival up here, I bet it's Overcranked. Might have to go to the Byron Bay show.

EDIT AGAIN: They playing with Parkway Drive, mega gay. I'll probably leave before PWD.

[santi3hg]

****ing lucky australians.

[doki]

I'll be at mgtvle

[pixiesfanyo]

Have Heart is pretty gay when placed against Off Minor.

[Concubine]

and they're playing with Parkway Drive, just lol

[pixiesfanyo]

Comeback Kid / Have Heart split 7" just announced.

[santi3hg]

Lol. Haha thats pretty gold.

[doki]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/skeletax/OFFMINORAUSTOUR-1.jpg

[Fort23]

god i wish i was australian. Or that Off Minor set up some New York dates. Or that it was April and Some Blood was jamming

[br3ad_man]

My Disco have been added to the second Melbourne show. If you live there and don't go to that, you ****ing suck.

Have Heart is pretty gay when placed against Off Minor.

Yeah but how often does a hardcore band come to Australia that I actually kind of want to see?

[Fort23]

I would go through 40 minutes of boston crewcore for off minor anyday.

[StreetlightRock]

y Disco have been added to the second Melbourne show. If you live there and don't go to that, you ****ing suck.

*cries* I wanna see Disco play a Sydney show!

[br3ad_man]

Go see them on their tour next month then.

[BuddyBigsby]

i wouldn't go see off minor if they were playing in my garage

[pixiesfanyo]

not enough touching other men at the show for you?

[StreetlightRock]

Go see them on their tour next month then.

Oh heck, Brad, you just made my day, im silly.

[BuddyBigsby]

not enough touching other men at the show for you?

too much

[Fort23]

I would see Shania Twain if she was playing in my garage. That's a pretty good deal.

[DFelon204409]

Other than that 40 second clip, is there any other new stuff out there? Are there any more studio updates. That one they put up was really in depth.

[br3ad_man]

Does anyone know if they'll be selling the new record on this tour? Jared?

[pixiesfanyo]

i don't think they've even finished mastering it.

check vivalavinyl for updates his name is paparoche.

[Fort23]

Other than that 40 second clip, is there any other new stuff out there? Are there any more studio updates. That one they put up was really in depth.

Where is the first studio update?

[DFelon204409]

see jared's post above

[br3ad_man]

Yellow Ghost are putting out an Off Minor/Ampere 7" that they'll be selling at the shows. I think it'll be there for the Ampere tour, limited to 300 copies.

[sgrevs]

I will buy one if possible.

[pixiesfanyo]

Yellow Ghost are putting out an Off Minor/Ampere 7" that they'll be selling at the shows. I think it'll be there for the Ampere tour, limited to 300 copies.

dude.

dude.

you have to buy one of these for me.

HAVE TO

[RunAmokRampant]

Yellow Ghost are putting out an Off Minor/Ampere 7" that they'll be selling at the shows. I think it'll be there for the Ampere tour, limited to 300 copies.

Sweet deal.

[br3ad_man]

dude.

dude.

you have to buy one of these for me.

HAVE TO

I'll get you one.

[Fort23]

I'm not going to ask you to buy one for me, but I hope someone uploads it.

[santi3hg]

Seriously, up that **** when you get it.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

More importantly for Auzzies...

Coliseum - Sat, May 17 - Sydney - UNSW Roundhouse
Dillinger Escape Plan is also playing, and I'm sure there are other dates.

[Concubine]

yeah that show is going to be sick, i cant wait so see Coliseum live

[cbmartinez]

ampere/off minor split, that's so sick

[leonperkin]

Very excited, we are playing with Off Minor at the Russian Club - I think it'll be a very low key show compared to the other - Bread Man you should come along..

also, I think you're from the Gold Coast aren't you? because I am too

[Concubine]

who are you?

[BuddyBigsby]

Hey Concubine tell me about Brisbane.

[Concubine]

what do you wanna know?

[RunAmokRampant]

Hey Concubine tell me about Brisbane.

It's not as good as Melbourne.

Nuff said.

[doki]

say, I only know 2 bands from brisbane.. and thats insurgents and the black market

[doki]

It's not as good as Melbourne.

Nuff said.

are you going to such is life fest?

[br3ad_man]

Very excited, we are playing with Off Minor at the Russian Club - I think it'll be a very low key show compared to the other - Bread Man you should come along..

also, I think you're from the Gold Coast aren't you? because I am too

I'll be there for sure. I am from the Gold Coast, I live in Robina. Do you live down here as well?

You guys were great at the Quebec show last week btw.

[Concubine]

http://www.myspace.com/quietsteps
http://www.myspace.com/collisionsband
http://www.myspace.com/sitgband
http://www.myspace.com/thegifthorseband
http://www.myspace.com/tothenorth

edit : to doki

[doki]

thanks, I'll check em out

[BuddyBigsby]

what do you wanna know?

I've accepted the fact that there's probably no good hardcore. I just want to know about city life I guess.

Is there a lot to do? How are the beaches nearby? Hot girls? I hear kangaroos chill everywhere? How's public transit? Is Australia a bad place for an arachnophobe? Is it expensive to live there? That kinda thing.

[sgrevs]

Brissie has some good beaches around, lots of hot girls. Kangaroos not chilling everywhere lol. It's a terrible place for an arachnaphobe, I too have to suffer. Cost depends where you are, I'm fairly sure Brissie is a fair bit cheaper than Sydney. I couldn't tell you about public transport, but I think the trains up that way aren't so great.

[br3ad_man]

I can answer some of those.

Is there a lot to do?

If you're visiting there's plenty to do.

How are the beaches nearby?

The ones down here (50 minutes south of Brisbane) are great. At least far better than any beach I ever went to when I lived in America, except for maybe when I went to Hawaii.

I hear kangaroos chill everywhere?

Down here we get a lot of them, especially if you're not in a built up area.

How's public transit?

I take the train to uni 3 days a week and it's great, pretty cheap too if you have a student card. The last train home for me leaves at like 11:30 on weeknights and 12:20 or something on weekends though, which makes it completely useless for going to shows. Buses run a lot later and probably most train lines too. Buses here are **** though. They're always way late and full, at least the buses I get are.

Is Australia a bad place for an arachnophobe?

In a word, yeah.

Is it expensive to live there?

Not overly. It's definitely cheaper than Sydney, but then I don't exactly live there so I don't know what's available and stuff.

[santi3hg]

Wow my image of Australia just went out the ****ing window. Wtf are there at least koalas everywhere?

[BuddyBigsby]

I ask because I might be going to QUT for basically all of 09.

I seriously ****ing hate spiders. I think I'll need a frontal lobotomy if I come across one of those facehugger looking mother****ers.

Any beach is going to be cleaner than SoCal, and living's going to be cheaper too so I guess those aren't big deals. Is the Great Barrier Reef off of the Gold Coast/Brisbane though? I used to be pretty big into scuba diving and I may reinvest in it if so.

[br3ad_man]

I ask because I might be going to QUT for basically all of 09.

I go to QUT.

I seriously ****ing hate spiders. I think I'll need a frontal lobotomy if I come across one of those facehugger looking mother****ers.

Tbh I don't come across them all that often but Australia apparently has the most poisonous spiders out of anywhere or something.

Any beach is going to be cleaner than SoCal, and living's going to be cheaper too so I guess those aren't big deals.

I remember being shocked by the beach in LA when I first visited there at the age of 8.

Is the Great Barrier Reef off of the Gold Coast/Brisbane though?

Nah, it's further north, near Mackay. It's amazing though so definitely go at some point if you end up coming.

[BuddyBigsby]

How do you like going to QUT then? Looks amazing from their website but I'm sure they fluff it up a little. And what's your major? I'll be doing communications/journalism.

[Concubine]

yeah, heaps of spiders here

Public transportations gets a bit gay at night especially on weekdays since most of them stop running at like 11-12 pm. You can always take a cab but theyre pretty expensive

edit : late post

[br3ad_man]

How do you like going to QUT then? Looks amazing from their website but I'm sure they fluff it up a little. And what's your major? I'll be doing communications/journalism.

I really really like it, the campus is nice and all of my lecturers/tutors are cool. It's like 5 minutes out of the city so it's really easy to get to. I'm doing creative industries degree, majoring in journalism, which that I have a bunch of subjects about getting jobs and making contacts and then a major (journalism), a minor (film studies) and a few electives here and there.

QUT is great, don't let any UQ fags tell you otherwise.

[BuddyBigsby]

I'm excited, thanks for the info.

[doki]

this is in sydney, everytime I go to work I need to pass this bush for about 10 minutes and basically if you look around there are spiders everywhere as big as your palm. I need to duck everytime for the spider web that massively went across the road

[Let's Chop Cats!]

I've killed 4 spiders in my room since I got here. I hate spiders but don't have a legit phobia or anything.

[santi3hg]

I would die if I saw a spider.

One of you aussie's, answer the koala question. Are they or are they not found everywhere?

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Haven't seen a single kangaroo/kola since I got here. But I also heard I'm in the least Australian part of the country.

[cbmartinez]

i went to the dc zoo yesterday and they have this exhibit at the end of this one house where there was like all these spider webs and these like pretty big, poisonous looking spiders on the webs and i noticed that everyone going up to the exhibit and freaking out. There was no glass in front of the exhibit so you could just like touch the spider webs and the spiders could have easily jumped down and ****. Pretty neat.

[BuddyBigsby]

I would die if I saw a spider.

One of you aussie's, answer the koala question. Are they or are they not found everywhere?

I see your Koala and raise you a Platypus. These are pressing issues, Aussies. We must know.

[BuddyBigsby]

Also...

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/venoms/images/00_final/sydney_funnel_web_spider.jpg

OH MY GOD THAT IS HORRIFYING

[cbmartinez]

pretty sure that is the most poisonous spider in the world too, venom kills you within like two hours

[BuddyBigsby]

Yeah, Australia has like 9 of the 10 most venomous creatures or snakes or spiders in the world. Something crazy. I also read about this venomous fish that looks like a rock. If you step on it, its venom is so potent or whatever that unless you get immediate treatment they need to amputate your leg before it spreads.

[br3ad_man]

I would die if I saw a spider.

One of you aussie's, answer the koala question. Are they or are they not found everywhere?

I've never seen one in the wild, but they around if you want to see them.

[br3ad_man]

Yeah, Australia has like 9 of the 10 most venomous creatures or snakes or spiders in the world. Something crazy. I also read about this venomous fish that looks like a rock. If you step on it, its venom is so potent or whatever that unless you get immediate treatment they need to amputate your leg before it spreads.

Sounds like a stonefish. I'm pretty sure you don't need to get it amputated (although I think you need to if you get stung by a box jellyfish...my first aid is a bit rusty), but my first aid instructor a few months ago said that one guy who did the course one time stepped on a stonefish and the pain was so bad that he was screaming and asking for his foot to be amputated.

I also have never seen a platypus in the wild, but I have at the zoo and the wildlife sanctuary. No doubt they are one of the most bitchin animals ever.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Hm, looks like I'll be spending a weak in Brisbane over my spring break and chill at my friends. Sleep while he's in class and then go **** around afterwards. Might try and hit up New Zealand after that pending funds.

[i am the robots]

Also...

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/venoms/images/00_final/sydney_funnel_web_spider.jpg

OH MY GOD THAT IS HORRIFYING

:/ :/ :/

[santi3hg]

Yeah so from what I gather I'm going to Australia to find me some Koalas, Platypuses, and Kangaroos. I'll go in to the wild.

[sgrevs]

I've never seen a koala in the wild, nor a platypus. Though a platypus would be very hard to find, living in the water and all. They're really cool still, and poisonous surprisingly.

We get a fair few funnel webs in Sydney, and they are very aggressive, but I can't recall hearing of anyone who's died from one. They just hide out in the garage or whatever and you just leave them alone.

[leonperkin]

Sorry for not checking this often. I play in a band called Quiet Steps - I think the link is up there somewhere. I wasn't sure how many people on here were from Aus, but it seems at least a few?

Yes Bread Man, I live at Pacific Pines, I used to live in Robina though - and attend Robina High School - I'll have to get your contact details sometime. Maybe catch up at the Off Minor shows?

Btw - we were horrible at the Quebec show, i can't stand playing the Troub - that's gotta be our last show there hehe

[leonperkin]

I've never seen a koala in the wild, nor a platypus. Though a platypus would be very hard to find, living in the water and all. They're really cool still, and poisonous surprisingly.

We get a fair few funnel webs in Sydney, and they are very aggressive, but I can't recall hearing of anyone who's died from one. They just hide out in the garage or whatever and you just leave them alone.

Yeah, don't be too fooled by how cute they are, they can be fairly aggressive.. in saying that - most zoos let you hold or pat them.

[Concubine]

Sorry for not checking this often. I play in a band called Quiet Steps - I think the link is up there somewhere. I wasn't sure how many people on here were from Aus, but it seems at least a few?


ah okay, what do you play?

i'm from Brisbane as well

[santi3hg]

Holy **** your zoo's let people pet koala's and ****?! What about kangaroos????

I think just about everyone on this forum that lives in the US is going to do a study abroad in Aussie land now.

[DFelon204409]

Damns I'm too old now. I heard people party a lot in Australia too.

[sgrevs]

Australia has quite a few wildlife parks where you can feed and pet kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and other Aussie critters. I wouldn't go now, but when I was younger I loved them, and most tourists love them too. Come to Australia.

[RunAmokRampant]

I live near the bush so I frequently see wallabies, sometimes koalas, occasional brown snake, seen a couple of goannas, and echidnas are bitchin creatures too.

If ya scared of sydney funnel webs, come down to Melbourne. You'll only have to face red-backs then. lol

[br3ad_man]

Sorry for not checking this often. I play in a band called Quiet Steps - I think the link is up there somewhere. I wasn't sure how many people on here were from Aus, but it seems at least a few?

Yes Bread Man, I live at Pacific Pines, I used to live in Robina though - and attend Robina High School - I'll have to get your contact details sometime. Maybe catch up at the Off Minor shows?

Btw - we were horrible at the Quebec show, i can't stand playing the Troub - that's gotta be our last show there hehe

Yeah, there are a few Australians around, surprisingly.

I'll come and say hi at Off Minor.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Are Kangaroo burgers good? I need to try one.

[br3ad_man]

I had kangaroo meat once and I hated it.

[santi3hg]

That sounds absolutely horrid. Kangaroo burgers?

I forgot about Wallabies.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I've never had Kangaroo meat but it doesn't look appetising.

[br3ad_man]

That sounds absolutely horrid. Kangaroo burgers?

I forgot about Wallabies.

Mine was a sausage. I suppose it doesn't help that sausages are usually foul to begin with.

[santi3hg]

Man, I thought Kangaroos had the good life and not have to worry about being eaten and ****.

[BuddyBigsby]

That's like eating a baby...

[santi3hg]

Seriously.

[cbmartinez]

maybe the dingo ate your baby

[leonperkin]

ah okay, what do you play?

i'm from Brisbane as well

Awesome, I play guitar and do most vocals - hopefully I'll catch you at off minor also

[leonperkin]

I don't think I could eat anything like Kangaroo, the smell of it is so potent - if anything could cause me to turn vegetarian it's potent meat from a native aussie animal.

[RunAmokRampant]

haha I heard somewhere that Australia is the only country that eats it's own emblem or something. That's awesome.

Kangaroo steak off the BBQ is pretty good. Delicacy, but not really seeing that kangaroos are almost as much of a pest as possums in some places.

[BuddyBigsby]

Is it illegal to have a kangaroo as a pet? Or is it legal but makes you like an Australian hick?

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Can those things even be contained? I'd imagine it would jump around your house and smash/box the **** out things.

[br3ad_man]

Kangaroos can kick your ***.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYtShiFHavQ

[RunAmokRampant]

I've been kicked by one before when I was young.

I shed tears.

[BuddyBigsby]

Such a cool video. When I was a kid I went to a petting zoo that had a wallaby and petting it was one of the happiest moments of my life.

[doki]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVKbhNiyC4E

[br3ad_man]

Anyone go tonight?

[doki]

just back from them, they only play like 5 songs cos the show need to stop at 12.30
eucalypt was brutal, sad they breaking up

[br3ad_man]

Eucalypt is breaking up? ****.

Glad I saw them that one time I guess.

How was Off Minor though, other than the short set?

[doki]

yee I dunno why all these good band starts breaking up around aust.. last night was their last gig
off minor was amazing couldn't really hear the vocals though
hopefully I'll be seeing them again tonight

[Aaron]

I am too slow.. bah.