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Musically speaking, the final line-up of
the band as we know it was completed in November 1999, with the band's first
performance at the school annual talent quest. But as revealed below, it
was those few years before that would lay the foundations for the now tight and
energetic five some.
| It would be Liam and Chris, two
enthusiastic year 7 students who would begin the journey. Combining their
less than capable abilities to form a guitar/drum duo playing to the tapes of |
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Silverchair's 'Suicidal Dream' and Everclear's 'Santa Monica'...(come on, we
know you loved 'em too)...Liam and Chris were joined seven months later when
Joel Dempsey would join in on a jam,
showcasing his previously hidden vocal capabilities, and along with another
friend on bass, would form a sketchy outfit who never really got anywhere.
It took until the change of bass player, for the boys to actually perform in
front of anyone. So for two years, the foursome under countless band names
that never stuck, jammed with covers ranging from the Smashing Pumpkins, 311 and
Tool. |
It wasn't until two new members being introduced
(Replacement bassist, Rhys
Stephens and second guitarist Hippie Maher) did the boys start writing songs.
Their debut song writing efforts involved the works; Social Crown, a display of
excessive guitar driven rock groove, and Open, a mellow phased ballad which
morphs into a melodic urged anthem. By mid-2000, the tone was set for the
band now known as Last Rights, and their founding song writing devices still lay
evident in their latest works.
An insight into the basis for their existence has been described by the boys as
"an attempt to use rock music with intricate, poetic verse, immortalising
their observations taken from their remote locations in the dramatised
society." Their songs talk about things that should and shouldn't be,
people with limited attention spans and 'impressionable minds' that make people
who actually give a shit agitated.
After working on their set, the boy's second gig in November, 2000 saw them
crowned champions of the renowned Queenscliff Music Festival Battle of the
Bands. The boys were just about prepared to tackle the pub scene, (but not
before scoring a support slot with Motor Ace as they passed through town).
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After countless performances, the boys are now comfortable displaying their own
brand of bullshit-free music taking influence from varied acts such as Incubus,
John Butler Trio, Tool, Black Sabbath and Deftones. |
| How to describe it? Heavy
Groove? Melodic Rock? Heavy Metal? Funk? Classical Metal? Try putting all those
in and more, and you might begin to touch on the music of Last Rights.
So where to now? No one knows.
They may not score a coincidental record deal, or be conveniently unearthed, but
with an undefinable enthusiasm for opinionated rock vibes, it is safe to say
that things can only get better. Their history may take up a whole page on
your computer, but let it be known, they are just getting started, and you may
want to stick around the check it out. |
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