Isn't it funny how you seem to find out about a band all too late. I first heard Gorilla Biscuits around 1992 on a Birdhouse skate video called "Ravers', maybe a year or so after they had already broken up. They had recorded one of the most amazing hardcore albums in that of 'Start Today' which had such a massive impact on my life around the defining years of turning 18. But alas they had already broken up.
Well fast forward to modern days and Gorilla Biscuits had decided to reform and I can still remember the day Graham from Resist asked me how I thought a GB's Australian tour would go? I nearly shit my pants!
I know its very cliched of a person to say a band changed their life but fuck it GBs were THAT band for me. Their song "Cats & Dogs" is one of the major motivations behind choosing the vegetarian lifestyle I have pursued for over 13 years now, and this album really taught me self respect and I cleaned up my life solely because of the profound influence it had on me.
Anyways I managed to catch two of their Sydney shows on their Dec 2008 tour which were absolutely brilliant.I had a Nikon D90 on loan that week so I thought I'd test out it's video capabilities. While the picture quality is rad the sound sucks big time but you can check out some of the footage here
I did manage to shoot a few pics as well. Ahhh the memories..
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