Comments on: Yellarock 1 http://australianmusichistory.com/yellarock-1/ Recording the Golden Age of Australian Live Music Sun, 20 May 2012 12:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gaff http://australianmusichistory.com/yellarock-1/#comment-3494 Gaff Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:32:13 +0000 http://www.australianmusichistory.com/yellarock-1/#comment-3494 Well F#$k me of course I remember that gig.What a weekend, man we had worked so hard for so long and stayed awake for days (wonder how) I was a zombie after that, Patching the PAs together and running another split to a recording truck was amazing I have only ever done that once before at Selinas at coogee (a gig with dragon as they recorded it also but the recording room was way over in the motel rooms two multicores to get there hired from Jands ofcourse))And when the fog machine went off it was the funniest thing I have ever been involved in, in my life, death and laughter at the same time can surley wake one up hey.The nigh the fog rolled in it was perfect a magical moment, PA cranked to 11 and everything just right the sound was awsome one of the highlites of my career also, Mark got it perfect ,Oh and remember yella rock 2 and the stunt driver? There was this stunt guy who was booked to jump his car over a bus, and while we were setting up I kept looking at this ramp they were building with a dozer , I`m no professional stuntman but that ramp looked a bit too steep almost too steep, I remember saying to the crew that this guy ain gona jump no truck with a ramp like that but like I said we aint no stunt men, so we just worked on, well the night came and I ended up chatting to the stunt man and asked him if he though the ramp was alright, "thumbs up, no worries mate its perfect" well this guy has comes thundering down this track hits the ramp and the car just goes straight up nose in the air about 20 feet and lands with an almight explosion of fire and smoke on the bus, boom!!. Well later on we found out that it was planned, there was no way he was going to jump that bus, as he said a crash was more spectacular, so if you ever get a chance to do a three day gig with the bikers, do it! it is great you will never forget it ((forget it forget it forget it (echo)))). Oh just one warning make sure you wear good foot ware as I recon I must have walked from the FOH to stage about fifty kilometers no joke my legs were killing me and for god sake get loaders for the haul out, we had a crew of five and we often did big out door gigs by ourselves, these days you use about 20 for something like that at least but we did it with five(remember one of our crew had a bit too much party and work and locked himself in the truck in some sort of psycotic episode) must say we had a prety good pa system thanks to Mark G wiring and multicore setups, we were one of the first to multicore the lot so patching everything is was way quicker back then, Ive been giging for a long time and worked for some world class acts but every now and again magic happens and the yella rock fog was one of those times. Well F#$k me of course I remember that gig.What a weekend, man we had worked so hard for so long and stayed awake for days (wonder how) I was a zombie after that, Patching the PAs together and running another split to a recording truck was amazing I have only ever done that once before at Selinas at coogee (a gig with dragon as they recorded it also but the recording room was way over in the motel rooms two multicores to get there hired from Jands ofcourse))And when the fog machine went off it was the funniest thing I have ever been involved in, in my life, death and laughter at the same time can surley wake one up hey.The nigh the fog rolled in it was perfect a magical moment, PA cranked to 11 and everything just right the sound was awsome one of the highlites of my career also, Mark got it perfect ,Oh and remember yella rock 2 and the stunt driver? There was this stunt guy who was booked to jump his car over a bus, and while we were setting up I kept looking at this ramp they were building with a dozer , I`m no professional stuntman but that ramp looked a bit too steep almost too steep, I remember saying to the crew that this guy ain gona jump no truck with a ramp like that but like I said we aint no stunt men, so we just worked on, well the night came and I ended up chatting to the stunt man and asked him if he though the ramp was alright, “thumbs up, no worries mate its perfect” well this guy has comes thundering down this track hits the ramp and the car just goes straight up nose in the air about 20 feet and lands with an almight explosion of fire and smoke on the bus, boom!!. Well later on we found out that it was planned, there was no way he was going to jump that bus, as he said a crash was more spectacular, so if you ever get a chance to do a three day gig with the bikers, do it! it is great you will never forget it ((forget it forget it forget it (echo)))). Oh just one warning make sure you wear good foot ware as I recon I must have walked from the FOH to stage about fifty kilometers no joke my legs were killing me and for god sake get loaders for the haul out, we had a crew of five and we often did big out door gigs by ourselves, these days you use about 20 for something like that at least but we did it with five(remember one of our crew had a bit too much party and work and locked himself in the truck in some sort of psycotic episode) must say we had a prety good pa system thanks to Mark G wiring and multicore setups, we were one of the first to multicore the lot so patching everything is was way quicker back then, Ive been giging for a long time and worked for some world class acts but every now and again magic happens and the yella rock fog was one of those times.

]]> By: andy t http://australianmusichistory.com/yellarock-1/#comment-1247 andy t Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:39:45 +0000 http://www.australianmusichistory.com/yellarock-1/#comment-1247 my first memory of gig was illegal pretty much after that ive no memry at all except bits and peices yogi and the broadcast truck mark his bro and ziggy kb yeah i do remember i was working for the last strand chisel barnes show sponsored by ashley and martin my first memory of gig was illegal pretty much after that ive no memry at all except bits and peices yogi and the broadcast truck mark his bro and ziggy kb yeah i do remember i was working for the last strand chisel barnes show sponsored by ashley and martin

]]> By: JR http://australianmusichistory.com/yellarock-1/#comment-1246 JR Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:56:59 +0000 http://www.australianmusichistory.com/yellarock-1/#comment-1246 My memories of the 1st Yella Rock was arriving on the site at about 2am Saturday morning because I'd had a big day Friday at the Bankstown Motorcycle Show, and proceeding to start drinking! This went on most of Saturday until some time Saturday night when I passed out in my car (I couldn't be bothered setting up the tent lol). 1st thing Sunday morning, hung over as hell, getting out of the car I jammed my middle finger of my left hand in the car door, splitting it open right down the side. The thing that bothered me most was that I had 3 gigs coming up that week, which I ended up having to play '1-fingered' (lucky I'm a bassplayer and not a guitarist lol). But anyway, the finger kind of dampened my party mood, so I drove home to Sydney to spend Easter Sunday with my family, which turned out to be the last one with us all together because my father passed away about 1 month later, so it just goes to show you that even when things seem like shit, sometimes they are just meant to be, and they work out for the best in the long run. Sometime I shall have to tell you the 'Cherry Fuck' story, which came about because of me jamming my finger in the door that day! And Mark, if you remember, there were even LESS people at Yella Rock 2 lol My memories of the 1st Yella Rock was arriving on the site at about 2am Saturday morning because I’d had a big day Friday at the Bankstown Motorcycle Show, and proceeding to start drinking! This went on most of Saturday until some time Saturday night when I passed out in my car (I couldn’t be bothered setting up the tent lol). 1st thing Sunday morning, hung over as hell, getting out of the car I jammed my middle finger of my left hand in the car door, splitting it open right down the side. The thing that bothered me most was that I had 3 gigs coming up that week, which I ended up having to play ’1-fingered’ (lucky I’m a bassplayer and not a guitarist lol). But anyway, the finger kind of dampened my party mood, so I drove home to Sydney to spend Easter Sunday with my family, which turned out to be the last one with us all together because my father passed away about 1 month later, so it just goes to show you that even when things seem like shit, sometimes they are just meant to be, and they work out for the best in the long run.

Sometime I shall have to tell you the ‘Cherry Fuck’ story, which came about because of me jamming my finger in the door that day!

And Mark, if you remember, there were even LESS people at Yella Rock 2 lol

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