Third Time Lucky
Ben chats with me about the band and music in general
Parx-e: so i will begin now with the question how did the
band form?
thirdtimelucky: ok, Me,(ben) James and Matt went to school
together….
thirdtimelucky: in year 10 we decided we wanted to start a
band but we didn’t have a bass player
thirdtimelucky: so they got Fritz, who they played tennis
with at the local club, to learn to play bass
thirdtimelucky: we asked him because we got along with him
pretty well
thirdtimelucky: he actually left the band for a bit, but he
kept learning, so enventually he came back
thirdtimelucky: and we been together ever since
Parx-e: that is pretty good
thirdtimelucky: we are like brothers, the 4 of us
Parx-e: been playing many gigs lately?
Parx-e: that is allways good
thirdtimelucky: umm, not for the last 2 weeks or so
thirdtimelucky: cause we all been busyer than normal
thirdtimelucky: but we got some good gigs coming up
thirdtimelucky: and we been writing some killer new songs in
the meantime
Parx-e: sweet i have to ask about the pic of the chick on
your mp3.com.au site
thirdtimelucky: yeah, that’s the e.p. cover
thirdtimelucky: -playing tennis
Parx-e: ah was wondering about that
thirdtimelucky: but the e.p. is called greatest hits
thirdtimelucky: even tho it’s our first
Parx-e: good choice of a name
thirdtimelucky: heh heh
Parx-e: so what have you been listening to
thirdtimelucky: umm myself i’ve been listening to stuff like
the alkaline trio and saves the day
Parx-e: alkaline trio are good
thirdtimelucky: and the usual like sum 41 and all the old
favorites like bodyjar and RBF and NFAA
Parx-e: bodyjar and real big fish are great bands
thirdtimelucky: ok the next we are playing is called Charged
at cleveland community hall and i only know that the Headlining
band is No Prior Knowledge
Parx-e: so how can people get a hold of your ep
thirdtimelucky: Seeing us at gigs at the moment, at the
merch stand
Parx-e: ah sweet
Parx-e: what the scene like up in brisbane
thirdtimelucky: and on the 1t of nov, we are playing a small
festival at the Morayfield Soundshell – the lineup is yet to be
finalised
Parx-e: so you got plenty of gigs lined up then
thirdtimelucky: It’;s good, there are tons of great bands
and a fair few decent local venues
thirdtimelucky: yeah they sort of trickle in over time
Parx-e: what else is lined up for the band
thirdtimelucky: At the moment we are just trying to build up
a profile for the band…..
Parx-e: yeah
thirdtimelucky: and we would love to do another recording
but that is hard without alot of money…..
Parx-e: yeah money is always a plus
thirdtimelucky: but basically we are trying to get people to
notice us more
thirdtimelucky: by playing as many decent sized gigs as we
can
thirdtimelucky: we have seen other bands who are friends of
ours do really well for themselves, so we know we can do it
Parx-e: if yah push yourself you can do it
thirdtimelucky: yeah
We chat about mp3.com.au and how it has helped them get expose and
emails from people in the usa.
Parx-e: any chance of coming down to melbourne
thirdtimelucky: ooooh, man i’d love to but unless some
decent band invites us to tour with them down there i don’t
really see it happenning very soon
Parx-e: yeah
thirdtimelucky: but that would be cool indeed
Parx-e: yes
thirdtimelucky: everything comes down to the cash
Parx-e: cos I don’t think I will be going to brisbane
anytime soon
thirdtimelucky: yeah
Parx-e: yeah cash we all need it
Parx-e: if you could have a 3 band bill who would be on that
list including yourselves
thirdtimelucky: hmmm.. you mean out of other local brissie
bands
Parx-e: any bands
thirdtimelucky: Oh, um. hmmmm
thirdtimelucky: For me, it be New found Glory. Millencolin
and No Fun At All
thirdtimelucky: oh wait you said 3
thirdtimelucky: oops
Parx-e: that is three
thirdtimelucky: but including us is four
thirdtimelucky: anyway
Parx-e: so when did you get into punk
thirdtimelucky: i mean when your just jamming and it all
sounds really awesome nothing else matters for that short period of
time caus all your thinking of is what you wanna play next and how
you want it to sound
Parx-e: yeah
thirdtimelucky: i got into punk mainly when i met fritz,
because i didn’t actually listen to that much punk
thirdtimelucky: he introduced me to bands like millencolin
and bodyjar
thirdtimelucky: but i have always been really into all sorts
of music
thirdtimelucky: i mean even stuff you would never expect
Parx-e: yeah so what would be the most dodgiest cd we would
fine in your collection
thirdtimelucky: like dance cd’s and jazz stuff not that
there is ANYTHING wrong with jazz
Parx-e: yeah I don’t mind jazz
thirdtimelucky: the other guys in the band aren’t quite as
accepting as me of other types of music
Parx-e: thanks for yah time dude any last words
thirdtimelucky: um well just that i reckon there are so many
small local bands out there that i reckon deserve alot more
publicity
thirdtimelucky: and we need to all help each other out
