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  • Spaghetti and Frank by Ed ColverEddie Spaghetti (left) of The Supersuckers thinks it's all a bit loud but Frank Meyer begs to differ. Ed Culver photo. 

    Los Angeles musician, author and filmmaker Frank Meyer is a surprisingly talented singer songwriter and a highly skilled, captivating raconteur. He seems like a genuinely all around good guy, so I'm a little embarrassed I did not get that hip to his extensive discography much sooner.

    I first became aware of both Frank Meyer and fellow feature article subject John 5 way back in the hazy distant past-maybe like, 23 years ago, in the pages of a glossy punk ‘n’ roll bible, “Pop Smear”, with both my boyhood idols, Evil Knievel and David Lee Roth on the cover. I was workin' at a news stand in the Midwest where long lines of unhappy barflies flooded in front of my cash register all day, incessantly wanting to buy the scratch off lotto tickets. "I'll take ten Lucky Pots Of Gold and five Leprechaun's Rainbows".

    Frank seemed to have won the rock ‘n’ roll lotto when he got to hang out with John 5 and David Lee Roth, live, and in-person, on multiple occasions, and then, went on to write books and form his own bands that criss-crossed the country. He was playing bills with all the other bands I liked at the time and releasing a long and prolific stream of records I never really heard.

  • ron brown 2021

    THE FARMHOUSE’S TOP TEN

    Hello I-94 Barflies. What a shitty year it’s been. Charlie Watts’ passing makes me feel old and I type with a heavy heart with the passing a few days ago of my friend, the great guitarist John Nolan (Bored!, Powder Monkeys, Spencer P Jones and The Escape Committee and more recently Powerline Sneakers.) Last drinks, last smokes. R.I.P.

    Thank fuck there is music. There have been numerous great releases this past 12 months, so here we go.

  • Ex-Thought Criminals

  • Debut CD launch

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I-94 Bar Records presnts
Jupiter 5 
"Fifth From The Sun" CD Launch
+ Simon Chainsaw & The Liberators + Primo Mofo
Marrickville Bowling Club
- May 3
Tickets

Joeys Coop
10th Anniversary Show
Camelot Lounge, Marrickville
- May 4
Tickets

The Skids Australian Tour
MAY
2 - Brisbane, The Triffid
3 - Sydney, Manning Bar
4 - Melbourne, Max Watts
10 - Adelaide, The Gov
11 - Perth, Rosemount Hotel
Tickets

I-94 Bar presents
"You Only Think Twice
An Afternoon With Kit Identity"
Kit Identity 
(Bruce Warner ex-Thought Criminals) 
+ Rubber Necker 
(playing middle set)
Wiz & The Trailler Trash Boys
MoshPit Bar, Enmore, NSW
- May 26
(2-5pm)

I-94 Bar presents
Psychotic Turnbuckles 
“40 Years Undefeated”
+ Starcrazy + The Vibrajets
The Tote, Melbourne
- June 29
Tix
+ The Fadeaways (JPN)
+ Bahne Super-Flex 
+ The Strike-Outs
The Crowbar, Sydney
- July 13
Tix
+ The Dangermen
+ The Busymen
The Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
- Sept 7
Tix


Radio Birdman
“Birdman 5-O!”
JUNE
+ Civic
21 – Croxton Bandroom, VIC
22 – Croxton Bandroom, VIC
23 – The Gov, Adelaide
+ TBA
28 – The Triffid, Brisbane
29 – The Triffid, Brisbane
+ HITS
JULY
5 – Manning Bar, Sydney  - SOLD OUT
6 – Manning Bar, Sydney  - SOLD OUT
7 – Manning Bar, Sydney
+ Hard-Ons

The Fadeaways
Australian Tour
JULY
Thu 11- Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. VIC
Fri 12 – The Tote, Collingwood, VIC
Sat 13 – The Crowbar, Leichhardt, NSW
Sun 14 – MoshPit Bar, Enmore, NSW

The Stems
40th Anniversary Australian Tour
AUG
24 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
25 – The Gov, Adelaide
30 – The Zoo, Brisbane
31 – Manning Bar, Sydney
SEP 
5 – Freo Social, Fremantle
Tickets here

Buzzocks Australian Tour
OCT
25 - Brisbane - The Triffid
26 - Adelaide - The Gov
27 - Fremantle - Metropolis
31 - Newcastle - King St Bandroom
NOV
1 - Sydney - Metro Theatre
2 - Melb - Northcote Theatre
3 - Lorne - Lorne Theatre
4 – Castlemaine - Theatre Royal
Tix

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