fuck the neighbours

_{Fuck The Neighbours leader Simon Chainsaw.}

Fuck The Neighbours
+ The Molly Fet Circuit
MoshPit Bar, St Peters, NSW

WORDS: Geoffrey Datson
IMAGES: The Barman

There was some confusion, so I’m arriving at the bright Saturday afternoon gig late.

Into the long dark venue.

It seemed there’d been some mishap?

A first responder with a head torch on  is stumbling through debris, where the stage used to be.

He spent his early years as a player in Sydney’s underground music scene and also broadcasting its music on community radio. So it was a labour of love for ex-Vanilla Chainsaws frontman-turned-solo-artist Simon Chainsaw in 2009 when he put together a covers record of the songs of the era that inspired him.

Sixteen years later after the “Fuck The Neighbours” record, he’s taking to Sydney stages with a band bearing the same name whose members helped birth the music.

Named after a Thought Criminals song, “Fuck The Neighbours” is an all-Australian punk supergroup playing Oz punk classics for a limited number of shows. You can catch them for a matinee show at MoshPit Bar in St Peters in Sydney on Saturday, November 29. Tickets here.

Comprising Simon Chainsaw on vocals, guitarist Cub Calloway (The Saints, New Christs), bassist Bob Short (Filth, Urban Guerillas) and drummer Murray Shepherd (Fun Things, Screaming Tribesmen. Hitmen DTK) as the core band.

They’ll be joined at the MoshPit by guests including Mark Easton (Suicide Squad, Bedhogs, The Kelpies, Soggy Porridge), Geoff Holmes (X, Evil Rumours) and others to-be-announced.

With one Sydney gig on the verge of a sell-out, a second show has been announced by Aussie punk rock supergroup Fuck The Neighbours.  Fuck The Neighbours will be part of the “Ian Krahe Memorial Punkfest” at the Sydney Crowbar, Leichhardt, on Sunday November 2.

Organisers and participants Slack Punks have assembled a strong bill to pay tribute to the late Xand Evil Rumours guitarist Ian Krahe.