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    Catch Chris "Klondike" Masuak talking to Curly, Braggy and The Celebrity Roadie Rossy on "Unfiltered And Undiscovered", as they preview the Australian Tour.

  • Dog Soldier alternative posterChris Masuak is embarking on his first French tour in three years in January 2018 with a new band, Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier.

    Masuak carries one of rock 'n’ roll’s proudest pedigrees, his musical history reading like a “Who’s Who” of the Australian underground, so he should need no introduction around here.

    The Canadian born Masuak first achieved notoriety as the teenage guitarist for legendary Radio Birdman, the torch-bearers of punk rock in Australia.

    He subsequently went on to form The Hitmen, played in the New Christs and the Screaming Tribesmen and now lives in Spain where he plays and tours regularly.

    Dog Soldier celebrates and preserves that proud tradition, with members from Europe’s underground and cult elite.

    Bruno Mondo, bass player from The TV Men, Gunners, Trotskids and The Outside, is a veteran of France’s punk rock scene. Juan Martinez El Karaq is the drummer, from Spain’s hardcore elite and Masuak's power-punk trio, Viveiro Wave Riders.

    JANUARY
    10 - Paris/Montreuil - Armony Live
    11 - Le Havre - L’Escale
    12 - Brest - Le Ptit Minou
    13 - Rennes - Mondo Bizarro
    14 - Vannes - Jam Session
    15 - Rennes - Ty Anna Tavarn

  • Tract Home Chippy - Chris Masuak & Dog Soldier (I-94 Bar Records/Gaga Digi)

    Chris Masuak    has been shredding guitar on Australian stages since he was a teenager with Radio Birdmanin the mid-‘70s. It’s still hard to grasp that by the time he'd made his mid-20s, he'd played with Birdman, the Hitmen, the New Christs and the Screaming Tribesmen, surely four of the most rocking and influential acts to emerge from Australia in any 10-year period.

    Fast-forward to 2023 and Masuak now lives in Spain; in recent years, he’s released a couple of stunning, riff layered, street level yet melodic albums in “Bruijita” and “Address To The Nation”. The new digital single “Tract Home Chippy”, released to concide with his first Australian tour in six years, is no different.  


    With a weaving, melodic guitar hook that crosses several scales, it’s a clever lead-in that sparks off a pumping rhythm section that’s as tight as an ant’s arse. The song gets along like a roller-coaster, aided by solid backing vocals that add spark. Masuak’s own vocals is in fine form, and it’s wrapped in a shower of hooks. The song carries the classic Masuak trademark: a slab of guitar power with a hard edge that nods nod to garage rock and toll.

    Lyrically (and

    ) is an ode to counter culture hero Lenny Bruce, who was a father of cultural insight who faced an obscenity trial and was hounded into poor health. Chris Masuak has landed a bullseye with a fitting tribute.

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    Chris "Klondike" Masauak and Dog Soldier have released a sigital single to mark their May-June Australian tour. "Tract Home Chippy" was recorded in Masuak's adopted home of Spain and in Sydney and features Klondike, bassist Tony Bambach (Green Spiders, Aberration and ex-Lime Spiders) and drummer Stuart Wilson (ex-Lime Spiders, New Christs). The song is still making its way to digital streaming platforms but if you're quick, you can download a  copy here, secure in the knowledge that anything you pay on Bandcamp Friday will be fee-free.