By Victoria Stone-Meadows
MELBOURNE based cut snakes The Bennies will be bringing their no-holes-barred brand of high octane musical trash to Belgrave’s Sooki Lounge on Wednesday 17 September.
The band members described themselves as “your agerage average Psychedelic Reggae Ska Doom Metal Punk Rock From Hell.”
Bassist and vocalist of the band Craig Selak said the gig will be one to remember and issued a challenge to the audience not to enjoy the show.
“It’s gonna be super high energy with sh*t loads of high fives and people losing sh*t but looking after each other,” he said.
“I dare people to leave the show with a frown on their face, I f@#$ing dare ya.”
While the band says they haven’t had a chance to spend much time in the Dandenongs before, they are keen to come out to Belgrave and have a great time.
“We have a couple of good friends from Belgrave and I remember it from the train line when I used to skate a lot,” Selak said.
“We are really looking forward to meeting a few people, sinking beers and having a good time.”
The show at Sooki Lounge is part of an Australian east coast tour that sees The Bennies travelling with American punk act Rozwell Kid on their first trip to Australia.
The tour will include shows in Belgrave, Melbourne, Mornington, Bendigo on their way to larger festivals such as Poison City Weekender, Stonecutters and I Love Life.
Selak said the band loves playing gigs of all sizes and is just happy to make its audiences happy.
“We play all different sized venues and love to mix it up, big and small, doesn’t matter,” he said
“If people want to watch us play then we want to play for them.”
Tickets for The Bennies and Rozwell Kid are available from the Sooki Lounge website at www.sookilounge.com.au.
