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Ungefähr im März 2020 musste die Welt aufgrund einer weltweiten Pandemie eine Pause von Live-Musik einlegen – du kannst dich bestimmt noch erinnern. Als die Weltbühne geschlossen wurde, begab sich Andrew Stockdale von Wolfmother mit allen Instrumenten in sein Heimstudio und schuf dort das sechste Album „Rock Out“. Da psychische Gesundheit während der Pandemie zu einem der wichtigsten Themen wurde, nutzte Stockdale die Kraft des Rock mit all seinen heilenden Eigenschaften, um sich bei der Entstehung von „Rock Out“ leiten zu lassen. Die Idee, dass Rock’n’Roll inmitten der Monotonie des täglichen Lebens während der Pandemie eine Flucht in eine bessere Welt ermöglicht, wurde zu einer selbsterlösenden Katharsis – dargeboten mit dem Twang eines New Yorker Taxifahrers.
Wolfmother liefern den Sound von Vergangenheit, Wahnsinn und Wohnzimmer-Rebellion. Der Rock lebt – und Wolfmother sind der Beweis.
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Bringing the most majestic of riffs wherever they go, Wolfmother rock like it’s eternally 1973 and the eighties never happened. They do so with absolute conviction as well, which is strange because the original trio that made up the band only met at the turn of the 21st century. Andrew Stockdale, bassist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett formed Wolfmother properly in 2004 after a couple of years of aimless jamming. Their first demo recordings netted them a record deal with Modular Recordings and after their first batch of national tour dates were completed they set to work on their self-titled debut E.P. The trio realised they had something special on their hands when their E.P, a debut effort from a one year old band, charted at number 35 on the Australian album charts in its first week of release.
In fact, the band were so sure of themselves that after they finished their first six months of hardcore touring (or “Chonging” in the bands parlance), they relocated to Los Angeles to record their debut effort with David Sardy. Sardy had previously worked with the likes of Oasis, Slayer, and their countrymen Jet and whatever good luck charm he’d given those previously mentioned bands more than made its mark on Wolfmother. Their self-titled debut album was released in October 2005, peaked at number three on the ARIA Album’s Chart and stayed there for two years, going five times platinum in the process.
For a period of time, they were far and away the biggest new band in Australia and by 2006 their appeal started to spread across the globe, playing Download, Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock, Reading and Leeds festivals in the same summer among many, many others. As Wolfmother’s fame grew, Stockdale began to take complete creative control of the band, Ross and Heskett left as a result and it was another three years before another album would take shape. 2009 saw the release of “Cosmic Egg” a record that didn’t match its predecessor for impact but was rapturously received by fans, who propelled it into the same number three spot of the ARIA Charts that its predecessor got to and into the top 20 of the Billboard 200.
Ever since then, the band have been beloved by their fans for their face melting riffs and spectacular live shows. No matter that the band have effectively become Stockdale’s solo project, he still does it better than just about anyone else in the world right now. With a third album out in the form of 2014’s “New Crown” very little seems able to stand in the band’s way and for that reason, Wolfmother come highly recommended.
A lot of people feel that they were born out of time. That they came into the world in the wrong year, decade, century, you name it. This is especially apparent with music fans, and in a way, we’re all guilty of it. Who hasn’t dreamed of seeing Led Zeppelin at Earls Court, The White Stripes at the Astoria or The Beatles at the Cavern when their own parents hadn’t met back then? Who hasn’t looked at the gig listings of the day and pined for the firebrand genius that yesteryear seems to hold? That’s where Wolfmother comes in. The Australian power trio saw no worth in the music of their time, but rather than whine about it, they decided to do something about it. What they ended up doing can be described in three words. Rock. Like. Bastards. It goes without saying that nowhere is this commitment to rocking like bastards more apparent than in their live show. All the traditional signs are there, amps set to kill, lead singer Andrew Stockdale’s hair looking like a fuzzy beach ball, double necked guitars (DOUBLE NECKED GUITARS) and riffs that would have made them the biggest band in the world in the 1970’s. Woman? New Moon Rising? Joker and the Thief? They’re all here, and while the folks backing up Stockdale might shift from time to time he has a knack of finding players that perfectly gel with his retro sensibilities. So if you feel that you’re living in a century that isn’t for you, Wolfmother understand, and they’re here to make you feel more at home, one monstrous riff at a time.
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