Viva la Vida
Members of local band 'Turn On the Lights', Jordan Davis, Max Stewart, Meg Tozer and Archie Purcell. are excited to be making their 'Lust For Live' debut this Saturday at the Macquarie Inn, alongside top Dubbe band 'Ovi Hands' and Sydney-based quartet 'Hurst'. Lust For No Is Dub Nis monthly celebration of original. live music from local artists and often feat is es a touring headliner band in the line-up. British rcc k band 'Coldplay' lave been the main Inspiration for Turn On the Lights, with Archie saying 'anyone that has been to any of our glgs will know that we usually play about 80 per cent Coldplay and they have rubbed off on our awn music as well". Coldplay's first number one hit was "Viva la Vida", which translates to' Long Live Life". Head down to Saturday's performance and support the movement 'tong Uve life' music! Lust For Live is a free event, and under-18s a re welcome in the company of a responsible adult
FROM a group of Year 9 school students to an emerging Dubbo talent making their “Lust For Live” debut this Saturday, it seems that local band ‘Turn On The Lights’ now has the Dubbo music scene at their feet.
As the four musos prepare for what could be their career highlight to date, performing at Lust For Live alongside Sydney-based quartet ‘Hurst’ and top Dubbo band ‘Civil Hands’, they’re encouraging all music-lovers to show their support by attending Dubbo’s monthly celebration of original and live music.
The first notion of forming a band came in 2016 when Archie Purcell put the idea forward to fellow Year 9 students, drummer Chloe Ahern and singer Jordan Davis.
From there, their initiation into the Dubbo music scene came down to “a bit of spontaneity,” Archie told Dubbo Photo News.
“We were walking past Old Bank (Restaurant and Bar) after a band rehearsal and it was Tuesday night, which is Muso’s Night. We just thought ‘why not?’, so we went in there, played three songs and we enjoyed it.
“Then after that, we were looking out for some more gigs. Midnite Café came up and that’s when Max Stewart joined as our guitarist, and from there we gradually got invited to more gigs and played more.”
As the band evolved, Chloe made the tough decision to leave due to school commitments, so Meg Tozer then filled the position of drummer.
The band can’t speak highly enough of the support that they received from established local musicians.
“They love to support anyone who wants to make music,” Jordan said.
“The front man of One Proud Monkey, Clinton Hoy, helped us a lot with putting our music out there and gave us lots of encouragement. We also won a song-writing competition of his.
“And it was Fred Randall from Civil Hands who got us into the Lust For Live line-up.
“We also got a lot of support from our music teacher at school, Miss O’callaghan,” Jordan added.
It did not take long for the band to build their repertoire from regular gigs at the Old Bank and the Midnite Cafe to performances at Cinema Under the Stars, the Pride Parade, the Dream Festival and One Proud Monkey’s 5th birthday party.
They have also recorded three of their own songs in an extended play, titled “Human Like the Rest of Us”. This first album was released last month and can now be found on just about every music streaming service.
The band is thrilled to be included in Dubbo’s monthly event to celebrate, support and promote the local music scene and original music coming from Dubbo.
“We’ve only had a few big gigs within the music scene in Dubbo and this is a pretty big thing locally, so it’s pretty big for us,” Archie said.
WHAT WHERE WHEN?
z Lust For Live
z Macquarie Inn, Dubbo
z Saturday, July 28. Music from 7.30pm
z Free entry. Under-18s welcome in the company of a responsible adult
z Brought to you by Lust For Live Dubbo, the Macquarie Inn and the Old Bank Music Shop