REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY JADE GUIDA

My Parent’s played a lot of different music in my house when I was growing up. My parents have nothing little in common, except for there love of Vintage American Muscle Cars and Rock music. The only family tradition we have is going to car shows which always seem to be some ridiculously obscene distance away. The upside was they always played classic rock on those 3 hour drives. I mean, they played true classic rock.

Now, individually my parents have very diverse music taste but together its all about the Rock. Among numerous other reasons the fact that Avalanche play pure Aussie Rock is one of the reasons I love them.

They sound like a ton of happy memories.

They play pure Australian Hard Rock and they do it fucking well. This is a rare thing for bands to be doing in 2021, long gone are the days of AC/DC and Rose Tattoo type bands. Avalanche just shoulder charge you with energy and authenticity, there is nothing false about the. They are raw, gritty, and extremely talented musicians.

They released their EP Second Hand Band and it hits hard, it’s a smooth whisky and the wind blowing in your hair. The EP is rough rock played superbly. The launch show at Paddo RSL was something that had to be experienced. Every time I see this band play, they get better.

On Saturday they oozed confidence. The expression you can’t keep a good girl down, was made for guitarist Veronica affectionately known as V. I know this band and can say with a huge amount of confidence that V is the toughest of the four. She is the ultimate badass Rocker, always sporting her ripped jeans, a bralette and converse. Veronica is an exceptional guitarist and delivered a hair-raising performance on Saturday, sauntering off stage, parting the crowd like the red sea.

Steve has a god-like presence. Even when I edit photos, there is something other worldly about his energy.

Arthur is, well Arthur. The guy is great, honestly and he just looks so unencumbered on stage almost untouchable.

Ryan on Drums is divine. I think Ryan is one of the best people I have ever worked with, he straight talking off-stage a mirror to his infallible drumming ability. This show was an incredible experience, not only did the band deliver a high energy, seamless performance – they did it with unwavering confidence.

The crowd was enthusiastic at worst and downright rowdy at best. Someone stage dived into a pool of only 5 people, got up and shook himself off and went again. That’s what Avalanche will do to you, they will strip away all sense of reason and leave you with an unwavering desire to fuck shit up.

Check out this EP its literally classic! And go to a show, you could not regret it.