Artist InformationBiography
What the critics say about The Re-Mains:
" ... there's enough here to advance the argument that The Re-mains are the best country-rock band in Australia."
(Jeff Glorfeld, The Age)
"Wilco and Uncle Tupelo fans will require very little convincing.."
(Tom Jellet, The Weekend Australian)
"Once the Re-mains cranked up, the joint exploded from slumber to an unmissable event. We'd long heard of these kings of the road, but nobody expected that much."
(Ben Quinn, The Newcastle Herald)
"Their earlier work drew comparisons to American alt-country heroes, but I'm betting there's a rich vein of Australian influence here. The Re-mains walk that tightrope with pride and skill."
(Music Australia Guide)
"The Re-mains sound like a well-oiled touring machine, with material that sounds well tested down dirt tracks and cattle grids."
(Time Off Magazine)
"Tough, bittersweet country ballads with a Stonesy back-beat and rough around the edges Aussie overtones ... tear a page right out of Stompin' Tom's maple leaf songbook."
(Beatroute, Calgary Alberta)
"The Re-Mains are the bastard children of Keith Richards and Wanda Jackson, of Jeff Tweedy and Bob Dylan. They are the war orphans left behind by Nick Cave's murder ballads, by Johnny Cash's evil seed. They are Willie Nelson's outlaw country taken home and given a cold bath and a warm beer. They are the promise fulfilled by the union of Jack White and Loretta Lynn."
(Sault Ste Marie Post)
" ... a well-oiled touring machine of jaw-droppingly musical swampy, foot-stomping alt-country."
(Sled Island festival review)
About The Re-Mains:
Lyrically driven by the same muse that nearly killed Ulysses, the Re-Mains' fearless country rock and roll crusade is a hard-driving outfit based in the sub-tropical hinterland of Byron Bay. Since forming seven years ago they've played all over Australia, pioneering a swashbuckling brand of alt-country that can rock like a road train or roll like a buffalo. Their unabashed, edgy sound and lyrics have won devoted fans and critical acclaim across Australia, Europe, Canada and the US, creating a banjo-edged blur of boot-stompin', epic adventure!
The Re-Mains first toured Canada for three months starting in May 08, commencing their assault at New Music West in Vancouver before playing NXNW and a stack of festivals and other venues across the nation. They returned to Canada in 2009 for another marathon tour across the nation, this time playing bigger and better venues with a new album - 'Inland Sea', spending June-August wandering from Victoria to Montreal and back with Dr Joey Only, The Secretaries, Mayor Matt Allen and whatever bears they picked up on the way.
Currently conducting regular and extensive tours to the remote parts of Australia - including Arnhem Land and Central Australia - The Re-Mains somehow still maintain an ever increasing foothold in the urban centres - and operate on a similar basis in Canada. Australia's hardest working country rock and rollers have toured the country relentlessly for seven years. They've been shot at and hunted by crocs in the Northern Territory, maimed by a rogue steer outside Tennant Creek, lost on the prairie in Manitoba, and found again in Nimbin. They've played festivals as diverse as the The East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival (five times), Splendour in the Grass, Woodford, Tamworth Country Music Festival (six), Gumball, The St. Kilda Festival, Darwin Festival, Ness Creek Music Festival (twice) and others too numerous to list.
Debut album, "Thank You For Supporting Country Rock and Roll" (2003), earned The Re-Mains four and five star reviews from numerous National dailies and was Album Of The Week at no less than six ABC Regional radio stations. It also established the benchmark sound of country rock n roll as a style quite different from the output of the country (and rock) industry's various leading lights. Since then, the band has also released the EP "Burnin' Daylight" (2004) and the epic "Field Conditions" (2005) to critical acclaim, with regular reviewer for The Age, Jeff Glorfeld declaring, "There's enough here to suggest that The Re-mains are the best country rock act in Australia." Their live album, "Love's Last Stand" released Feb 07, is a testament to the power of the band. Rolling Stone magazine gave it four stars. Renowned blues legend Chris Wilson reckons it's the best Australian live record. Ever!
The Re-Mains are:
Mick Daley: Frontman and chief bard, Micks big hands work tirelessly to shorten the life of a pair of battered Maton acoustic guitars. He sings, he shouts and he endlessly broadcasts the gospel of Country Rock &Roll.
Mick has been the songwriter, manager and driving force of the band since its inception. He's a highly experienced international freelance journalist and solo performer, having worked and performed across Europe and Australia. These experiences have given him an excellent background for his work as a travelling bard, documenting life in Australia and on the road from a social, political and professional perspective. He's led the band through over 250 tours, 700 shows and sixty major festivals. The band has recorded 42 of his songs and currently plays 75 of them.
Tom Jones : Tom had been plying his trade with Northern NSW band Jimmy Willing and his Real Gone Hickups when the call of the road bit him. There was only once choice - head to camp Re-Mains. His early background in jazz and funk has since been soundly beaten out of him and he's now a great country rock and roll player, solid, yet adventurous - and he's taken to wearing good Millers shirts.
Shaun Butcher; Returning to the band after a sever illness, 'Uncle Burnin' Love' or 'Gary' as he's otherwise known, invented country rock and roll banjo and still plays it with the same aplomb and relentless ingenuity, stamping his trademark sound on the genre. He also plays a mean stratocaster.
Drummer Al Fisk has a distinguished pedigree, having played in countless inner-city punk and rock bands. His most recent foray into country came with the Matt Scullion band, a well-known outfit in the Australian country music scene.
Instrumentation
Mick Daley - Singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar
Shaun Butcher - banjo and electric guitar
Tom Jones - Bass
Al Fisk - Drums
Discography
"Inland Sea" (2009)
1. About Time
2. Praise Be To The Rooster
3. This Could Be Anywhere
4. Darn Tootin in Saskatchewan
5. Othello's P-76
6. Tequila and Methadone
7. Winnipeg Girls
8. 2nd Century
9. Copper City Motel
10. Hole for a Heart
11. Lets All Git Along
"Love's Last Stand - The Re-mains LIVE" (2007)
"Raunchy live record from hard-working heroes."
**** (Rolling Stone Magazine)
1. Stoked
2. endless Mystery
3. Folksinger Blues
4. Bush Turkey Breakout
5. The Dirt Farmer's Gavotte
6. Thank You Mr Ellis
7. You Look Like Keith Richards
8. Email
9. Ballard of a Wrong'un
10. Darby Street
11. I Really Wanna Get On
12. Hot Blood
"Field Conditions" (2005)
****1/2 (Time Of Magazine)
1. Quit Singing The Blues
2. He Died With His Boots On
3. Horse
4. Robert's Road
5. Stoked
6. White Dress
7. My Friend The Bushranger
8. Free At Last
9. Letterbomb
10. Motherlode
11. Karaoke Caravan
12. Black Aspirin
13. Thank You Mr Ellis
14. I Want Every Make Of Holden Ever Made
15. Don't Go Back
"Burnin' Daylight" (2004)
1. Is It Ever Gonna Rain?
2. All Them People
3. The Letterbomb
4. Sin City
5. I Wanna Get...
6. Ain't Goin Back
7. Burnin' Daylight
"Thank You For Supporting Country Rock and Roll" (2003)
1. Lil' Lady Luck
2. Sick Sister
3. History Of Flies
4. Folk Singer Blues
5. Walk Slowly
6. Day In The Sun
7. Hot Blood
8. In The Wake Of Britney Spears
9. I Ain't Goin' Back
10. You Got To Break Before You Can Bend
11. Hole For A Heart
12. Gold Wig
13. Bye Bye Byron Bay
14. Smitty's Blues
"Keepin' It Steel" (2003)
1. Endless Mystery
2. You always Know When I'm Lying
3. Take It As You Find It
4. She Never Done Nobody Wrong
5. Always Working
6. E-mail
7. You Look Like Keith Richards
8. Ballad Of A Wrong'Un
Links
| http://www.re-mains.com |
| The Re-Mains' Myspace site |
| The Re-Mains' website |
| The Re-Mains Page at Croxton Records |