Figurehead are a four piece from Fremantle, in their final year of high school. They have just released their latest single 'Teacher's pet' which finds a nice balance between the grungy and poppy elements of 90s indie rock and have an EP to follow soon. Tomatrax caught up with the band to talk about their music.
How did the band form?
Matt: The band formed in mid 2014 when we were introduced through a band mentoring program called Rockscholars.
Ross: Chet and I knew each other at primary school and we'd been playing together throughout our first few years of high school, so we were always going to want to be in a band together.
As a bass player I wanted to play with a really solid and tight drummer and Chet happened to be one of the best around, it was love at first sight, as they say!
Matt: Josh and I went to the same primary school and would always be spending lunch and recess in the music room with our mates. We started playing together in high school as well. So when we were introduced to Ross and Chet at Rockscholars it was like bringing these two established partnerships together. We hit it off immediately both musically and socially and became good mates. We were really lucky in those early days to have some great mentors like Mitch McDonald from The Love Junkies and Jake Webb from Methyl Ethel, because we learned really quickly about the importance of being disciplined, rehearsing regularly, like every week and the importance of being consistent and writing original tunes. These guys were awesome and taught us loads and by the end of 2014 we were ready to do our first live show. We have now played more than 60 shows around Perth.
Check out Figurehead's website to find out more!
