“We were invited to play at The World Beard and Mustache Championships... On that weekend, in that city, in Anchorage of Alaska, the best beards in the world were there. It was as if for one weekend we were living in the utopian society that we hope to one day create. Where bearded men can walk down the street and get the respect that they deserve. It was just great.”

“I won’t be taking any time off the band apart from my [current] solo tour… at least in the immediate future… For the remainder of the year I’ll be promoting my album and writing album two with Boy & Bear.”

Tim Hart tells us some of his favourite records.

"We were like, 'We’re flying the fuck to New York – the songs had better be good, man!'"

“In an ideal world, I’d love to go away and set up somewhere, which is what we have done before; sleep there, wake up and record,”

Last year while on tour, the girls spent a lot of time watching ‘old-school’ rock and roll videos as well as lying in their bunks listening to their own playlists. “The good thing about having an iPad is you all go back to your bunk and listen to your own music at night,”

The amazingly strong group dynamic of King Cannons is certainly understood when Yeoward explains that each of the band members have the same crown tattoo that adorns their throat, though the lyrical journey for The Brightest Light was a deeply personal one for the straight-shooting frontman.

From smalltown New Zealand to the world via Melbourne, King Cannons have achieved a lot, if you’ll excuse the pun, by just sticking to their guns, as frontman Luke Yeoward tells Michael Smith.

Nick Barker & The Reptiles burnt brightly on the Australian scene in the late-‘80s and early-‘90s before fading into obscurity. Frontman Nick Barker talks about their second lease of life.

Nick Argyriou gets the lowdown from Graveyard Train's Nick Finch about their steady departure from country.

“It’s a great idea. James and Cherry always do great things like this, for musicians it’s like a bloody licence to kill. ‘Oh Nick? Hi, it’s James Young, look mate do you wanna have a few beers and then jump up with a great band and sing your four fave songs off Exile?’ No brainer!”

With The Beards’ new album fully grown,Nathaniel Beard discusses how they’re latest face-proof plan to put an end to beardism once and for all.

Whether or not you consider them a serious musical project, you’ve got to admire The Beards’ dedication to their muse. Guitarist Joshua Fielder – AKA Facey McStubblington – shares his emphatic love of the male appendage with a blushing Tyler McLoughlan.