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“I’m not a traditional, nice, soft singer that you can put on your radio while you cook and talk to your friend. Either people love me or they cannot stand me!”

"It’s a weird paradox. If you are a one-man band you do a lot of travelling; it’s not just a shtick I adopt, it’s a definite part of my life."

“I don’t want to speak for the guys but I don’t think of Bankrupt Billionaires as a side-project for The Optimen anymore. I’m not sure it ever has been.”

“We’re really excited about that... truly excited to have won that. And I’m just happy to be there as a spectator as well. And I’ve heard Peats Ridge has a great vibe, so we’re excited about that as well.”

“I’ve had a bloody blast (Down Under) the last couple times... My best memory was going to see my mate Bon Scott in Perth, leaving him some Stone’s ginger wine, couple of ciggies and then goin’ for fish‘n’chips.”

“It’s a fine line between being drunk to the point where you’re having a great time, and then not getting too drunk to the point where you can no longer play. And we’ve teetered on that line a few times.”

"We’re really happy with how it’s turned out, I mean there’s always a bit of pressure with the second album, those second album blues."

When Nathaniel Beard suggested that I would not be able to eat a kilo of cheese in an hour, my pride was wounded.

The Vaccines pick up the baton of good old-fashioned teenage rock ‘n’ roll – sounds like a delicious combination for their upcoming Aus performances

"I came to this point where I didn’t want traditional stage lighting – it didn’t fit what we were doing. I wanted to do more of a cinematic thing, so if I combine cinematic elements, and punch up the effects, colours and flashing, I can basically use the projector – if it’s strong enough – as the stage lighting."