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"Generally I know what is going to be a ‘Raptor song – generally it’s something that I can see having elements of twelve people using, whether that’s a huge gang vocal, or a call-and-response, or just sounding really raw."

"So when it was done I got out of Australia because I needed a fresh perspective on things. I went across there (to Paris) and played some gigs and just lived life. I really feed off the energy of Europe. It’s just an amazing place and I loved being there."

There must have been a lot of people who were surprised to hear, back in 2000, that Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst had decided to add The Backsliders to his list of then-Oils side projects.

“I think it’s like an open relationship, basically... and it’s better for that… We respect that N’Dea is gonna wanna go and do things on her own, as each of us are, because that’s an important part of your journey…"

He lit the fires of popular consciousness 44 years ago covering The Doors. Now Jose Feliciano has taken on the King – Elvis Presley – as he tells Michael Smith.

"We will just take a break because the band has been existing for like seventeen years and in that time there has not been a proper break where we have not been doing something."

"I grew up training as a classical pianist and like a lot of other kids I was in a youth orchestra but I was also in punk, funk and rock bands. I have dabbled with flamenco guitar. I even learned to play sitar at a temple near home."

“I have to learn to be more patient, and more gracious; that old thing of ‘good things come to those who wait’. And that’s exactly what’s happened, with me, with my music.”

"I do not exactly know what a Power Diva is. I think it relates to a tough woman who does not take shit. It is a compliment as I am inspired by Tina Turner, Cher and Etta James, who I consider power divas."

"We don’t really mind if people that only want to hear heavy stuff don’t really like what we’re doing. We’ll let them go and listen to their own music. We just wanted to give the people that are into us a bit of insight into what sort of music we like."

Course Profile: International Film School Of Sydney - Advanced Diploma Of Screen & Media.

The solo project of vocalist Jade MacRae, welcome to Dune