QLD Guide Cover: Danza

Member(s) answering/position(s) in band: Hey dude it's Randy Rossello here! I shred shit hot guitar, Brother Brendan (we call him BB) gives the blast beats and Porkys Rawlins rips it up on the mic!

How long have you been together? Since 1983: the summer of thrash!!!

How did you all meet? Gold Coast underground! We were all in our early teens (no pubes) running wild every school holidays. We would rock up to holiday parks, plug into their power and do impromptu sets. We got a reputation along the coast. We were high on hormones!!!

You're on tour in the van — which band or artist is going to keep the most people happy if we throw them on the stereo? Duuuuuuuuuuude! 4BC Grandstand! We play pretty intense tunes, so in the tour van we like to get into the zone by listening to old blokes commentating on the footy. 

Would you rather be a busted broke-but-revered Hank Williams figure or some kind of Metallica monster? I'd rather be on a permanent casual rate including medical, dental and mental health care cover.

Which Brisbane bands before you have been an inspiration (musically or otherwise)? To be honest: none. We are a Gold Coast band. Brisbane bands don't even play the Gold Coast!!

What part do you think Brisbane plays in the music you make? I think BB buys his drumsticks in the Valley.

Is your band responsible for more make-outs or break-ups? Why? Both! Our good-time grind stage energy is so inclusive that one can have an intimate mosh with the opposite sex at a DANZA show or they can mosh out their crappy relationship blues. As they say: "You've been Danza-ed!"

What reality TV show would you enter as a band and why? Candid Camera, because we are very Allen Funt! Is that show still on telly?

If your band had to play a team sport instead of being musicians which sport would it be and why would you be triumphant? Tunnel Ball — it's very frat party friendly.

What's in the pipeline for the band in the short term? We are playing Saturday 1 Aug at Crowbar. It's our last gig for a long time.

This year we released our debut album Good Grind Is Hard To Find. It contains 28 tracks of good-time grind and is available for download at danzatheband.bandcamp.com.

Also we have a bunch of DANZA merchandise available from facebook.com/DanzatheBand.