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Steve Bell, Journalist

Steve Bell

Many, many moons ago Steve Bell was unassumingly writing a small fanzine for the inner-city Brisbane record store where he worked when on one otherwise normal day he was poached into the cutthroat world of street press, embarking on an eye-opening journey interviewing bands and banging on about music for the street press publication Time Off. It's an association that's now existed for well over 20 years - including a decade full-time as the print editor for Time Off/The Music - and one which still provides him with immense enjoyment and satisfaction, even though in recent times it's nestled alongside other music-related vocations such as co-owning a record store and indie label, radio broadcasting and navigating the podcast world.

Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Aints Play The Saints ('73-'78)
"As good a first gig by a band as you're ever likely to witness."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Regurgitator Performs The Velvet Underground & Nico
"The visuals are getting more intense and complex as the set progresses, while the band perfectly run that gamut between ramshackle and tight-as-hell."
Features / Music
Beyond Nostalgia: The Third Iteration Of The Aints Is About The Future As Much As The Past
Legendary Brisbane musician Ed Kuepper opens up about revisiting the songs of his incendiary punk outfit The Saints with eyes firmly on the horizon.
Features / Music
Stephen Merritt's Magnetic Fields Celebrate Five Decades Of A Life Worth Singing About
"I didn't have a normal childhood, so for me normal childhoods are fascinating."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: METZ - Strange Peace
"... Wildly discordant and weirdly soothing."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Harlem, Bleeding Knees Club, Amyl & The Sniffers
"The trio take their positions and burst into a squall of gloriously catchy bubblegum ditties as if them suddenly being in Brisbane is the most natural thing in the world."
Features / Music
'Grumblers Grumble, Happy People Are Happy'
"Who you meet the day you meet the artist is who they're going to be when they're successful."
Features / Music
Stepping In To Ensure The Safety Of Others
"Sometimes as a performer you see things happen in the crowd and you have to call them out and you have to sometimes even summon security."
News / Music
Placebo Slam Kings Of Leon: 'You Might As Well Be Watching Cardboard Cut-outs'
Placebo promise no complacency at their upcoming Aussie shows.
Features / Music
Complacency Is Forbidden In Placebo World
"Some bands walk on and they phone it in and just get it done - have you ever seen the fucking Kings Of Leon? Jesus, you might as well be watching cardboard cut-outs."
Features / Music
Tony Cohen's Contributions To Aus Music Will Resonate Through The Ages
Vale Tony Cohen 1957-2017
News / Music
EXCLUSIVE: Rise Against On Upcoming Margaret Court Arena Gig - 'Her Stomach Should Turn'
'A band like Rise Against is in a position to kind of point out the injustice of having something like that existing in not just today’s world but really in any world.'