Samson McDougall, Journalist

“They’re not as savvy as other people. It’s not like anyone in a country town has ever heard of fuckin’ Die Antwoord or Lightning Bolt, you know what I mean?”

"So much of what’s written about the band is total baloney."

"I think it’s important to be creative; being active like that and just working your brain and your spirit, y’know – in a creative way."

"On the one hand I have these super great amazing perfect bands and on the other hand it’s bands with great songs that are pretty sloppy but they’re really cool."

Burn Below fits this mould, enticing a few munters to shove each other about, and the extended wind-down fake-out makes the ballistic ending all the more sweet.

"There’s definitely some lyrics on the record that don’t have anything to do with the Paracosm idea, but sonically I think there is [a narrative thrust]."

"We’re not musos, we’re idiots; so maybe we took the edge off a lot of the seriousness of it. It’s not like we try to be clowns, we just are..."

“Sonically, they were very playful and there was a lot of our youth evident in the sound that we were making..."

"The thing about The Stiffys is that we’re not just some novelty band, we’re pouring our hearts out and just trying to express ourselves with our unique brand of rock’n’roll."

The crowd stand cheering as Watt and Dammit remain the last two battling it out on stage. At the death, Watt tosses his bass, bows, delicately places his glasses on his face and limps from the stage.