Daniel Cribb, Journalist

"There were a few weeks after Chris left when we were like, ‘Do we want to continue?’ I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to continue with it."

“Drum Media, does that have to do with drums? Because I have my brother right here if you need any questions about drums. I am not equipped to handle them, but he is."

"[Wally de Backer]'s like the coolest famous guy you’ll ever meet. No fucking attitude, man!"

"You get to that point where you’re feeling sick... but then someone says ‘let’s party!’ and you go down the rabbit hole every time and end up out until the sun comes up.”

“My greatest happiness has been to see the growth of bands like San Cisco," says City Of Fremantle’s Festival Officer Bruna Chiovitti in the lead up to Hidden Treasures.

"We ended up playing in the freezing rain in our underwear."

‘I don’t wanna just go out there wearing a t-shirt, I wanna go out there dressed like a total freak,’ and that’s what we did.”

“I was mentally preparing myself days before. I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is going to be the hardest thing ever.’

The Bride vocalist Kevin Schwartz reckons Australian hardcore is in need of some life support.