Brendan Harvey
Jackson Firebird
Hey guys thanks for tracking me down.
Ha.. My name is Harvey l play guitar in a two piece dirty rock outfit with my brother in-law Dale ( yes he married my sister #@##* ) called Jackson Firebird we have been dripping sweat on stages all over world for the past 7 years. We started out as two dudes swigging beer and jamming tracks that we dug in a bakery in our home town of Mildura, Australia.
Cheers, our music is just from the heart we have always been into rock in all forms from heavy to old school rock, Australian to American rock we just dig good vibe tunes I personally grew up listening to The Easybeats, Master Apprentice's, Steve Earle through to Pantera and good old Southern American rock too many to mention. But in playing rock I love the stripped backed airy riffage and a big strong beat… That's what makes me groove.
Good Vibes and the sound of a great analog record. The sound of a guitar running strait into a big old valve amp is the best. I feel a lot of this is missing in music today.
Personally I think its wicked we grew up in a small town in the middle of no were. Once we got out on the road and found other rocker kickin good old rock n roll out it was awesome
Thanks. Yeah it's been great working with Napalm on this release we are stoked to see it out in Europe and making it way around this planet. We have been lucky enough to get really good reviews on the album so far and a lot of exposure with it. I don't think you could ask for more.
The album is Cock Rockin it's also the first song on the album. There is no rocket science behind this title we are not out to send a message with our music, it's like that saying "rock out with ya cock out" to me pretty much is just putting it all out there and going the hardest you can (pardon the pun) but in a JF show that's what's going to be dished up! Full throttle balls and all Rock n Roll.
Hahaha wow didn't realize that we sound furious raaaa.. We just like playing rock and it's gotta have attitude or maybe it's just because there is so much shit out there on the airwaves.
Song writing evolves in many ways for JF it could be a riff or a melody first but a lot of the time we jam on ideas and what is fun, challenging and enjoyable to play it usually sticks and becomes a track. I have always thought that if it's fun to play live that's the way it should be we like to challenge our self's on stage without playing each other say with speed or timing which never makes for a dull moment. I would hate to be in a band that just runs through the motions.
They all sit well with me there are a lot of different sounds and styles going on in the tracks and l learnt a lot recording this album. Tracks like Rock Solid is just one take as you can hear Mick Wordly on the desk say "when you're ready" we really tried to grab this album on live takes obviously there are track we worked on after the bones were laid down but it was a fun album to make. Tracks like Sweat Eloise and Quan Dang were put down later in the sessions and it was cool to see how our sound was evolving throughout the record. That was a rad feeling.
Yeah I was well aware of Napalm Records for a long time and I had a big metal time in my life l believe they were checking out some Aussie rock and they came across us and touched base to see where we were at, 2013 we showcased at SXSW and caught up with a NP rep and now the rest is history.
Adrenaline Fuelled Dirty Sweaty High Octane Rock n Roll Show
We just finished a 19 date Tour with Scorpion Child and Horisont throughout Europe which was well received so hopefully we will be back soon come Festival time. Until then our next stop is Brazil on the 14th of May for a run of Festivals.
Yeah sure as JF come from a small town in a very remote area it was a way for us to reach out to other of for rockers from all over the world to find us two blokes.
As long as they are bashing it into their ears and a loud volume l am cool with it. They better spread the Bird though or else..ha
Any time. To the readers STAY ROCK. Cheers. Harvs JF
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