| Member Since | 3/20/2006 | | Band Website | Enquiries Contact: danielwithane@gmail.com | | Band Members | DANIELE MARANDO
Vocals
Gut-String guitar
Jazzmaster
DANIEL BABEKUHL
Electric Guitar
Gang Vocals
MICHAEL SULLINGS
Bass
Gang Vocals
JOSHUA HARVEY
Drums
Percussion
Gang Vocals
| | Influences | Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Don Walker, Hank Williams, Paul Kelly, The Triffids, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Johnny Cash, Dr Nina Simone, Patsy Cline, The Drones, Dan Kelly, Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, The Louvin Brothers, Karen Dalton, The Black Eyed Susans, Elvis, Dirty Three, Leadbelly, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, X (Australia), Dean Martin, Louis Prima, The White Stripes, Bluebottle Kiss, Suicide, The Supremes, Django Reinhardt, Bo Diddley, Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith, Professor Ratbaggy, Gillian Welch, Edith Piaf, King Curly, Chuck Berry, Nirvana, The Stanley Brothers, Jonathan Richman, Louis Armstrong, Roy Orbisson, The Ronettes, The Birthday Party....
| | Sounds Like | "The Maladies wrap up the evening with a very cool set of toe tapping satanic blues. The unasuming fromt man on acoustic swings violently between sweet angelic tones and blood curdling howls as the band bursts into chaos. The lyrics are inturn uplifting, mournful and harrowing but always with a dark edge. Imagine Nick Cave and Tex Perkins ding a duet of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" And You'd nearly be there.
- The Brag.
Next up The Maladies battled through problems with a temperamental PA to produce a fine performance, showcasing their weird and wonderful amalgamation of sounds. The Sydney quartet had an odd, unique style incorporating easy-going rock drowned in a kind of dark, twisted blues. Deliberate discords muddled and diversified otherwise simplistic arrangements, with masterful distorted guitar work by Daniel Babekuhl. Upon this backdrop, singer Dan Marando wailed and hollered through the set, adding to the strangely accessible cacophony. ‘This Wood & This Wire’ epitomised the band’s sound (or should that be noise?), a trippy, crashing folk-metal hybrid for the 21st century, while ‘I Feel So Fine’ sounded like some sort of acid-fuelled White Stripes ensemble from the 70s, Marando’s flitting falsetto growing into a raucous psychedelic yodel.
- The Lumiere
| | Type of Label | Unsigned |
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