THE AINTS! RELEASE LIVE ALBUM ‘THE AINTS! PLAY THE SAINTS (’73-’78) only available at shows (and these are the shows)

THE AINTS! RELEASE LIVE ALBUM ‘THE AINTS! PLAY THE SAINTS (’73-’78) only available at shows (and these are the shows)

Big Pete Oxley makes his musical return to hometown Kingscliff this June for the first time since the Sunnyboys farewell tour of 1984.

Of course Peter, alongside fellow Sunnyboy and brother Jeremy Oxley, spent his formative years in Kingscliff surfing and playing in bands Jerry & The Jets, Golden Syrup, Wooden Horse and Four Play; the later also featuring Michael Charles (another Kingscliff native) who would later appear alongside Pete in Sydney band Shy Impostors, while Wooden Horse featured both Jeremy and Peter plus future Sunnyboys drummer Bil Bilson though, none of those early Sunnyboys classics were ever played by that band.

This time however, Peter returns with his new band The Aints! featuring Ed Kuepper of The Saints a band he had barely heard of when he left Kingscliff for Sydney at the end of 1978. The Aints! also feature Paul Larsen Loughhead of The Celibate Rifles / The New Christs infamy as well as Sunnyboys touring keyboard player Alister Spence and trumpet master Eamon Diliworth leading a three-piece brass section.

The Aints! will be promoting their brand new 5-track mini-LP/CD 5-6-7-8-9 (ABC Music) as well as a live album The Aints! Play The Saints (’73-’78).

Recorded across shows in Sydney & Brisbane during their 2017-2018 tours ‘Play The Saints’ does exactly that, rekindling the energy of the original band lead by Kuepper across their seminal first three albums (I’m) Stranded, Eternally Yours and Prehistoric Sounds.

“Kuepper’s razor-wire guitar is mixed up high here and underpins its attack. Of course the show-stopping closers, the intense “Nights in Venice” and “River Deep, Mountain High”, put a lid on things on the live album, just as they do in the flesh.” – i94bar.com

‘Play The Saints’ will be just the second ever release for the Fatal label, the first being The Saints 7” (I’m) Stranded back in June 1976 helping kick start that whole punk thing. Catch The Aints! rendition of The Saints classic 7”

This Perfect Day recorded at the Bald Faced Stag in Sydney and as heard on Play The Saints https://youtu.be/sagE9Sr4kR8

Both 5-6-7-8-9 and Play The Saints will be released June 14th which is also marks the start date of The Aints! first and only tour for 2019, taking in Melbourne, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Sydney, Canberra as well as Kingscliff.

The Aints! Play The Saints (’73-’78) live will be available at shows and on line only via theaints.com 5-6-7-8-9 (ABC Music) will be available at all good record stores, at shows and on line via theaints.com

Ed Kuepper meantime also kicks off a solo tour with a one off Melbourne date this Saturday 15th June at the Caravan Music Club. All other dates to follow in September.

FEEL PRESENTS… THE AINTS! 5-6-7-8-9 TOUR DATES

Friday 14th June 2019 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC (two sets) + Colonel Kramer and the Eamon Dilworth One Man Brass Ensemble
Thursday 20th June 2019 – The Zoo, Brisbane QLD + Blank Realm
Friday 21st June 2019 – Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast QLD + Colonel Kramer and the Eamon Dilworth One Man Brass Ensemble
Saturday 22nd June 2019 – Kingscliff Hotel, Kingscliff NSW + Colonel Kramer and the Eamon Dilworth One Man Brass Ensemble
Friday 28th June 2019 – Factory Theatre, Sydney NSW (two sets) + Colonel Kramer and the Eamon Dilworth One Man Brass Ensemble
Saturday 29th June 2019 – The Street, Canberra ACT (two sets)

ED KUEPPER: NEW AND OLD DREAMS (UNEDITED/UNHINGED) TOUR

Saturday 15th June 2019 – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne VIC
Friday 6th September 2019 – Music On The Hill, Red Hill VIC
Saturday 7th September 2019 – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine VIC
Friday 13th September 2019 – Freo Social, Fremantle WA
Saturday 14th September 2019 – The Gov, Adelaide SA
Saturday 21st September 2019 – Flow Bar, Old Bar NSW
Friday 27th September 2019 – Clarendon Guest House, Katoomba NSW
Saturday 28th September 2019 – Lizotte’s, Newcastle NSW

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