Rat Kangaroo | Musician/band
Rat Kangaroo
Phone: +61 409 948 280
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25.01.2022 If you missed last nights Planet X broadcast with RK as guests, dont fret! You can listen to it right now! https://www.3cr.org.au/planetx
25.01.2022 This Thursday join us on the wireless as we play our favourite tunes on 3CR's Planet X AEST 11:30 PM, hosted by Dr Gonzo. Tune in or stream on: https://www.3cr.org.au/
25.01.2022 Chin up! https://youtu.be/UckwbmgQNqE
25.01.2022 As Rat Kangaroo hibernates heres another work from our vast and eclectic archive. Sometime between 1980/81 this piece was recorded to cassette in an early digestive of Anti Hierarchy, one of Chips earliest bands, with Tony Cardinal on a "stolen" drum kit. Conscription For The Young was written by Brett Sonter. More about Anti Hierarchys "tight and hard" accompanies this clip. https://vimeo.com/chipwardale/conscriptionfortheyoung
24.01.2022 Our next music vid, a pastoral suite, is nigh. #musicvideo #musicvideos
24.01.2022 See us live, post-punk and papal, at Bombay Rock's Smashfest on Fri 16 August at Whole Lotta Love https://www.facebook.com/events/2352106151514835/
24.01.2022 Things are happening.
23.01.2022 As Rat Kangaroo hibernates here's another work from our vast and eclectic archive. Sometime between 1980/81 this piece was recorded to cassette in an early digestive of Anti Hierarchy, one of Chip's earliest bands, with Tony Cardinal on a "stolen" drum kit. Conscription For The Young was written by Brett Sonter. More about Anti Hierarchy's "tight and hard" accompanies this clip. https://vimeo.com/chipwardale/conscriptionfortheyoung
23.01.2022 Rat Kangaroo's single edition 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle! Chip's planning a goodly record listening session during which said puzzle will be assembled. Looking forward to seeing it framed and hung in his illustrious abode.
22.01.2022 In spite of life indoors and being unable to perform let alone rehearse together, we've been completing work on our second EP. In the meantime, here's a piece Chip produced a good 10 years ago, a remix cutup folly on superheros and the satisfaction many find in the misfortune of others. https://vimeo.com/9055987
22.01.2022 The Downfall, a new music video in production with footage from the beeple_crap Creative Commons licensed archive, David Nerlich 3D production prowess and edited by Andrew G. We each bought green screens, filming at home as we near the end of stage 4 lock down in Greater Melbourne. Hang in there every one x
22.01.2022 Andrew, Chip and Mark. EP02 on pretty much every platform. Music for our times.
22.01.2022 Black and White. Tonight!
22.01.2022 Never one for being idle, Rat Kangaroos Chip Wardale has gone and produced a sumptuous instrumental album combining his love of percussion, bass and found and repurposed sound. "Chip Wardale is Unperturbed" is available on the exceptional, bonza, totally grouse Bandcamp. Handle With Ears! https://chipwardale.bandcamp.com/
20.01.2022 Another gem from the archives is a trailer for "Can Video Art Save The World? A retro-spectacle of 30 years of experimental Australian film and video art, from the irreverent to the profane." Featuring works by Chip Wardale, Adrian Symes and David Nerlich (aka Stoch). https://vimeo.com/42609453
20.01.2022 Another favourite from the archives is Chip's Flotsam Prison Blues. Meet Melbourne's zombies and ye old Pentridge Prison now domesticated apartments. https://vimeo.com/chipwardale/flotsamprisonblues
20.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who turned out for our annual fancy dress shin dig at Red Betty. If you took photos and shot off some video of the evening, load them up here. Wed love to see Marks wicker head!
20.01.2022 Holy cow, it's No More Bandicoots! Mark's early 1980s band. Live at The Piccadily in Sydney's Kings Cross. Read the comments! Great gig poster. https://youtu.be/_OEuMKduxJA?t=158
19.01.2022 Our annual fancy dress shin dig at Red Betty is nigh. Guest appearances by Preferred Koala and Stoch presenting Wall of Casio on Sat 14 Sep. https://www.facebook.com/events/2437862959825606/
19.01.2022 This Thursday join us on the wireless as we play our favourite tunes on 3CRs Planet X AEST 11:30 PM, hosted by Dr Gonzo. Tune in or stream on: https://www.3cr.org.au/
18.01.2022 Stress in the Jaw is the third track on our posthumous first release EP01. There's a bit of everything in here for one and all. Stress! https://ratkangaroo.bandcamp.com/track/stress-in-the-jaw
18.01.2022 Stress in the Jaw is the third track on our posthumous first release EP01. Theres a bit of everything in here for one and all. Stress! https://ratkangaroo.bandcamp.com/track/stress-in-the-jaw
17.01.2022 Another favourite from the archives is Chips Flotsam Prison Blues. Meet Melbournes zombies and ye old Pentridge Prison now domesticated apartments. https://vimeo.com/chipwardale/flotsamprisonblues
17.01.2022 First orders packaged and on their way to the UK, Austria, Germany, Tasmania, NSW and Victoria.
17.01.2022 For all you good folks who cant wait to purchase one of our exclusive CDs you will find us on Spotify, iTunes and anywhere else your listenable streams flow from. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1LpxUDPMy9gtHhIHW4eymA
16.01.2022 Rat Kangaroos EP 02 is up and out. Strap yerselves in! Rat Kangaroo EP02 shifts from the straight up post punk rock of EP01 to a more industrial backed, sonically diverse and dangerous territory. It tells stories that come from the dark side of life and living. Musically EP02 jumps from circus funk to cinematic grunt, then from angular jungle junk to jazz punk. All four songs are again heavy on the groove, starting life with bass and drums, then layering up and morphing int...o Rat Kangaroo style romps. Come hang with the Freaks In The Drain and gape with them into the Crack ODoom, then mourn the tragic fate of King Kong and despair at the brutal savagery of The Downfall. https://ratkangaroo.bandcamp.com/album/ep-02
15.01.2022 Come see the new musics! And you gets to wear special threads. A full and interesting night of live music for zero dollars. Gives you a bigger was to spend at the bar!!!
15.01.2022 Rat Kangaroos single edition 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle! Chips planning a goodly record listening session during which said puzzle will be assembled. Looking forward to seeing it framed and hung in his illustrious abode.
15.01.2022 One more Rat Kangaroo sleep to go! Come Sunday Eve our next musical video will be upon us all. Then join us at #smashfest at Whole Lotta Love this Friday 16 August, Brunswick East.
14.01.2022 If you missed last nights Planet X broadcast with RK as guests, don't fret! You can listen to it right now! https://www.3cr.org.au/planetx
13.01.2022 Rat Kangaroo's EP 02 is up and out. Strap yerselves in! Rat Kangaroo EP02 shifts from the straight up post punk rock of EP01 to a more industrial backed, sonically diverse and dangerous territory. It tells stories that come from the dark side of life and living. Musically EP02 jumps from circus funk to cinematic grunt, then from angular jungle junk to jazz punk. All four songs are again heavy on the groove, starting life with bass and drums, then layering up and morphing int...o Rat Kangaroo style romps. Come hang with the Freaks In The Drain and gape with them into the Crack ODoom, then mourn the tragic fate of King Kong and despair at the brutal savagery of The Downfall. https://ratkangaroo.bandcamp.com/album/ep-02
11.01.2022 In 2012 Chip and I, thats Andrew here, produced The Light Show. We released a CD/DVD still available on Bandcamp. The show tells the story of one of Australias leading lighting designers for stage, Hugh McSpedden, who worked with Tangerine Dream and The Monkeys! Heres a short format version of the film we made. https://vimeo.com/137089377
09.01.2022 Never one for being idle, Rat Kangaroo's Chip Wardale has gone and produced a sumptuous instrumental album combining his love of percussion, bass and found and repurposed sound. "Chip Wardale is Unperturbed" is available on the exceptional, bonza, totally grouse Bandcamp. Handle With Ears! https://chipwardale.bandcamp.com/
09.01.2022 Simon Strong from Planet X chatting with us on 3CR.
09.01.2022 Weve evolved out of a lot of side projects, but our earliest influences are drawn from bands we played in through the early 1980s. This included Sydneys No More Bandicoots, Anti Hierarchy and Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk that Chip and Mark played in and Private Lives, Astrobeatnix and Lingo Babel that Andrew had been in. Heres a clip by Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk from 1984 https://vimeo.com/13144636
07.01.2022 In spite of life indoors and being unable to perform let alone rehearse together, weve been completing work on our second EP. In the meantime, heres a piece Chip produced a good 10 years ago, a remix cutup folly on superheros and the satisfaction many find in the misfortune of others. https://vimeo.com/9055987
06.01.2022 Weve been having a crack at all types of music together for yonks. Let Them Cook Out There For Awhile was recorded late one mighty night in 2007 with Adrien Symmes. https://soundcloud.com/andrew-garton/mother-fkr-disco
06.01.2022 Rat Kangaroo EP02 is nigh!
06.01.2022 Over the next few weeks as we try and get some airplay for EP02 and think about the future of music and how we do what we love to do from here on in, were going to share a few of our other projects here n there. Were far from idle. Heres SMUG, written and sung by Andrew featuring Chip on bass with the infamous Mike Rudd (aka Spectrum) on mouth organ, David Nerlich (aka Stoch) on backing vocals and Simone White (of Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy fame) on drums. https://vimeo.com/364224872
06.01.2022 We've evolved out of a lot of side projects, but our earliest influences are drawn from bands we played in through the early 1980s. This included Sydney's No More Bandicoots, Anti Hierarchy and Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk that Chip and Mark played in and Private Lives, Astrobeatnix and Lingo Babel that Andrew had been in. Here's a clip by Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk from 1984 https://vimeo.com/13144636
06.01.2022 For all you good folks who can't wait to purchase one of our exclusive CDs you will find us on Spotify, iTunes and anywhere else your listenable streams flow from. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1LpxUDPMy9gtHhIHW4eymA
06.01.2022 We've been having a crack at all types of music together for yonks. Let Them Cook Out There For Awhile was recorded late one mighty night in 2007 with Adrien Symmes. https://soundcloud.com/andrew-garton/mother-fkr-disco
06.01.2022 The great banana giveaway during The Ballad of King Kong. Photo by @wholelottalovebar
05.01.2022 In 2012 Chip and I, that's Andrew here, produced The Light Show. We released a CD/DVD still available on Bandcamp. The show tells the story of one of Australia's leading lighting designers for stage, Hugh McSpedden, who worked with Tangerine Dream and The Monkeys! Here's a short format version of the film we made. https://vimeo.com/137089377
05.01.2022 Holy cow, its No More Bandicoots! Marks early 1980s band. Live at The Piccadily in Sydneys Kings Cross. Read the comments! Great gig poster. https://youtu.be/_OEuMKduxJA?t=158
04.01.2022 Re-recording vocals for The Downfall.
02.01.2022 Introducing Preferred Koala, joining us @redbettybar with @stoch_sound on 14 Sep.
02.01.2022 The actual thing. The disc that is Rat Kangaroo EP01.
01.01.2022 See us live, post-punk and papal, at Bombay Rocks Smashfest on Fri 16 August at Whole Lotta Love https://www.facebook.com/events/2352106151514835/
