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Rocking out with
Rudely Interrupted
Rock band Rudely Interrupted has released its fifth album,
R
udely Interrupted has been
producing its unique brand
of Indie Rock since 2006.
The band features Rory Burnside
as lead singer and keyboard player,
Love You Till I Die, and has recently returned from a whirlwind Rohan Brooks on guitar, Sam Beke as
community, the talented band is challenging the mainstream Josh Hogan on drums.
European tour. Known as a favourite among the disability
music world. Guitarist Rohan Brooks spoke to Music Writer
Anthea Skinner about the band’s latest adventures.
backing dancer and bass player, and
In 2008, Rudely Interrupted
became the first independent band
to receive an invitation to perform
at the United Nations in New York
City and they later returned to
the United States of America to
perform at the Kennedy Centre
in Washington DC. In 2009 the
band independently released their
Australian Film Institute nominated
documentary and appeared on
ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks.
The band last spoke to Link after
the release of their fourth album,
I am Alive. Shortly after that Rohan
was involved in an accident which left
him with 14 titanium pins in his foot
and over a year of recovery. The band
used the down-time well, writing and
rehearsing heavily in preparation for
the release of Love You Till I Die.
“We’ve been working, recording
and writing demos and working in the
studio a lot,” Rohan said.
“Our songs went through a lot of
writing and re-writing. We’ll rehearse
the new tunes and change the
arrangements as we move towards
crafting the songs; it’s been quite a
luxury as we’ve had the time to really
work our music and create the best
Left to right:
Rudely
Interrupted's
Josh, Rory, Sam
and Rohan.
possible record we can. It was kind of
frustrating, but the outcome we feel,
speaks for itself.”
Love You Till I Die was produced
by Greg Wales.
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