Decline Of The Reptiles

Decline Of The Reptiles were born on the sweaty inner-city pub circuit in 1982, with Gary Munro on drums, Dean Coulter on guitar, Bruce Tatham on keyboards, Phil Kerney on bass, Bruce Tindale on guitar and Mark Roxburgh on vocals. The band spawned a single ''What I Feel / Flesh'' one mini album 'The Hammer Speaks' and the EP, 'Too Much Armour, Not Enough Brains' before going into hibernation five years later. They played at venues like the Bondi Hotel, Leichardt Hotel, the Trade Union Club and the Mosman Hotel. The inclusion of their song ''Don’t Look Down'' on the first 'Do The Pop!' retrospective collection prompted a re-group in 2009 with a re-tooled rhythm section. A year of constant gigging followed before the Reptiles recorded their debut long-player, '13 Songs For The Rodeo Grrls'. Sounding like the blues-rock bastard offspring of The Stooges, The Doors and the Stones, this is an album that’s stunning in both its broad musical vision and sonic intensity. [SOURCE: HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC FROM 1960 UNTIL 2000]