Showing posts with label Funkoars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Funkoars. Show all posts
Friday, May 18, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Funkoars Fans Represent 'Being Vincent D'Onofrio'
David Smithwick
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
'Funkoars won't pull punches'
Kate Kingsmill
March 29, 2012
THE CANBERRA TIMES
The Funkoars have no plans for getting any legal advice. If Vincent D'Onofrio finds out that they are using his face to promote their latest tour, they will ''just send Vincent grovelling emails telling him how great he is'', MC Sesta says.
Such is this Adelaide hip-hop band's respect for the Law and Order actor that on their latest album, 2011's The Quickening, they named one of the tracks Being Vincent D'Onofrio. ''If it was up to us we would have named the album that, but we thought we'd call our tour that, and that gave us the chance to superimpose Vincent D'Onofrio's face onto all of our faces on the tour posters. Personally it's my favourite tour poster, and most people can't even pronounce it so it's a win-win situation.''
Sesta is clearly unconcerned with any legal ramifications from the band's use of the actor's likeness. ''If anything does arise from it, well, we'd just be flattered that he even knows about it, so that's cool. He seems like a pretty laid-back guy.''
Which is just how the Funkoars roll. Like on a recent tour of far north Queensland when their rental car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and they were stranded for hours together in the melting Queensland heat. ''It was alright at first,'' Sesta says. ''We laughed and saw the brighter side of it. But then an hour later we were sitting in the car, just not speaking to each other. But then we made some videos and acted like dickheads. So we survived.''
The Funkoars have carved a successful career out of acting like that. Their lyrical content runs the gamut from booze-fuelled shenanigans to gambling failures and back again because, Sesta says: ''They're easy things to undertake. It's the only thing we really know anything about. So you may as well just get intricate within the things that you know a lot about, rather than trying to act clever like everybody else. Just talk really skilfully about one or two things in particular and just shut your mouth about the other things. It just so happened that we know a lot about rude things, things that make us laugh.''
But there is a little-known serious side to the band. MC Trials is, Sesta says, ''a hard worker who spends a lot of time making beats. That's where he shines, when he gets together with someone in the studio''. Trials has produced albums for Vents, Hilltops and another old mate, Drapht. ''We were friends with Drapht from the beginning and I think now everyone's stepped up their game and getting a lot more professional, we're all reaping the benefits of these long-term relationships and knowing and working with these people for so long.''
Last year the Funkoars signed to the Hilltop Hoods' fledgling record label, Golden Era, a move which was ''kind of just inevitable, really'', Sesta says. ''We've always had a pretty close relationship with them, we've always done music together, we're just a big circle of friends. So it's their fault. They're going to make a record label, we're going to join up whether they like it or not. We've kicked in the door and we're sitting on the couch eating all their Doritos.''
But seriously, he says, ''they look after us and while there's the inevitable business side of things, it's as much as humanly possible still a friendship-based thing. We have a healthy friendship behind it all which is a luxury that almost nobody gets to have. So we're pretty lucky in that way''.
The Funkoars
WITH: Raw City Rukus, Old School Al and Mattrix
WHEN: Tomorrow
WHERE: The Greenroom @ The Tradies Club
TICKETS: $25 + BF from Moshtix
■ Kate Kingsmill is a music lover, writer and radio broadcaster
Such is this Adelaide hip-hop band's respect for the Law and Order actor that on their latest album, 2011's The Quickening, they named one of the tracks Being Vincent D'Onofrio. ''If it was up to us we would have named the album that, but we thought we'd call our tour that, and that gave us the chance to superimpose Vincent D'Onofrio's face onto all of our faces on the tour posters. Personally it's my favourite tour poster, and most people can't even pronounce it so it's a win-win situation.''
Sesta is clearly unconcerned with any legal ramifications from the band's use of the actor's likeness. ''If anything does arise from it, well, we'd just be flattered that he even knows about it, so that's cool. He seems like a pretty laid-back guy.''
Which is just how the Funkoars roll. Like on a recent tour of far north Queensland when their rental car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and they were stranded for hours together in the melting Queensland heat. ''It was alright at first,'' Sesta says. ''We laughed and saw the brighter side of it. But then an hour later we were sitting in the car, just not speaking to each other. But then we made some videos and acted like dickheads. So we survived.''
The Funkoars have carved a successful career out of acting like that. Their lyrical content runs the gamut from booze-fuelled shenanigans to gambling failures and back again because, Sesta says: ''They're easy things to undertake. It's the only thing we really know anything about. So you may as well just get intricate within the things that you know a lot about, rather than trying to act clever like everybody else. Just talk really skilfully about one or two things in particular and just shut your mouth about the other things. It just so happened that we know a lot about rude things, things that make us laugh.''
But there is a little-known serious side to the band. MC Trials is, Sesta says, ''a hard worker who spends a lot of time making beats. That's where he shines, when he gets together with someone in the studio''. Trials has produced albums for Vents, Hilltops and another old mate, Drapht. ''We were friends with Drapht from the beginning and I think now everyone's stepped up their game and getting a lot more professional, we're all reaping the benefits of these long-term relationships and knowing and working with these people for so long.''
Last year the Funkoars signed to the Hilltop Hoods' fledgling record label, Golden Era, a move which was ''kind of just inevitable, really'', Sesta says. ''We've always had a pretty close relationship with them, we've always done music together, we're just a big circle of friends. So it's their fault. They're going to make a record label, we're going to join up whether they like it or not. We've kicked in the door and we're sitting on the couch eating all their Doritos.''
But seriously, he says, ''they look after us and while there's the inevitable business side of things, it's as much as humanly possible still a friendship-based thing. We have a healthy friendship behind it all which is a luxury that almost nobody gets to have. So we're pretty lucky in that way''.
The Funkoars
WITH: Raw City Rukus, Old School Al and Mattrix
WHEN: Tomorrow
WHERE: The Greenroom @ The Tradies Club
TICKETS: $25 + BF from Moshtix
■ Kate Kingsmill is a music lover, writer and radio broadcaster
Friday, March 9, 2012
'The Funkoars want to be Vincent D’Onofrio'
BY GEMMA BOASE ON MARCH 9, 2012
LUNA MAGAZINE
As Australian hip hop booms with new talent and fresh style, industry veterans, The Funkoars, are causing just as much havoc and excitement as the young’ns. Nine years on from their first album release, these Adelaide-bred boys are still battling the tour circuit and having some laughs along the way.
LUNA joined in on the laughter when we chatted with the typical Aussie jokester, Sesta. He told us, since coming off their latest tour the foursome had been trying to avoid each other as much as possible.
“Yeah, no we hate each other. We only speak when we’re on tour and in the hotel room,” he kidded. “No, we like each other most of the time – most of the time.”
After an extensive tour of the nation to launch the release of their fourth album, The Quickening, last year, the boys are now preparing to hit the road again. The boys are continuing to release material from the record with the newest single, Vamoose, dropping earlier this week – giving the ‘Oars a brand new reason to round the country another time.
“It’s at that sweet spot of the album now, where it’s been out for around six months and it’s really nice to do a series of live shows once the album’s been out for that long and everyone’s had enough time to digest it. A lot of people know the songs a lot better. Whereas, thus far, it’s been good and people know the singles, but the album hasn’t really had time to sink in, which I think now it will.”
Although the tour has been spurred on by Vamoose, it has been inspired and named after someone The Funkoars look up to and worship - Vincent D’Onofrio. The world-renowned actor has starred in an array of roles over his illustrious two-decade-long career, but is most famous for playing the character Detective Robert Goren on the popular US television show, Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Now, our Aussie rappers are attempting to incorporate some of the actor’s greatness into their show by Being Vincent D’Onofrio.
“Well it’s always hard to say you’re own name. Everyone has trouble pronouncing his name. But we wanted to name our tour and songs after him just ’cause we’ll never compare to such a human. We’ll never be as good as him. We can put his face on our bodies, which is what we’ve done for the tour poster, but that’s probably the closest we’re going to get.
“We were going to do what everyone else always does, and that’s when they’ve got a new single coming out they name the tour after that. But we thought that was boring and what is the point of the that? There’s just a multitude of people who just seem do that and have very boring tour names. So we just thought it sounded good so we called it that, and then we came up with the poster to put his face on our face, and it made us laugh.”
With such a cool name for the tour, Sesta said he wishes he could turn back time and recreate his own stage name which he now describes as “cringe-worthy”. Just the same as the other three ‘Oars, he says his teenage-self was not the best decision maker.
“No I hate it, if I could change it, it’d be something cool like Vincent D’Onofrio. I think all of us don’t like our rap names now, because we started so long ago, we were 15 or 16 – and of course what we like when we’re 15 or 16 we not only going to hate a year later, we’re going to hate after 10 years with even more of passion. But they have spun off into other nicknames and we will address each other as these other little spin-off names that have come from that name.”
Hand-in-hand with their new nicknames, the boys are also known for creating their own style of language. Regularly speaking in a vernacular others couldn’t understand, The Funkoars had to physically create a guide to their slang for their friends and fans – ‘The Quickipedia‘.
“We didn’t really think it was obvious, but whenever we’d get together and we’re just sort of talking amongst ourselves, we’d hear back from someone sitting near us, ‘I have no idea what you guys are talking about, you sound like you’re talking another language,’ – with all our mumbles and stutter and our own bits of lingo. Many times even friends of ours are like, ‘What the fuck are you talking about?’ Because a lot of times we’ll have a word that evolves into another meaning, and that word will spin-off and evolve into another meaning, and that word will spin-off and evolve to another word, which has it’s own meaning. So it’s broadened up a bit, our larger circle of friends now all speak the lingo but it has always been an issue for a long time just ’cause we have so many stupid personal jokes and stuff. When you get around us and hear us talking about bullshit it usually makes sense.”
LUNA MAGAZINE
As Australian hip hop booms with new talent and fresh style, industry veterans, The Funkoars, are causing just as much havoc and excitement as the young’ns. Nine years on from their first album release, these Adelaide-bred boys are still battling the tour circuit and having some laughs along the way.
LUNA joined in on the laughter when we chatted with the typical Aussie jokester, Sesta. He told us, since coming off their latest tour the foursome had been trying to avoid each other as much as possible.
“Yeah, no we hate each other. We only speak when we’re on tour and in the hotel room,” he kidded. “No, we like each other most of the time – most of the time.”
After an extensive tour of the nation to launch the release of their fourth album, The Quickening, last year, the boys are now preparing to hit the road again. The boys are continuing to release material from the record with the newest single, Vamoose, dropping earlier this week – giving the ‘Oars a brand new reason to round the country another time.
“It’s at that sweet spot of the album now, where it’s been out for around six months and it’s really nice to do a series of live shows once the album’s been out for that long and everyone’s had enough time to digest it. A lot of people know the songs a lot better. Whereas, thus far, it’s been good and people know the singles, but the album hasn’t really had time to sink in, which I think now it will.”
Although the tour has been spurred on by Vamoose, it has been inspired and named after someone The Funkoars look up to and worship - Vincent D’Onofrio. The world-renowned actor has starred in an array of roles over his illustrious two-decade-long career, but is most famous for playing the character Detective Robert Goren on the popular US television show, Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Now, our Aussie rappers are attempting to incorporate some of the actor’s greatness into their show by Being Vincent D’Onofrio.
“Well it’s always hard to say you’re own name. Everyone has trouble pronouncing his name. But we wanted to name our tour and songs after him just ’cause we’ll never compare to such a human. We’ll never be as good as him. We can put his face on our bodies, which is what we’ve done for the tour poster, but that’s probably the closest we’re going to get.
“We were going to do what everyone else always does, and that’s when they’ve got a new single coming out they name the tour after that. But we thought that was boring and what is the point of the that? There’s just a multitude of people who just seem do that and have very boring tour names. So we just thought it sounded good so we called it that, and then we came up with the poster to put his face on our face, and it made us laugh.”
With such a cool name for the tour, Sesta said he wishes he could turn back time and recreate his own stage name which he now describes as “cringe-worthy”. Just the same as the other three ‘Oars, he says his teenage-self was not the best decision maker.
“No I hate it, if I could change it, it’d be something cool like Vincent D’Onofrio. I think all of us don’t like our rap names now, because we started so long ago, we were 15 or 16 – and of course what we like when we’re 15 or 16 we not only going to hate a year later, we’re going to hate after 10 years with even more of passion. But they have spun off into other nicknames and we will address each other as these other little spin-off names that have come from that name.”
Hand-in-hand with their new nicknames, the boys are also known for creating their own style of language. Regularly speaking in a vernacular others couldn’t understand, The Funkoars had to physically create a guide to their slang for their friends and fans – ‘The Quickipedia‘.
“We didn’t really think it was obvious, but whenever we’d get together and we’re just sort of talking amongst ourselves, we’d hear back from someone sitting near us, ‘I have no idea what you guys are talking about, you sound like you’re talking another language,’ – with all our mumbles and stutter and our own bits of lingo. Many times even friends of ours are like, ‘What the fuck are you talking about?’ Because a lot of times we’ll have a word that evolves into another meaning, and that word will spin-off and evolve into another meaning, and that word will spin-off and evolve to another word, which has it’s own meaning. So it’s broadened up a bit, our larger circle of friends now all speak the lingo but it has always been an issue for a long time just ’cause we have so many stupid personal jokes and stuff. When you get around us and hear us talking about bullshit it usually makes sense.”
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
New dates added for Funkoars 'Being Vincent D'Onofrio Tour 2012'
FULLSEAT
SundayMar 11I'm going
--------- BEING VINCENT D'ONOFRIO TOUR ----------
**** TICKETS ON SALE NOW ****
***** NEW DATES ADDED *****
******* Http://www.funkoars.com/tour *****
Back on the scene with the force of a freight train, The Funkoars hit back last year after a 12 month hiatus to deliver their new album "The Quickening" to critical acclaim. Their album launch tour saw them leave a trail of hangovers in 18 cities across the country! With standout shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Fat As Butter & Sprung Festival, it was always expected that the almighty Funkoars crew would swing back around to do it all over again! But this time, they are channeling the spirit of Law & Order's Vincent D'Onofrio and bringing him along for the ride!
With a brand new single and music video to be released in March (stay tuned for this), The Funkoars (and what appears to be Vincent D'Onofrio) are excited to announce they will be smashing out a select run of 10 dates across the country!
***********NEW DATES ADDED ***** NEW DATES ADDED ************
Sun 11th March - TAS - Breath Of Life Festival, Launceston
Tickets Available through OZTIX
http://tickets.breathoflifefestival.com/default.aspx?Event=23279
Fri 30th March - ACT - The Tradies Club, Canberra
SUPPORTED BY RAW CITY RUKAS and MATTRIX
Tickets available from MOSHTIX
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=54491&ref=moshtix&skin=
Sat 31st March - NSW - Entrance Leagues Club, Bateau Bay
SUPPORTED BY - SWARMY and DRAKE
Tickets Available through BigTix and Oztix
http://www.bigtix.com.au/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=2169
Tue 24th April - VIC - Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne
RAISE THE ROOF 4 - Hosted By Reason, MASSIVE Full Lineup announced Soon
Tickets available through Oztix and www.espy.com.au
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25719&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
Fri 27th April - WA - Bar120 Hillary's, Sorrento
SUPPORTED BY OPTAMUS, MORTAR and BITTER BELIEF
Tickets available from Oztix
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25479&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
Sat 28th April - WA - Rosemount Hotel, Perth
SUPPORTED BY OPTAMUS, MORTAR and BITTER BELIEF
Tickets available From Oztiz
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25481&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
Fri 4th May - SA - The Gov, Adelaide
SUPPORTED BY K21, PURPOSE feat. MOTIVE and Dj HACKSAW, FULL TOTE ODDS and THIRD DEGREE
Tickets available from www.thegov.com.au , Venuetix and Moshtix
http://admin.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=54810&caller=CAL&noadd=true&skin=#buy
Sat 5th May - NSW - Annandale Hotel, Sydney
SUPPORTED BY DEF WISH CAST and ELLESQUIRE
Tickets available From The Annandale Hotel
http://www.annandalehotel.com/anh/eventdetails.asp?id=3005
Thu 10th May - VIC - Wheelers Hill Hotel, Wheelers Hill
SUPPORTED BY BRIGGS, MAUNDZ with CRATE CARTEL and BACKYARD FUNK
Tickets available from Ticketmaster
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au
Fri 11th May - VIC - Pier Live, Frankston
SUPPORTED BY BRIGGS, MAUNDZ with CRATE CARTEL and BACKYARD FUNK
Tickets available from Ticketmaster
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au
FRIDAY 1st JUNE - NSW - Great Northern, Byron Bay
SUPPORTED BY K21 and Mr Hill & Rahjonkas
Tickets available from Oztix
Sat 2nd June - QLD - The Zoo, Brisbane
SUPPORTED BY K21 and Mr Hill & Rahjonkas
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25663&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
FUNKOARS - BEING VINCENT D'ONOFRIO TOUR
SundayMar 11I'm going
--------- BEING VINCENT D'ONOFRIO TOUR ----------
**** TICKETS ON SALE NOW ****
***** NEW DATES ADDED *****
******* Http://www.funkoars.com/tour *****
Back on the scene with the force of a freight train, The Funkoars hit back last year after a 12 month hiatus to deliver their new album "The Quickening" to critical acclaim. Their album launch tour saw them leave a trail of hangovers in 18 cities across the country! With standout shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Fat As Butter & Sprung Festival, it was always expected that the almighty Funkoars crew would swing back around to do it all over again! But this time, they are channeling the spirit of Law & Order's Vincent D'Onofrio and bringing him along for the ride!
With a brand new single and music video to be released in March (stay tuned for this), The Funkoars (and what appears to be Vincent D'Onofrio) are excited to announce they will be smashing out a select run of 10 dates across the country!
***********NEW DATES ADDED ***** NEW DATES ADDED ************
Sun 11th March - TAS - Breath Of Life Festival, Launceston
Tickets Available through OZTIX
http://tickets.breathoflifefestival.com/default.aspx?Event=23279
Fri 30th March - ACT - The Tradies Club, Canberra
SUPPORTED BY RAW CITY RUKAS and MATTRIX
Tickets available from MOSHTIX
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=54491&ref=moshtix&skin=
Sat 31st March - NSW - Entrance Leagues Club, Bateau Bay
SUPPORTED BY - SWARMY and DRAKE
Tickets Available through BigTix and Oztix
http://www.bigtix.com.au/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=2169
Tue 24th April - VIC - Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne
RAISE THE ROOF 4 - Hosted By Reason, MASSIVE Full Lineup announced Soon
Tickets available through Oztix and www.espy.com.au
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25719&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
Fri 27th April - WA - Bar120 Hillary's, Sorrento
SUPPORTED BY OPTAMUS, MORTAR and BITTER BELIEF
Tickets available from Oztix
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25479&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
Sat 28th April - WA - Rosemount Hotel, Perth
SUPPORTED BY OPTAMUS, MORTAR and BITTER BELIEF
Tickets available From Oztiz
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25481&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
Fri 4th May - SA - The Gov, Adelaide
SUPPORTED BY K21, PURPOSE feat. MOTIVE and Dj HACKSAW, FULL TOTE ODDS and THIRD DEGREE
Tickets available from www.thegov.com.au , Venuetix and Moshtix
http://admin.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=54810&caller=CAL&noadd=true&skin=#buy
Sat 5th May - NSW - Annandale Hotel, Sydney
SUPPORTED BY DEF WISH CAST and ELLESQUIRE
Tickets available From The Annandale Hotel
http://www.annandalehotel.com/anh/eventdetails.asp?id=3005
Thu 10th May - VIC - Wheelers Hill Hotel, Wheelers Hill
SUPPORTED BY BRIGGS, MAUNDZ with CRATE CARTEL and BACKYARD FUNK
Tickets available from Ticketmaster
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au
Fri 11th May - VIC - Pier Live, Frankston
SUPPORTED BY BRIGGS, MAUNDZ with CRATE CARTEL and BACKYARD FUNK
Tickets available from Ticketmaster
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au
FRIDAY 1st JUNE - NSW - Great Northern, Byron Bay
SUPPORTED BY K21 and Mr Hill & Rahjonkas
Tickets available from Oztix
Sat 2nd June - QLD - The Zoo, Brisbane
SUPPORTED BY K21 and Mr Hill & Rahjonkas
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=25663&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=FUNKOARS__
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