Musk For Life

Gods of triple denim.. ASSEMBLE!!

2011-10-27T22:28:00.000+11:00

Musk with Rob Younger

2011-02-15T17:27:00.000+11:00

Musk back on the Gong show...

2011-01-20T11:07:00.000+11:00

Musk rock the suburbs...

2010-11-08T18:31:00.001+11:00

MUSK AT THE LANSDOWNE FRI OCT 22

2010-10-08T15:23:00.003+11:00

CAN YOU SMELL THAT MUSK?

2010-07-09T20:12:00.008+10:00

Musk

Sandringham Hotel
Thursday 5 August 2010

So they say that the live scene is dead, rock music has atrophied and that we live in a digital age.

Well, not on my watch. Enter Musk. I had heard the news, you had heard it - and now the world ought to hear it. In an age when the purists lament the lack of talent, the paucity of anything new and exciting, it takes a brave band indeed to make a stand and proclaim defiantly to be the defining live act of the 21st century.

One marvels at the sheer audacity of claiming greatness. To a punter, everyone who was left reeling as Musk peeled off a set for the ages has no truck with the claim. This was a show that will echo throughout the rock universe for as long and as loud as it takes to put Musk on the map - a Musk Map.

Your critic has long been associated with innovative and daring line ups from left field, such as Meataxe, Boltthrower, NVPA, KISS and Zodiac Mindwarp. Step up Musk! It's acts like this that make a cynical critic and astute promoter such as myself weep with joy at what is about to unfold.

And what of the music? Part a raucous and rollicking of crunching chords and sublime vocals, part a paean to artistic purity, part a tribute to gods of yesteryear, all parts infused with the best of rock both old and new. Musk crosses genres and defies categorisation. Typecast these lads at your peril and misunderstand them not - they aim to please and mean business.

Forget getting a ticket to their next gig in the next few months - the whole next tour is a sell out and the locations are no longer being disclosed for fear of sparking civil unrest. I will be there, and will add to the chorus of calls for a tour on a much, much bigger scale in 2011. The gentlemen of Musk can achieve the pinnacle of success and whilst I have no formal ties with them at present I stand ready to serve - it's the old demand-supply game and lads, let me tell you, if you handle the supply I will handle the demand!

Anthony C Lane JD
President
Kerching Enterprises, Inc

CRYING OVER SPILT MUSK

2010-05-23T10:13:00.004+10:00

Day 2 of the re-imagining of Musk's 1976 debut ep is complete. Production was halted for 3 hours as Mikey Musk attempted to articulate the "soundscape" he was searching for to a bewildered engineer. Just how do you make a guitar sound like an oiled bicep remains a mystery. Plenty of progress was made however and the eternally optimistic foursome will be back in the studio in a fortnight to lay down some vocals. Standby for insults, tears and hollow threats of violence as the fellas argue over who has the greatest vocal range.

DEBUT NUMBER TWO

2010-05-09T20:28:00.003+10:00

Musk have officially commenced the process of re-recording their entire back catalogue, the contents of which was destroyed in a spectacularly ill conceived and executed insurance fraud attempt some years ago. First cab off the rank is their self titled ep originally recorded in 1976. The 6 song debut contained the tracks Action Baby, Share It Around, You Cannot Tame A Hurricane, Hands Off What You Can't Afford, Theme From Musk and a cover of the Runaways classic Cherry Bomb. The band have promised the re-recorded version will be available in July, followed by a series of highly anticipated [their words] dates in the Newcastle, Wollongong and Sydney.

Long time associates of the group may notice a subtle shift in their appearance recently, which apparently is a deliberate attempt to recapture the classic Musk look [their words again obviously] which new fans may not be familiar with. "This is just how we look now" was drummer Derek Muskovic's terse response to my question "what is that on your head?"

I've included some pictures so you can get up to speed....

cheers

Clarko

WELCOME TO MUSK

2010-02-03T01:15:00.003+11:00

MEET MUSK

2009-02-02T22:06:00.001+11:00

THE MUSK STORY

2009-01-31T16:48:00.001+11:00

Musk. Four more dim witted and inept cock fondlers you are never likely to meet. I should now - I manage them. "Why would you manage a band of dickheads who you clearly have no time for?" I hear you ask. The answer to that and to so many of life's trickier questions is of course money. They owe me a fair bit. And it's absolutely inconceivable i will see my dough again unless by some miracle Musk manage to make some.

I've known Mikey, Rat, Hanki and Derek since we attended Yawangalong public school together over 3 decades ago. It was at an end of year school talent show that Musk first performed - bumbling through a cover cover of Marty Rhone's Denim & Lace. It wasn't an overly competent or remarkable performance and as such it provided a blueprint the band has never deviated from.

I observed their career.... [can't quite think of the right word here - flourish is definitely not it].. continue in the subsequent years, at blue light discos and a prolonged Tuesday night residency at the Imperial Hotel which eventually ended abruptly after Hank was caught attempting to steal a pool table.

In 1992 the band decided to release a greatest hits package. Whilst never being a prolific act, Musk had spasmodically recorded several cassette only singles and eps over the years. The compilation was intended to ride the wave of the new CD technology that was sweeping town and be the turning point in Musk's career. Band members spoke in hushed tones about a possible gig in "the city" at an undisclosed venue.

At the time my muffler panel beating / pool installation business was having a bumper year. Record hot temperatures meant plenty of demand for pools as well as an increase in car accidents as a result of a higher than usual rate of drink driving.

I had a bit of spare cash and somehow convinced myself investing in Musk was a sound fiscal strategy. I later discovered there was a small gas leak in my office which may have been impairing my judgement at the time.

Anyway - I offered to loan them the money needed to manufacture the cds and record several brand new songs for the release. Projected CD sales would see me get my dough back plus a tidy profit.

Needless to say it didn't happen.

Shortly after receiving the cash, the band went out to celebrate. They shouted the bar at the Imperial. They spent several hundred at Silhouettes Night Club trying to invent a new cocktail. Eight grog and fag soaked hours later the band had spent all but $180 of the two grand I loaned them. In desperation - they returned to the Imperial to pump the remaining amount into a card machine - with no success.

They now started to panic. Knowing full well I would look dimly upon their lack of financial responsibility, they hatched a desperate and drunken scheme to win back the lost funds. By dawn, Derek's 2 bedroom shack was burnt to the ground as part of the world's most ill conceived insurance scam. Derek wasn't insured, nor did he even own the property. He in fact rented the place from me. The house did contain all the master tapes of Musk's back catalogue [silver lining?] and the fire spread to the back shed which housed a ute, also owned by me.

Musk were now in my debt significantly further than initially planned. I was in an awkward position and was forced to exercise my legal prerogative and threatened to have them all killed. They went underground for several years and for all intents and purposes the band had broken up. Life went on for me and I refocused my attentions on panel beating and pool installations.

However a year ago I received a surprise visit form Rat. He informed me Musk had reformed and wished to repay their debt through moneys raised from their triumphant introduction to the "big city" music scene. Apparently the four of them had set themselves up in a 3 bedroom apartment in Penrith which had been converted into a studio, communications nerve centre and home brewery for band operations. They were confident that Musk would be a financially viable entity once they conquered the competetive and trendy inner city music scene. Given their mixed results in conquering the Yawangalong music scene I must admit to having some doubts.

But that's where it sits today. Will Musk find an audience in the big smoke? Has Hanki learnt the size and weight of a pool table makes it virtually impossible to drag out of a hotel undetected? Will I ever see my fucking money ever again?

Not likely. But I have found the creation of this website and the opportunity to share my disdain for this bunch of dickheads to a wider audience quite liberating. Long may it continue.

Dave Clarkson

Clarko's Panel Beating & Pool Installations

Musk Management

Oct 2009