Artist description It's like a pissed off Mr. Bungle with mean, muted Pantera style rhythms, technical guitar solos(Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Steve Vai), and a fuckin' crazy drummer, a la Gene Hoglan, Tomas Haake, Sean Rienart, Virgil Donati, Dean Castronovo, Dennis Chambers, Charlie Benante. If you like Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, Faith No More, or Fear Factory, with a pinch of Zappa humor, then you'll love Flatstick.

Music Style Omnicore (all styles dipped in metal)

Musical Influences Anything from Death Metal to Lounge, as long as it's good.

Similar Artists Faith No More and Strapping Young Lad meet Meshuggah at Frank Zappa's house. They're all on acid..

Artist History It started out as just a studio project between two guitarists. But after listening to the finished product, John (ex member of San Jose, California retards Sinister Sam) and Gary (ex member of Aussie cock rockers Indian) realized they were onto something very special. Flatstick are also currently working on their 2nd CD, which may be entitled "Strangers Have The Best Candy"...There will be no live shows because all the good musicians here in Australia are already taken, either that or they have fucked up rock star attitudes. If this band was formed in the US, they'd be touring already....Oh well.

Group Members Gary McKay: rhythm guitars, lead guitars, acoustic guitars, clean guitars, bass, keyboard and drum programs, engineer, producer, studio owner, reality gauge.John Sanders: all vocals, rhythm guitars, lead guitars, acoustic guitars, bass, keyboard and drum programs, psycho suggester.Marcel Yammouni: bass on Bend Over, Twilight Dementia, and Bitter. Lisa Sanders: Asian chick on Tony. Finn Waters of aussie band Mobius: sax on Bend Over, and Jennifer Hayes: female vocals on The Perfect Day and Talking to God.

Instruments vocals, 2 guitars, bass, sparse keyboards, drums

Albums Omnicore, working on 2nd CD now.

Press Reviews "Flatstick shatter the mold and manipulate it to their own vision on this CD which is masterminded by only two people, although you'd be hard pressed to know that while listening to it. Overflowing with talent, the group dives into death metal, punk rock, electronica, ethnic rhythms, funk, metal, nu metal and just about every other genre that has been used to classify bands. Sounding reminiscent of Messhuggah meets Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, the band takes the constraints of what is considered cohesive and stretches them out to the verge of snapping.."-wookubus, Pimp Rock Palace

Additional Info A big thanks to all of our supporters. Still looking for street teams in the USA and Europe to hand out our cassettes...Email or ICQ me. Thanks, John ICQ:42191525

Location Briar Hill, Vic - Australia

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