Aussie rock favourites Regurgitator have put together a line-up of Brisbane rock royalty at the Logan Entertainment Centre next month.
It will be a triple header completed by Butterfingers and Screamfeeder for a dream bill of ’90s alt-rock.
It’s a nostalgia-soaked show for the Gurge, who formed in Brisbane over 30 years ago; sharing the stage with bands they grew up alongside makes it even sweeter.
“They’re siblings for us, really,” shares Gurge co-frontman Quan Yeomans. “There’s all those ’90s bands, especially in Brisbane, that are kind of like brothers and sisters.”
The Gurge have just wrapped up a 59-show run of their Jukeboxxin’ tour. It saw the band perform for close to two hours each night and celebrate 30-plus years of being a band while diving deep into their singles discography.
Two-hour performances required the band to be match fit ready, but Yeomans confesses he’s going to have to train up again for this upcoming show.
“I dropped my girlfriend at the bus stop, and I was like, ‘oh my god, it’s already five to nine’ [running late for this interview]; I had to run back. I jogged, ‘I’ll be fine’, and then I got about a block, and I was like, ‘Oh, I can’t actually run anymore’.
“So I’ve definitely lost my match fitness, which is a bit of a worry. When you’re on tour, you’re out there, and you’re watching what you eat, and you’re doing these two-hour shows three times a weekend, and then I was going to the gym like twice a week in between.”
The Logan show will instead be a bit more condensed and focus on the best of the best compared to the long sets of the Jukeboxxin’ tour. “I’m kind of over it,” Quan laughs.
“I think after that long tour, we’re all like, ‘that’s probably the last time we’re gonna do that. We’re getting too old for this sh.t.’ So it’ll probably be closer to an hour [the show], I think and just a high-energy explosion that we normally do.”
Regurgitator has been reinvigorated with new live energy with the addition of second guitarist and keys player Sarah Lim.
“We’ve always had great keyboard players in the past, but she’s just a perfect blend of being physically entertaining and having a really great look and a great vibe onstage, as well as being able to play the stuff flawlessly.
“Just really nice energy to have on tour as well, like, no anxiety, just really logical, really prepped, really ready for it, and really positive. So it’s been a really great honour to have her on board, and I think it’s gonna be like that for a while.”
