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Did you know Mudvayne used
to wear facepaint?Tamara
Schilling knows it, because she
first discovered them at her very
first Big Day Out in 2001. “I was
16 at the time, and it was the
one where Rammstein headlined
with Limp Bizkit,” the Music
Co-ordinator at JB Ipswich tells
us. “Yep, back in the day. It was
awesome.” A huge fan of glam
rock and metal, Schilling says the
‘gateway drug’ to her fascination
laughs. “’If anybody touches this,
you’re in trouble!’ And it’s the
only way that the final concert is
available on DVD too, because they
haven’t released it yet.”
Ipswich is half an hour out of
Brisbane, but there’s a seriously
dedicated local scene going on. Last
year Schilling lent her social media
services to the Ipswich council’s
'Live & Local' night; in her 15 years
around the Ipswich scene she’s
seen a lot of talent that deserves
a platform. Her connections
prompted her to get involved, and
she ended up organising a sold-out
gig for her mates’ group NickTart
Band. “Local bands can play [at the
council venue] once a month on
Fridays. We packed it out, which
was awesome!” She has plans to
continue promoting in this fresh
year, with an EP launch on the
horizon.
In terms of extra-curricular live
music, Schilling recently saw an
acoustic set by Robbie James (of
pop-rock four-piece GANGgajang),
and of course made it to Gun N’
Roses. “I took the day off for it,
because I’m one of those people
that gets there early and lines up for
the barrier,” Schilling confesses. Her
diamond general admission ticket
was absolutely worth it: “Not even
10 metres from the stage! I got the
barrier [in front of] Slash,
and it was amazing.”
with the genre started with
Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx. She has
all the SIXX:AM titles on CD and
vinyl – “I have to get them on
both formats!” – and one of her
prized vinyl possessions is the
Mötley Crüe boxset that came
out November last year. “It has
all their albums on CD and vinyl,
signed pictures of each of the
bandmembers, and pics [taken
by] Mick Mars. It’s in a tombstone
box. I opened it so carefully,” she
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Appetite For Destruction
2. Various
Pulp Fiction OST
3. The Avalanches
Since I Left You
4. Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion I
5. The xx
I See You
6. The Beatles
Abbey Road
7. Queen
Greatest Hits
8. Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
9. Sticky Fingers
Land Of Pleasure/Caress
Your Soul
10. Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion II
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