Tonight a friend of mine and poet Ghostboy invited me to come to one of his performance and to have dinner with his wonderful girlfriend and author Katherine Battersby along with some of the band members from Golden Virtues. How could I turn down such an offer. Camera in hand I rocked down to the Judith Wright Centre and enjoyed some lyrical genius and caught up with some familiar faces.
In the past few weeks, I’ve been shooting like crazy, trying to enhance my portfolio with some new images to help refine my style, that said recently I had the pleasure of shooting Ghostboy With Golden Virtues.
Ghostboy with Golden Virtues (GBGV) are avant-garde art rock brutes!
Flanked by multi instrumentalist chanteuses Skye Staniford & Hannah Jane, acclaimed spoken ‘weird’ artist & vocalist Ghostboy delivers his special blend of antagonism & sensuality with precise, almost sadistic delight. Dark horses Robbie Zawada, Paul Daly & Dan McNaulty (from We All Want To) round out the sound with electric guitars, bass, violin & drums; tap-dancing minx Loren Skyring sprinkles the voodoo dust on the edges.
GBGV pants-off-punk-kabaret-músik is not for the faint hearted. These underground creatures seduce audiences direct into a world of Berlin-style rock ‘n’ roll debauchery. Infamous for their exploding live shows – drawing on elements of performance art rock & experimental cabaret – GBGV have graced stages to critics acclaim in recent years at Woodford Folk, Byron Bay Writers, Melbourne Fringe Festival Hub & Brisbane Cabaret festivals as well as around Brisbane @ venues such as the Zoo, The Hi-Fi, The Tivoli, & The Globe.
Their debut album ENTER features songs co-written by the unique pairing of spoken weird singer Ghostboy and singer/band leader Skye Staniford. ENTER includes the erotic duende of lead single “Wolfish” – which has received multiple airplay on rage and Triple J – as well as 2nd single Love Me .
You can find their music here
Their album ‘Enter’ has the official launch on the 27th of Feb at the Hi-Fi Bar in Brisbane. I suggest you come along, young and old, it’s an event not to miss!! Info here
A big thanks to The Troubadour for allowing us to use the venue.
I’ll let the photos do the talking!
