GOODTHANKYOU’S TOP 5 INSPIRING ARTISTS
goodthankyou is the solo project of Melbourne legend, The Stiffys’ frontman Jason John Leigh. Back in January the artist released album ‘THE KENNARDS SESSIONS’ which features some absolute stellar tracks including ‘PRAY AT YOUR ALTER’ which has you weaving through infectious indie rock grooves.
To celebrate this release, the artist has shared their top 5 most inspiring artists - check it below!
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Tim McMillan
Tim is an incredible Berlin-based classical guitarist now, but he used to be a uni student who hung out at my high school teaching Pantera riffs for cash. I was carrying a saxophone when I first saw him shred and I was soon holding a guitar instead. If it wasn’t for him I’d probably still be a saxophonist and definitely a virgin. Tim ended up taking me on my first rock and roll tour, playing bass in his band, and I was terrible.
Tony Martin and Mick Molloy
They were a famous radio duo and I found their albums laying around the house as a kid. They really, really gave a shit about comedy. Their radio station tried to dumb them down because they didn’t think Australians were smart enough for their brand of brilliance. But they told the station to piss off and worked around the clock to make greatness, even though they still would have made an insane amount of money just phoning it in. But they weren’t doing it for money.
Private Function
They’re more than a punk band from Melbourne, they’re marketing geniuses. They held a listening party in a public toilet cubicle and half of Collingwood crowded in there. I can’t stop thinking about that. They hid drugs in one of their records. Then they put their own piss in the next one. They’re pioneers. (@privatefunction69)
Michelle Wolf
If you haven’t seen Michelle Wolf performing at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, watch it now. She pretty much took down the Trump administration in 20 minutes and risked her entire livelihood in the process. Her new show on Netflix is really great and she talks about stuff I’ve never been exposed to before. She’s phenomenal.
Dave Grohl
He played drums on one of my favourite Queens Of The Stone Age records. He hit them so hard that they called it ‘Songs for the deaf’. I’ve had to stop watching videos of him drumming with them because it gets me too amped. And he was doing this after all the success with Nirvana and Foo Fighters — the guy just loves what he does.