this is the official history of weave, as found on the candle records web site



HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

The conception of Weave occured in 1995 when Kristy and Luise met Wes for the first time. Kristy met Luise at Bundaberg West Primary School where macrobiotic lunches and an overprotective mother who wouldn’t serve impolite children in tuck shop lines, had already earmarked the future bass player as the class weirdo.

Fortunately, Kristy was able to transcend not only Luise’s reputation, but also her tragic appearance (sporting the metallic scars of recent invasive orthodontic work and callused bloody hands from overzealous monkey bar use, Luise was hardly the statuesque goddess she is today) to realize the massive talent that lay untapped beneath Luise’s unappealing exterior.

Luise and Kristy began singing together in Year 6, with their primary school musical partnership culminating in a memorable all school performance with the girls co-hosting as the multi-talented sisters, Jackie and Fiona McDonald.

WEAVE START TO COME TOGETHER

The girls performed throughout high school and university as two-thirds of a busking trio known variuosly as the Dischords or the Sunbeads (confusingly usually under both names at the same time. In 1995 Wes was thrown randomly into the orbit of the two girls (Wes and Kristy went to the same university college.) After surreptitiously checking his Family Background, Eating Habits and Wardrobe Contents, Luise and Kristy realized they had found their man, who conveniently turned out to be a prolific and massively talented songwriter - which the girls decided more than compensated for his eclectic wardrobe contents.

After a first shaky gig at an International House recovery and a pathetically embarassing entry for Triple J’s unearthed competition, the trio decided to get Rock and find a real drummer. Mutual acquaintance David Pincott (alias Afghanistan Trumpet) had a drum kit and a very strange sense of humour and fitted in right away.

UNIVERSITY BAND COMPETITION

Spurred on by this early success, Weave grew in confidence and rather than continuing to throw expensive parties for their friends to guarantee success, they moved into the seedy underworld of the Brisbane music scene.

By Sept ‘96 the band’s confidence had bloomed so much they decided to unleash themselves on the NAD Campus band competition. Their confidence hadn’t bloomed quite so much, however, they they weren’t entirely flummoxed when they started winning. Weave unpredictably sailed through the University of Queensland heats and the final, and then the State final in Lismore. the undisputed highlight of the evening was Wes’s undiplomatic insulting of a record company executive:

Very Important Record Company Exec: (to Wes) Oh, cool ‘Spam' shirt man - when you were on stage I thought it said 'Sam' Wes: (drunk and highly amused by himself) Well, lucky you’re dyslexic then! V.I.R.C.E.: (forced, pained laughter).

The national final of the band comp shattered the band’s tenuous grip on their new confidence, when despite the enthusiastic endorsement of a lot of nice people and a 4 minute slot of Recovery (ABC TV Music Show) they still managed to publicly humiliate themselves in their carefully rehearsed 20 minute set. Luise’s bass broke and Dave got so nervous you couldn’t hear the drums. Other highlights included Recovery filming Luise getting dry humped by some AJ on the steps of an illustrious Canberra nightspot ‘The Private Bib’. Also Kristy left discernible bite marks on the chest of an anonymous Tasmanian band member. Yet more examples of the grace and poise of the 2 dignified female members of Weave. Is it any wonder people keep comparing them to Jackie O?

NEW MEMBERS AND RECORDING 'PLUNGE'

Following this humiliation, it was a little while before Weave found their feet again- and when they did, it was new manager Rachel, and new drummer Chris who helped shod them. Rachel set about turning the unfocussed Weave into the mean lean performing machine you see before you today. While Chris applied himself to proving Rockness isn’t decided by what guitar you play, but by how much self abuse you can take without technically dying. Chris is very Rock!

1997 marked the recording of the bands’ debut EP ‘Plunge”. A process significant not only it meant the band would have a CD, but also because sound engineer Mark McElliott was and is the undisputed ‘King of Rock.’ Mark dedicated himself to not only making Weave sound fantastic, but also teaching them to be Rock Pigs they’d always aspired towards. (ie ‘I don’t get up before midday and I think luminescent and pasty is a delightful and flattering skin tone’.) Mark remains a constant source of inspiration to Weave even today.

1998

Plunge was released in February 1998 to rave reviews and marked the bands’ signing to the marvellous and supportive Candle Records (which brought them a step closer to their idols The Simpletons and The Lucksmiths. Kristy and Luise vowed to remain both graceful and poised when surrounded by the hunky, testosterone laden male rock pigs who comprised these bands.) Weave toured to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne to properly release the EP. The tour revealed wonderful interstate muffins and the fact that Chris’ southern relatives all seemed to share his incredible tolerance for substance abuse.

March 28 saw the band back in Brisbane launching the EP at their old stomping ground The Zoo, to a rapturous Brisbane crowd who are all exceptionally nice people (who probable all came to see that cake!) 1998 marked a conscious effort from the band to play more out of Brisbane and conscious effort from the band to play more out of Brisbane, and consequently the band has made a number of pilgrimages interstate (including a minor tour with luminaries The Lucksmiths to celebrate the launch of Candle Compilation ‘Clippings’)

Significantly, the band were selected to play at this year’s Livid Festival in Brisbane. The band were pathetically, pitifully grateful to whatever gog smiled upon them to afford them this opportunity. The worked on an exciting stage show involving naked dancing girls, serpents, pyrotechnics and the second coming to justify their selection.

Unfortunately at the end of 1998 Luise (bass) decided to leave the group. Currently Nick is playing bass for the band.






Weave



Claiming to write pop songs catchier than the Ebola virus (lovely thought), Brisbane four-piece Weave has been one of this town's strongest outfits for the past three years.

The band's solid local, and growing national, support has been built on the back of a great show choca-block with catchy, melodic guitar pop. Weave has picked up pretty impressive support slots, sharing the stage with the likes of Stella One Eleven, The Whitlams and Midnight Oil.

Weaves' debut EP Plunge is out now through Candle Records and a new EP is set for release mid 2000.


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