Band Name: Pixelated
City, State: Melbourne, Victoria
Style: Rock
Influences: Foo Fighters, Green Day, Beatles + Heaps More
Mp3 address: www.mp3.com.au/pixelated
Web page:
www.pixelated.live.com.au
Contact: jackknife@live.com.au
Bio:
Pixelated are an energetic power, punk, pop, rock, ska whatever you want to
call it three piece from Melbourne. After forming in 2001, Pixelated have been
playing shows all around Melbourne almost every week at venues such as The Espy,
Arthouse, EV’s, Revolver, Tote, Silvers, Evolution, House of Fools, Coffee House
etc.
Pixelated have been lucky enough to play with some of Melbourne’s best and most influential bands including: For Amusement Only, H Block 101, Commissioner
Gordon, 99% Fat, No Idea, The Mad Dash, Mr Coffee, Addiction 64,
Sweetchuck, Something Big, High Society, Gus and Frank, The Lads, Eulogy, Sounds Like
Chicken, Gyroscope and New School Hero.
Pixelated hit it hard last year playing with Bodyjar and Blueline Medic on the
national ‘Plastic Skies’ tour, and recently gained a first placing after making
it to the grand final of the Monash Backyard Bash Battle of the bands and also
gaining a second placing in the Kingston Push Start Battle of the Bands.
In mid 2002, Pixelated entered ABC’s Fly TV competition; to be the first band on
Fly’s new record label, and succeeded in making it to the final 20 bands in
Australia, and final 3 bands in Victoria, picked out of over 1,500 entries
nation wide. Fly TV followed Pixelated’s work and were interested in securing a
deal with the band until the program was given the flick by ABC. *Tear*
In June 2002, Pixelated recorded their first 7-track EP at Jets Studios titled
‘Good Times’ which received rave reviews in local street presses. The EP boasted
Pixelated and vocalist/guitarist/lyricist Matt Kulesza’s song writing skills in
many different styles of music, and was described by Evil Ernie at Pro Acoustic
Studios, as ‘I feel like I’m mastering a compilation!’ The EP also featured a
‘best of’ video clip for fan’s to watch on their computers. This unique short
clip features edited footage of Pixelated’s shows, recording and tomfoolery.
‘Good Times’ went on sale in August, and has been sold to hundreds of punters
each week at Pixelated shows. The Pixelated EP is now also available at Missing
Link Records along with Rare Records. The EP is not only being played in many
household stereos but it is currently also being played on high rotation on a
number of local radio stations including SYN FM and PBS. Pixelated have also
appeared on numerous shows including Fly TV (A BC), Pluck (channel 31) and Russ Kellett’s Melbourne (channel 31).
Pixelated’s ska anthem ‘Please Don’t Hold a Grudge’ was released on
www.mp3.com.au and shot to number one on the Ska charts within a week of its
release, it sat comfortably at the very top of the charts for a solid nine
weeks, and sat very comfortably in the top ten for over another five months.
Other songs, ‘Prostitution Sunday’ and ‘Fun’ sat firmly in the top ten for weeks
on end. The Internet website www.pixelated.live.com.au now receives over two
hundred visits on average a day.
In late 2002 Pixelated recorded the eagerly awaited follow up to the ‘Good
Times’ EP at the acclaimed Studio 52. The ‘Neapolitan’ EP is due to be released
mid 2003.
The future can only look bigger for Pixelated, as gigs increase in quality and
quantity, becoming bigger and bigger every week, including numerous headlining
FreeZa gigs. 2003 saw Pixelated headline the Mooralbark Push start battle of the
bands, the Moreland Push start battle of the bands, the Lilydale Unleashed
Skateboard and Music festival, the Bayside Festival, Bayside ‘Distortion’ event,
and Macleod ‘Rock, Stock and Five Smoking Bands’ event. Just recently Pixelated
headlined a city of Monash open mic night for upcoming bands in which over 500
punters came through the doors.
In May 2003, Doug Lyons (ex Eulogy) joined Pixelated on the guitar. In that
month the band recorded two new songs 'Lazy Bones' and a live version of
'Manjakani Pills,' and have started gigging with Mr. Lyons.
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