BIO
"‘I am Duckeye’", the name, comes from guitarist Classic Matt, when in his childhood he would say the word "duckeye" and point at anything and everything saying "duckeye duckeye" A year later when his brother Sam suggested it would be a great band name, Sean the drummer piped up saying "I am a great band!", and as we only listen to a bit of what he says, the beginning of the moniker was borne. The bass player Jules is thought to be illiterate, yet still very, very sexy. Hence the name "I am Duckeye".
They are an Australian train wreck metal rock band that have been making massive amounts of minus-money in the music industry since 2008.
And how would you best describe Duckeye's style?
Apart from daggy, you could say spontaneous, ridiculous, over the top, wild, obscure, juvenile, gormless comedy metal performance
interrupted by random crowd participation, heckling, declarations of love and flashing.
So much flashing... but that is up to you.
If you have read this far and are still wondering how serious this band is, why not contact them...?
sam@Iamduckeye.com
They are an Australian train wreck metal rock band that have been making massive amounts of minus-money in the music industry since 2008.
And how would you best describe Duckeye's style?
Apart from daggy, you could say spontaneous, ridiculous, over the top, wild, obscure, juvenile, gormless comedy metal performance
interrupted by random crowd participation, heckling, declarations of love and flashing.
So much flashing... but that is up to you.
If you have read this far and are still wondering how serious this band is, why not contact them...?
sam@Iamduckeye.com
Classic Matt winning in AU Review
Click on this and go have a read and a laugh:
www.theaureview.com/features/the-last-5-years-i-am-duckeye-melbourne
BUT HERE IT IS HERE IF YOU"RE ALREADY HERE:
"I am Duckeye are a comedy rock band from Melbourne who are also celebrating their 5 year anniversary this month. It’s hard to gauge who’s had more success in that time, a revered and informative website or a band that sing short songs about dicks. Only time will tell.
We’ve played countless shows, toured all over, released 4 EP/DVD sets, 5 videoclips, a debut album and nearly 100 Duckisodes on YouTube and now interest from Europe and America beckons.
What have you done AU Review? Lucky its your birthday and we like reading the site or we’d totally pull your pants down!
- I am Duckeye."
Top 5 moments of last 5 years.
Punching Dicks being voted Rage’s “Indie Clip Of The Week”.
This was a big boost in the arm for us both for giving us some sort of cred and relief that someone has finally got the joke. Especially after a few days before Triple J ‘Unearthed’ banned most of our tracks for inappropriate and offensive content. Its schoolboy humour, its meant to be naughty, but offensive? Lighten up, they’re songs about penises, everybody’s got at least one.
The best part was the clip was filmed around my house in about 2 hours with no budget harmed. Big hit on YouTube too!
Girls actually flash bands at rock shows!
We’ve all seen it in movies and some live footage of hippies, but we were playing a show at Pony, possibly the dingiest, dankest, dirtier dungeon of a venue in Australia and during one of our last songs a well dressed, very attractive girl just ran up and flashed us. Its happened a few times since too. It’s a strangely flattering display of inhibition and inebriation. Thanks ladies!
Touring is hard slog, but big fun!
Loading up a hire van with gear, snacks, bedding and ipod mixes to share, enjoy and argue over; there’s nothing like it. Travelling for 10+ hours, playing for 45 mins, seems stupid but to a muso, it makes sense.
We’ve been pretty lucky except for the last tour, Sam (Vocals/my brother) was reversing the van out of a parking lot smashing the tow ball right into the grill of a little Mazda. The couple within freaked out, we exchanged numbers and Sam hung his head. Later, Sam went to film Jules (bass) get a tattoo, so Sean & I got a drink. While sitting there the couple from the car prang walked in and we bought them a beer. Anyway after a few too many they felt sorry for us poor pathetic musicians and said “Don’t worry about the car, it’s a good excuse to sell it!”
However, playing with an on-coming evening hangover after an afternoon session is something I hope to never experience again. The show was flawless though because I’m hardcore.
That moment when you find your voice.
All bands start off sounding like other bands, but then find their own sound, well some do. We have a pretty unique sound, a funny lead singing voice, simple but tough riffs, blasting bass and impressive drumming, but our live show didn’t really find its feet until one fateful night I couldn’t play the intro to a song properly (all too common sadly) but just kept trying while Sam egged me on, Jules joined him and Sean got pissed off all while the audience started cracking up. So we started messing around more, getting the audience to join in. Usually the ladies in the audience are the most vocal and surprisingly vulgar! They all seem to know what “Tea-baggin” is that’s for sure…
Releasing our debut “Husband”, getting rave reviews from around the world and the biggest review of all, someone illegally uploading it to numerous internet sites.
We spent years writing, gigging and honing the 13 songs and taking close to a year recording and mixing (due to living so far apart) then organised to have the launch at one of Melbourne’s premier venues only to find out that someone with an advance copy uploaded it to torrent sites. Its bittersweet, on one hand its lost revenue but at the same time “Husband” is going to reach a wider audience who may be intrigued to see a live show.
Ultimately, it’s nice to know that people think we were good enough to be stolen.
Top 5 Albums of last 5 years
5: The Nation Blue – Protest Songs (Jules’ pick)
4: L’enfant Sauvage – Gojira (Sean’s pick)
3: Everybody Loves Sausages – Melvins (Matt’s pick)
2: Nana’s photo album (Sam’s pick)
1: Husband – I am Duckeye (Earth’s pick)
Top 5 songs of last 5 years
5: Gangnam Style – Psy
4: Like A Boss – Lonely Island
3: Punching Dicks – I am Duckeye
2: The Riff – I am Duckeye
1: Anything not in a hottest 100…
Classic Matt!!!
Fireworks Magazine Interview with "Classic" Matt Haycroft, guitarist of I am Duckeye:
How did you become involved in this crazy world of music?
We're all fans of music, musicians and all the rubbish that goes along with it. Playing music is one of the strangest arts that there is. Its humans hitting things that makes other humans move and feels something, filling the atmosphere with emotions. Who wouldn't want to be part of that world? And more importantly control that world like a evil dictator!!! Mwhahahaha
Who are your inspirations and what was the inspiration behind the album?
Inspirations come in all forms; A child's laughter, a weed growing through the footpath, a grossly obese woman wearing lycra standing in the rain waiting for a bus, taking a shit in a parking lot in front of your friends while yelling "Its Time!".
Could you tell our readers about the band and what makes you different from other artists?
We're an Australian comedy rock band with catchy songs. Those reasons alone make us stand out from other artists. Also we put on a show, lots of crowd participation and having a good time as opposed to playing a few songs and getting off the stage to look moody while scrolling Instagram.
Tell me about the album?
"Husband" is hands down the greatest album of 2013, in not only listenability and pure enjoyment, but as a complete cohesive album that holds attention and entertains for 40 mins. Each track has riffs and lyrics that stick in your head long after you've heard it keeping you humming and smiling, except the drummer's 2 songs, they're pretty shit.
Where was it recorded who produded it and how long did the process take?
Due to the simplicity and accessibility of modern technology it was recorded by us in bedrooms and living rooms over the course of just under a year. Sean gave us his drum tracks and we just slowly added guitars, bass and vocals then gave them back to him and he slowly edited or more accurately rolled the turd in glitter. Surprisingly, its been getting rave reviews from around the world as its something a little piece of silly weirdness in this increasingly sterile rock world. And people are fascinated that we recorded music on a turd rolled in glitter.
What's in store for the future?
Probably something like bacon flavoured coffee. But as for I am Duckeye, well we've already started recording album number 2 (hehehe) and we're in talks of touring Europe (hopefully UK) and America too. We're about to finish the clip for our 3rd single off the album "The Riff" and continue playing a shitload of shows to increasingly happy fans.
CLASSIC MATT!!!
Click on this and go have a read and a laugh:
www.theaureview.com/features/the-last-5-years-i-am-duckeye-melbourne
BUT HERE IT IS HERE IF YOU"RE ALREADY HERE:
"I am Duckeye are a comedy rock band from Melbourne who are also celebrating their 5 year anniversary this month. It’s hard to gauge who’s had more success in that time, a revered and informative website or a band that sing short songs about dicks. Only time will tell.
We’ve played countless shows, toured all over, released 4 EP/DVD sets, 5 videoclips, a debut album and nearly 100 Duckisodes on YouTube and now interest from Europe and America beckons.
What have you done AU Review? Lucky its your birthday and we like reading the site or we’d totally pull your pants down!
- I am Duckeye."
Top 5 moments of last 5 years.
Punching Dicks being voted Rage’s “Indie Clip Of The Week”.
This was a big boost in the arm for us both for giving us some sort of cred and relief that someone has finally got the joke. Especially after a few days before Triple J ‘Unearthed’ banned most of our tracks for inappropriate and offensive content. Its schoolboy humour, its meant to be naughty, but offensive? Lighten up, they’re songs about penises, everybody’s got at least one.
The best part was the clip was filmed around my house in about 2 hours with no budget harmed. Big hit on YouTube too!
Girls actually flash bands at rock shows!
We’ve all seen it in movies and some live footage of hippies, but we were playing a show at Pony, possibly the dingiest, dankest, dirtier dungeon of a venue in Australia and during one of our last songs a well dressed, very attractive girl just ran up and flashed us. Its happened a few times since too. It’s a strangely flattering display of inhibition and inebriation. Thanks ladies!
Touring is hard slog, but big fun!
Loading up a hire van with gear, snacks, bedding and ipod mixes to share, enjoy and argue over; there’s nothing like it. Travelling for 10+ hours, playing for 45 mins, seems stupid but to a muso, it makes sense.
We’ve been pretty lucky except for the last tour, Sam (Vocals/my brother) was reversing the van out of a parking lot smashing the tow ball right into the grill of a little Mazda. The couple within freaked out, we exchanged numbers and Sam hung his head. Later, Sam went to film Jules (bass) get a tattoo, so Sean & I got a drink. While sitting there the couple from the car prang walked in and we bought them a beer. Anyway after a few too many they felt sorry for us poor pathetic musicians and said “Don’t worry about the car, it’s a good excuse to sell it!”
However, playing with an on-coming evening hangover after an afternoon session is something I hope to never experience again. The show was flawless though because I’m hardcore.
That moment when you find your voice.
All bands start off sounding like other bands, but then find their own sound, well some do. We have a pretty unique sound, a funny lead singing voice, simple but tough riffs, blasting bass and impressive drumming, but our live show didn’t really find its feet until one fateful night I couldn’t play the intro to a song properly (all too common sadly) but just kept trying while Sam egged me on, Jules joined him and Sean got pissed off all while the audience started cracking up. So we started messing around more, getting the audience to join in. Usually the ladies in the audience are the most vocal and surprisingly vulgar! They all seem to know what “Tea-baggin” is that’s for sure…
Releasing our debut “Husband”, getting rave reviews from around the world and the biggest review of all, someone illegally uploading it to numerous internet sites.
We spent years writing, gigging and honing the 13 songs and taking close to a year recording and mixing (due to living so far apart) then organised to have the launch at one of Melbourne’s premier venues only to find out that someone with an advance copy uploaded it to torrent sites. Its bittersweet, on one hand its lost revenue but at the same time “Husband” is going to reach a wider audience who may be intrigued to see a live show.
Ultimately, it’s nice to know that people think we were good enough to be stolen.
Top 5 Albums of last 5 years
5: The Nation Blue – Protest Songs (Jules’ pick)
4: L’enfant Sauvage – Gojira (Sean’s pick)
3: Everybody Loves Sausages – Melvins (Matt’s pick)
2: Nana’s photo album (Sam’s pick)
1: Husband – I am Duckeye (Earth’s pick)
Top 5 songs of last 5 years
5: Gangnam Style – Psy
4: Like A Boss – Lonely Island
3: Punching Dicks – I am Duckeye
2: The Riff – I am Duckeye
1: Anything not in a hottest 100…
Classic Matt!!!
Fireworks Magazine Interview with "Classic" Matt Haycroft, guitarist of I am Duckeye:
How did you become involved in this crazy world of music?
We're all fans of music, musicians and all the rubbish that goes along with it. Playing music is one of the strangest arts that there is. Its humans hitting things that makes other humans move and feels something, filling the atmosphere with emotions. Who wouldn't want to be part of that world? And more importantly control that world like a evil dictator!!! Mwhahahaha
Who are your inspirations and what was the inspiration behind the album?
Inspirations come in all forms; A child's laughter, a weed growing through the footpath, a grossly obese woman wearing lycra standing in the rain waiting for a bus, taking a shit in a parking lot in front of your friends while yelling "Its Time!".
Could you tell our readers about the band and what makes you different from other artists?
We're an Australian comedy rock band with catchy songs. Those reasons alone make us stand out from other artists. Also we put on a show, lots of crowd participation and having a good time as opposed to playing a few songs and getting off the stage to look moody while scrolling Instagram.
Tell me about the album?
"Husband" is hands down the greatest album of 2013, in not only listenability and pure enjoyment, but as a complete cohesive album that holds attention and entertains for 40 mins. Each track has riffs and lyrics that stick in your head long after you've heard it keeping you humming and smiling, except the drummer's 2 songs, they're pretty shit.
Where was it recorded who produded it and how long did the process take?
Due to the simplicity and accessibility of modern technology it was recorded by us in bedrooms and living rooms over the course of just under a year. Sean gave us his drum tracks and we just slowly added guitars, bass and vocals then gave them back to him and he slowly edited or more accurately rolled the turd in glitter. Surprisingly, its been getting rave reviews from around the world as its something a little piece of silly weirdness in this increasingly sterile rock world. And people are fascinated that we recorded music on a turd rolled in glitter.
What's in store for the future?
Probably something like bacon flavoured coffee. But as for I am Duckeye, well we've already started recording album number 2 (hehehe) and we're in talks of touring Europe (hopefully UK) and America too. We're about to finish the clip for our 3rd single off the album "The Riff" and continue playing a shitload of shows to increasingly happy fans.
CLASSIC MATT!!!
