ORIGINS: Lower Blue Mountains, NSW
GENRE: Alternative Rock, Grunge, Punk
YEARS ACTIVE: 1992-1993
MEMBERS:
- Luke Nolan - Drums
- Nigel Nolan
- Adam O'Sullivan - Guitar
- Greg O'Sullivan
- Marley - Vocals (1993)
- Unknown Singer - Vocals (1992)
SUMMARY: Cremation was a band made up of two sets of brothers; the O'Sullivans and Nolans were also cousins. All were teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 (?) when the band started and they mostly played covers of bands like Nirvana and the Sex Pistols. When their first singer was replaced by Marley they became known as Animosity. The band stopped playing after Adam O'Sullivan moved on to form Concrete Diver. Luke Nolan went on to play in Barkode a few years later. Both he and Adam would also play together again in the shortlived Unstable.
SHOWS:
- Rex Hotel, St Marys - unknown date and month, 1993
- The Axolotl, Werrington - March 17th, 1994
- The Axolotl, Werrington - July 7th, 1994
ORAL HISTORY:
"I just used to jam with me brother, and me cousins - we used to go over to their place and play covers and shit, in his garage, just for fun, but I never really took it seriously"
Adam O'Sullivan, previously unpublished interview, 2000
"We only played maybe 2 gigs one of which was a band competition. The music was grunge, and the singer did it like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers"
Adam O'Sullivan, previously unpublished interview, 2009
"We played at the Rex Hotel in St Marys when Nigel and I were 16 and Adam was younger than us. We were called Cremation then we changed the name to Animosity after that gig"
Luke Nolan, Noise Levels discussion, 2024
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