Strident

ORIGINS: Katoomba

GENRE: Metal, Thrash Metal

YEARS ACTIVE: 1989-2001?

 

MEMBERS:

• Si Willshire (Vocals, Bass)
• Darren O'Bryan (Guitar)
• Jason 'Jok' O'Bryan (Drums)
  

RELEASES: 

• Hounds of Aggression (1996)
• 1. A Taste for Death
• 2. Masochism
• 3. Rich
• 4. I'm Your Man
• 5. Warhead
• 6. Mind-Thief
• 7. Hype
• 8. Keeper of the Keys
• 9. Wolf
• 10. Get a Dog Up Ya
  

SUMMARY: Strident was a Katoomba-based three-piece thrash metal band in the vein of Megadeth that consisted of Si Willshire and the O'Bryan brothers. They were around for all of the 1990s and may have stopped playing around 2001 or thereabouts. 

 

SHOWS: 

• The Happy Shamrock, Five Dock - Friday, 30th May, 1997 
• Jolly Frog, Windsor - Saturday, 1st November, 1997
  
• Skankheath, Bates Hall, Blackheath - Saturday, 4th March, 2000
• Prankfest 2001, Springwood Train Station Carpark, Springwood - 12th May, 2001
  
• Gearin Hotel, Katoomba - Saturday, 28th July, 2001