The Notebooks

 

ORIGINS: Inner West, Sydney, NSW

GENRE: Punk

YEARS ACTIVE: 2008

 

MEMBERS:

• Ben McAtamney (Vocals, Bass) 
• Alex Sepansky (Guitar, Vocals)
• Sean Rodger (Drums)
  

RELEASES: 

• Demo (2008) - Download Here.
  
• 1. Drug Store Girl
• 2. Hey, Jimmy
• 3. Always the Pallbearer, Never the Corpse
• 4. The Proletariat Laureate

• Live Rehearsal(2008) - Download Here.
• S.O.S.

SUMMARY: The Notebooks were a shortlived punk trio that developed out of the band Extra Limb after Extra Limb broke up.

 

SHOWS: 

• Party, Gosford - unknown date, 2008
  

ORAL HISTORY:

ALEX: Doing The Notebooks with Sean and Ben was like a dream come true, playing in a band with pretty much two of the best musicians (and friends) I'll ever know. I'll never forgive myself for scrapping it when Ben moved to Melbourne. 

Alex Sepansky (Vocals, Bass), Noise Levels correspondence, 2025

SEAN: It was fun, for the insanely short time it lasted. What I love about it, is that we didn't think for a second we would get anywhere. We were just enjoying what we were doing at the time.

Sean Rodger (Drums), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

RELATED BANDS: Extra Limb, The Colytons, The Alphabetics, The Crunch, Maggot Cave, Offensive Behemoth, Murder of Crow, Everything I Own is Broken, Safe Word, Love Maul, Bass Traitor, Carnal Viscera, Shijima's Claw, Betamacs, Bernie Griffen and the Thin Men, Masco Sound System, The Ramblin' Roses, Mairead Hurley, Oscar Lush, Jimmy Parbuckle