Chuck

 

ORIGINS: Canberra, ACT

GENRE: Indie pop

YEARS ACTIVE: 1996-1997

 

MEMBERS:

• Paul Mckenna (Vocals, Guitar)
• Heidi (Drums)
• Andrew (Guitar)
• Marcus (Bass) [1996]
• Colin (Bass) [1997]
  

RELEASES: 

 

• Self-titled (1996)
  

SUMMARY: Chuck were an indie band started by Orange resident Paul Mckenna after he moved to Canberra. They played quite a few gigs around Canberra for approximately two years and put out a demo cassette. The band broke up when Mckenna moved to the Blue Mountains.

ORAL HISTORY:

PAUL: I moved to Canberra from Orange to go to Uni and started my first real band, Chuck. Jangly distorted pop with some riffs thrown in. Like Smudge and Helmet had a kid, and that kid grew up to become a teenage stoner. It started as a two piece - myself on guitar and my flatmate Heidi, who I taught/forced to play the drums. We recorded a bunch of weird little tunes, very lo-fi. Straight to casette and put a bunch of copies in Landspeed Records, the cool kid record store in the Civic Centre, in the local indie rack. Then we got a second guitar player and a bass player.

Paul Mckenna (Guitar), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

PAUL: We recorded a few demo tapes, on four track cassette as a four piece, but we never released any of these recordings as I moved to the Blue Mountains and the band ended.

Paul Mckenna (Guitar), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

 

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