Drut

ORIGINS: Western Sydney, NSW

GENRE: Punk, Crust

YEARS ACTIVE: 1995-1997

 

MEMBERS:

• Gerald Harris (Vocals)
  
• Craig Fisher (Bass, Vocals)
• John De Haan (Guitar)
• Simon Saliba (Drums) [1995-1996]
  
• Leith Phillips (Drums) [1997]
  

RELEASES: 

 

• The Sweet Smell of Drut (1997) - Download Here.
  
• 1. Drut
• 2. Kleptomaniac
• 3. Sink More Piss
• 4. Four Minute Warning
• 5. Field Day
• 6. Always Late
• 7. Wonderful World
• 8. Nice Legs...
• 9. No Government
• 10. Green Eggs and Ham
• 11. Another Victim
• 12. Fix Me
• 13. Non-Tubba
• 14. Blown to Bits
• 15. 1, 2, X-U
• 16. Hell's Getting Hotter
• 17. Mr Suit
• 18. Hint of Clint 

• Live Bootleg (1997)
• 1. Another Victim
• 2. Hell's Getting Hotter
• 3. Fast Cars
• 4. Wonderful World
• 5. Always Late
• 6. Nice Legs
• 7. Mr Suit
• 8. Sink More Piss
• 9. Blown to Bits
  
• 10. Field Day
• 11. Grub / Non-Tubba
• 12. Army Life
• 13. Kleptomaniac
• 14. 1, 2, X U
• 15. Fix Me
• 16. Four Minute Warning
• 17. Green Eggs and Ham
• 18. Druit
• 19. No Government
• 20. Green Eggs and Ham
  

 

SUMMARY: Drut (Turd spelt backwards) came together initially as a hard rock jamming band before the members sought out a singer and switched to the punk genre. They played a lot of shows across Sydney and Western Sydney before some members moved on to form the band Headbutt.

 

SHOWS: 

• Forrester Inn, St Marys - unknown date
  
• House Party, Mt Druitt - 7th June, 1997

ORAL HISTORY:

CRAIG: Myself and John started the band... he and I had similar taste in music and he asked me if I'd like to have a jam. I had no gear but he had a spare bass rig and a bass guitar that I could use, so we started jamming with a couple of others guys but we were playing Cream covers and the like. We decided a punk band was the way to go so we recruited a singer who was a work mate and found a drummer.

Craig Fisher (Bass), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

 

CRAIG: Playing the Forrester Inn at St Marys was a good gig. Some drunk woman was heckling me to play fucking Pearl Jame songs... of course we didn't and I told her what I thought of her and her big mouth hahaha. She was with some bogan bloke and was yapping like a chihuahua about Pearl Jam and how we should play their songs.

Craig Fisher (Bass), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

CRAIG: Drut wasn't around for long but we had mad fun and did a stack of gigs with some very good bands and some shit ones too...!

Craig Fisher (Bass), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

RELATED BANDS: Headbutt, Cundalini's Revenge, Counterpunch, Rule 303