The Trashtones

ORIGINS: Hornsby, NSW

GENRE: Punk, Blues

YEARS ACTIVE: 2002-2003

 

MEMBERS:

• Ari Rintala - Vocals
• Shervin Emami - Guitar
• Luke Knibbs - Bass
• Luke 'Davo' Davidson - Drums

RELEASES:

• Dick Beaters (2003) - Download Here.
• 1. Wipe It On Your Curtains
• 2. Tripeout
• 3. On the Rise
• 4. Take You Home Tonight
• 5. Plot of Sin BTW
• 6. You Want Something to Know?
• 7. Some Kinda Hate [Misfits Cover]

SUMMARY: A quirky punk/blues/surf band formed over the summer of 2002-2003 while drummer Davo was spending some time in Australia on break from college in the U.S. The Trashtones only played one show but managed to document their songs in a fairly decent recording that was never formally released.

 

SHOWS: 

• Green Square, Zetland - December, 2002

ORAL HISTORY:

ARI: The band probably only jammed 2 or 3 times as we made it up on the fly and recorded it last second. It didn't last long because it was a side project kind of done as a joke. In those days we had a very small window of time to make decent music because Davo would come back to Australia from college for about 2-3 months so we had to cram in all the music we could while he was here. We played one show at the Green Square with Gorebash and some other bands.

Ari Rintala (Vocals), Noise Levels correspondence, 2025

SHERVIN: There were a few times when Ari and Davo wanted to an acapella or blues/swing band for fun. They'd always pull me into the band... Most of the time it wasn't serious enough to play a show or record anything... but we did play one show as The Trashtones. I wasn't into the blues - I kept saying: let's go back to playing hardcore, haha.

Shervin Emami (Guitar), Noise Levels correspondence, 2025

KNIBBSY: We only did one live gig - it was an 'experimental' band, we never intended to play shows. 

Luke Knibbs (Bass), Noise Levels correspondence, 2025

DAVO: The Trashtones was sleazy, trashy, and bluesy. Think Screaming Jay Hawkins meets Bad Brains - kind of a weird hodgepodge of surf rock, blues, and rock. We recorded an EP that was never released... not many people have heard it.

Luke 'Davo' Davidson (Drums), Noise Levels correspondence, 2025

ARI: Probably the funniest band I've ever been involved with, the recording actually turned out to be one of the coolest sounding things I've been in. Freestyle rock, haha. 

Ari Rintala (Vocals), Noise Levels correspondence, 2025 

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