Jolly Frog, Windsor, 1st November, 1997

VENUE: Jolly Frog Hotel, Windsor

DATE: Saturday, 1st November, 1997

TIME: 9pm

OTHER: Free entry.

BANDS:

• Mortal Sin
• Strident
• Savage Dog

The Happy Shamrock, Five Dock, 30th May, 1997

VENUE: Happy Shamrock, Five Dock

DATE: Friday, 30th May, 1997

OTHER: $8 entry

BANDS:

• Cryogenic
• Semantic
• Strident
• Inextremis
  

Skankheath, Bates Hall, Blackheath, 4th March, 2000

VENUE: Bates Hall, Blackheath

DATE: Saturday, 4th March, 2000

TIME: 4pm

OTHER: $6 entry. All Ages. Organised by Blue Mountains City Council.

BANDS:

• Clobassi
• Swindle
• Strident
• Ballpark
• Gimp
  

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