Taking Sledgehammer to fight
Two fab Aussie cover bands are slugging it out on Youtube: The upstart Sing-It-Live versus the established Hindley Street Country Club.
They both have in common Darren Mullan, who was a major force in HSCC before he split with that group's current main man, bass guitarist Constantine Delo.
With Mullan at Sing-It-Live's helm, we're now back in his basement studio in South Australia, where many Hindley Street numbers were recorded.
There is no doubt that some of Hindley Street's best stuff was recorded in that studio, with Mullan on keyboards and usually backup vocals, as he is in Sing-It-Live's version of Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' (below).
Tech tidbit: This video was shot with an i-phone using an @moment anamorphic lense. Amazing how fast tech is making pretty good videography more and more available to just anybody.
Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer by Sing-It-Live
Lead vocals and guitar: Stefan Hauk
Backup vocals: Zkye Compson-Harris
Rhythm guitar and vocals: Cam Blokland
Drums: Mario Marino
Bass: Damien Steel Scott
Keyboards and vocals: Darren Mullan
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