Kezza Atkins on the drumset, Turbo Turner on the Berlin Cobra P-bass, Rowdy Collins and Butter Chicken on voice and telecaster, Foxy and Fourth Dimension on voice and telecaster.
Influences
the alphabet, emotions, oceans, the equator, the social behaviour of ants, your mama, transparency, ideas, DIY Sundays, indoor cricket, kanga cricket, twin peaks, wind, music. musically speaking, i guess you could cast a glance in the direction of yo la tengo, japancakes, tortoise, the sea and cake, mick turner, (smog), bonnie "prince" billy, low and all those usual suspects.
one day in late 2007, four kids receive identical anonymous letters directing them to an unknown address in northcote. they all arrive at a vacant warehouse to find each other, and a room of band equipment set up. scrawled in blood on the floor is a single word; 'play'. despite never having met each other before, they form a bond, and a band. as they leave the warehouse that afternoon, an eagle flies across the sun, casting its shadow across the land. they never learn who wrote the letters, choosing instead to concentrate on the music.
the soaring eagle folk have previously been parts of musical outfits including The Cliffy Davis Goodtime Band, Cooper Black, The I Love You, The Starlings, Betty Ford and the GT Falcons, Puerto Rico, The Astounding Years to Come, Winning Champions of Victory and a bunch of others too awesome to mention. they were all electric potatoes once too. the band has it's roots in far-flung places including Canada, Cambodia and even Colac. there's also a dash of Darwin in there, not to mention a whole lotta inner-north Melburbia. Boys and girls in control of their own musical destiny. Whatever the hell that means.
the eagle have played with some talented folk, including Gaslight Radio, Major Chord, Hoshi in the Clouds, Party Cool, Drugs in Vegas, Ships Piano, Jane Dust and the Man from the South.
there's a record on the way too. Recorded to fat 2" tape on a tape machine that once belonged to the Seekers, Soaring Eagle and sonic advisor Idge (Eagle's spiritual nest, Soundpark Studios) are currently pouring blood, sweat and tears into this badboy. A couple of those tracks are here, right here, on this myspace machine for you to try on for size.
eagle music is at once dangerous and sexy. riffs wrap around you like deadly snakes, daring you to move. three part vocal harmonies envelop you like sleeping bags on cold nights. life's too short. choose soaring eagle.
something about a boy called daniel, who believed he could become a man through the maximum intensity of balls to the wall rock and roll played with a high octane nitro pack. through a turbo.
