Category Archives: Northcote Country Soul

Green Room: Drowsies’ Campaign Backfires

{mosimage}The Drowsy Drivers` "vigorous and relentless" campaign for a Green Room Award backfired in dramatic fashion yesterday when they won one. Swaggering to the stage, lead singer Casey Bennetto thumped the podium in distraught anger. "What`s all this about?" he … Continue reading

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Green Room: Drowsies Launch “Vigorous” Campaign

{mosimage}The Drowsy Drivers today signaled their intention to campaign “vigorously and relentlessly” for a Green Room Award. Nominated in four categories of the Green Room Cabaret section, the band used the words “total and utter annihilation of the opposition” several … Continue reading

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More NCS Shows Announced For May

{mosimage}Despite hopes that a last-minute effort by the Drowsy Drivers‘ lawyers could break them free from their contractual obligations to the Store Room, the band will reluctantly return for 3 more "Northcote Country Soul" shows in May. "It’s criminal," said … Continue reading

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Outrage As Drowsies Win “Best Newcomer” Award

{mosimage}In a decision that is likely to damage the international standing and reputation of the Comedy Festival for decades to come, the Drowsy Drivers were awarded "Best Newcomer" of the Festival at the Barry Awards on Friday night. "Northcote Country … Continue reading

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Senseless

All praise to Antares Autotune! This track was a boy-band parody (boy-bands being thick on the ground at the turn of the century) and we ended up having to invent a boy-band to fit it into the track listing of … Continue reading

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