Denata Deathtrain CD

Growing up in various small pockets of tropical Queensland has been a formative process for the members of Hanimex Stand and this in turn has informed the philosophy of the band. From their geographically isolated homes, the discovery of independent 'alternative' music during their adolescent years represented a revolution. A revolution in the sense that here was a music that celebrated difference - and difference was one thing that the soon-to-be-members-of-the-band were acutely aware of. They were different by virtue of living in anabranch (read small town) rather than mainstream Australia. And they were different within their towns in-so-much-as that they felt unrepresented by the musical schlock that beset local AM radio, high school discos and hotel juke boxes. For the members of Hanimex Stand, independent music was also revolutionary because it licensed them to 'do it yourself'. Musical proficiency was not to be an obstacle to forming a band, and song themes could be as diverse and divergent as can be. So with a few guitar chords garnered from the back of a Slim Dusty song book and armed with their anabranch world-view Hanimex Stand was formed. The band sets itself three goals when producing songs. The songs are to: 1) have a tune; 2) have meaning and 3) present well. Hanimex Stand believes that to achieve this trifecta pays the greatest dividends - even if they hitherto have only been squandered in the practice room on the hill (that is Bartle Frere) ...