Woah !

Intrusion was unanimously voted Rock Scholars band of the year 2017 by our panel of mentors and their line up also includes our former Guitar player of the year Paddy Whitford, and vocalist Jye Criddle who recently won the 2019 Fairbridge Quest song performance award.

Heavily influenced by the Seattle grunge scene these guys have matured into a genuine musical force and in April 2019 they released their debut EP which you can check out here.

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Vocals - Jye
Guitar - Paddy
Guitar - Ethan
Bass - Renae
Drums - Liam

When Ricochet first came together as the Crazy Bananas in 2016 they were the youngest band in Rock Scholars history, and in 2019 they are still going strong. Founding members Caleb (drums) and Alexander (guitar and bass) form the rhythmic backbone of this band, supported by the dual guitar attack of Ashley and Oscar.

Newest member Olivia has stepped in to take on vocal duties and is giving Ricochet a new lease of life and a new fresh sound.

Vocals and guitar: Olivia
Guitar/ bass: Ashley
Guitar: Oscar
Guitar/ bass: Alexander
Drums - Caleb

Detour joined the Rock Scholars band program in 2017 after a few of the members met for the first time at one of our school holiday jam sessions. Since then they have developed into a firm favourite amongst our team of mentors.

Still barely teenagers, Detour have a mature indie rock sound led by Becca’s distinctive vocals, a super solid rhythm section and Jonah’s sparse, tasteful guitar playing.

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Vocals and guitar - Becca
Guitar - Jonah
Bass - Annalise
Drums - Seb

Four blokes with guitars and drums, what’s not to like about these guys!

Guitar and vocals: Caleb
Bass and vocals: Lachie
Guitar: Joel
Drums - Joel

OMG!

These 4 guys met for the first time at Rock Scholars in early 2017. United by a shared love of metal and hardcore, everyone involved with this band has been totally blown away with what they have achieved in just 12 months.

Four virtuoso musicians who have combined to be so much more than the sum of their individual parts, Planetary are now producing seriously good original metal and took their high energy show to 2017's Rising Force heavy metal festival as well as playing live shows at Bar 459 and Mojos.

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Vocals - Daniel
Guitar - Sahcieme
Guitar - Orlando
Bass - Shaun
Drums - Fynn

Alt rockers Muscle Club are the latest Rock Scholars band to find their feet and were one of the standout performers in the latest round of end of term gigs when they wowed a sold out room at Bar Four5Nine.

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Vocals: Vina
Guitar: Greta
Bass: Omri
Drums: Isaac

Evolving from the band that once was Parklife, became Boxset Boyfriend and now enjoying a new lease of life as Patio Living.

With the addition of new vocalist Andara to the band, they have become a powerful and compelling live act with great songs and stage presence.

The plan for 2019 is to focus on writing new material, enter a few band comps, and have fun. You know - all that!

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Vocals - Andara
Guitar - Lola
Guitar - Harry
Bass - Tobias
Drums - Jerry

The band FKA Simply Dysfunctional sometimes struggled to find their musical identity. With a new line-up, fresh material and heap of attitude, new incarnation Greenhound has no such problem.

Drawing their influences from the heavy rock of the 80s and 90s, Greenhound’s sometimes stoner- sometimes psych-rock hits hardest when you see it live. Long instrumental breakouts allow these four virtuoso musicians to stretch their musical muscle but the songs are melodic and well-structured. Go see ‘em next time they play.

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Vocals and Bass: Jack
Guitar: Orlando
Guitar: Will
Drums: Lachy

Homebrand came together at Rock Scholars in 2013 and are now the elder statesmen of our band program.

A power-house of the Perth underage music scene, Homebrand have played a lot of headline shows around YMCA HQ, Four5Nine, The Garage, Babushka, Rubber Soul Lounge and The Carine. In October 2017 Homebrand released their first studio single "Shelf" – which won Rock Scholars song of the year 2017 - a fast paced, gritty song that takes a modern turn on Punk rock.

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Daryl - Bass and vocals
Billy - guitar
Sam - guitar and vocals
Ollie - drums

False Projections have found some stability in their line-up this year and the band is really starting to gel properly with an ever expanding set of songs covering a variety of genres, and most excitingly starting to write some powerful original material.

With the recent return of long-time Rock Scholars member Marco behind the drums, the second half of 2018 promises big things for these guys.

Vocals - Jazz
Guitar - Lola
Bass - Eli
Drums - Marco

These guys met at Rock Scholars in mid 2017 and have already achieved some amazing things including winning the 2018 Rock Scholars Scholarpalooza! battle of the bands competition.

Their infectious brand of indie pop and Imogen's captivating vocal performances have wowed audiences everywhere they play.

In the short time they have been together they have written some great original songs and they’re musical style is constantly evolving, currently heading in a direction somewhere north of psych-rock.

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Imogen - vocals and bass
Tim - guitar
Chloe - guitar
Paris - drums

After a few changes in line-up, the remnants of the band formerly known as Cola Koala evolved into Shedhead in 2017 and they are now moving into the musical big league.

Their guitar-driven Indie rock shows clear influences of Violent Soho and The Smith Street Band, but Shedhead are writing awesome songs and their sound is all their own.

With a new drummer joining in early 2018, Shedhead are a band to watch on the Perth local scene. They launch their debut single Awkward Smile in June.

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Drums - Ollie
Bass - Keir
Guitar/ vocals - Gus
Guitar/ vocals - Alex

Rock Scholars band of the Year 2016, Mango Tango have left the Rock Scholars program so they don't really belong here. Heck, we even heard they were splitting up.

But we love these guys, their infectious post-punk suburban life indie-pop has had audiences jumping at Rock Scholars gigs like no band before them and we will keep hustling them until they come back.

If you never got to see MT play live, at least do yourself a favour and check out their album.

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Drums - Max
Bass - Adam
Vocals - Sam
Guitar and vocals - Katie

DoE are a classic power rock trio and fast developing a reputation as the hardest hitting of the current crop of young Rock Scholars bands. Led by the sizzling guitar playing of dynamic front man Alex, the engine room of this band provided by Liam (drums) and Kyle (bass) has the audience jumping in the aisles every time this band hits the stage.

Rumours these guys may leave Rock Scholars, soon, but with lots of new material in the pipeline, make sure you catch this band live in 2018.

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Alex - vocals and guitar
Kyle - bass
Liam - drums