THE MEANIES TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE “SHUTDOWN” AND PLAY RARE RUN OF SHOWS. NEW SINGLE OUT OCTOBER 9 FEATURES FRENZAL RHOMB & LEECHES! BOTH COVERING THE MEANIES ON THE B-SIDE The Meanies are set to release a new single and will be celebrating it with a run of shows in late October/early November. Recorded 25 years ago by Shane O’Mara at his studio Yikesville, ’Shutdown’ is seeing the light of day for the very first time. It’s not your average bear as far as The Meanies usual sound goes but hey, a change is as good as a holiday and they can’t afford one of those right now. With a b-side featuring Frenzal Rhomb and Perth punks Leeches! doing renditions of Meanies classics ‘Play This Song Each Night’ and ‘Scum’, the single will be released on October 9. Link says, “’Shutdown’ is sonically The Meanies at their sexiest. Bono would say ‘this record has hips’ to which I’d reply, ‘piss off Bono you pretentious twat’. You can dance to this one. I can’t, I’m a terrible dancer.” The single will be available on limited edition translucent red 7” vinyl and limited-edition gold 7” vinyl (250 of each colour) through a joint venture between Cheersquad Records & Tapes and Fantastic Mess Records. All covers will be hand-numbered. Cover art is by Link and Glenno Smith (Glenno Art). To celebrate the new single, The Meanies will play a small run of shows, including a Melbourne Cup Day afternoon show at the Tote on Tues November 4 alongside BUDD, Benny J & The Psych Ward and RELAYS as part of the Tote’s 2 Years Reborn series of shows. Doors open 2PM. THE MEANIES “SHUTDOWN” 45 IS OUT OCTOBER 9 ON CHEERQUAD RECORDS & TAPES/FANTASTIC MESS Pre-order the single now! https://cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com/track/shutdown https://artistfirst.com.au/collections/the-meanies Buy tix to the shows now! Friday 31 Oct – Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine Cup Eve Mon 3 Nov -Young St Tavern, Frankston VIC Cup Day Tue 4 Nov – The Tote, Collingwood VIC Fri 7 Nov – Islington Barracks Hotel, Newcastle NSW Sat 8 Nov – Petersham Bowls Club NSW  Meanies 2025 by Jo Forster  ABOUT THE MEANIES – Starting out in ’88, following on from the late ’80s GOD/Bored scene and anticipating the subsequent successes of Spiderbait and Magic Dirt, the Meanies are genuine Melbourne icons and national treasures. Arriving at the same time as grunge, they defied the odds with a pop punk-meets-hardcore sound that preempted what was to come out of the US on labels like Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords. They became Triple J and Big Day Out faves (they did the BDO in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1999!) and kings of the all-ages circuit, and they toured their arses off, playing with the likes of Nirvana, The Lemonheads, Redd Kross, Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Bad Brains along the way. They toured Europe, the US and Japan and retain an international following. And like their older and uglier brethren The Cosmic Psychos, The Meanies are now enjoying a late career revival, which begun with the release of their first album in 21 years, It’s Not Me It’s You in late 2015 on Poison City Records. Desperate Measures was released in July 2020. The Meanies Official Website | Facebook | Instagram |
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