Heaven the Axe
| Heaven The Axe | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Pub rock, hard rock, metal and rock and roll |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Melbourne Records |
| Associated acts | Damaged, The Amenta, The Berzerker, Manticore |
| Members | Phoebe Pinnock and Steve Watts |
Heaven the Axe is a Metal band based in Melbourne, Australia.
Works
Heaven The Axe began as a duo of Phoebe Pinnock and Steve Watts (ex-Manticore) in Wagga Wagga. After the couple moved to Melbourne they began building a complete band, developing the sound with Matt "Skitz" Sanders (Drummer; Damaged, Terrorust) with accompaniment by Nick Williams (Rotten Chop) on bass. Phoebe, Steve and Skitz recorded two songs "So Nirvana" and "Glue" with Ren Parisi from Melbourne Records. Recruiting live members Paolo Celli and Retch Bile (Broozer) they played their first show in October 2009 at Noise Bar, Brunswick.
The band did a series of fundraising efforts in 2010 raising a substantial amount of money for victims of child sex slavery in Nepal. Celli and Bile left and drummer Tom Rossell (House of Thumbs) and Mat Silcock (Former Damaged Guitarist) replaced them the same evening. Tim Aldridge (Abramelin) joined handling bass and the band began playing with two guitarists. Heaven The Axe was invited to perform at The Sydney Entertainment Centre in a televised performance of some of the hottest upcoming Australian talent which led to their booking at Street Machines Summernats Festival in Canberra in 2011. They have since appeared there in 2012 and 2014.
Heaven the Axe launched their debut record "Sex, Chugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll" independently on 17 September 2011 at The Palace Theatre in Melbourne City to 1000 people in attendance and was one of the only bands without major Triple J airplay to sell out the Karova Lounge on their Ballarat launch show. The band became in quick demand for touring and developed a community mindset to accommodate the dates and musicians commitments. Aramis Pitrinec (Strict Vincent) signed on as drummer also sharing the role with Rossell and Skitz. After the band recorded the album Aldridge left and was replaced by Trav Price. During November 2011 the band did a tour as main support for Rose Tattoo. The band toured through 2012 and Phoebe and Steve co-ordinated a festival in their hometown of Wagga Wagga featuring Angry Anderson singing Rose Tattoo songs with Heaven The Axe as his band, as well as Justice Crew and international super cross riders in a display of motorcycling stunts. They raised $50,000 in a day for their local community and attracted national attention in the media. In 2013, the band teamed up with Frankenbok, Dreadnaught, Abreact and King Parrot to tour regional areas in a blind line up draw tour called "Regional Roulette". Heaven The Axe recorded the single "Good Things Come To Those Who Hate" in 2013 with Peter "Regi" Bowman and the song featured backing vocalists Skitz, Dan McDougall (Frankenbok) and Matt Young (King Parrot) with a guitar solo by Richie Poate (Dreadnaught). The song went to #2 on the Australian iTunes Metal charts. After Summernats 2014 Mat Silcock left for personal reasons and Aramis Pitrinec moved to QLD as he had fallen in love with the creator of the bands major sponsor, Miessence (Australias 1st Certified Oragnic Health and Beauty Products). Eddie Lacey (The Wolves, King Parrot, The Berzerker) joined on guitar and Adam Savino (Decimatus) became the new drummer. In 2014, Heaven The Axe wrote and recorded the theme song to the highest rating show on TV station 7mate "Bogan Hunters" directed and produced by Pauly Fenech. Heaven The Axe' music has been a major contributor to the soundtracks to smash hit cult SBS TV series Housos (Series 2) and the Paramount Pictures Movie Housos VS Authority. The band also wrote and recorded a theme song for the movie Fat Pizza VS Housos. Lacey and Savino both quit in December 2014 immediately before the band was invited to perform Hammersonic Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia for 2015 sharing the stage with Lamb of God, The Faceless, and many other international bands from around the globe at Asias biggest metal festival. Phoebe and Steve re-joined with Matt "Skitz" Sanders and Tom Rossell on drums and invited Aaron Butler "Azza Bok" and Tim Miedecke both from Frankenbok to join the band and in 2015 they played to 30,000 fans in Jakarta. In 2015 the band has headlined a number of Australian Festivals including the sold-out record breaking "Brewtality" Festival at The Tote. Heaven The Axe is currently writing their new record.
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