Pressure Drop http://www.pressuredropband.org Melbourne reggae-dub band Fri, 03 May 2013 23:15:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 More Simbar gigs announced http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=709 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=709#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:14:02 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=709 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will continue its residency at the Simbar Licensed Cafe in Hughesdale on Friday February 8 and Friday February 22, 2013. More details overleaf …

The current upcoming Simbar Gigs are:

  • Friday, January 25, 2013
  • Friday, February 8, 2013
  • Friday, February 22, 2013

Our March gigs will be advised in the coming weeks.

The Simbar Licensed Cafe is located at 94 Poath Road, Hughesdale (Melbourne).

The band plays from 21:00 to 01:00.

The support act is up and coming duet Tess and Tom who will be on stage from 20:00. Check the gig guide – for more details.

Simbar features a distinct African decor and is becoming a popular location for live music in the Eastern Suburbs. It offers an excellent international cuisine.

We hope to see you all there each fortnight to enjoy original reggae, rock steady and dub – played by one of Australia’s first reggae bands.

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]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=709 0 Pressure Drop takes up cricket – Saturday, February 9, 2013 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=702 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=702#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:01:22 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=702 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will be playing at a Calypso Cricket Reggae Party at East Malvern, Melbourne on Saturday, February 9, 2013. More details overleaf …

The Gig

The Party is a fund-raiser for the Cricket Club, which supports local youth activities in the area.

We hope to see you all for a night of rock steady and reggae. No coloured uniforms are required.

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  • Pressure Drop: Pressure Drop
  • Date: Saturday, February 9th 2013
  • Time: 20:00
  • City: Pressure Drop in East Malvern
  • Venue: East Malvern Tooronga CC
  • Address: Dunlop Pavillion, Dunlop Street
  • Country: Australia
  • Admission: $20
  • Age restrictions: All Ages/Licensed
  • Notes: This is fund raiser for the cricket club who promote youth activities in the local area. The general admission is $20 and Under 18′s get in for $15. The Calypso Cricket Reggae Party will run from 19:30 to Midnight. There will be a happy hour from 19:30
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]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=702 0 Pressure Drop at Simbar Cafe – Friday January 25, 2013 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=699 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=699#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:52:32 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=699 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will be playing next at the Simbar Licensed Cafe in Hughesdale on Friday January 25, 2013. More details overleaf …

Pressure Drop is back from our break with our first gig being our regular residency at the Simbar Licensed Cafe on Friday, September 21.

The Simbar Cafe is located at 94 Poath Road, Hughesdale (in Melbourne).

The band will be playing from 21:30 to 01:00.

The support act is up and coming duet Tess and Tom who will be on stage from 20:00. Check the gig guide – for more details.

Simbar features a distinct African decor and is becoming a popular location for live music in the Eastern Suburbs. It offers an excellent international cuisine.

We hope to see you all there on Friday January 25, 2013 for a night of reggae, rock steady and dub – played by one of Australia’s first reggae bands.

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The next Simbar gig will then be Friday, February 8, 2013 – more news on that later

Related show

  • Pressure Drop: Pressure Drop
  • Date: Friday, January 25th 2013
  • Time: 20:30
  • City: Pressure Drop in Melbourne
  • Venue: Simbar Cafe
  • Address: 94 Poath Road, Hughesdale
  • Venue phone: (03) 9569 5509
  • Country: Australia
  • Admission: Free
  • Age restrictions: All Ages/Licensed
  • Notes: Pressure Drop continues its residency at Simbar. Great food and great ambiance.
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]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=699 0 Pressure Drop back on the terrace at Lentil is Anything http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=691 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=691#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:48:15 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=691 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will be playing live again at Lentil As Anything in Abbotsford, Victoria on Sunday, October 28, 2012.

The band will be outside on the terrace and will start playing at 13:00 and finish around 16:00.

In between you will be able to sample the beautiful food that Lentil As Anything prepares.

We look forward to seeing you all.

Location

Lentil As Anything is located at 1-3 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford VIC 3067, Australia

]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=691 0 Pressure Drop at Simba’r Cafe – Friday September 21 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=683 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=683#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:39:10 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=683 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will be playing next at the at the Simba’r Licensed Cafe in Hughesdale on Friday, September 22, 2012. More details overleaf …

Pressure Drop will be playing next on Friday, September 21 at the Simba’r Licensed Cafe which is located at 94 Poath Road, Hughesdale.

The band will be playing from 21:30 to 01:00.

The support act is up and coming duet Tess and Tom who will be on stage from 20:00. Check the gig guide – for more details.

Simba’r features a distinct African decor and is becoming a popular location for live music in the Eastern Suburbs. It offers an excellent international cuisine.

We hope to see you all there on Friday, September 21 for a night of reggae, rock steady and dub – played by one of Australia’s first reggae bands.

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]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=683 0 Pressure Drop will be at the Shine Bar – September 22, 2012 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=677 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=677#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:23:46 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=677 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will be playing next at the Shine Cafe Bar and Lounge on September 22, 2012 Come along to dance and enjoy an exciting mix of dance, rock-steady, dub and reggae. More details overleaf …

The Shine Cafe is located at 74-76 Kingsway Glen Waverley 3150.

It offers good dining and a bar and there is an upstairs fireplace in the bar and an open fireplace in the restaurant downstairs for a cosy and relaxing dining experience in the Winter months.

Pressure Drop will be playing from 21:30 to 00:30.

We hope to see you all there on Saturday, September 22.

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]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=677 0 Pressure Drop to begin residency at Lentil As Anything http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=662 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=662#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:12:15 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=662 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will be playing live at Lentil As Anything in Abbotsford, Victoria on Sunday, August 12, 2012.

Our first show will be on Sunday August 12, 2012 starting around 12.30 and the band will play throughout the afternoon.

In between you will be able to sample the beautiful food that Lentil As Anything prepares.

We look forward to seeing you all.

The next gig at Lentil will be in November 2012.

Location

Lentil As Anything is located at 1-3 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford VIC 3067, Australia

]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=662 0 Pressure Drop comes to Ruby’s Lounge – July 20, 2012 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=653 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=653#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:13:21 +0000 bill http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=653 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop will be playing next at Ruby’s Lounge on July 20, 2012. Come along to dance and enjoy an exciting mix of dance, rock-steady, dub and reggae. More details overleaf …

Ruby’s Lounge is the premier live music venue of the outer east in Melbourne. Nestled at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges, and a 40 minute drive from the city, it is home to good music, good surrounds and good times.

Ruby’s Lounge is located at the 1648 Burwood Highway, Belgrave, Victoria (for directions and travel details see below).

You can get tickets for the show from Ruby’s Home Page or at the door on the night.

Tickets are $15.

The support band will be Tess and Tom and Guests will be on stage from 21:00 for an hour set. Pressure Drop will play (approximately) between 22:30 and 1am.

Bring your dancing shoes. We hope to see you all there.

Enquiries: Bill 0419 422 410.

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1. Car : drive up the Burwood Highway & keep going until you hit Belgrave. Rubys is on your right & there are pedestrian lights out the front. If you come to a roundabout, you have missed us by 150m (come back the way you came). Takes 45 minutes from the city. Parking is available everywhere – if its busy, try behind safeway (300 parks)

2. Train – get on the Belgrave line and get off at the end (approx 1 hr from the city). Last train back leaves 12:09am.

3. Bus – buses come from Oakleigh, Knox, Lilydale – check Metlink. Niterider buses leave on the hour from 2am-4am for Ferntree Gully & Knox.

4. Taxi – Yellow Cabs 132777 Dandy Ranges Taxi 0500516280 Emerald Taxis 5968 4670

]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=653 0 Live video from Caravan Music Club available http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=589 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=589#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:37:57 +0000 admin http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=589 Continue reading →]]> Pressure Drop – Live at the Caravan Music Club, March 24, 2012 – is now available.

This video records Pressure Drop’s comeback gig at the Caravan. It runs for 1 hour and 42 minutes and records the entire set. A DVD is available from the Pressure Drop Shop.

]]> http://www.pressuredropband.org/?feed=rss2&p=589 0 Pressure Drop gig review http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=578 http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=578#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:35:51 +0000 admin http://www.pressuredropband.org/?p=578 Continue reading →]]> There was an interesting review of Pressure Drop’s comeback gig at the Caravan Club on March 24, 2012 written by Sydney music afficionado Sean Carmody.

Here are some excerpts from Sean’s Review:

On Saturday night I found myself in Melbourne at the first live performance in 30 years of the reggae band Pressure Drop.

The last time Pressure Drop played I probably couldn’t have told you what reggae was. Although I would certainly have heard Eddy Grant’s Electric Avenue on the radio, I was a New Romantic at heart and was more inclined to listen to the likes of Adam and the Ants. At this point, in the interests of full disclosure, I should admit that Pressure Drop’s concert was the second of the weekend for me: I also saw Adam Ant at the Enmore Theatre the night before.

Since my New Romantic period, I have learned to appreciate reggae and dub …

… last year the band started rehearsing again and these rehearsals culminated in the release of a new CD, aLIVE 2011. I was keen to hear the results and I suspect I was one of the first to order a copy.

Pressure Drop

… Pressure Drop had always been a Melbourne band, so it was only natural that their return performance should be in Melbourne. I had been planning a trip to Melbourne for some time and fortuitously it coincided with the night of the concert. So it was that I found myself out at Oakleigh RSL on Saturday night.

Before Pressure Drop and after I beat my brother at a game of pool, there was a two piece support act: Ross Hannaford (of Daddy Cool fame) and Bart Willoughby, the drummer from No Fixed Address. I would hate to imagine how many years Ross has being playing guitar, but he is certainly able to coax beautiful sounds from those strings, apparently with no effort at all.

Once Pressure Drop came to the stage, it wasn’t long before dancing began. Bill had plenty of reverb on his guitar, but not so much as to hide the fact that he can play as well as he can blog … The band had a house full of enthusiastic supporters and they did not disappoint. The concert was great fun for all of us on the dance floor and it looked as though the band enjoyed themselves just as much …

You can access the Full Review from Sean’s Site.

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