BUSH OYSTERS

Bush Oysters performing at the Graphic Arts Club in Sydney 1985.

BUSH OYSTERS - Graphic Arts Club Sydney 29th November 1985

Bush Oysters:Tex Perkins - vocals Lachlan McLeod - guitar Peter Read - bass

Ralph Phillips - drums Adrian Hornblower– saxophone

Taken from B-Side Magazine 1987

Bruce Griffiths spoke to Tex Perkins, Lachlan McLeod, Stu Spasm, Peter Read, Adrian and 'Big Tex' about the 'Waste Sausage" compilation, the LUBRICATED GOAT mini album, and the THUG Lp, with which they are all in some way connected.

Bruce Griffiths: Where is the BUSH OYSTERS thing from?

Lachlan McLeod: That was from the first ever BUSH OYSTERS show, at French's.

Tex Perkins: BUSH OYSTERS were a great band.

Peter Read: They were a very musical band.

Tex: BUSH OYSTERS came together when I came back from Adelaide. Me and Lachlan just went around and asked all these idiots if they wanted to do something and they said "Yes!" and it came together in about 2 weeks. Very easy, it came together so quickly.

Bruce Griffiths: Why did that stop?

Tex: That was my fault. I stayed in Adelaide, because of love.

Lachlan: It was also a good band to cut off fairly' quickly, even though I liked it. It could've continued, but the way it worked out was ok to me as well.

Adrian: It spawned a lot of other bands as well.

Lachlan: We played a couple of really dreadful shows with THE ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE, which wasn't a good thing for us. BUSH OYSTERS weren't very compatible with ANL.

Adrian: That was the band I've felt the free-est playing in of any I've been in.

Peter: BUSH OYSTERS is possibly one of the only "rock" bands I've been in that I've thoroughly enjoyed. I miss it a lot.

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