COOKING VINYL AUSTRALIA
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THE CHATS
shake on grouse deal
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After sinking a few tinnies at the Terrigal Bowling Club, The Chats and Cooking Vinyl Australia recently shook on a deal which will see their own label, Bargain Bin Records join forces with Cooking Vinyl Australia.
On the new union, The Chats said, “We set up Bargain Bin records to be a place where we could put out our own records, and our mates records without some donkey telling us how to do it. Now we can do that and make sure it gets in stores across the planet. We look forward to buying jet skis, caviar, and Bundy Rum by the palette thanks to this new partnership.”
Leigh Gruppetta, Co-Managing Director, Cooking Vinyl Australia, said “Signing The Chats to a massive worldwide deal AND partnering up on Bargain Bin Records… What could possibly go wrong?”
Stu Harvey, Co-Managing Director, Cooking Vinyl Australia, added, “I don’t remember what happened that night but f*ck, this is costing us a lot of money”.
Formed in their mate’s bong shed in Coolum, Queensland 2016 when all three members were seventeen, The Chats represent everything that’s good about Australia and nothing that’s bad: a rebel spirit, gallows humour and the endless hedonistic pursuit of A Bloody Good Time.
Since their single Smoko became a bona fide viral hit on Youtube, The Chats found themselves propelled from their Queensland shed to almost overnight renown in all the right circles.
At the last count Smoko has had more than eight million views. Dave Grohl loved it so much he sent it to Josh Homme, who immediately booked the band to support Queens Of The Stone Age in Australia. Iggy Pop did the same when he played Melbourne, and keenly quizzed the band on their lyrical content. Their debut Los Angeles show in July saw the attendance of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, and the Arctic Monkeys.
The band have recently gone on to sell-out shows all around Australia on their latest Identity Theft single tour, and have just embarked on a 14 date UK/EU tour with 9 shows sold-out before hitting the ground. The tour will wrap up to a packed O2 Forum (2,300 cap) in London on December 14.
Drawing influence from the same fertile Australian pub rock scene that spawned everyone from AC/DC and The Saints to Cosmic Psychos and The Hard-Ons, and sharing a similar singular self-contained approach to their art, The Chats describe themselves as “dropkick drongos from the Sunshine Coast of Australia”. It’d be difficult to argue otherwise.
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ABOUT COOKING VINYL AUSTRALIA
Cooking Vinyl Australia is a Melbourne-based music company that launched in 2013 as a partnership between Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey. Cooking Vinyl Australia works with a variety of international and domestic label partners in addition to signing artists directly.
Cooking Vinyl Australia boasts a diverse roster of artists, representing a wide range of genres. International artists represented include Billy Bragg, The Darkness, PUP, Baroness, The Bronx, Alexisonfire, and many more.
Australian artists signed directly to Cooking Vinyl Australia include Ceres, Eliza & The Delusionals, Luca Brasi, Mia Dyson, High Tension, Ivan Ooze, Boydos, STUMPS and most recently, Fanny Lumsden and Tracy McNeil.
Cooking Vinyl Australia is proud to have been included in the shortlist of five labels nominated for Best Independent Label category at 2019’s AIR Awards (Australian Independent Record Labels Association).
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Follow THE CHATS:
FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | WEB
Follow BARGAIN BIN RECORDS:
INSTAGRAM | WEB
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AMNPLIFY – DB
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