Boys in the Band
Published 2011 | By Sophie Kassay
Five of Brisbane’s brightest young musos share their fashion inspiration with Sophie Kassay.
ANDREW THOMSON – GUITARIST/THE MEDICS
Describe your personal style in 5 words:
Whatever I feel like wearing.
What is your typical on-stage attire?
A shirt you probably couldn’t find in a usual shop. Nudies and Vans, most of the time. I get my shirts from op-shops.
What is the one item of clothing you can’t live without?
At the moment it’s my Nudies. They just feel like my second skin.
If you had to raid a famous musicians wardrobe who would it be and why?
Rod Stewart because he would have so much great vintage clothing and accessories to choose from.
DANIEL KLUG – LEAD SINGER/VASY MOLLO
Describe your personal style in 5 words:
Brother’s, father’s, grandfather’s…rarely mine.
What is your typical on-stage attire?
Skinny jeans, tshirt and a button up… then I just hope it all goes together!
What is the one item of clothing you can’t live without?
I’ve got this brown suede jacket that used to belong to my Opa. It’s the warmest thing I own, and saves me during those long, cold Brisbane nights.
If you had to raid a famous musicians wardrobe who would it be and why?
Julian Casablancas because he is honestly the coolest person in the world by far. It’s a fact. [He’s in] The Strokes and has a killer solo project. You can’t get any cooler than that.
ANDREW STONE – KEYBOARDIST/MONTPELIER
Describe your personal style in 5 words:
Simple, classic, trying but not.
What is your typical on-stage attire?
I have to be comfortable on stage, so I either wear black or grey skinnies and a plain blue, white or black tee, or a plaid shirt and my black leather boots that I got in New York. I rarely stray from this, except for a jacket or some accessory or something.
What is the one item of clothing you can’t live without?
My grey skinnies. Even though they have a massive hole in them I wear them all the time. The hole covers my entire knee. And then there’s one in the crotch from the time I had to slide down a pole, but it’s not as big. I was locked out of the house on the veranda and couldn’t get back in, so naturally I had to slide down a pole.
If you had to raid a famous musicians wardrobe who would it be and why?
Jimi Hendrix because he had all this badass flower power stuff when it was cool to have flower power stuff and he just didn’t care at all. He was around in the 60s when hipsters were actual hippies. It was crazy stuff, but probably wouldn’t suit me at all.
ADAM SCOTT – KEYBOARDIST/YOUNG MEN DEAD
Describe your personal style in 5 words:
Always over or under dressed.
What is your typical on-stage attire?
More laid-back than my normal attire. The more casual I’m dressed, the more relaxed I am about the show.
What is the one item of clothing you can’t live without?
Clean undies.
If you had to raid a famous musicians wardrobe who would it be and why?
Noel Fielding. No matter what trends hit over the next 50 years, I’d be set.
JACK ALCOCK – KEYBOARDIST/CAMELS IN CROATIA
Describe your personal style in 5 words:
Formal, 60s, dark, contrast, versatile.
What is your typical on-stage attire?
A formal, sharp-toed black shoe, faded skinny jeans and an old collared shirt (usually of op shop/dad’s closet origins). Also a jacket, which I will discard while on stage but put back on immediately after in order to hide my disgusting stage sweat.
What is the one item of clothing you can’t live without?
The aforementioned formal, sharp-toed black shoe. Even wearing them with a tired t-shirt and jeans combo can pull it all together and make it look “work ready”.
If you had to raid a famous musicians wardrobe who would it be and why?
Jack White of The White Stripes because he is the master of ballroom versus drug addict attire.
