The Galvatrons

The Galvatrons are almost too likely to succeed. They have certainly been the hype band of 2008 and perhaps that has already led to a premature backlash. Harsh.

The fact remains that they appear to be the band most likely for a reason. They look like rock stars, they have big anthemic hooky songs and they have the right team behind them including Australian A&R guru Michael Parisi.

And yes, it has been mentioned that they do sound dangerously like Van Halen.

2008 has seen the band take major forward steps they probably made them the envy of the local scene.

Within months of that first show, the end of 2007, The Galvatrons (the name comes from a Transformers character) were performing in front of 10,000 people at the annual Meredith Music Festival outside Melbourne.

This year The Galvatrons  have released their debut EP, which featured the anthemic, When We Were Kids. Recorded in Melbourne by Lindsay Gravina (The Living End, Shihad) and mixed in Hollywood by Tim Palmer (David Bowie, Pearl Jam, U2, The Cure).

The band have already had a big 2008. Highlights have included a talked about gig at the Big Day Out festival in Melbourne, a national Australian tour supporting Shihad, plus shows in London, in June to perform at Hyde Park as one of the opening acts on the final UK concert by The Police, and opening for Def Leppard and Cheap Trick here in Australia.

An album is apparently well on the way and although the band haven’t quite exploded commercially they way that some have predicted the jury is still out. Whether or not The Galvatrons fulfil expectations remains to be seen but I’d be happy to see them give it a shot.

The next generations needs a rock band that offers the same sort of bombastic, escapist fun that their obvious influences offered us.