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QUESTION: How did you come up with the band name, THE HARD ACHES? Is there a story to it? What does it mean? BEN: Not really an exciting story, we can't seem to do much that isn’t a play on words. It just kinda made sense. Though, if you want a better story we can say it’s because we are huge Bonnie Tyler fans... if you want haha.

QUESTION: There are a thousand ways to make a record. When it comes to penning a track, what are your must haves before you can write? BEN: Tough one...Most of our tracks come from guitar/vocal/melody ideas, then we take ‘em to the jam room, rip it to pieces and basically start from scratch. Putting all the pieces back together, somewhat. It’s all about the tubs and riffs at the end of the day, so we gotta make sure there is plenty of shred.

QUESTION: Name two, underrated, local Aussie bands - that everyone needs start groovin' to. BEN: FOLEY! - One of our favourite bands, super posi-emo (whatever that is). Imagine Weezer, but way cuter and more fun. They were better before Mick got a hair cut, but they still shred. They have a new album out in a few months and its gonna be something real special. HANNAHBAND - a beautiful bassless, two piece band out of Sydney. They just put out their third album and its a corker.

QUESTION: What can we expect from, THE HARD ACHES, on their up and coming Australian tours? Will there be any surprises? BEN: Always plenty of surprises, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if we told you. (There are no surprises, We hate surprise.) We have some really great tours coming up with some amazing bands and old friends, so I’d imagine there's gonna be a whole lot of getting up to no good. Expect poor quality Instagram photos that make no sense to anyone else but us, probably.

QUESTION: In your opinion, what is the most important song you've released and why? BEN: I Get Like This - This was the first song that a wider audience got behind, that itself still blows our minds. We close every show with this song and we probably will be for a long long time. It’s still such a fun song to play too, so that's rad, still got some charm for us left.