#leather lickers

Cool Death Records houses some of Melbourne's best punk and hardcore, including the recently disbanded Gutter Gods, who's 2013 LP Innersense was one of the best Australian hardcore releases in recent times. 

Leather Lickers combine raw, early stooges-esque instrumentation and manically screamed vocals to great effect on 'Smell The Glove'.

There's a few left-over demo cassettes from their launch gig about a month back, allegedly recorded over various Bollywood soundtracks, with a regular press to come soon.

We've put together a cool little bill for the second edition of MINIMUM WAGE.

FREE ENTRY! On their Facebook profile Halt Ever claim to be influenced by the likes of the Wipers. Undertones, Spaceman 3 and Guided By Voices and in the real world (which at times can be just as fun and rewarding as Facebook) these claims hold true. Meter Men sound like one of the current crop of insanely good New York City hardcore bands. Imagine if one of the bands on the Ground Zero comp came from Melbourne’s bayside suburbs.  Leather Lickers feature members of Gutter Gods, Soma Coma and one of the guitar techs who worked on Black Sabbath Vol 4. Things can get hectic. Minimum Wage. Broke? Poor? Disillusioned with what rates as good music?  Minimum Wage is your answer!