Cool change

"I was suffering getting ready for the Grand Hotel, Kiama gig on Saturday night 24th January 2009. It was 39 degrees Celsius at 4pm, then at about 5pm, a southerly change came through and dropped the temperature by 15 degrees. I felt like I'd been given a new lung." said band vocalist, Ang, whan asked about the gig.

Groove Temple are a three-piece party band performing mainly on the east coast of Australia and they hit the stage hot and hard every night. Forget the weather, in fact forget everything when these guys hit the stage, just get ready to boogey!!

Tourists from Canberra (and Yass) somehow made it to the venue and were loved by everyone they made contact with, locals and band alike. "I can't help but think that Canberra must be starved for decent bands, because we get treated like royalty every time we meet a Canberrian. Yeah thats a real word now!" said Ang. Perhaps being near the sea put them in a good mood, or maybe the Bourbon did. Who knows? Locals and other tourists were also in good form, and there were lots about as the Kiama Show was on. This is one of the few country shows left in NSW and worth a try if you care to connect with an icon of Australian culture. You would have to wait a year though because it finished this weekend gone.

Groove Temple spent Saturday night laying down some funky tunes, catching up with friends and certainly rocking the venue. That's what they were born to do and will continue to do with the support of the patrons of venues such as the Grand.

They're planning to do the same for their next public performance at Shellharbour Worker's club on Saturday 7th February 2009.

Whatever the weather, be assured it will be a hot time on the dance floor on Saturday night.

Groove Temple surges through the hot summer

All members of Groove Temple have announced they survived the Christmas and New Year break, with little or no damage. This was an extremely busy season for the guys, even at times having to employ fill-in drummer, "A.J". a mate of Red's from Newtown. Red has been so flat out, just simply couldn't make it to some gigs. It was ok, A.J. fit in just fine. They managed to traipse all over the country side as well as do their standard local gigs.

Venues have been hot and steamy over the past few weeks and the stages have been hot enough to fry a light tree on. "In fact" says lead vocalist Ang, "we had to run out and buy a new lighting rig, because the old one died a natural death, in it's natural environment, on stage, peacefully, it was so beautiful,....doing what it was meant to do....although I suspect if we let it go much longer, it may have taken one of us with it!!"

The guys have a lot of work to do at the moment, both on & off the stage, focussing on recording pre-production tracks for Groove Temple and their other side projects.

"This is going to be a big year but it's great to just crank it up for our regular gigs whilst all this is happening. Keeps you grounded." Said Ang. "...and there is just nothing better than watching those feet hit the dance floor once we start to funk & boogey!!"

The guys will be soon appearing at public venues such as the Grand Hotel Kiama, Shell harbour Workers and The Ocean Beach Hotel. See you there!!