Heavy - The Scream - 1988

Recorded live at Fyansford Paper Mill Fyansford, Geelong, Australia, 1988.
Alex Stone - Vocals & Lyrics
John Castellain - Guitar & Music
Virginia Castellain - Bass
Ross Morton - Drums
These recordings were from old VHS tape video made using a camera and recording machine, which in 1988 were the size of two suitcases and just as heavy.
Due to the white balance not being set the original recordings were faded and lacked contrast and colour, both of which were digitally restored. The lighting in the room was a single 150w incandescent bulb overhead.
The room was a basement in the mill and flooded if the adjacent river was full so the amplifiers were on milk crates to avoid 'floating away'.
There used to be a water wheel on the other side of one wall that was driven by the Barwon river down a channel still full of running water, hence the flooding, which happened twice in 1988 while the band used the room for rehearsal, and still does sometimes today.
The Fyansford Paper Mill is now an artists hub, but the loud bands have largely gone due to the area becoming built up. There is still music performed at an eatery and in one larger room which has been fitted out for performance however.

[@garysmith9816]

Lovin these old clips, real music played in real time, good stuff!

[@benborntorock923]

ROCKIN!

[@JohnCastellain]

Alex was a great front man, moved well. Great times!👍

[@user-iy8pd1qk8m]

I can picture Alex on his motorbike ("I like riding motorbikes")lol!, great times, great song! 😉

[@JohnCastellain]

I remember him riding an 80's Katana!

[@Hirronimus]

The Band in its underground Lair, Deep in the Catacombs of the old mill at Fyansford where around the Barwon river 450 natives were murdered("looked after") in the name of caretaker Lord Fyans a couple of hundred years back, HEAVY...yes VERY!

[@JohnCastellain]

I heard about the people who used to live on the river before the white man came.William Buckley was an escaped convict from Cheshire, England, who jumped ship and went to live with the local indigenous people at Fyansford, they named Buckleys falls after him. He also lived with a tribe in the rainforests near Lorne.

[@kurtstrong3449]

I LIKE 'HEAVY'...like me,lol

[@SoWhatCunt]

sounds cool