Hitting Melbourne as part of their Australian tour, The Aristocrats will be bringing their unique and unforgettable show to Max Watts on March 1st.
Since 2011 The Aristocrats, made up of guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller, and drummer Marco Minnemann, have established themselves as one of the most musically original, refreshingly irreverent, and astoundingly entertaining instrumental rock-fusion acts on the planet. Employing varying degrees of rock, jazz, pop, metal, country, along with anything and everything else in between, anyone who has witnessed their live musical high-wire act can’t help but sense the spirit of a true band, one whose improvisational soul allows for anything to happen onstage at any moment, including the occasional Frank Zappa-influenced wink and nod at the audience.
Fuelled by the buzz from a supposedly one-off debut gig at the Anaheim NAMM show in 2011, The Aristocrats soon went into the studio to produce their self-titled debut album. Tracked in just eight days, The Aristocrats [2011] was hailed as an instant classic in leading music publications worldwide, appearing on many of that year’s top ten lists. Over the course of the next decade The Aristocrats proceeded to put out three more critically acclaimed studio albums, two of which landed (much to their bewilderment!) in the Billboard Top 10 Jazz Chart, as well embark on four world tours. Three live albums later and the band is known on five continents as a must-see whirlwind musical experience.
In the midst of breaking the lockdown seal with their worldwide 2022/2023 DEFROST TOUR, the band produced their fifth and most ambitious studio work to date. Their concept album Duck is the story of a web-footed Antarctic island native fleeing a penguin policeman all the way to New York City where considerable misadventure and danger await. Released in February 2024 and supported by the DUCKLING tour – a series of five select USA west coast dates to celebrate the occasion – Duck takes The Aristocrats’ collective artistry to a whole new mind blowing, albeit ridiculous, level.
The Aristocrats are playing Melbourne’s Max Watts on March 1st and promise to put on show to remember! Get your tickets here