With a recent album out via Obese Records, Cooking With Caustic are a soul/ hip hop/ funk collective that hail from the Blue Mountains.
The core members consist of Caustic (beats, keys and production), DJ Cost (turntables), Jarv Benaud (bass), Stephen Noble (saxophone), and Marc Brown (trombone).
We sound like... Our bass player’s Mum said it’s a cacophony of noise with that rap stuff over the top.
Our first gig was... Blue Mountains Winter Magic Festival with Thundamentals and Hermitude, in 2011.
When did you settle on the group's name, and was it a unanimous decision... The band name stems from our producer (Caustic)’s day job as a chef. A lot of us met working in kitchens together, so we all thought the name was perfect.
In the studio we usually... Spend most of our time. We have the largest room in our house set up as a studio/ music room.
If we could tour with anyone... Red Snapper, The Herbaliser, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Sola Rosa, Massive Attack.
The HerbaliserSocial media is... A tasty, intoxicating sandwich of Candy Crush Saga invites and identity theft.
My favourite app at the moment is... Boxen. It’s an awesome Tetris style android game. And it’s developed by Caustic’s bro.
To date, our most embarrassing moment was the time... Our trombone player Mark was busy playing a solo on stage when a woman in the front row grabbed him by the balls. It totally wrecked his solo.
Life on the road can be... We’re homebodies, but will leave the mountains for gigs.
If you'll have us on your bill, all we ask is that our rider contains... Frozen margaritas! And a Street Fighter II machine!
The most scary scenario we've found ourselves in, was... A bunch of giant roid-freaks stole our entry stamp for a gig one time and went outside to stamp all their Neanderthal mates. We got beaten up getting the stamp back. Gorilla testicle extract is some bad shit.
What celebrity/ famous person would you love to be spokesperson of the band... David Attenborough. He could describe us in all our diversity. And he’s a dude.
David AttenboroughThree people you'd like to invite around for a dinner party... We don’t have any dining facilities. But if you’re happy eating on your lap, you’re all invited.
If we were coming over to your place, what would you cook us? Caustic’s a chef so he doesn’t do cooking. Pizza delivery? Damn the expense, send me a case of... Money?
What's the one chore you dislike the most? Lawn mowing. Will trade beats for lawn mowing!
Cooking With Caustic's new album, 'From Mercury To Pluto', is available now.
