The Angels are gearing up once more to grace the stage with their legendary back catalogue.
Lead guitarist, Rick Brewster, is looking forward to playing all of the classics fans know and love, and that help changed the Australian live music scene forever.
Rick has nothing but fond memories of performing in the early days, where shows were completely sold out most nights of the week and the insanity of a dedicated crowd that was packed to the rafters “like sardines”.
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“It's that spontaneity you know, you play once and it's gone forever,” Rick says. “Sometimes you get right in the zone and you get it right and sometimes you don't, but it's all about playing music.”
An undeniable fact about The Angels is this band continues to transcend time. Who knew that decades down the track, Rick would still be busting moves with the band on stage with just as much enthusiasm, if not more.
“We never intended to write songs that would be 'here today, gone tomorrow', it was always a very conscious decision when we began songwriting,” Rick says.
“Our big aim was to write songs that would be timeless... In the same way that any of the great composers, be it Beethoven, Mozart, you name it.”
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The most rewarding part of the journey for Rick is that young people still come to The Angels shows and know and love the songs that he help created. “In the early days, we may have been at each other's throats, John [Brewster] and I, we were young guys in our 20s starting out,” Rick says.
“As you get older you start to listen to the other side.”
Rick's nephew Sam, who he describes as “a monster and a great musician” joined forces with his dad (John) and uncle playing bass guitar with the band. “Family is great. We tend to think alike on a lot of musical issues and we play with the same lean,” Rick says.
“I guess because we've got the same blood, we had the same upbringing surrounded by music, mostly classical... We tend to get on the same page a lot easier than we did at the beginning.”
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Although a well rehearsed and seasoned performer, Rick still gets nervous every time he plays live. “It doesn't matter whether it's 10 people or 10,000, it's all about trying to better yourself I think and trying not to fuck up.
“You just want to do the best you can and that's a nerve-racking experience until you get to maybe three songs in and then you'll feel comfortable.”
The Angels are currently two thirds of the way through a brand new album, but Rick doesn't have a release date scheduled.
The Angels Tour Dates
Fri 24 Mar – Young Services Club (Young)Sat 25 Mar – Home Tavern (Wagga Wagga)
Thu 30 Mar – Hamilton Hotel (Brisbane)
Fri 31 Mar – Villa Noosa Hotel (Sunshine Coast)
Sat 1 Apr – Racehorse Hotel (Ipswich)
Fri 7 Apr – York on Lilydale (Melbourne)
Sat 8 Apr – Gateway Hotel (Geelong)
Fri 21 Apr – Club Sapphire (Mermbula)
Sat 22 Apr – Astor Hotel (Goulburn)
Fri 28 Apr – Commercial Hotel (Melbourne)
Sat 29 Apr – Village Green Hotel (Melbourne)
