The Lone Drummer fights injustice and engages in protest larks, stunts and activities but here he takes part in and EPIC BATTLE against his arch enemy #grimbarista…a no holds barred grudge match with no beats untouched… with IWRC referee @_paul_west_ officiating
Filmed live at Honorbread Bermagui Halloween 2023
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PRESS RELEASE THUR 26 OCT 2023. IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
It’s on!!!!
The EPIC BATTLE between @lone.drummer and #grimbarista is set to take place #halloween Tuesday 31 October at 8.00pm online via @instagram and @youtube feed. Calling the grudge match will be IWRC referee @_paul_west_ No hitting below the belt and no beat untouched #drumbattle #superheroes #supervillians @m_i_k_e_yb
PRESS RELEASE FRI 18 AUG 2023. IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
The Lone Drummer is ‘live to air’ with @Paul West on ABC South East NSW at 8.30am Friday 18 August to drum up awareness of homelessness straight after ‘Homelessness week’ in the Eden Monaro and Eurobodalla which is in chronic crisis RIGHT NOW!!
He appeared at an undisclosed location in Moruya at precisely 11.30am…listen for the jungle drums!!!!…with thanks to Cr Alison Worthington
Pics here and youtuber to follow
THE STORY SO FAR….2023
We’ve all heard of the classic lone ranger, the enduring fictional icon of American culture, confronting the unethical behavior of the corrupt and instill justice upon the wild American west of old. In Australia, we have the lone drummer, a masked superhero fighting the unjust logging of Australia’s wilderness, home to some of the world’s most unique flora and fauna. The lone drummer is joining forces with a myriad of forest groups, insisting on ending logging of Australia’s native forests. Since 2019 the Lone Drummer has been seen at Parliament House in Canberra, Forestry HQ in Batemans Bay, Princes Hwy Far South Coast, State MP Andrew Constance Office in Bega and many other occasions.
What’s the story of The Lone Drummer – who is he and what does he do?
I am an ex Rock Star Drummer from the Australian band the Lime Spiders known for our wild punk performances in the 80s and 90s last century. I used to be at the core of our performance regularly destroying or trashing my drum kit during the gig. It has been set on fire/thrown off stage and smashed and there is even video of it during a film shoot being thrown off a building and being played with tomahawks as drumsticks.
I’ve never protested before being of the opinion that I could not make a difference against the behemoth of big industry and government in cahoots with it. But now I am so angry and charged that I am expressing it the only way I know how
Why is The Lone Drummer playing for forests and Climate Change?
Climate change is the biggest threat to our existence as a species and I don’t want to go to protests and write letters or articulate it. I am a musician and have problems articulating into words the way I feel. I’m doing this the only way I know how. The essence is to maintain the rage thru rock which is what rock n roll was originally all about.
Music has been a form of protest for eons. I don’t particularly like protest music that is too literal and would rather use allegory, metaphor and art, surrealism in particular…think Dali or Christo covering landscapes
What is people’s reaction when they see a drummer playing solo in these unexpected locations?
After I played on the side of the Princes Hwy just outside the logging entrance at Corunna Forest I have since encountered many people who happened to have been driving past on their daily business. They were perplexed, surprised at first to see some guy just randomly drumming away on the side of the hwy but then they put 2 and 2 together and recognized the issue and it …it resonated with them in a way they couldn’t articulate.
Outside the local members office in Bega [Andrew Constance] it was incredibly loud and shocking. I was intent on shoving it in his face. It could be heard all over Bega apparently. Film crews turned up spontaneously and the engagements online in one day were over 7000
PERFORMANCE ART GETS MORE MEDIA THAN LETTERS OR PETITIONS. IT WAS STRAIGHT TO THE 6PM NEWS!!
What’s coming up next – we hear you’re taking things to a national level?
I played at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 3 Dec alongside Politicians, Green Groups and normal everyday people asking for native logging to be stopped by 2020…pics below
NEWS FLASH!!!!!
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