Biography
With a shared love for melodic vocal harmonies, alternate tunings and infectious guitar riffs, The Barmaids are a melodic pop-rock band from Melbourne who play upbeat, toe-tapping rock 'n' roll.
Forming in early 2006 with a series of acoustic sets, founding members, James and Chris, have continued to wow audiences, and fellow musicians alike, with their well-crafted pop songs and energic live performances.
Drawing from such influences as Supergrass, The Beatles, T-Rex, and Richard Ashcroft, The Barmaids have performed around the local scene throughout 2006/07, polishing up their live performances, whilst building up a strong following and reputation. It wasn't long before they were searching for motivated and like-minded musicians to complete the band, with Kevan stepping in on drums and Leon sporting the bass.
With a passion for songwriting that began at an early age, James' exposure to live music helped shape his future and ambitions towards, one-day, performing with his very own band.
Seeing a rock and roll act perform was just a regular night out for the 9-year-old James, who at the time, was an avid drummer. His parents had developed a bar/club in the heart of Prahran named 'High on Chapel', (now onesixone), where he spent the majority of his after-school time, Helping himself to the 'softdrink gun' behind the bar, and often getting up to jam with the local and interstate bands that were performing.
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