“A band to watch..”
- The Age

“There is something going on here and I’m sure it’s not just me. I am consistently blown away by this band. There’s a bright future here.”
- Inpress, Melbourne

“Magically, one of the world’s geekiest instruments transforms the singer into a punk-rock snake charmer as he whips out a blast of swing-era tootin’, giving the Living End influenced set that all important second layer.”
- The Brag, Sydney

The Story So Far...

Quite possibly the first rock'n'roll band ever to incorporate a clarinet, Melbourne 3 piece Fire Underground have built a solid live reputation during their 3 years together. As a two piece Daniel (guitar/vocals/clarinet) and Doyle (drums/vocals) played over 140 shows all over Australia, and in late 2006 completed their first ever overseas tour, taking in shows in the US and Canada before heading to Europe to play London, Berlin and Amsterdam and appeared at this year’s Pushover festival in Melbourne supporting Australian icons Silverchair.

Drawing influence from two of the biggest and most popular music styles of the last century, rock'n'roll and swing music and combining it with the high energy and intensity of punk bands like The Stooges, Refused and The Hives, Fire Underground have developed their own style that is highly entertaining to watch live and powerful but fun.

Thanks to their high energy shows and wide ranging musical style appealing to a broad demographic they've played with bands of many genres such as Youth Group, The Black Keys (USA), Airbourne and Midnight Juggernauts to name just a few. During this time they have released two EPs which received airplay on Triple J and rage and had their song 'Chase Scene' selected as the theme for music TV show 'On The Couch' (watched by an estimated 200,000 people a week) and featured on indie blogsite Stereogum.com (where it was downloaded over 3000 times), all the while offering all their music as free downloads from their website.

Since returning home from overseas the band has added Ben Hall on bass to the line up and is now working on new material for an EP release in November 2007.