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“I’ve got rock n roll in my soul / Rock n Roll I’m losing control / Baby Rock n Roll will save my soul / Rock n Roll… It’s just rock n roll”
These chorus lines are the true reflection of the mindset and way of life of the members of Australian rock band The Driving Conditions (TDC). It’s a path that is demonstrated on-stage through their give-it-your-all, sweat-soaked, high-energy live show, and about to be brought into the home of the Australian public with the scheduled release of their debut studio album titled “Full Throttle” (through Stock Xchange Music and Sony Music on the 29th March 2010), to all major retailers and digital partners. Initial recordings were done by Jeff Lovejoy who has previously engineered The Cruel Sea, Resin Dogs, Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Butterfingers and Custard at ‘Black Box Studios’, Brisbane and final recordings by Ean Redman at ‘Sounds Like Butter Studios’, Brisbane.
Pre-Production by ARIA hall of famer Geordie Leach (Rose Tattoo) and mastered by Steve Smart (Powderfinger, Evermore, The Living End & radio Birdman to name a few) at 301 Studios, Sydney.
The combination of these well known engineers and producers have recorded a classic Australian Rock ‘n’ Roll sound that this album will be remembered for.
The band then came out of the studio mid-2009 to try their songs on the masses with a tour opening for Oz rock legends Rose Tattoo. Their material and show was well received and worked again opening for Welsh rockers, Budgie for the Brisbane leg of their tour. The band capped off the year with the release of their DVD, Sex, Boobs and Rock n Roll Volume 1, to a sell-out crowd on their home soil of Brisbane.
2009 saw a year of hard work and building for the Conditions boys. The year began with the band signing with Australian Management Company ‘Snap Music Management’. Their first assignment was the booking and arrangements for an East Coast Headlining Tour teaming up with media personality, Mike Goldman (Host of Big Brother). The tour was a major success and was quickly followed by a tour opening for The Screaming Jets and highly successful shows in Melbourne.
2008 saw the boys achieve some great feats including 2 sell-out headlining shows in Brisbane, a Sydney tour opening for Rose Tattoo, and performing to over 1 million viewers on Channel 10’s, Big Brother Friday Night Live. The band finished off the year with an explosive performance headlining the Rockstock Festival in Newcastle.
2007 saw the release of the band’s debut EP simply titled, Rock n Roll. The 6 track EP was recorded by Aria Hall-of-Famer Geordie Leach from Rose Tattoo. Geordie’s experience from years of recording with the legendary Vanda and Young production team at Alberts, captured that authentic Aussie Rock sound on this recording. The Conditions toured on the back of this EP with some of our countries most seasoned rock legends including roof-raising shows with Jimmy Barnes, The Angels, The Radiators, Dallas Crane & a stage destroying show at The Headstock Festival 2007 (Mal Eastick, Pete Cornelius, Ross Ward).
The Driving Conditions formed in late 2006 around the long-term friendship between Nathan Ward and brother-in-law, Sol Freeman. Both are second generation musicians, having been brought up on blues based rock music like ACDC, The Angels, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Guns n Roses, Hendrix… the list goes on. The exposure to this guitar driven, raw, rockin’ music has entrenched in the pair a love and passion for this style. Nathan and Sol formed the blues-rock trio, Nathan Ward’s Driving Conditions (NWDC) in 2005. The band recorded their rootsy self-titled album, NWDC, in April ’06 again with Geordie Leach. The Album received superb reviews amid a great deal of airplay on blues shows across the country. Highlights for this line-up were playing the Thredbo ‘05 and Blues on Broadbeach ’06 festivals.
In search of more of a rock edge to their songs and live shows in late 2006, the pair brought in their old mate Woody on lead vocals. Another second-generation muso, Woody, is a highly talented and seasoned performer well respected by his peers. To complete the line-up, another friend, the rock-specialist, Dave Stapleton was recruited on the skins to form The Driving Conditions. It was the right choice, as the musical chemistry between the four members was apparent immediately. New songs quickly followed, demonstrating Woody’s powerful set lungs, belting out hard and high. Dave’s rock solid, dynamic attack on the drums added the rock edge that Nathan and Sol were looking for. The result is a super tight rock band in the Aussie Rock tradition.
