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Dave Graney reunites the Coral Snakes: ‘We always had unfinished business with the world’

Thirty years since Night of the Wolverine, the meticulously dressed frontman and his close-knit band are hitting the road again to celebrate their enduring album

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I n Terry Southern’s classic short story You’re Too Hip, Baby, a white hipster hangs around the jazz clubs in Paris in the 1950s, desperately trying to ingratiate himself with the Black musicians. They quickly see through the schmuck, blowing him off with the titular snappy comeback.

It’s an unlikely premise for a song. But in 1993, 30 years after Southern’s story was published in Esquire, Australian musician Dave Graney and his band, the Coral Snakes, came out with their own version. You’re Just Too Hip, Baby was slinky and sly, with Graney adding a withering putdown of his own: “You take a feather from every bird you see – you’ll never fly!”

The song catapulted Graney from the margins to the edge of the mainstream, despite being completely at odds with the prevailing trends of the time. “We were never after an indie sound,” Graney says. “I think we were quite influenced by our time in the UK, hearing lots of R&B music. We came back to Australia and it was mad for hard rock.”

You’re Just Too Hip, Baby led the album Night of the Wolverine , which marks its 30th anniversary this month. As announced on Thursday morning, the Coral Snakes – guitarist Rod Hayward, keyboard player Robin Casinader and drummer, percussionist and Graney’s life partner, Clare Moore – are making a rare reunion for a celebratory run of shows.

Moore and Graney, who first met in Adelaide in 1978, are one of the enduring couples of Australian music. Over Zoom, Graney teases Moore that she only knew “these Christopher Pyne types” at the time; Graney, originally from Mt Gambier, says he and his mates were “like Joe Buck from Midnight Cowboy , these irresistible country bumpkins”. Moore snorts: “Yeah, right!”

In the early 80s, they formed the Moodists, who followed their post-punk contemporaries the Birthday Party, the Go-Betweens and the Triffids to London. When that band broke up, Graney and Moore continued with two bands, first the White Buffaloes, then the Coral Snakes, finally returning to Melbourne, defeated, after their working visas expired in 1992.

It was a low period. Graney’s songs, which referenced classic cinema , literature and the American Old West (he’d even twirled a moustache after the legendary Wild Bill Hickok) were eccentric, his dress sense even more so and his hair was thinning. But he and Moore didn’t quit. “We always had unfinished business with the world and with our own ambitions,” he says.

They had a few true believers. Tex Perkins, then riding his own wave with the Cruel Sea, had been a fan since the Moodists. “They were a good band and one of the weirdest looking bands – they were five people that didn’t look like they should be in the same room as each other, let alone the same band,” he says.

During the recording of Night of the Wolverine, Perkins was asked to perform a spoken-word section of the multipart title track The King of Adelaide. Like the rest of the album, it was recorded quickly: “I did the first take just to warm up, but the consensus from the control room suggested I had nailed it and was done. I didn’t argue.”

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Stephen Cummings was another collaborator, writing most of the music for one of the album’s highlights, Three Dead Passengers in a Stolen Second Hand Ford . “He really had an individual style that I liked,” Cummings says. Moore, who has also played with Cummings, recalls him reaching out when “there wasn’t really a lot else of that going around, especially from other musicians”.

Three Dead Passengers illustrated Graney’s new songwriting approach, mixing exotica with pure Australiana. The song was set “outside of Keith , near the border” and features a trio “last seen making to drag a Holden at the lights”. But the details were preposterous: one of the characters collects model guillotines.

Graney admits much of the album depicts a fantasy world, but one that comes from a recognisable place, driven by the urge to escape. “I was born in a town that hugged the side of a mountain for dear life,” he sings in That’s The Way It’s Gonna Be. “Everybody, my brothers and sisters, we flew as quick as we thought we could.”

“It was the same in Adelaide where I grew up,” Moore says. “It was just expected, especially if you were a musician, that you had to get out of there. You had to go to Melbourne or Sydney, and then when you got there, you had to go to London. You didn’t even talk about it, you just did it.”

The Coral Snakes were tight, but the music was subtle, with Moore mostly using brushes and often playing xylophone. When they took the album on the road – first supporting Hunters & Collectors, then the Cruel Sea, playing outside the inner city for the first time – they had to toughen the sound. Moore picked up sticks again.

“We were just screamed at by thousands of people, drunks in Traralgon,” Graney recalls. Moore remembers fights in the car park outside beer barns with a shudder. The band started leaning on new, harder-rocking songs from what became the next Coral Snakes album, You Wanna Be There But You Don’t Wanna Travel.

A couple of years later, Graney was an improbable winner of the Aria award for best male artist, beating John Farnham, Paul Kelly and Perkins. He dressed for the occasion in a pink crushed velvet suit, shades and a pompadour wig. “King of Pop,” he said drily, before making clear that he wasn’t a solo artist by thanking Moore – who wore a tiara.

It wouldn’t have happened without Night of the Wolverine, which didn’t even dent the charts but left the most enduring legacy. Graney and Moore are constantly recording and touring, both as a duo and with their ensemble the mistLY , but You’re Just Too Hip, Baby and Three Dead Passengers remain staples in their set.

“I appreciate people still being interested in our music and we’ve learned which songs have kind of lived on in people’s brains,” Graney says. “We’ve been able to continue being musicians through people around Australia knowing a couple of our songs – and we can build a show around that.”

Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes are touring to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Night of the Wolverine, visiting ACT, NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia from 28 July to 26 August. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday

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Dave Graney Reunites the Coral Snakes for ‘Night of the Wolverine’ 30th Anniversary Tour

By Alex Gallagher

Dave Graney and the original members of his group The Coral Snakes will reunite later this year for a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their third album, Night of the Wolverine . Performances with Graney and the Coral Snakes are few and far between these days, but you’ll have more than a dozen chances to catch the band between July and August.

Each show will feature two sets from Graney and the Coral Snakes: multi-instrumentalist Robin Casinader, guitarist Rob Hayward and drummer/percussionist Clare Moore, joined on this tour by Stu Thomas on bass. The band will perform Night of the Wolverine in full, along with classics and deep cuts from their mid-90s period of activity.

Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes – ‘You’re Just Too Hip, Baby’

The tour will kick off in Canberra on Friday, 28th July before continuing on to the Blue Mountains, Sydney, Surfers Paradise, Brisbane, Eumundi, Launceston, Ulverstone, Franklin, Melbourne, Adelaide, Bulli and Gosford. See dates and venues below – tickets are on sale now.

Night of the Wolverine was recorded in just three days in late 1992, arriving in April the following year. In addition to Graney, Moore, Hayward and Casinader, the album also featured bass guitar by ex-Sacred Cowboys member Andrew Picouleau, and a guest appearance from The Cruel Sea ‘s Tex Perkins . The album’s title track and ‘You’re Just Too Hip, Baby’ reached number 48 and 59, respectively, on triple j’s Hottest 100 of 1993.

“I love reconnecting with the songs as played by Clare, Rod and Robin,” Graney said of the upcoming tour in a statement. “They play so wonderfully – so cleanly and powerfully and its also great just to spend time with them as people and friends. We went through a lot together and these shows are like a decade of moves, licks, grooves, changes and melodies all compressed into a couple of hours. It’s powerful! For us and the audience!”

Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes Night of the Wolverine 30th Anniversary Tour

• Friday, 28th July – The Street Theatre, Canberra
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• Saturday, 29th July – Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood
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• Thursday, 3rd August – Factory Theatre, Sydney
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• Friday, 4th August – HOTA, Surfers Paradise
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• Saturday, 5th August – The Old Museum, Brisbane
• Sunday, 6th August – The Imperial, Eumundi
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• Friday, 11st August – The Royal Oak, Launceston
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• Saturday, 12th August – Gnomon Room, Ulverstone
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• Sunday, 13th August – The Palais Theatre, Franklin
• Friday, 18th August – Corner Hotel, Richmond
• Saturday, 19th August – The Gov, Adelaide
• Friday, 25th August – The Heritage, Bulli
• Saturday, 26th August – Drifters Wharf, Gosford

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Thirty years after the release of their 1993 record Night of the Wolverine , the band is celebrating with a national tour, and even releasing it on vinyl for the first time.

While they've made occasional appearances over the years, it's the first time they've toured together since breaking up.

Graney described Night of the Wolverine as a "breakthrough record" for the band, and years later since it's release, it was still resonating with audiences.

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"We've never been artists that have been on commercial radio, so it was a real rock-culture release," Graney said.

"Audiences want something of a shared experience or language they recognise... we've done two gigs so far and they've been very warmly received at the shows."

The album has also just been released on vinyl for the first time as a double LP.

"Vinyl was dead in Australia when we released Night of the Wolverine, record shops didn't have racks for vinyl... it was all CD's," Graney said.

"Australia was a very early adopter of technology and the retail record shops, of which there were many, switched straight over to CD's then.

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"People kept asking for it so that's why we did it... it was a really interesting exercise doing it as an artist."

Graney said the tour provided a second chance to perform the album live, something they didn't get the chance to do properly when it was first released.

"We were playing in rock clubs and it was a very semi acoustic kind of album," he said.

"Initially, we went out on the road when it came out in 1993, opening for Hunters and Collectors for six weeks... the audience were really ferocious and they yelled at us to get off for most of the performance.

"The records we made before and after are more rock albums, but Night of the Wolverine was quite a standalone, almost semi-acoustic song based album."

Graney said audiences could expect two sets from their upcoming shows.

"One is just all of Night of the Wolverine which we've never really done before, and we have a set of songs from albums before and after that record," Graney said.

"We're looking forward to playing in Launceston, we've got three dates in Tasmania in Ulverstone and in Franklin as well."

Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes play at the Royal Oak Hotel on August 11, and tickets can be purchased online.

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Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes To Reunite

“I appreciate people still being interested in our music, and we’ve learned which songs have kind of lived on in people’s brains,” Graney told The Guardian. Indeed they have.

Dave Graney & Clare Moore (Source: Supplied)

Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes , the beloved Aussie rock group that made music from 1986 until 1998, is taking the show back on the road this July and August, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Night Of The Wolverine.

The title track and You’re Just Too Hip Baby reached #48 and #59 on the triple j Hottest 100 of 1993. 

Ian McFarlane , an Australian music historian, said about the iconic album : “At the end of 1992, Graney scored a publishing deal with PolyGram Publishing, and the Coral Snakes entered the studio with engineer/producer  Tony Cohen to record their breakthrough album Night Of The Wolverine . 

“Helping out were Andrew Picouleau (bass; ex- Sacred Cowboys ), Amanda Mitchell (backing vocals) and Tex Perkins , who guested on one track. Night Of The Wolverine (April 1993) was a certified Australian rock classic. It captured Graney at the peak of his songwriting powers. Tracks like You're Just Too Hip Baby, Night Of The Wolverine, I'm Just Havin' One O' Those Lives  and Three Dead Passengers were full of elegant and eccentric detail.”

Now, in a new interview with The Guardian , Graney and Clare Moore have revealed that it’s time to celebrate the seminal 1993 LP.

Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes - guitarist Rod Hayward , keyboard player  Robin Casinader and drummer, percussionist and Graney’s partner, Clare Moore - are making a rare return to the road. In July 2016, the band hit the Corner Hotel for Leaps & Bounds Festival , along with The Sand Pebbles  and The Ancients , following a hugely successful run of shows in 2015.

“I appreciate people still being interested in our music, and we’ve learned which songs have kind of lived on in people’s brains,” Graney told The Guardian . Indeed they have.

DAVE GRANEY AND THE CORAL SNAKES

2023 AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Friday 28 July - The Street Theatre, Canberra ACT

Saturday 29 July - Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood NSW

Thursday 3 August - The Factory Theatre, Marrickville, NSW

Friday 4 August - Home Of The Arts (HOTA), Gold Coast, QLD

Saturday 5 August - The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD

Sunday 6 August - The Bunker Imperial Hotel, Eumundi, QLD

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Friday 18 August - Corner Hotel, Richmond, VIC

Saturday 19 August - The Gov, Adelaide, SA

Friday 25 August - The Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW

Saturday 26 August - Drifters Wharf, Gosford, NSW

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Night of the wolverine 30th anniversary tour.

For this special 30th Anniversary presentation, Dave Graney and the original members of The Coral Snakes will reform to perform the landmark album ‘Night Of The Wolverine’ in full. In a two set program, they will also perform classics and deep cuts from their mid 90’s heyday. 

Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes made their own way through the 90’s…. nobody stood near them. They cut through with wit, flash and weirdness for four albums. They won through without being indie in nature or grunge by nature or demeanour. They had ambition, power and style. They also had grooves and bounce and Dave Graney used street slang and literate word bombs to fully state his case. 

The band played every kind of festival happening at the time, were regular performers on national TV, had Gold Discs and ARIA awards. Thy were an island for groovers in the grim grunge years. This album marked their unlikely move into the mainstream consciousness and widely regarded as a classic of Australian alternative rock music. 

Dave Graney on vocals, Clare Moore on drums, Rod Hayward on guitar and Robin Casinader on keyboards were the original players who recorded ‘Night Of The Wolverine’ in 1993. They will be joined on this tour by Stu Thomas on the bass. 

“Part lounge, part country, and part straightforward pop, Graney produced a mini masterpiece with this album. A disarmingly likeable mixture of gently humorous lyrics backed by the impeccable musicianship of the Coral Snakes, this album deserved to be huge.” 

“This band is a Black Statesman-73! Caprice! Leaded!!!” 

Jonathan Lewis – All Music Guide 

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Dave Graney celebrates 30 years of breakthrough album Wolverine

To mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark album Night of the Wolverine, Dave Graney ’n’ The Coral Snakes have got the band back together. InReview spoke with Graney and his wife and the band’s drummer Clare Moore, reflecting on music in the ’90s, the legacy of Wolverine and the influence of Adelaide’s Sister Janet Mead.

Dave Graney, Clare Moore and the Coral Snakes will celebrate 30 years of Wolverine at The Gov. Photo: Supplied

It was a breakthrough recording for Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes and has been described as one of the most important Australian albums of the 1990s, but Graney says it took audiences a while to connect with Night of the Wolverine .

The album, which was recorded in three days in 1992 and released in April 1993 on Mercury Records, features Graney on vocals, his wife and collaborator Clare Moore on drums, Rod Hayward on guitar and Robin Casinader on violin and keyboards.

Graney, who grew up in Mount Gambier, met Moore in Adelaide in 1978 and formed a variety of bands including The Sputniks and The Moodists, before creating the Coral Snakes in 1987.

The Coral Snakes were touring nationally as support for Hunters & Collectors when they first started introducing tracks from Wolverine .

“Audiences hated it at first,” Graney says. “We never got to play this album, really. The audience was wanting to rock and we were annoying, playing quite soft, delicate music. So we had to change what we were doing and we never really played the songs live much.

“The audience was yelling out to us to get off when we were doing the album tour and we did six weeks opening like that. We weren’t hurt or anything, we just reacted by becoming stronger and more powerful.

“Then we went out opening for The Cruel Sea and gradually people were hearing it… then we did our own tour in that year. We did about 95 gigs in 1993, and sort of just bust through to a different audience, so it was quite organic, really.

“It wasn’t played on commercial radio or anything like that; my music has never been on commercial radio my entire life, but it coincided with Triple J going national so we were good for them and they were good for us.”

Graney, left, and Moore with original Coral Snakes band members Robin Casinader (standing) and Rod Hayward circa 1993.

Gradually, the album began to break through, and the title track and the catchy “You’re Just Too Hip, Baby” made it to numbers 48 and 59 on Triple J’s Hottest 100 in 1993.  Night of the Wolverine was also nominated for an ARIA for “Best Alternative Release” in 1994.

Amid the success, Graney also won an ARIA for Best Male Artist in 1996, famously taking to the stage wearing a wig and a pink crushed-velvet suit and announcing his moment as the “King of Pop”.

In 2018, Night of The Wolverine was rated by the ABC as one of the 50 Best Australian albums of the 1990s. It was released at a time when the Australian music industry was thriving –  bands toured constantly on the pub circuit, and Graney says music reached mainstream audiences through live television shows such as Recovery and Live & Sweaty on the ABC, and variety shows such as Hey Hey It’s Saturday .

“So there was all manner of things you could get on if you weren’t being played on commercial radio… and we took advantage of everything like that,” he says.

To celebrate 30 years since the album’s release, Graney has got the original band members back together for a national tour, joined by Stu Thomas on the bass. They will play at The Gov in late August, and Moore says she’s looking forward to playing with everyone again after so long.

The sleeve for the new vinyl release of Night of the Wolverine .

“We’ve had a few rehearsals and it’s just really exciting to hear the other musicians again,” Moore says.

“Robin is such an amazing keyboard player and also plays violin, and [we’ve got] Rod on guitar again. Stu we do play with as well and he fits into this group really well, and they’re all friends, so it’s really nice to have this time to travel and play, especially after the last few years.

“It seems everything has fallen into place with the album coming out as well, so it just feels like the right time to go out and do it.”

Moore is referring to the first-ever vinyl release of Night of the Wolverine, which was only ever available on CD.

“We’ve made a double LP,” Graney says. “It was released in the era of the CD, so it’s far too long to be on a single vinyl, which would take only about 40 minutes of music, so it’s on a double LP with a gatefold sleeve and it will be available at our shows.”

The tour will see the Wolverine album played in sequence during the first set, while the second set will include songs from albums You Wanna be There But You Don’t Wanna Travel and The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound.

Graney believes that when people talk about Night of the Wolverine, they’re  not referring just to that one album, but to a time, an era of Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes.

“They think it’s all that one album but there are songs that came afterwards that were much bigger live shows,” he says. “We put out four albums in succeeding years and it was one after the other, and we just played constantly nationally.

“So it wasn’t just one thing; it was a whole rolling flow of songs that got out to people because they were being played on community radio and Triple J, and some in a couple of films, that sort of thing.

“The song people always want me to play is called ‘Rock and Roll is Where I Hide’, which comes from Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound, which came out in 1995. And there’s ‘I’m Gonna Release Your Soul’, ‘The Stars Baby, The Stars’ and ‘Feelin’ Kinda Sporty’.

“But from Night of the Wolverine it’s ‘You’re Just Too Hip, Baby’, ‘Night of the Wolverine’, and a lot of people want me to play ‘Three Dead Passengers in a Stolen Secondhand Ford’, which they often want played at the end of the show, which is a bit of a bummer of a tune.”

Reflecting on Night of the Wolverine, Graney says his songwriting was influenced by the time he and Moore spent living in the UK in the 1980s.

“Well, it’s got a major seventh chord, which is my kind of chord. It’s a bittersweet kind of thing,” he says. “It’s often found in R&B music like Barry White… in rock ‘n’ roll circles it can be seen as kind of cheesy but I like music and chords with that kind of power to them.

“When we spent so long in the UK, we were very influenced by a lot of Black R&B music, Black pop music of the ’80s and ’90s, and we came back to Australia and it’s just loud guitar rock; that’s all it was.

“So we had a distinctive kind of sensibility about music… we were playing in a way different to a lot of artists.

“ Night of the Wolverine  is a bit of an epic tune. It has two, three parts to it and I’m very influenced by Lou Reed from my teenage years and there’s an arrangement I kind of wanted to follow that was a bit like the title track of his album Street Hassle .”

Graney and Moore have been a creative powerhouse since meeting in Adelaide in the 1970s. Back then, Moore’s parents ran pubs in Adelaide and at one stage the family lived above the Tivoli Hotel in Pirie Street. Moore attended St Aloysius College in the city, where she learnt to play drums from Sister Janet Mead, who famously released a rock version of The Lord’s Prayer in 1973.

“She taught music there and luckily for all the girls, including me, we got to learn rock music stuff,” Moore says. “I did piano for seven years as well, but when I was given the opportunity to learn to play drums, I was really happy about that and it was my main instrument from then on.

“I’d sometimes play at mass and it was just a really good way to learn how to be a drummer and be in a band and rehearse. That sort of stuff is really common in schools now, but it wasn’t back then at all.”

Moore, who is a finalist for the Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2023 Australian Women in Music Awards (alongside Kate Ceberano and Jeannie Lewis), says she’s hardly had time to notice the past 30 years flying by, given she and Graney have been collaborating and creating non-stop throughout those decades. But revisiting Night of the Wolverine live feels like a comfortable step back in time.

“Dave and I have continued to put records out and play a lot, so we’re used to that side of it, but going back to something that was a long time ago is interesting,” Moore says.

“You wonder whether you’re going to remember it and it all just comes flooding back straight away, [like] some kind of muscle memory thing that’s stuck in your head somewhere.”

As well as launching the vinyl LP, Graney is also releasing a book of lyrics covering his career and projects over the decades, There He Goes with His Eye Out , which will also be available at the gig.

Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes play at The Gov on August 19 . The band is also touring to Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales (dates here ).

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The Eltham Hotel NSW

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Coolart Wetlands & Homestead

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"the Serge Gainsbourg/Lee Hazelwood/Jim Morrison/Scott Walker/Skip Spence/Ern Malley/Lenny Bruce of Australian music.

A genius songwriter with effortless presence and command, and yet also an invisible chameleon, a reflecting surface, an anonymous conduit.

Anyone who saw his and Clare Moore’s ATP sets last year will not want to miss these.

Dave is one of the all time greats. I learned much of what I know from him. Rock and Roll is where he hides”. Stewart Lee

"Last nights Dave Graney gig at Leith Cricket Club was seriously one of the best gigs I've been to in a while. Imagine Robert Forster channelling Frank Zappa whilst dressed as a cowboy John Waters. So much charisma" @blasts_of_static c/o instagram Oct 2017.

"It’s all worth the evening — busted shoes, city munters, a missing twenty-dollar note — when the band finish the main set with Mt Gambier Night, distilling all of The MistLY’s exercises in poise and restraint into four compressed minutes. It’s exceptionally beautiful: still quite pop, but with a layered density.

After pretending they’re not going to do an encore, Graney & co close the night with Rock & Roll is Where I Hide. It crackles over with dangerous energy, Graney delivering his prose with a sneering cadence, and it hits its theme too well: Tinker-Tailor-Spy, this is not a real person you’re looking at.

It isn’t exactly so much fun as essential: merci, comrades…"

DERMOT CLARKE - Brisbane Time Off

"* Dave Graney is one of Australia’s most iconoclastic contemporary music artists. He works outside the mainstream and inhabits that region somewhere between the spotlight and obscurity, consistently producing a prolific stream of high quality work that sometimes sneaks under the guard of the gatekeepers and becomes briefly visible to the masses". Andrew Watt – online interview and review

"Graney remains a sonic explorer, boldly going where no other Australian artist dares. Younger artists would kill to have the energy that’s on display here".

- Jeff Jenkins

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I can’t forget the bill that hot night at the Palace in St. Kilda many years ago…The show opened with a guy called Dave Graney, the song and dance man, the loveable rogue, ‘the love rustler’ with his Coral Snakes, and the serene Clare Moore keeping everything together in the back. Then the Cruel Sea shambled onstage with Tex Perkins, tearing a hole in the night, a bellowing, rancid Lizard King in a ripped Jaws t-shirt. Finally, the Bad Seeds, with Cave mounting the fold-back, capes flowing in an impossible wind, like some perverse southern gothic evangelist, braying to the raptured who were already certain to be damned, and didn’t care. The Palace heaved that night with sweat and obscenity. And we were right there, in Melbourne, at the molten core of the rock world, drinking in the magma. Not even a thousand beers as we poured out of there, and drifted over the tram tracks to the Esplanade, could calm us down and quell the charge. But it was the unstoppable Graney, in his natty jumpsuit, with his wit, and his ways, dipping into the slow chords of ‘Night of the Wolverine’, that we knew we’d found a poet, whose lines were etched like the statue of Carlo Catarni outside and had announced himself, that night, there and then, as a put-down-your-glassss superstar. xo

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Uniquely original artists Dave Graney and Clare Moore are not to be missed ~

Kilometres of talent the Gurus of Cool command their numerous instruments and vignettes of songs into polished one of a kind performances ~ Enjoy the theatrical delivery of these two music icons ~ hip suave sophisticated smooth sounds ~ clever witty ironic dry lyrics ~ story telling spoken sung ~ all delivered with panache ~ International acclaim is no stranger to these high calibre musicians ~

I'm in furious agreement with the other reviewers -

Dave Graney and Clare Moore are genius level writers and performers.

We are lucky to have them.

I started to read Dave Graney's last book ('Workshy') and half-way through the first page I was already 'hearing' it in his voice.

It reminded me to 'put a hump on my back so I could walk straight in the world'

Peter Milne

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Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes play The Gov, Adelaide SA

Date/Time Date(s) - 19/08/2023 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location The Gov

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Dave graney the coral snakes night of the wolverine 30th anniversary tour | with big boss man, event details.

When the ‘Night Of The Wolverine 30 th Anniversary’ tour was announced by the reformed Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes back in April, there was a massive outcry from Western Australian fans of the band that WA was not included what has become a sell out 16 date tour. We’re happy to announce that in conjunction with our friends at The Freo Social, the tour will now be coming to WA for one show only  on Saturday 11 November with special guest Big Boss Man. 

For this special 30th Anniversary presentation, Dave Graney and the original

members of The Coral Snakes will reform to perform the landmark album

‘Night Of The Wolverine’ in full. In a two set program, they will also perform

classics and deep cuts from their mid 90’s era of heat.

Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes made their own way through the

90’s….nobody stood near them. They cut through with wit, flash and weirdness

for four albums. They won through without being indie in nature or grunge by

nature or demeanour. They had ambition, power and style.

They also had grooves and bounce and Dave Graney used street slang and

literate word bombs to fully state his case.

“This band is a Black Statesman-73! Caprice! Leaded!!!”

The band played every kind of festival happening at the time, were regular

performers on national TV, had Gold Discs and ARIA awards. They were an

island for groovers in the grim grunge years.

This album marked their unlikely move into the mainstream consciousness and

widely regarded as a classic of Australian alternative rock music.

Dave Graney on vocals, Clare Moore on drums, Rod Hayward on guitar and

Robin Casinader on keyboards were the original players who recorded ‘Night

Of The Wolverine’ in 1993. They will be joined for this show by Stu Thomas on the bass.

“Part lounge, part country, and part straightforward pop, Graney produced a

mini masterpiece with this album. A disarmingly likeable mixture of gently

humorous lyrics backed by the impeccable musicianship of the Coral Snakes,

this album deserved to be huge.”

Jonathan Lewis – All Music Guide

We honour and acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people as Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and live. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and recognise that the land and sovereignty has never been ceded .

TICKETING INFO

*18+ LICENSED SHOW - MINORS PERMITTED WITH A LEGAL GUARDIAN   SET TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: When ticket sales have closed on the day of the show they may still be available at the door. Once purchased tickets are non-refundable & non-transferable A booking fee applies to all advance tickets

VENUE INFO: Photo ID is essential, acceptable ID is a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence or Passport The venue reserves the right to refuse admission to any person. Intoxicated persons will not be admitted. Dangerous behaviour including Crowd Surfing, Stage Diving, Moshing and Violent Dancing is not allowed and will result in your immediate removal from this venue. Inappropriate behaviour at this venue will lead to your banning.

*Minors are permitted with a legal guardian. When on premises minors must be accompanied at all times .

COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDELINES: Due to the lifting of COVID-19 mandates in WA, Freo.Social is operating at full capacity and restriction free! We still encourage our patrons to observe good hygiene practices and encourage you to stay at home if you are unwell.

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