Get Back (Basics Album)
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| Studio album by The Basics | ||||
| Released | 21 March 2003 | |||
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| Length | 34:24 | |||
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| Producer | The Basics | |||
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Original March 2003 cover
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Get Back is the first studio album by Australian rock and roll band The Basics. Released on 21 March 2003, the album consists of material composed by members Wally de Backer and Kris Schroeder. The album features De Backer, Schroeder, and original lead guitarist Michael Hubbard.
Wally de Backer and Kris Schroeder met in March 2002, in Melbourne, at the going-away party of engineer/producer Chris O'Ryan. The pair jammed instrumentally alongside several others at that party, and took notice of one another. Subsequently, they became acquainted, and learned of their shared love for the rock and roll music of the 1950s and 60s, particularly that of the Beatles. Schroeder invited De Backer to join him in a musical group - "At the time, I was playing a gig down in Frankston, and I needed someone to come and join me on another instrument", Schroeder said in 2003. Schroeder and De Backer first rehearsed together at Schroeder's house, and had not heard one another sing prior to this. Upon being asked if he could sing, De Backer said that he could try - he sang Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Long as I Can See the Light", greatly impressing Schroeder.
Since the dissolution of his first band Downstares, De Backer had scarcely played drums for a period of three years; his attention had been focused on sampling and creating music for his Gotye project. De Backer took up the drums once again in order to play in his new band alongside Schroeder, who played acoustic guitar. At this stage, the band's live set consisted of cover songs. In this early period, they played gigs in Melbourne venues, including Frankston club The Opposition. The duo played their first show here on 29 March 2002, and were paid $50 each for four 40 minute sets in one night. Another of the band's first ongoing gigs was at the House of Fools in Footscray infamous for its rough inhabitants; the duo played there for four hours each Wednesday night for $25 each. During these early gigs, the enthusiastic audience response for immediate, energetic rock and roll songs such as their cover of the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'" made a distinct impression on the pair.
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