The Blow Parade
| Genre | Musical comedy |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Triple J |
| Hosted by |
Andrew Hansen Chris Taylor |
| Created by | Chris Taylor |
| Produced by | Craig Schuftan |
| Original release | 28 April 2010 – present |
| Website | Official Website |
The Blow Parade is a scripted radio program made and voiced by Australian comedians Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen, and radio producer Craig Schuftan.
The program is a 25-minute music mockumentary in five episodes. It premiered on the Australian radio network Triple J on 28 April 2010. The series was released on CD and through the iTunes Store with bonus tracks. This album won the 2010 ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release.
The band was Lake Deuteronomy which was a 6 piece progressive rock band. Originally a 43 piece band but there were disagreements over which direction to take the band in. 8 wanted to become an experimental rock band, 14 wanted to go in a reggae direction, 12 wanted to be in an umpapa band, 6 enjoyed Gilbert & Sullivan light operata and 2 who wanted to do impressions of bird calls. They tried to keep everyone happy with their Egypt record but this led to poor sales and 6 members relaunched Lake Deuteronomy as a progressive band.
They created the record Newspaper which was an experimental album to record an entire issue of The Daily Mail including the articles, the classifieds, births and deaths and the movie listings.
They then went on to create The Flood which inspired a stadium show that involved pouring in galleons of water to fill the stadium to simulate a flood. This caused multiple drownings and was very controversial because of this.
They then signed with Otto Ganon's label, Parasite Records and created Spool in the Pits of Prometheus. This album inspired further musical experimentation such as recording the guitar sounds in a deep sea dive tank next to the Titanic and attaching the drum kit to the roof and playing it upside down.
The singer was Egg Zagar who was a folk musician from the US. He was born Kenneth Silverman in 1958. His family were poor musicians so Zagar had to complete basic everyday activities such as brushing his teeth, mowing the lawn and buttering his bread with a guitar.
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