TASTE sez ROCK IS GOD!
Interview by Ken Morton Taste unveils rock and roll in the grand and epic tradition of classic bands such as Queen and Sweet. With a brilliant career dating back to the 70’s within the vast Australian music scene, Taste is ready to make an impression all over the world above and beyond these pandemic days. Rock Is God is a compilation of their recordings now available via MR Records, featuring mega standout tracks such as Hello Can You Hear Me, Remedy, I Am God, and Rock Is Dead! In the New Year, Taste will present a brand new collection of songs entitled Brothers Forever - also from the MR Records compound. Highwire Daze recently interviewed Taste co-conspirator Ken Murdoch to find out more about the timeless and ambitious reveries of this eternally amazing collective! Read on... Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in TASTE and how long the band has been together. 22
Ken Murdoch, singer, guitarist, keyboards and chief songwriter in Taste. We formed in high school in the late 70s. Michael and I went to school together and Joey was 15 when we met. He left school on the Friday, we played two local gigs, then played Festival Hall (10,000 people) with Sweet for two nights and then toured NSW for 6 weeks. I think he’s still enrolled at his old school! We then had 4 top twenty hits and two top twenty albums and played to big crowds including a gig on the banks of the Yarra to 13,000 people. What was it like to reform a band in the 21st Century after not having worked together since the mid 70’s? It was surprisingly easy. We had always kept in touch. We reformed for a huge 70s concert at Clader Park Melbourne with Santana and Alice Cooper. Virgil flew in from the States. The old chemistry was still there. The concert was cancelled at the last minute due to promoter issues but strangely enough we were the only act to get paid. It was the best paying rehearsal we’d ever had. Five thousand dollars! I had October/November 2021
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