We caught up with Why Wednesday at The Basement. Why Wednesday are a 4 piece original band from Perth. What you receive from Why Wednesday is certainly not what you expect from first impressions. Their casual attire and laid back attitude does come close to hinting that their music is tightly woven together to produce a smooth sound from the band.

You can't help getting off on the music - it demands it!!! When a band is obviously enjoying their own music, you can't help but get carried away along with them. Deserves a closer inspection, their music begs to be played - played strongly not only in a pub but everywhere. If this band doesn't go places then there is something seriously wrong with the world!

Playing with ease and a totally comfortable attitude to a live performance, and you can feel the underlying sense of fun in their performance. See this band in the intimacy of a pub surrounding before they get huge and move on. If you miss this band then you are missing one of the best original bands that Perth has produced in recent times. Lead vocals can come up with some haunting melodies in their show songs, powerful & impelling with a passion.

They feed off the crowd - the more they give back. Everyone's a winner. One of the hardest reviews to complete, the feet want to dance and totally revel in the entertainment, not afraid of the crowd they aim to please - everyone is included in the performance. I get the feeling that if the stage was bigger, then the whole crowd would be welcome to gather and perform with Why Wednesday.

Not too many bands could engross the audience with solely original music and leave them wanting more. I believe their collective talents have not even begun to be topped. I believe I have seen the birth of something huge. A deeper discovery and further exploration of their talents can only uncover more. They left me wanting more and I most certainly wasn't the only one!!! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!!

To find out what Why Wednesday are up to keep a track of our guides, once again another performance not to be missed.

(Rusty)

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Tell us about Why Wednesday.

Paul and I got together with a few other guys in September 2001, our first gig was on September the 11th and the band sort of went nowhere, we had about 2 years of not doing anything, then we started doing the acoustic circuit again and realised we want to reform Why Wednesday and we contacted these guys and got them on board and the 3 of us have been together for about a year now and Matt's been with us since the start of this year, so the band's about 7 months old in this formation. All are new songs; we're not doing anything from the old era, so we're sort of a new band.

Why Wednesday has had a few line-up changes since your debut gig in September 2001, how do you see Why Wednesday now?

Better songs, bigger sound, stronger and bigger! There's a balance in the band now, where before we were having problems with a couple of the guys wanted to do the cover thing and we don't think the whole thing was committed. Now that it's right, we're right in the sense that everyone want to just play originals and be one unit, which is what the band's all about.

Why Wednesday EP "Not Fade Away" is due for release in August, what can we expect from this album?

Really good road tested songs that are getting better every time we play them, our songs are getting better anyway, the new stuff we are writing now is better than what we played before. We just keep growing; you got to get 3 or 4 really good varied tunes. Writing tunes Paul and I started out in the Nucleus of 2001 but now everyone comes in with a Riff for an idea and we just jam it.

A big regional tour coming up, what impact do you think that will have on Why Wednesday?

We're out there to change perceptions about original music in the regional area, everyone does the covers so our intent is to get out there and promote and you know, come and have a look and you can there is some really good rock still being played out there and you just got to have a look and open your mind and see what's there.

What's in store for Why Wednesday for the rest of 2004?

Bigger new better songs, there's 5 new songs that we are working on at the moment that are better than the one's that we played tonight, we know that we are getting better and better and so we are just looking forward to the end of the year that we've wrapped up a solid year in growth in putting together nearly 20 songs and we only see ourselves getting better. We want to get the name out there, we've spent 2004 getting people on the scene to know Why Wednesday and we want to spend 2005 getting the people outside the scene to know Why Wednesday.

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