December 2004
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HOWZAT!: THE ABC'S GHOST TRANSMISSIONS, DECEMBER...
THE ABC’S GHOST TRANSMISSIONS “Flower punk, you call that? I call it not bad music, it’s rock ‘n’ roll.” So said 774 ABC morning host Jon Faine when Sand Pebbles main man Chris Hollow was a guest on “The Conversation Hour”. Chris chatted about how he got into writing scripts for Neighbours (“Just through friends … I’d hang out at...
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SADNESS IS IN THE SKY: INTERVIEW W/ BEN MICHAEL X...
Ben Michael X, Chris Hollow and I sit suspiciously in the doorway of Melbourne’s Corner Hotel. Two of us look like regular, everyday gents in their thirties, and those two are members of the Sand Pebbles. I, all pale and stricken with computer eyes, belong to no such lauded outfit. Ghost Transmissions is the album that the Sand Pebbles released in 2004. It followed their second album...
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i-94 BAR INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER HOLLOW, 2004
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Psychedelic enigmas: The Sand Pebbles’ Chris Hollow asks: ‘Is Beyonce godhead?’
Melbourne’s Sand Pebbles came together after bassist Chris Hollow, drummer Piet Collins and guitarist Ben Michael X met while scripting writing for the Australian television soap opera, Neighbours, and discovered a mutual admiration for obscure music and pop culture. Their second...