Perth’s Eurovision heroes Voyager have vowed to not be a “flash in the pan” after revealing how they retraced the Beatles’ well-known footsteps throughout their international TV triumph this month.
The first cease on their new discovered highway of stardom is a homecoming gig on WA Day in Belmont Park.
But whereas the heavy metallic rockers fame ascends, they clarify why they gained’t be jacking within the day jobs as lecturers, legal professionals and charity employees right here in Perth.
“We don’t want to be a flash in the pan. We have never been a flash in the pan,” member Scott Kay tells Today.
“We want to use this as an opportunity to push the band in a more permanent direction. We are absolutely amazed how many people are aware of us suddenly and gone, ‘Ooh there is a back catalogue’.”
“It was not lost on us how amazing it was to represent our State of WA,” stated the rocker, whose band performed to 160 million viewers from Liverpool on the singing contest.
“We are all proud Perthians. We think Perth is one of the most amazing places on Earth and WA is one of the most amazing places on Earth. We would love to give all of the love straight back to the audience when we play our set. We felt so much support from overseas.”
The house tributes tugged on their heartstrings.
“The video of the Perth Symphony Orchestra playing on top of Optus Stadium for us, reduced us to tears. It was magical. If we can give even 10 per cent back of what we felt, that is a lot of love.”
Playing to hundreds at WA Day is a second to replicate on their humble P-town beginnings once they minimize their gigging tooth with some very well-known names.
“I played MOJOs for the first time when I was 14,” Scott says. ‘My dad had to come to the venue to get me in. One of the first gigs I ever played there we played with Birds of Tokyo. That was a claim to fame. Funnily, another band we played with back then around Freo was a band called the The Dee Dee Dums. That band would become the massive band Tame Impala. It’s actually loopy 20 years on seeing how profitable these bands are actually.”
Bandmate Simone Dow says the band have performed within the darkest corners of our metropolis.
“We have all played a ton of now defunct venues. White Sands Hotel. That has serious memories. The Castle. I cut my teeth in my teens there. Amplify Bar was the first venue I played. We played all of the small and dingy venues and ticked every box in this this city. We’d do it all again,” she says.
The band says fame gained’t steal them away from their humble careers.
“The thing about being in a band is it is not always go-go-go. You have downtime between tours to do a lot of things,” Scott says.
“A lot of us love doing the band thing but have passions in other areas of life. Danny (singer) is extremely passionate about his lawyer work. He won’t be giving that up any time soon. I work as a teacher. I love teaching guitar. If I did it all the time it would drive me insane.”
Simone provides: “I work in music as retail and do volunteer work for visibility. Audio books for the visually impaired and other disabilities. I find both very fulfilling I don’t think I would want to stop that. You need to make both work and balance in life.”
But whereas they preserve their toes on their floor, they have been happy to retrace some iconic footsteps and beauty the stage of the Cavern Club in Liverpool, the place the Beatles famously began.
During their Euro jaunt they went to look at a Lord of the Lost gig earlier than they have been hauled up on stage.
“That was awesome,” Scott says. “It’s such a funny little place. Thinking about trying to run a metal gig in that joint! It probably worked for the Beatles but I’m not sure it would work for Voyager!”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
