The Party Animals are playing the Mad Max 45th Anniversary Show as the backing band for Alan Barnes.
Alan Barnes is the younger brother of Australian Music Legends Jimmy Barnes and Swannee.
The Party Animals have played on tour with Alan several times and did a tour of Tassie with hime about five years ago.
Alan has his own band in Sydney but asked The Party animals to play because we always had good chemistry and he loves our “Get up and rip into approach ”
THE PARTY ANIMALS BAND MEMBERS ARE :
Wayne Gale – guitar
Andy Persichetti – bass and vocals
Laurie Duffy – guitar and vocals
Wayne Morry Mathews – guitar and vocals
Darren Ryan – drums
About the band members:
Andy Persichetti –
Andy was a founding member of Dekadance who toured Australia supporting headline acts such as Cold Chisel and Dragon. He opened solo playing his original material for John Farnham across Australia on the Whispering Jack Tour. He has also shared the stage with many an international act such as Joe Walsh, Canned Heat, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Spencer Davis, Bay City Rollers, Susie Quatro. He also played guitar in Olivia Newton-John’s band when she appeared on Countdown promoting her song Xanadu.
Wayne Gale –
Wayne has played on shows with international artists like Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Roy Buchannon, Spencer Davis, Charlie Musselwhite, Fabulous Thunderbirds. Both Charlie Musselwhite and Lonnie Brooks invited Wayne to visit America and play with them at The Chicago Blues Festival. Wayne also played guitar on the Hayley’s Comet project which had some of Australia’s finest musicians on it. He worked in the studio on some of his re-arrangements of classic songs with Australian legend and Arai winner Peter Blyton who was the producer who did “Run To Paradise” by the Choirboys. Peter also did a lot of recording with Michael Hutchence from Inxs and has also worked with bands like Metallica and was the in house producer for Sony Records. Prior to Covid, Wayne and Peter had been talking about doing an album of The Party Animals and using their rearrangements of the songs they were playing.
Darren Ryan –
Darren was the Party Animals drummer for 10 years at The Corner Hotel . Since those days he has played in bands and recorded with Adam Thompson – Chocolate Starfish, Steve Kilby – The Church.
Until recently Darren had been living in Sydney where he played in fun bands with many of Australia’s best known musicians.
Darren was chosen as the drummer for The Soul Movers a super star band put together by Murray Cook the guitar player from the Wiggles. The band went to America and recorded in some of the most legendary studios in America. The album was nominated for a Grammy.
Laurie Duffy –
Laurie was playing in a band at The Corner Hotel and was instantly asked to come along and be a guest of The Party Animals. From that first jam he became a permanent member of the band and cemented his place both as a vocalist and guitarist. Since those early times he has matured both vocally and musically and could easily hold his place in any major band in Australia. He has shared the stage with many overseas bands and shares basically the same credentials that the other members of the band have.
Wayne Morry Mathews –
Morry as everyone knows him as has an incredible musical story. Prior to joining the Party Animals he was a legend on the Melbourne Music Scene and was a member of The Incredible Penguins a super star band put together by Molly Meldrum. They were a major band in Melbourne in the 80’s and recorded a single “ Happy Xmas – the War is Over” and it reached no 1 in England and was also a no 1 in Australia. Morry also played bass and vocals in The Masters Apprentices and did several major tours of Australia. He is well known as a brilliant musician and outstanding front man.
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