The Wet Suits
Sydney

All members of The Wetsuits have been performing in influential Australian and International rock bands since the early '80's.

In the late '90's they decided to change their dark clothing for bright Hawiian shirts and got together for a bit of fun, playing the type of instrumental songs that had inspired them to play music in the first place. Their music conjures up fantasies of chilling out on a hot summer night, sipping cocktails in a Tiki lounge with a beautiful woman by your side, rather than the daytime activity of lying on the beach or participating in the physical sport of riding the wild surf as evoked by other surf bands.

The band members are Clyde Bramley on guitar (ex New Christs / The Hoodoo Gurus), Stephen 'Bones Martin on guitar (ex Deadly Hume/Fester Bros/SkinDiver/Midnight Goblins), Katrina Amis on organ (ex Chrome Kitten) John Scholfield on bass (ex Grooveyard / Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls) and Marucs Schintler on drums.

Their style of music incorporates instrumental, surf/spy movie and tv themes, and they perform in front of a backdrop screen with projected film clips of 1960's spy and comedy tv programmes which most of us 'baby boomer's' had watched as children. It's fun to try and pick out the titles of vaguely remembered TV and movie themes as well as listen to their original compositions which perfectly compliment the older songs, bringing the genre into the 21st century.

The Wetsuits play a monthly residency at the Hoptoun Hotel on the first Saturday of each month in conjunction with Surry Hills Street Market.

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