Trio set to tame festival's moshpit
by Melissa Phillips
Messenger, January 9 2002

WEEZER, Radiohead and REM would all be on drummer Clint Hyndman's ideal summer festival tour.

"Of course, Something For Kate would have to be at the bottom of the bill too," he adds, talking about his own group.

"Weezer is my favourite band, but I've never seen them and I haven't seen REM either, but they put on great shows from what I hear. 

"I've been lucky enough to see Radiohead and I'd love to see them play again."

Melburnians Clint and singer Paul Dempsey formed SFK in 1994, with bassist Stephanie Ashworth joining the boys in 1998. Their third album, Echolalia, has built on the success of previous releases Elsewhere for Eight Minutes and Beautiful Sharks.

"I think this album has taken us to a new audience, which is what we really wanted," he says.

"The great thing is, it's still growing and getting better." Next, the band will be exposing its music to even more people at the 2002 Big Day Out.

"It's going to be a little bit scary playing in front of 30,000 people or more, but it's a fun event.

"We did three shows for the Big Day Out a few years ago, just on the east coast, but this time it's bigger with a good afternoon timeslot on a main stage."

Regarding mosh pit accidents, Clint says he has noticed a difference in people's attitudes to crowd surfing since playing the Livid Festival last year.

"There was hardly any crowd surfing and hopefully that's a sign of things to come. I don't think people pay money to get others jump on top of their heads and it's not a fun thing to watch from the stage.

"We always ask the crowd to take a vote and ask them who wants people to jump on their heads. So we don't look cool for a few seconds." Echolalia was voted the top album of 2001 on a Triple J listeners' poll.

Catch Something For Kate at the Big Day Out, Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, Wayville, on Friday, February 1.