The Creatures were a garage rock band which formed in Mildura, Australia in 1965 as The Beagle Boys. They changed their name in February 1966 and relocated to Sydney where they were active during the mid- to late 1960s. The line-up included three Marcic brothers: Eric on guitar, Herman on bass guitar, and Rudolph on drums; together with Keith Matcham on lead vocals and Michael Parnis on rhythm guitar. Herman recalls ''We actually supported the Easybeats before they were huge, and the Easybeats suggested to their management that they should take us to Sydney, we’d do well. So we ended up being the band that followed the Easybeats around. Places like the Bowl in Sydney…and also The Beatle Village — which was the place to be. It was a little underground cellar sort of thing — one way in, one way out!''
Australian music journalist, Glenn A. Baker described their appearance "at a time when moderate long hair was becoming acceptable, they dyed their tatty locks to bilious pastel shades and invited the media to react with appropriate horror".
The group were billed as "the wildest, longest, coloured hair group in Australia, and 'Australia's answer to the Rolling Stones'". Richard White had replaced Parnis before the first single, "All I Do Is Cry" (1966), appeared. Hair colours were: red for Eric, blue for Herman, green for Rudolph, purple for Matcham, and pink for White. The Creatures were known for their hard-driving garage punk, protopunk sound, as typified by their singles, "All I Do Is Cry / Mona" (1966) and "Ugly Thing / Your One And Only Man" (1967). Over the coming years The Creatures literally demolished crowds up and down the east coast of Australia before settling in at the Gold Coast to run their own venue.
''Ugly Thing / Your One And Only Man'' 1967 RCA
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creatures_%28Australian_band%29
The group were billed as "the wildest, longest, coloured hair group in Australia, and 'Australia's answer to the Rolling Stones'". Richard White had replaced Parnis before the first single, "All I Do Is Cry" (1966), appeared. Hair colours were: red for Eric, blue for Herman, green for Rudolph, purple for Matcham, and pink for White. The Creatures were known for their hard-driving garage punk, protopunk sound, as typified by their singles, "All I Do Is Cry / Mona" (1966) and "Ugly Thing / Your One And Only Man" (1967). Over the coming years The Creatures literally demolished crowds up and down the east coast of Australia before settling in at the Gold Coast to run their own venue.
With Eric exiting the band in 1967 Greg “Sleepy” Lawrie was drafted in on lead guitar. By December 1967 they had relocated to Melbourne and were renamed The Chocolate, where they issued another single, "It's Been A Long Time Coming / I'm an Animal" (1969). After the group disbanded, Lawrie joined Carson County Band in January of the following year and Herman joined Toby Jugg. In 1998 Kustom 65 record label issued a compilation album, 'It's a Kave-in!', with The Creatures' "All I Do Is Cry". The same track was covered by Shutdown 66 for the tribute album, 'Wild About You!', recorded live-in-the-studio by radio station, 3CR's Cara Beltrame in 2004. In 1999 the Top Shelf label released an EP with all four songs on it. Keith Matcham was murdered in 1982. Greg ''Sleepy'' Lawrie died in 2023.
Members
Eric Marcic (guitar), Herman Marcic (bass), Rudolph Marcic (drums), Keith Matcham (vocals), Michael Parnis (guitar), Richard White (guitar), Greg ''Sleepy'' Lawrie (guitar)
Eric Marcic (guitar), Herman Marcic (bass), Rudolph Marcic (drums), Keith Matcham (vocals), Michael Parnis (guitar), Richard White (guitar), Greg ''Sleepy'' Lawrie (guitar)
SINGLES
''All I Do Is Cry / Mona'' 1966 66 Sound''Ugly Thing / Your One And Only Man'' 1967 RCA
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creatures_%28Australian_band%29
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