Loved by country, folk and popular music audiences alike, The Pigs' combination of music and comedy is sensational!
The Pigs are a family of Hillbillies, who all sing and play super-charged acoustic instruments; with Par Pig on double bass, T-Bone Pig on nylon string guitar, Streeetch Pig on Steel String guitar, Cousin Billy-Bob Pig on stand-up drums and, Cousin Jebodiah on banjo and mandolin. The sound is a glorious genre-defying blend of bluegrass, pop, rock, folk and just about everything else!
Par Pig and his boys claim to hail from the internet, though there are also theories that the family in fact came down to Australia from somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains or even from a misguided spaceship. Whatever their genesis, the band has been having one hell of a good time since arriving on the east coast of Australia in 2005. Beginning with some wild and crazy shows in Sydney's pubs and universities The Pigs soon found themselves playing the big festival stages. Audiences warm to their combination of original songs like "Buster the Bomb" - the story of a cluster bomb that had trouble making friends - and outrageous down-home arrangements of pop classics like Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" and Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer".
Major Festival Performances
In January 2009 The Pigs reached their largest audience yet, performing 17 shows at the prestigious Tamworth and Woodford Festivals.
"In Stitches" Comedy Festival, QPAC, Brisbane - Jun 09
Woodford Folk Festival - Jan 09
Tamworth Country Music Festival - Jan 2006-09
Moora Country Campout - Mar 08
Kinross Country Music Muster - Feb 08/ 07
Tumbafest - Feb 08
Mud, Bulls and Music - Nov 07
Deniliquin Ute Muster - Sep 07
Toyota National Country Music Muster (Gympie Muster) - Aug 07 / 06
QUT Urban Country Muster - May 07
Conception Day Macquarie University - Sep 06
Golden Guitar Nomination 2008 Music Video
The Pigs were nominated for a Golden Guitar at the Australian Country Music Awards in Tamworth, NSW.
They fell out of a limousine and walked the red carpet barefoot in 2008, after their animated video Crazy was nominated for Music Video of the Year. Streeetch Pig was heard to comment, "This red carpet sure feels nice between my toes!" The video, which continues to feature on the Australian Country Music Channel, includes cartoon likenesses of the band and their hound-dog Jessie-Bob!
Releases Album - The Pigs (Aug 2007)
The Pigs’ Debut Self-Titled album was released in August 2007 and distributed through Green Media (MGM). Host of TripleJ’s Roots’n‘All Program, Sarah Howell, fell for the original track Buster the Bomb declaring, “I love that song!”. Other stations played the sweet sounding, yet humorous original, Sometimes It’s Hard. A wild Hillbilly version of Total Eclipse of the Heart has featured on radio stations all over Australia including TripleJ and Saturday Night Country on Radio National.
EP – Crazy (Jan 2007)
The band launched ‘Crazy’, during the hotly contested week of the Tamworth Country music festival. It rose straight to number 15 on the ARIA Australian Artist Country Album Charts, and reached number 10 in the AIR (Australian Independent Recording) charts. FBI radio listeners loved the version of the White Stripe’s song, “7 Nation Army”.
Live Radio Performances
The family of characters that make up The Pigs are a recipe for great live radio. In 2009, the band began building a reputation for live radio performance, reaching a wide audience:
ABC Statewide (NSW) – “Statewide Drive” with Paul Turton - Apr 09
RRR 102.7 (Melbourne) - Apr 09
ABC Newcastle 1233 (NSW) – “Three to Six” with Garth Russell - Mar 09
Tamworth’s Hit Radio Station 92.9 (NSW) - “Brekky with Scotty” - Jan 09
2SER 107.3 (Sydney) – Nov 08
The Pigs’ Second Album is due for release in 2009!
Look out for the hilarious video to the first single “Par! Push it!” this October!
Loved by country, folk and popular music audiences alike, The Pigs' combination of music and comedy is sensational!
Album - The Pigs (Aug 2007)
EP – Crazy (Jan 2007)
