Argus
» Psycroptic - Brisbane Hotel, Fri, December 5
» Late Night Krackieoke - Brisbane Hotel, Sat, December 6
» Psycroptic - Brisbane Hotel, Sun, December 7
» The Native Cats, myblackson, Joe Nuttal and Manchester Mourning - Brisbane Hotel, Wed, December 10
» Saul Williams - Brisbane Hotel, Fri, December 12
» The Lazys (NSW) - Brisbane Hotel, Sat, December 13
» The Red Paintings + Reptilian Jukebox + B-Circuit - Brisbane Hotel, Sun, December 14
» Stand Defiant (All Ages afternoon show) - Brisbane Hotel, Sat, December 20
» Stand Defiant - Brisbane Hotel, Sat, December 20
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Argus are a 4 piece band that formed in Tasmania at the end of 2005. Lead singer / songwriter / guitarist Mat Bond, originaly from Papua New Guinea (a Tasmanian expatriate born in Lae-Morobe Province) was exposed to local Papua New Guinean cultural music from birth, made his first electric bass guitar at age 7 and was given a dulcimer at age 8, Mat was also lucky enough to receive classical guitar lessons before his family moved to Tasmania, when Mat was 15. At 16 Mat began classical vocal trainging before singing for a number of local Hobart bands. After years being a part of the local Tasmanian music and film scene, in 2004 Mat was asked to play in Miami at the "Hot Wet Miami Beach show" on the strength of one of his film soundtrack demos, but living on the other side of the world ended this idea without funding. Instead, he was made Artist of the month, August 2004 on the show’s promotional web site. Mat then formed the beginings of Argus with Peter Milic and was asked to perform at the Blue Tiers Festival (Tasmania) at the end of 2005.
