Over the weekend of the 1st until the 3rd of December 2023, Australian rock band Cosmic Psychos held concerts in celebration of their 40th anniversary of being a band. I was fortunate enough to attend with Dune Rats over the weekend.
When Danny of Dune Rats asked the singing bass players, Ross, of Cosmic Psychos how they stayed a band for so long, Ross simply replied in typical Cosmic Psychos fashion with “well… you don’t want to ever progress musically… and you don’t want to ever go chasing anything… you’ll end up tired.”
This is a visual diary of what I saw over the weekend.
Dune Rats at the pub in Northcote, Melbourne.
Cosmic Psychos stage tech, “Digger”. (Thanks for the lend of the 90mm Maclay)
Danny with Gus and Amy of Amyl and The Sniffers.
Declan (Amyl and The Sniffers), Danny, Ross (Cosmic Psychos) and Brett.
Digger, Brett, Gus and Nadine (The Prize).
Ross, Matt (Cosmic Psychos manager) and Macka (Cosmic Psychos).
Cosmic Psychos performing live at Theatre Royal, Castlemaine. 2nd December 2023.
Macka on the crowd barrier. 2nd December 2023.
Cosmic Psychos mooning the audience after their performance at Theatre Royal, Castlemaine. 2nd December 2023.
Declan, Amy, Danny and BC.
The Unknowns. Performing live at Theatre Royal, Castlemaine. 3rd December 2023.
Dune Rats with Macka and Ross. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine. 3rd December 2023.
Danny smoking two joints at once for his birthday. 3rd December 2023.
BC wearing a bin lid as a helmet.
Dean (Cosmic Psychos) BC, Danny and Ross.
Danny eating Ross’ pizza.
The end of the weekend at the Railway Hotel, Castlemaine. 3rd December 2023.