SEE THE POSSIBLILTY NOT THE DISABILITYUV Race Scare Us With Poetry
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Photo by Zephyr Pavey
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The UV Race are a pack of mutants. Skinny, fat, daggy, female and male mutants. They play songs that conjure up the corpses of Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks to shit all over the floors of hundred capacity venues, spastic homes and Hungry Jacks. At the forefront of this reject-riot is Marcus, a charming character from a lonesome, isolated town in the bush of Victoria. Marcus spills his guts about heartbreak and rejection unlike most pansies that feel the need to bore the world with their problems while holding a microphone in their hand. I asked Marcus the questions. Here are his answers. Vice: So, Marcus, what did you do today?
Marcus: I worked today. I work at Scope, a centre that provides services to people with disabilities, near Warragul. That’s where I live, out in the bush. Scope actually used to be called the Spastic Society Of Victoria but it was changed once spastic became a derogatory term. Our slogan is “Disability Means Possibility”. Spastic is a derogatory term?
Yeah, it comes from the word ‘spasticity’ which is now used to describe Cerebral Palsy. I’ve heard people refer to your band as being spastic.
Yeah, I’ll agree with that. We were also branded idiot savant punk. So, you guys have a new full length coming out. What’s up with that?
It comes out in a month and we were gonna call it Racism. We’re also gonna call our EP that now. I’ve always wanted to call a record The UV Race Disgrace Space and have a bunch of pictures of us like shitting on the moon and kicking a star or, like, skating a half moon. You know, disgrace space. Then we can start off a gig and I can say “We’re UV Race and you’re a disgrace!” You sound like a rapper!
I’ve always called myself the Ol’ Dirty Bastard of punk. A lot of my lyrics are like poetry. What are your songs about, Marcus?
Well, it sounds pretty lame but most of the songs are about my trivial life in Warragul. Isolation and anger are feelings I would say get conjured up. Music isn’t encouraged, only sports and being a farmer are. Being in a band is for teenagers. It’s kinda scary. A lot of my songs are about rejection from chicks, too. Like the song Set Sail To Fail, that’s about a girl I know from Warragul that I really liked. We grew up together and she was one of the only people in Warragul who had any idea about punk or culture. She was with this blokey-bloke type guy who was a total dick and would pay-out on her for being vegetarian. They had a really strange foreplay relationship where they would get together at parties and just finger each other. They wouldn’t have sex?
No, she didn’t want to and he was bragging all over that he was going to. So, one day I got up the courage to tell her I liked her and that I was much more suited for her as a person and she shouldn’t keep letting this dickhead finger her! Of course after that she got all weird and stopped talking to me and replying to my messages. But, from the start I knew it would end badly. Set sail to fail. Wow, Marcus, way to man-up. Do you have anything to tell the nation of Vice readers before I run away from you?
Yeah. Go get a Ramones record, a Stooges record, buy a leather jacket and punch a hipster in the face!
UNCLE SHARKEY The UV Race have their self-titled full length coming out on Aarght! Records in April.
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| coldworlds, on Sep 2, 2009 wrote:
they were sick when they played in the valley a while ago | | Anonymous, on Jun 17, 2009 wrote:
TJ Honeysuckle is such a bad name it’s a great name. Like Dick Trickle. | | Anonymous, on Jun 17, 2009 wrote:
That old dude in the leather jacket is TJ Honeysuckle. Google him he writes a fucking great Melbourne/Aussie music blog. | | Anonymous, on May 9, 2009 wrote:
The bloke in the leather jacket is cool, I did have a falling out with him over a anti-Nick Cave t-shirt I made, but is OK now. | | Anonymous, on Apr 7, 2009 wrote:
I reackon that old dude has been sitting there since 1984 drinking beer and watching bands in the uniform of those who do so. | | Anonymous, on Apr 6, 2009 wrote:
did you ever think maybe he rides a motorcycle and enjoys having flesh? | | Anonymous, on Apr 6, 2009 wrote:
re: comment about the domain of the young and stupid, isn’t that dude in leather jacket the sort that frequent pubs/music scene to get the young and stoopid? | | Anonymous, on Apr 6, 2009 wrote:
you certainly have your highly trained eagle eyes out for making a music story into a fashion story. I can barely see the guy in the leatherjacket. I bet he has a stooges album as well. We just need one of you young hipsters in the pic for him to punch in the face to complete the story. | | Anonymous, on Apr 6, 2009 wrote:
c’ome on - he’s their dad!
that dude in leather jacket looking down and probably wishes he was them again.
we all get old, some just cling a bit longer to their youth and appear tragic.
| | Anonymous, on Apr 6, 2009 wrote:
re:comments about the guy in the leather jacket. Since when was good music the domain of the young and stupid? I predict whoever made that comment will permanently crawl onto their couch to watch Australian idol when they hit thirty. It will be such a relief to stop having pretend you are a cool young thing and get on with your true purpose of breeding and medocrity! | | Anonymous, on Apr 5, 2009 wrote:
With the leather jacket dude, all I see is someone paying respect to the band. Didn’t notice his age or clothes, just saw a music lover. | | Anonymous, on Apr 5, 2009 wrote:
maybe that old dude in the leather jacket is their dad? | | Anonymous, on Apr 5, 2009 wrote:
that old dude in the photo in the leather jacket looks like he is pining for his past youth....sad really how many older type dudes hang onto what they think is a cool image but it really is a lame attempt at trying to look cool and younger but comes across as just another fucken forty something older dude fooling himself. | | Anonymous, on Mar 17, 2009 wrote:
ruins? how’s that? | | Anonymous, on Mar 17, 2009 wrote:
Scope! | | Anonymous, on Mar 17, 2009 wrote:
You’re such a scope | | Anonymous, on Mar 17, 2009 wrote:
NO FUCKER | | Anonymous, on Mar 17, 2009 wrote:
vice ruins another bunch of naive idiots | |
| anonymouse, on Mar 12, 2009 wrote:
you’re a smart one marcus. wanna know the best way to get chicks as a singer? well, one is being a singer to begin with. another is singing about not being able to get a chick. girls eat that shit up. i mean let’s face it if rik ocasik can score a supermodel the sky’s the limit. | | Anonymous, on Mar 10, 2009 wrote:
in this photo you can see mikey young playing keyboard for us he was filling in coz our keyboarder emily was unable to play this show. Georgia the sax and harmonica player was also added a bit after this gig from Marcus | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
out of six males in this photo two have mullets. is this a typical mullet ratio for down under? | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
dude... how did you not name your band spastic society of victoria?? it was right in your face! | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
Hmm. Something tells me the Australian tour circuit leaves something to be desired. | |
| dingo dick, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
i’d venture to guess that many people here have done at least three of the four things he suggests. | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
the odb of punk? are we talking 36 chambers odb or post-jail fatty odb? | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
you can find them on youtube. i guess they added a chick to the band too. | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
i like the drummer. he’s rocking the fuck out back there. and the stairs - those are the presidential balcony seats. | |
| Fuck Russia, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
That has to be the best sliding bannister in all of Australia. | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
typo find in title: possiblilty? | | Anonymous, on Mar 9, 2009 wrote:
I knew this was Australia straight off from the picture, that guy in the leather jacket is the classic image of old oz punk. He’s probably had his body weight in vb or carltons and is sadly wishing that he could kill it like the bands he watches. Plus the tote is an awesome bar to get crazy in. | | | Next 30 comments > |
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