Stomp the Dog

For this issue we chat to Stomp the Dog;
RIU: What's the secret skill behind your musical input?
STD: Being a geek, if you can call that a skill.
RIU: If you needed a uniform to summarise your sound, what fabric, style and accessories would you go with?
STD: Hagger Cotton which is like sandpaper, it will make a mark on you. It would be a suit because of the formal layout with piercing, spikes and tattoos as accessories.
RIU: Name a celebrity you'd happily put on your doorlist?
STD: Billie Joe Armstrong, Jack Black or Elvis Presley :)
RIU: Adelaide location we're most likely to find you the morning after a gig?
STD: At the Casino or in bed.
RIU: Unlikely cover you would like to tackle?
STD: The Beatles 'Eleanor Rigby' or Elton John & Kiki Dee's 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart'
RIU: Music clip that never gets old?
STD: Daft Punk's Around The World.
RIU: What's the secret to pulling groupies?
STD: There is no secret, it's all about the MOJO!
RIU: Classic film that you'd love to devise a new sound track for?
STD: Jaws, Mad Max & Wizard of Oz.
RIU: What would you spend your last hundred bucks on?
STD: All on black.
RIU: Favourite album of 2010?
STD: Disturbed's Asylum.
RIU: Where will we find you at the end of 2011?
STD: England, the USA, touring Australia or in the gutter playing music. - Rip It Up/ Issue 1115 Dec 9 - Dec 15 2010

Radio Interview - Three D Radio Oct 14th 2010

Congratulations to Stomp the Dog who took out the grand final of Local & Live last Saturday Evening. - Rip It Up/ Issue 1101 Sep 2 - Sep 8 2010

A performance from northern suburbs band Stomp The Dog involves a lot of energy and song lyrics that aren't afraid to be confronting. "(Audiences) can expect lots of energy, very in your face music and heaps of attitude," lead singer Dylan Amor says.
"We all contribute to song writing. We've got a few dark songs that come from depressing thoughts, and a song about girls who go out to town and flaunt themselves.
"We don't tend to stick to one genre, we do what feels right at the time."
The punk alternative band was formed six months ago by Amor and his uncle, drummer Brendon Scott who have been jamming together for almost five years and been in three bands.
They met their bassist Cody Bishop in February through his dad.
"It was a relatively long road for us to get comfortable with a band, finding people in the right head space and who want what we want," Amor says.
Later this month, the band will alunch its EP at the Norther Sound System. Another six bands will also play on the night.
"There are four songs on the EP, we got it out relatively quickly, " Amor says.
The band got its name after a night enjoying some drinks at Scott's house.
"One of the housemates had a yappy pomeranian and someone said "I'd like to stomp the dog' and it came from there.
"No, no one actually did it."
Stom the Dog performs at the Northern Sound System, 73 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth, on Saturday, July 31st, 7pm. - News Review, Messenger Newspapers/Wednesday July 14th 2010

Punk rock trio Stomp the Dog from the northern suburbs of Adelaide entered the Emergenza Battle of the Bands this year. They had their first heat at Fowler's Live in front of a full room of excited fans. The energy the boys (Dylan Amor on vocals and guitar, Cody Bishop on bass and Brendon Scott on drums) brought to the crowd was repaid to them when the crowd started singing along with them to brand new song Wanka. The catchy punk lyrics along with great guitar riffs, booming bass and tight drumming were appreciated by the animated crowd when the time came to vote. STD were voted through to the next round with a resounding 100 votes, 40 votes ahead of the next band that night. STD will now have their EP launch on Sat July 31 at Elizabether's Norhtern Sound System, but if you want to see them before that head along to Gaslight Tavern on Sat Jul 17 where they will be taking part in Local & Live. - Rip It Up / Issue 1094 Jul 15 - July 21 2010

Punk music has always made a point of reminding everyone that it is not dead, somtimes by being popular, over taking festivals and radio stations, and sometimes by blatantly saying "Punk's Not Dead." The fact that no one has really ever claimed that it is dead is beside the point, and everyone is happy for punk to continue on being mean and unruly and, undead.
There are those who may argue taht, when referring to the city of Adelaide, the punk scene has been near death thanks to the emergence of hardcore and its related genres, which have ruled the city with an iron fist for the past few years. Luckily some people have not forgotten about punk music, its good-humoured lyrics, its three power chord song progressions and its all round sense of fun. Norhtern suburbs three piece Stomp the Dog are some of these people, and are quickly doing all that they can to hoist the punk rock flag, and remind folks how to enjoy themselves.
Like all new up and ocming bands you need recorded music, Stomp the Dog have some, in the form of an EP containingfour songs, three of which are crrently in the "Top 100" list for Triple J's Unearthed. The EP, which was recorded at Beat Records in Adelaide, opens whith its standout track Attention! and upbeat party song, one that the band claim is a personal favourite and popular show opener. Things move to a heavier, slightly darker place with the second track Self Destruction, before some more summer punk glory with Gotta Get Goinn' and then ending with the rock influenced, Black Highway.
The group is made up of Dylan, Cody and Brendon, who have been together for only six months, but are moving quickly with an EP launch on the way and several gigs, including the Emergenza Battle Of The Bands, under the belt already. It seems as though the band are not wasting any time and taking well informed steps, this may be due in part to the fact that Cody's father was a member of local rock legends Lazaro's Dog. Ignoring the fact that the family have an affinity for band names with "dog" in them, the young punks state that Lazaro's are an influence, especially lyrically. "They are a pretty big influence, on me with the whole fact of funny lyrics and trying to take the piss a little bit."
The live show is an important aspect of any musical outfit and the group hope to show punters something different to what they may usually see from other local acts, "We're a very energetic band, we'll get in to the crowd, we just don't do what other local bands do." The upcoming EP launch, which features a six band strong line up, and takes place at the Northern Sound System, should hopefully give the band the platform to impress the already sould out crowd.
Stomp the Dog plan on continuing to move forward in the future with touring a big part of the schedule, "We've just been talking to a few bands in Melbourne and they are pretty keen to get us over there." Searching other states for gig buddies is a necessity as the Adelaide punk scene is not currently at its strongest point. The threesome acknowledge that they are yet to meet many other punk rock acts, and usually find themselves lumped in with the screamo genres, "We haven't played with a lot of punk rock bands, a lot of it has been heavy or rock, which doesn't really fit with what we are doing."
Granted the band have brought a knife to a gunfight aas the task of breathing life into the punk rock scene is a tough one, but Stomp the Dog have the right attitudes and enough piss taking lyrics to possibly do it. - DB Magazine / Issue 499 Wed Jul 21 - Tues Aug 3rd 2010

Stomp The Dog, a young punk rock trio from the northern suburbs of Adelaide, arose from the ashes of Element Au, a quartet that enjoyed a good deal of success whenever they entered local band competitions. A series of line-up changes and one less player has led to a name change but has also marked the beginning of a new era.
We speak to Dylan, the band's young singer and guitarist who plays in the trio alongside drummer Brendon and bass player Cody.
Dylan is over the moon about the fact that the band's upcoming EP launch for their self-titled, four-song debut has already sold out.
"Due to all the pre-sales, its going to end up being a sold out launch," he enthuses. " And I can't believe the amount of support we've had from all the other bands (on the bill) as they've been helping sell the tickets. And while two of the other bands are fairly inexperienced, their stage presence makes up for it.
"And Grade A Loser are one of them and they are only 15 or 15," Dylan adds.
How does the songwriting process work for STD? "Lately most of our new songs have come from jamming at rehearsals," Dylan reveals. "And it's often that Cody or Brendon will come up with the firest few lines of lyrics while we're just jammin' away. But we have some songs that I've written all the words and music and Cody has also written a few by himself. And Brendon has written a couple of songs as well."
Dylan scored 15 minutes of fame when American punk rockers Green Day invited him up to help them out with the song Longview when they were last in Adelaide. Fortunately, the footage - some six minutes of it - was captured on film by various audience members and is available on YouTube.
"It was funny because I started a new job a while back and hadn't said anything and someone said, 'Hey, your're the guy who sang with Green Day'. So a few people have seen it."
Future plans for the band include more local gigs as well as setting their sights on the UK.
"We went to Fuse Festival back in February and a lot of the overseas delegates heard one of our unmastered demos and no one had a bad word to say about," Dylan concludes. "So we were told by a couple of them that our brand of punk rock would go down well overseas. And we were also told that Germany would be good for us as well."
- Rip It Up / Issue 1096 Jul 29 - Aug 4 2010

Interview with Jen on PBA radio - PBA radio Jul 27 2010

Interview on Three D Radio - Three D Radio July 29 2010

Rock for the League Mini Festival Stomp the Dog Pictured - Rip It Up / Issue 1070 Jan 28 - Feb 03 '10

Local Hype - Rip It Up / Issue 1062 Nov 26 - Dec 2 '09

Local singer Dylan Amor made the most of his stage-time with Green Day, says Nathan Davies. When Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sang "I hope you had the time of your life" during Sunday's Adelaide concert, the words rang particularly true for Dylan Amor.
The 20 year old Davoren Park fan was dragged on stage in front of more than 9000 screaming people at Adelaide Entertainment Centre to sing the first verse of the band's 1994 hit Lovgview.
But he did such an outstanding job that Armstrong let him perform the entire song. Amor, a singer in local outfit Element Au (now Stomp the Dog), spent more than four minutes on stage with the band before Armstrong declared him "the best singer in Australia" and told him to stage-dive into the crowd.
"I've been a fan of the band for at least 10 years," Amor says. Me and my girlfriend slept out at the Entertainment Centre on Saturday night so that we'd have the front spot. We got about three hours' sleep before the forklifts started about 5am.
Amor says new friends he made sleeping outside the centre helped ensure that he was called on stage. " I didn't realise this at the time because I was jumping in the air trying to get Billie Joe's attention, but everyone was pointing at me," he says. " All the people that i met waiting for the doors to open, about 20 kids, were pointing at me."
Luckily for Amor, the incident was captured by a fan and posted on YouTube (search for Green Day, Adelaide, Longview) because his own recollection is hazy.
"I remember doing that stage-dive at the end and not much else," he says with a laugh.
"The rest of it was a blur. It was insane." - Sunday Mail / December 13 2009

Punk's Green dream by Rob Greenwood
For Dylan Amor, frontman for local punk-rock band Element Au (now Stomp the Dog) a dream came true last month when he performed live alongside his musical heroes Green Day.
Amor, 20, of Davoren Park, was invited on stage during Green Day's concert at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, where he belted out the hit song Longview to 9000 fans.
"they wanted someone to just sing the first verse and chorus," he says. "But they were pretty impressed, so I ended up singing the whole song and stage diving.
"It was a dream for me, it's surreal watching the videos of it on YouTube."
Fromed just eight months ago, Element Au brings together diverse musical influences from Green Day and The Offspring to Metallica and Megadeth.
- News Review Messenger / Jan 13, 2010

Local Hype - Rip It Up / Issue 1069 Jan 21-Jan 27 '10

Story about Dylan singing with Green Day on Today Tonight program on December 10th 2009 - Channel 7 / Today Tonight program / Dec 10, 2009