Killing Heidi

You know, that's, that's a genuine thing.

I mean, Red Hot Summer Tour is a brand that's really exploded here in the last few years and, and you know, at the moment their current line-up is Australian Crawl, Men at Work, Eskimo Joe, Boom Crash Opera, Ella Hooper, who used to be in Killing Heidi-

Mm

... um, Birds of Tokyo.

Yeah, in Sydney, it's an Olivia Dean-filled weekend at Afterpay Arena, Friday and Saturday night.

Also, Friday night, Kate Sobrano takes over Anita's Theatre, or you can catch one of my favourites, Killing Heidi's superstar, Ella Hooper, at Petersham Bowling Club.

Now, heading into Saturday, hit the club and see Aussie DJ Odd Mob play the roundhouse, and over at the Enmore Theatre, you'll get an Aussie indie rock fave, The Old Mervs.

That's Matty's Gig Guide for another week.

And I would always choose like the bands.

There was a band called Killing Heidi at the time or S Club 7 CD.

And I'd always choose, you know, the band CD.

I think, you know, if I didn't get signed so young, I probably would have been in a band.

And today's guest, Ella Hooper.

Here's what I'm gonna tell you about Ella Hooper, is that I have known Ella since I was on Triple J radio, and she used to come in when Killing Heidi were at their absolute peak.

So I feel like I have grown up knowing... just alongside Ella Hooper.

It is been so amazing to see her grow from a teenager who was a rock star thrust into an adult environment, and see her have to make her way and be a pioneer in a space where now people of like e- female, young female pop stars can feel so much more empowered to be their authentic selves.

Well, I'm, I'm 52 years old.

Yeah.

And I feel like Killing Heidi is such a huge part of the Australia and the music industry that I grew up in.

So I think people would have those core memories of-

Yeah.

Do you have any connections in Benalla with any of the people that went on to become Killing Heidi? Do you have any Killing Heidi connections in your family or friendship circles or are there any connections with Spudgun or Serpentine or anything that you can think of?

I think maybe Jamie Durant knew...

It's Ella, isn't it? That's right,

Because in April 1999, Australian acts were 12 of the top 50 chart spots, near enough a quarter of the entire chart.

Silverchair, Savage Garden, Madison Avenue, Killing Heidi, all up there.

And every single one of them with a brand new song released within a year from that chart, okay? The same chart from the same week this year has one Australian artist in the top 50.

Not 12, one.

This is all in between the years of 96, 99, 2000, 2011. debut album came out.

So me and my brother's band was called Killing Heidi.

Very

grunge.