''Sticky Carpet'' is Melbourne's alternative

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of 2006, a community driven

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by Mark Butcher, co-produced by Glenn Waterworth and Pip Stafford. A cultural recognition to Melbourne's

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music scene, the film includes interviews with musicians Robin Fox, Rod Cooper, Ross Knight (

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(founder of

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, In-Fidelity Records), Ron RudeNow Here This story in The Age Newspaper by Patrick Donovan 28 July 2006 http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/now-hear-this/2006/07/27/1153816299238.html?page=3 (Melbourne Punk & DIY / Indie Recording Pioneer) and

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(Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party). Live performance footage comes from

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, The Stabs, Baseball, Bored!, I Spit on your Gravy, The Sailors, Love of Diagrams, Pisschrist and others. ''Sticky Carpet'' instinctively conveys the ongoing drive behind the bands - and even gets a little political. It shares the passion and

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of Melbourne's music scene. Bands include: The Stabs, HTRK, My Disco, Colditz Glider, The Birthday Party, Baseball, Grey Daturas, Group Seizure, True Radical Miracle, Cockfight Shootout, Nation Blue, The Sinking Citizenship, Agents of Abhorrence, Civil Dissent, ABC Weapons, Pisschrist, The Dacios, The Sailors, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Depression, Trash 'n' Chaos, Batrider, Ninetynine, The Assassination Collective, Digger and the Pussycats, The Losers, Bored! The film has Australia and New Zealand DVD Distribution by Siren Visual Entertainment and had premiere screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2006.

Sources

* ''Sticky Carpet'' - Film Trailer on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJpLUKheas0

References

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