6ft Hick - Notes from the Underground

Selected Press

"This beautifully shot, edited and directed film shows the tearing of the wall beetween the audience and the stage and the extremely direct, almost aggressive challenging of the crowd to go beyond the rock'n'roll ritual and make it their own. When the gig is over, these passionate, dedicated, beastly, tenacious and heartfelt, honest guys put the stage, backstage and beds in order and clean up the toilet. Captured scenes are challenging the standard rock documentary form, since they don't perpetuate the myth of a rocker. This is no reality show. It is the real thing."
- Award Selection Panel Statement for Best Music Doco
(Grossman Fantastic Film & Wine Festival)

"Showcasing a rock group on the humble side of the scene, this doco goes behind the scenes to explore what motivates 6ft Hick - an Aussie rock group who've become an underground institution. While they may be musically in- tune, they're certainly offbeat - the lads, brothers Geoff and Ben Corbett, drink beer from boots and have been known to bloodlet at shows. A candid insight into the careers of some witty and modest dudes."
- Seven News QLD

"Cult Brisbane band 6ft Hick has built a fervent underground following the hard way – one beer- soaked venue at a time. Over 15 years of back-breaking touring, the band's raw sound and outrageous stage antics have propelled their live show into the realm of urban legend. "Notes from the Underground" follows the boys in a tour that – though it barely breaks even – embodies the very soul of rock."
- Brisbane International Film Festival

For 15 years Queensland band 6ft Hick has been frightening audiences and pulverising eardrums with their lacerating brand of rockabilly punk. They sweat. They drink beer from boots. They eat the contents of ashtrays. Fronted by brothers Geoff and Ben Corbett, their hyperkinetic gigs feature circus-like stage exploits that bring to mind both Iggy Pop's creepy plasticity and the ecstasies of Angus Young in mid guitar-orgasm. So why do they do it? As this doco shows, it's certainly not for the money. Following the band through an exhausting European tour, filmmakers Marty Moynihan and Karina Astrup show a group whose primary mission is so simple it sounds almost unfashionable: to make pure and uncompromising rock music. "We certainly don't wanna be the next f---in' big thing," Geoff says. "I don't think we've got the time.”
- Sydney Morning Herald

Off stage, the band are mild mannered, humble and extremely likable. More importantly, they're passionate about their music, even if they may never be commercially successful. Whether or not you like their music, this is still an entertaining, honest and insightful documentary about the indie rock scene and one of Australia's finest garage rock bands. It's funny, and even poignant at times. Strap yourself in for a wild, fun ride.
- Your TV

Press Quotes

"The real success of this documentary is showing the brutal reality of the low cost 'underground' rock scene. Rock'n'roll is for most of us a virus, regardless of fame, money or the lack of it.”
- Soundguardian

“This documentary has all the qualities we search for in a music film, shoe string budget, raw power and undying dedication.”
- WT OS International Film Festival

"This behind-the-scenes music documentary reveals the messy, all-too human face of the low-budget music scene in stark contrast to the perceived glamour of an internationally touring rock band.
- Our Brisbane

"This is a ruthlessly honest view of an iconic Australian indy-underground rock band making for great viewing. Sick, perverted, depraved? Yes, pretty much. But an incredibly compelling story of the hard grind of the rock ’n’ roll touring circuit.”
- Indaily

“Following Queensland preachers of noise 6ft Hick on their travels through Australia and Europe, this film shows what drives these musicians to again and again deliver shows that are outbursts of fierce raw power.”
- AFI

"A true insight into the real life of indie rock ‘n roll touring & survival – and a testament to what an awesome live act The Hicks are.”
- Toronto NFB Mediatheque

"A must see cinematic experience. This is a movie young bands can learn by."
- Spooky Records

"Dispelling every myth about the glamorous life of a touring rock band, the film ventures behind the scenes and deep below the surface.”
- The Far Paradise

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