FREESTATE

Rock

Melbourne, Australia

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About

The combination of raw power and melody make for a powerful beast and Melbourne's FREESTATE launched their debut album with enough raw power and melody to quickly scale the heights of the Australian heavy rock scene.

With integrity and musical abilities akin to The Butterfly Effect and Karnivool and riffs that would make any Wolfmother proud, FREESTATE bring a presence which bridges the gap between the underground and the commercial, and pushes the boundaries of rock music genres.

Forming as FREESTATE in Melbourne in 2002, selecting a name that pertained to the state of freedom that their music brought to their lives- emotionally, spiritually and physically.

In 2006 the band began recording demos with producer Ricki Rae and throwing the results up on their MySpace. While surfing around one night, director of Sydney label Crusade Records Tom Vernette discovered the band and chased them down until he had their signatures.

"I was online one night and a friend of mine sent through a MySpace URL of a band they'd found. I had a listen and knew straight away that it was the right band for Crusade," said Vernette. "FREESTATE are the real deal both live and on record and it's an exciting project to be on board with."

Surrender is as solid a debut as you are likely to see from any act. With strength and groove in tracks like Twice Alive, hooks galore in tracks like Man Who Couldn't Lie and experimental sounds in Necessary and Phoenix, FREESTATE show themselves to be a band assured of both where they are and where they are headed....

Album out now in all stores. (Distribution Sony/Modern Music)

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l' enfance rouge, Aug 23, 2008:

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i giocattoli di clara, Nov 11, 2007:

TX SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADD!!! :)
SEE U SOON...

Green, Nov 6, 2007:

Necessary is a cool track. Keep up the awesome music.

SuicideGirls, Oct 16, 2007:

Thanks for the comment! We love you! xoxo SuicideGirls

Dame Culotte et Monsieur Slip, Aug 17, 2007:

[FR] : Salut a toi ami !! Juste une petite info pour t'annoncer que nous sommes en concert le 9 septembre a St escobille dans le sud de paris sur l'A10 ... pour fetter ca le site officiel se refait une peau neuve ... http://www.dameculotte-monsieurslip.com n'hesite pas a passer le voir y a plein de trucs rigolos et n'hsite pas non plus a laisser ta trace dans les ptis papiers de dame culotte
[EN] : Hello to you freind !! Just a little news to inform you we are on stage the 9 september in St escobille (south of paris)... in this way the official web site of the band gets totaly new !! http://www.dameculotte-monsieurslip.com feel free to come to see all the funny things and let your fingerprint in Dame Culotte's papers ... sorry for our dear freinds who speak only english but at this time web site is all in french english translation will come soon ... hurry up if you want to be the first to put few english words on it !!!

Dame Culotte et Monsieur Slip, Aug 10, 2007:

[EN] : Hello our freind !! Just this little comment to remember how mutch we loves you and how happy we are to be your freind ! [FR] : Bonjour a toi notre ami juste ce pti mot pour te dire combien nous t'aimons et combien nous sommes heureux d'etre tes amis !