Epicure (band)

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Epicure, from left: Juan Alban, Dan Houlihan, Dom Santamaria, Tim Bignell and Heath McCurdy.

Epicure are an Australian rock band from Ballarat, in regional Victoria. They came to national prominence in 2003 when two of their tracks, "Armies Against Me" and "Life Sentence", were picked up by Triple J radio. These songs featured on the "Goodbye Girl" album, released in March 2004. Both reached the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003, whilst a third track from the album, "Self Destruct in 5", made the Triple J Hottest 100, 2004.

The band spent much of 2003/04 touring Australia, particularly regional areas. In late 2003 they supported US rock group Live on their Australian tour, and also played at the Big Day Out festival in January 2004. They played at both Falls Festivals in December 2004.

Their 3rd full length album "Main Street" was released in October 2005, and features the single "Tightrope Walker".

1 Members
2 History
3 Discography
4 External link

[edit] Members

Heath McCurdy (Keyboards)
Juan Alban (Vocals/Guitar)
Dan Houlihan (Lead Guitar)
Tim Bignell (Bass)
Dom Santamaria (Drums)

[edit] History

Started in 1996 as a school rock band called 'Pima's Little Finger', Epicure's 5 original members Juan Alban, Michael 'Brownie' Brown, Tim Bignell, Dom Santamaria and Luke Cairnes played their first gig at the Dunstown Footy Club in 1996 only to be booed off stage in favour of cold chisel. They released their first recording in 1996 - a demo tape named 'The Least of These'. Their 'Home' was Ballarat's local live music pub nicknamed 'The Rat' (The Bridge Mall Inn, now known as Tubbie's Bar). After they released their first EP 'The Means to an End', they were picked up by Flugelhorn Records and managed by Mark Eatock, who bought out the Bridge Mall Inn in early 1999. Shortly after the release of Elevator, Michael Brown and Luke Cairnes both decided to leave the band. The remaining members recruited 2 new musicians - Dan Houlihan (Lead Guitar) and Dean Shannon (Keyboard). These 2 new members brought about a new feeling to the band, and Dean became quite popular with the crowds for his showmanship. Unfortunately, a dispute between the band and Dean occurred in mid 2004 which resulted in Dean leaving and a new keyboard player, Heath McCurdy joining.