As electronic music duo Peking Duk prepare to headline Cairns and Mackay’s epic music  festival The Grass is Greener this October, the band aka Reuben Styles and Adam Hyde took five to share their thoughts.

 

on STARTING OUT

Adam: Two young dudes, young, dumb and full of fun met each other at a skate park in Canberra, Australia. We were both doing music in different worlds when a mutual friend of ours brought our worlds together with the magic of fidget house music, like Old Crookers and Fake Blood.

Reuben: It changed our lives.

Adam: Our music then evolved from there.

 

on THEIR BAND’S NAME

Adam: It has nothing to do with the food. We were young when it came about and we were partying, and sometimes when you party you scrunch up your face.

Reuben: You could be at a party and sometimes you’re dancing in a corner just with your face like “wow” *scrunches face into munted duck face*.

 

on CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

Adam: Definitely Friday night at Splendour in the Grass with the lovely Aluna George on stage with us. That was on some next level shit.

 

on TOUR ESSENTIALS

Adam: Armaforce, Nurofen, coffee – hopefully there’s a café nearby. Sunglasses and Nintendo switch – shout out Mario Cart.

 

on LIFE IF THEY WEREN’T PRODUCERS

Adam: Probably still working at Macca’s.

Reuben: I’d still be a barista, we’re very talented baristas. There should be a barista competition for all the musicians in Australia. Because every musician used to be a barista.

Adam: You’d win!

 

on MUSICAL INFLUENCES

Adam: There were lots. I guess collectively Reuben and I share a lot of the same tastes, like Dr Dre’s 2001 album, The Strokes. Everyone goes through a lot of different phases growing up as a teenager with phases of metal, like Slayer and Megadeath. Then it sort of turns into hip hop, then dance music I guess.

 

 

“…we’re very talented baristas. There should be a barista competition for all the musicians in Australia.”

– Reuben Styles

 

on WHICH SUPERHERO THEY WOULD BE

Reuben: Spiderman so I don’t have to use the elevator.

Adam: I’d be Happyman – I’d point at people like “hey” and then they’re happy.

 

on NORTH QUEENSLAND’S FESTIVAL SCENE

Adam: North Queensland is dope and we can’t wait to get up there.

Reuben: People in North Queensland party the hardest, it was our favourite stop at Groovin The Moo [in Townsville] a couple of months ago.

Adam: Yeah, we got thrown out of one bar three times and they kept on letting us back in and I respect that.

Reuben: Even when the bar closed we climbed back in through the roof.

Adam: Haha, that’s a true story.

 

Peking Duk will headline The Grass is Greener. To see the boys live, go to thegrassisgreener.com.au

Cairns: October 14 at Cairns Showground

Mackay: October 21 at Botanic Gardens