Tone Deaf is proudly co-presenting Cherry Rock 011, featuring Jesse ‘The Devil’ Hughes, a reformed Died Pretty and Barrence Whitfield & The Savages. It also features appearances from some of Australia’s greatest rock n’ roll bands, so we thought we’d catch up with them and find out what makes Cherry Bar, AC/DC Lane and Melbourne so special to them.

Can you remember the first time you went to Cherry Bar? What did you like so much about it?

Unfortunately I can’t remember the first time I did a lot of things….but I immediately liked Cherry I think because it’s the one place in Melbourne where you can instigate a grope and a pash without actually having to carry on a conversation ….it’s easier to stick your tongue in some girls mouth than to lip read over the muzak.

What’s the one song you hear at Cherry that makes you want to get up on stage and bust out the rock star moves?

Get me buzzing enough and I will dance to anything. ANYTHING .

Growing up, what bands turned you in to the rock pigs you now are?

Bardot, Killing Heidi, The Veronicas – In that order.

We encourage responsible drinking, so if the owners shout you just the one drink – what would it be?

The drink that transforms me into both an erudite conversationalist and a dancer of Nureyev-like proportions….

Which of the artists playing Cherry Rock 011 would you most like to collaborate with?

Spencer P. Jones – he seems like a nice man.

If you were given a 20 minute DJ set at Cherry, what songs would you play to keep the crowd rocking?

‘Cop Killer’ – Bodycount
‘Know Your Product’ – The Saints
‘Television Addict’ – Victims
‘TV Party’ – Black Flag
‘12XU’ – Wire
‘Go Motherfucker Go’ – Nashville Pussy
‘Kicked In The Teeth’ – Zeke

We don’t promise you’ll get it all on the day at Cherry Rock 011, but what’s on your ideal rider?

The contents of the evidence room at Australian Federal Police headquarters, 12 bottles of still spring water and a crossbow. Please. (Oh, and a nice bottle of scotch). We are also firm believers in the “Tomorrow’s rider today” philosophy.

Everyone’s had a pretty wild night out at Cherry over the years. What happened on your wildest night – that we can print?

Anonymous toilet sex X 3

Melbourne’s fifth annual rock n’ roll street party Cherry Rock011 is on Sunday 1st May – get your tickets from www.oztix.com.au