Last week, Modern Error from Blacktown overcame three other bands - Iron Bar Hotel, from Sydney, Buddha in a Chocolate Box, from Hamilton and Palatial Digs from Perth - to win the Guinness Live Thursdays Grand Final.
Over 200 music fans supped the black stuff at the event at the Gaelic Theatre in Sydney as judges elected the five-piece to be the band that should head to Dublin for the upcoming Arthur’s Day celebrations, where they will play alongside the Scissor Sisters, Stereophonics, Paloma Faith and Calvin Harris.
In our opinion, the panel made the correct decision. While the Blacktown band's performance was a little high on the histrionics (we could have done without the guitarist striding to the middle of the stage and delivering his solo with one foot on the monitor while the lead singer was on his knees and the bassist was head-banging open-mouthed, if we're being honest), in terms of tunes, these guys were the best. Now, having frantically ordered their passports they'll be taking their melodic heavy pop-rock with nu-metal and emo edges across the world.
In case you haven't been paying attention, Arthur’s Day is a globally celebrated event honouring the life and legacy of Arthur Guinness – The man who introduced Guinness to the world when he signed the lease on the St. James’ Gate Brewery in 1759. 47 other countries will also be holding high-profile music events and celebrations to honour the remarkable life and legacy of Arthur Guinness.
As you can see by the below reaction to the judges' decision (which, from what our sources tell is, was not taken lightly at all and was a very close-run thing), the Modern Error boys are pretty happy to be heading to Ireland. We don't mind admitting we're kinda jealous.
