...one day whilst we were touring around the desert with our solar powered sound system (Labrats) my mate Rufus said why don't you call your band Combat Wombat... so we did.
It had alternative movie nights, dumpster picnics and many thriving underground and grass-roots gatheringsWe had this warehouse out the back that became known as the Pigeon Poo Palace, and that's where we started jamming with Elf Tranzporter.
This led to the release of the band's debut album, Labrats Solar Powered Sound System, and their subsequent signing to Elefant Traks.
These insights and other visions of a well-travelled childhood, along with what we're witnessing in today's world, prompted us to express thoughts and feelings in a creative way.Brown is a Hip hop artist and film maker from Melbourne Australia.
She is the founder of United Struggle Project, recording music and making film clips with artists in refugee camps, slums and prisons.
Brown has been involved in the Sonic Boom collective of artists as a Youth Workshop facilitator working on remote Aboriginal communities in the central and western desert in Australia and Palm Island.
Since 2000 she has conducted workshops on music, hip hop lyric writing, theatre, circus and film production working with 'youth at risk' and disadvantaged youth.
Wasabi first played with Combat Wombat when they were doing a free party in Newcastle, New South Wales in 2000, but didn't officially join the group until 2002.
In 2004 he was invited to remix "Waltzing Matilda" for comic outfit Scared Weird Little Guys and subsequently performed with the trio at the Melbourne Comedy Festival National Telethon.
[7] In addition to the above duties, he's also shared the stage with the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Jurassic 5 and Grand Wizard Theodore, whilst also playing a crucial role in the development of Melbourne-based acts such as True Live and Red Eyes.