Seminal Rats

Seminal Rats were an Australian punk, indie rock band which existed from 1984 until the death of their lead guitarist, Michael Weber, in January 1999.

[3] In the late 1980s McNeair and Weber formed the Slush Puppies with Shane Grubb on bass guitar and Phil Rose on lead vocals.

[5][6] In January 1999, Michael Weber died of a heroin overdose; Seminal Rats broke up, although they periodically returned to performing either as Cantankerous or under their original name.

[7] A 2× CD compilation album, The Essential Seminal Rats 1984-1991, was issued in August 2007, Trevor Block of Mess+Noise noticed, "[they] erupted into this landscape and quickly gained a firm foothold.

Five suburban lads with no sense of fashion, or coolness, just a fervent desire to play music that burned the ear the same way their own favourites did... [Weber and Harley] had an amazing degree of technical skill matched with powerful onstage presence, knowing just when to push and when to pull back.

Michael Weber 1989
Michael Weber 1998
Michael Harley 2005
The Seminal Rats 2008
The Seminal Rats 2010