Tumbleweed - Daddy Long Legs

[Sicario08aus]

Eventho highschool was a blur for me, I remember these guyz and how can I forget the "Gong" especially weekends..esp. Sunday afternoon ---> Girls, turbo Rotaries and weed!!!! lol

[FliesLikeABanana]

3 people have budgie lungs!



[MissMelification]

They rocked my 90's!! Saw them @ the Lansdown one NYE - it was soooo hot they turned the fire hose on us. I don't know how they survived it but the night was AWESome!! I saw them everywhere - even at the BDO i think?? i miss that 90's sydney scene :(

[blackpeter70]

I like me a nice riff!

[RichKilla86ers]

cool guitar riffs

[StixMcG]

I am 15, and dead proud to be from the same area as these legends, I even know the drummers daughter!

[DiaryOfAMadfan]

@StixMcG I know the drummers daughter as well, shes in my year at my school :)

[instantstupidity]

@StixMcG same here

[larakai4]

@StixMcG same!

[steve26cairns]

Saw them live at the Tote in Collingwood in a free gig with a free bbq and $1pots...shows how old I am now. They were fkn awesome live!!!

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

@steve26cairns They still are! ;) \m/

[ohdear1964]

@steve26cairns That's fuckin' great!!!

[leviandersonXXX]

man the collector at parramatta god 94-95??? fuck knows loved the weed!!! never forget the dude ripping the air con vent outta the roof!!! the whole place stopped!!! lol ya had to be there.....

[titaniumslug]

The original is better: watch?v=z0nK6dlbfmU

[paulteaguy]

The guitarist is my year 10 film video teacher this year. I feel so honerd.

[instantstupidity]

@paulteaguy Go Mr Curley !!!

[footscraysteve]

WOW !! See U guys at the Rockdogs on sunday Outa site !!!

[001lostagain]

these fkas roc they were betta live than silverchair bac in the days of aussie pioneer grunge

[mistalental]

seeing them tomorrow night at Fowlers in Adelaide.... gonna be a great night

[adam375]

1994 UWA Refectory with Bodyjar and Spiderbait. My first gig ever at the age of 13. I'm pretty sure Richie damaged my left ear by screaming as walked by the pa after crowd surfing. Shit happens. Caught them again last Saturday at the rosemount. I think there's a lot be learnt for young bands here.

[1LifeMeantToBeLived]

When Tumbleweed playing Canberra? If not Sydney?

[fawnication]

sounds like the hudoo guru's except vintage & cooler!

[stagros]

@ozzybob - with a very young Jebediah supporting at what was to be the last gig for the original line up of Tumbleweed for a long time

[stagros]

aah you kids don't know what volume is - hear more at these shows . .

Saturday June 4 - The Brisbane Hotel Hobart

Friday June 10 - The Indi Bar Scarborough Perth

Saturday June 11 - The Rosemount Hotel North Perth

Sunday June 12 - Mojo’s Fremantle

Saturday June 18 - Fowlers Live Adelaide

Friday June 24 - The Corner Hotel Melbourne

Saturday June 25 - The Barwon Club Hotel geelong

Sunday June 26 - Elsternwick Park AFL Community Cup

[ozzybob]

The planet night club !! charles street PERTH 1995 !! The best loudest kick ass fuckin balls out rockin out gig iv ever seen .......... I was only 18 !! (not like the song) coming to perth again this june ............ You think im f!@#n excited ???? AM I WHAT

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

@ozzybob Love the excitement :) You'll be blown away, they're killing it live!

[dielaughing73]

Keep coming back to this vid.. saw them at the BDO ages ago, f*cking loudest thing I ever heard man

[tahliasdad1]

The ol' Tumbles are supporting Kyuss in Sydney this weekend at Luna Park's Bigtop... yep...Kyuss and Tumbleweed... I'm gunna be peakin for weeks woohoo

[TheWheelofLife100]

@tahliasdad1 ...Saw them last night,didn't know much about Tumbleweed,now I do,not bad,got some Tumbleweed music catching up to do,of course Kyuss was excellent,they didn't play "Unsandpiper",I don't know why,was a little disappointed,oh well.

[tahliasdad1]

@TheWheelofLife100 ... All was goin well until the Tumble's frontman says " Turn it up Duncan ", and then our ears didn't stop convulsing until the end of Kyuss...hahaha... maybe I'm gettin to old..was a great night that's for sure..

[TheWheelofLife100]

@tahliasdad1 ..Yes, it certainly was.

[tahliasdad1]

The ol' Tumbles are supporting Kyuss in Sydney this weekend at Luna Park's Bigtop... yep...Kyuss and Tumbleweed... I'm gunna be peakin for weeks woohoo

[TheFade30]

ah fuck yeah, good ol stoner rock. They really don't make music like this anymore...

[Freddyfartbox]

When I was learning guitar this was one of the first songs I figured out by ear, fucking classic.

[gavmeg711]

i have clear recollections ( ok acid hazy) of them at Livid at west end before helmet and the beastie boys headlined - the boys were brilliant ..needed physio for weeks after that day

[drewhs]

@gavmeg711 I remember that too. Check the Tumbleweed facebook page, there is a great photo taken from the stage that day

[jeppoification]

guaranteed these dudes are from Dapto

[ZombieDime]

If we say crazy Mary five times in the mirror will she come get us?

Or maybe say Tumbleweed five times and they do a show in the back shed?

[jazandginger]

wicked cool...Albion park sux!!

[wdthomas75]

totally RAD!

[dereksoundcloud]

ive never seen the term "stoner rock" used this accurately

[120119730]

Had never seen Tumbleweed play live until Friday 25th June at the HiFi Melbourne I will never forget that night wow....the best Australian Band that I have ever seen live......totally blown away

[jeffbiggles]

this guitar riff is so cool.good stuff.

[jessitar15]

They are playing a gig on the 21st of June at the Hi Fi in Melbourne

[myleftboot]

Shit yeah!

[R4D4R2000]

hey Mary, heard any news of the Weed coming back to Melb?

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

@R4D4R2000 Hey, I don't hear any news personally but their Facebook page is the best place to keep an eye on things :)

[stagros]

June 25th

[nervybanana]

@JinxmasterMKII

Tumbleweed fuckin rocked! Still got it.

[feedityourhead]

does anybody know if there is a clip or fish out of water?

[stagros]

search it

[TheBradyJones]

THIS!!

[luckyphilster]

god this was freakin gold at homebake yesterday!!

[AMuscleInTheDark]

I heard that Richie is gonna sing the national anthem at some table-tennis comp in Melbourne some time in Jan!! No Callum - No Marco. Go the Weed.

[eagleeyetool]

they are playing a tour up the coast early next yr..and they are playing at homebake...they kick ass man....:)

[eagleeyetool]

not even jokin man the energy was fucken awsome..!!

[750valve]

this song went off @ Waves last night!!!! Go the weed

[aphexxx77]

r they playing again??? or is it one of those 'reunion tours'?

[stagros]

will get it's first live airing in 15 years this weekend

nice

[gcastell09]

Yes one of the great Australian bands.

[lejandko]

How good is this! Really? Woolongong on 31st October?? I'm so there!

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

@hatonwood Waves nightclub 31 December 2010!!!

[bullymac68]

@CrazyMaryCrazyMary Where's Waves nc?

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

@bullymac68 Waves is at Towradgi, near Wollongong. Tix on sale now :)

[iamLizardJohnny]

WELL I"M CAUGHT IN A WEB, AND THE WEBS NOT MIIIIIINE

fuck yes tumbleweed!

[sebnj]

woooohoooooo bring on the renaissance of the Weed!!

[charon000]

the weed definitely had some sick songs.

[clutch083]

Best Aussie band EVER!!

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

Tumbleweed are reforming for Homebake! And...

"The reformed line-up will play a number of shows as a warm-up for the Homebake show. The band hasn't discussed recording any new material but they haven't ruled it out either."

[iamLizardJohnny]

i wanna go see one of there warm up shows!

i'm not paying that much to go see homebake with too many shite bands. :P.

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

Yeah I'm not going just for them either. That line about warm-up shows was removed from the article a few hours after I copied it - the Homebake contract says they can't play a few months either side of it - but I'm keeping my eyes open.

[R4D4R2000]

where did you hear this info?

I can oly hope it's gonna happen..

BRING BACK THE WEED!!!!!!!!!

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

Yep it's happening - tix are onsale now from moshtix

[R4D4R2000]

They're coming to Melbourne!!!!!!!!!

[herny69]

this is such a good song to headbang too, bring back the weed!

[mojacob123hardcore]

they are playing at homebake 09

[frankparadise]

still one of my fav live bands... where did they go!!

[kingfelixband]

love the Sabbath inspired clip reminded me of Paranoid ....................... seen these guys play and since the days then ....great blokes

[ptl79]

I love the big fuzzy ound of the weed.

the last 3 chords are the best!

[R4D4R2000]

BRING BACK THE WEED!!

'the sun, it shines' - J Curly.

[quantumfoamnow]

my fave gig the weed did was @ the burland community hall in newtown when they were joined with the meanies at the end and did "god gave rock and roll to you" ! also seeing em do interstelar overdrive was quite a gas :-)

[phunnymonkey]

Had a funny/strange encounter with Tumbleweed and one of their groupies in Perth during and after one of their gigs -- they had to come by our digs and reclaim her!

[jaypster2828]

now i feel like im at the barwon club.

[nickeax]

I live in Geelong too!

[pharmajoe990]

Shit yeah! Then on to the nash

[barac]

The weed rocked!! Saw these guys live so many times as a kid...

... that riff man... it always makes me feel good

[Rumplestiltskin001]

They were awesome... but came just too late for grunge and had split by the time stoner became popular.

My Best Gig of All Time was with these guys at Headlands Hotel in Austinmer.

[stagros]

ha ha

[derekr78]

Big Day Out. Sydney. 1995. Does anyone else remember the fans 'stage diving' off the lamp posts (that would be lamp post diving wouldnt it??) that must've been about 3 or 4 metres above crowd level? Until one of the light fittings broke off and fell into the crowd......

[jimmyhobbit]

i was there that day...........

[sucksqueezebangblow]

high watermark....yeah yeah totally, so much better than ac/dc

[gronk101]

love the ending from about the three minute mark....Lenny looks the JAZZ!!!

[sweetcarmate]

Have been jamming with some friends and tried this song from memory - after some aborted attempts with tunings - with the miracle of modern communication tech, we 'tubed the vid and all fell into a big "best gigs ever" discussion instead. Again, thanks for the post, CrazyMary. Oh, we did eventually figure out the tuning and riffs - after a few more beers an' cones,etc ;-)

[davidwade6666]

LOVE this song! What ever happened to these cunts? They are actually one of the decent bands to come from Australia. (the other band being The Mavis's)

[sammynb1]

For anyone interested the square image is the old Wollongong council building in Coniston.

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

Interesting, I lived in Coniston for a few years but I didn't know that!

[sweetcarmate]

Thanks CrazyMary, this is great! Just stumbled across while looking up old bands I'd seen by keying in the band name from the old ticket stub!

Loved Tumbleweed, a high water mark in oz rock.

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

That's awesome, they must be some pretty old ticket stubs! Only caught them live once but that memory's lasted me 15 years, so they must have been alright.

Hope you make some other good re-discoveries :D

[palenoise]

Thanks for making it possible for a wog to see a Tumbleweed video after so many years.

Are they still together?

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

They're not, but members have wound up in other bands - The Pink Fits, Richie and the Creeps, The Unheard...check out the comments further down for a bit of info :)

[tooninoz]

Cheers Mary, thats just mint. Last time I saw them was their final trip up here at Maroochydore with Screamfeeder and a local band, Chin. Fuck-ups galore and Weed didnt come on til like 2am....but what a gig. How about a petition to get a tour for them, the Meanies, Hard-Ons and Bris legends Blowhard? haha How chaotic would that be? Onya mate.

[mosrite666]

crazymary, ive been waiting to see these vids for so long. I can still remember seeing them at the zoo at long jetty on the nsw central coast with bands like def fx, meanies, etc. Brings back good memories. I also just found swervedrivers, mustang ford, wish id had the hindsight to record some of it.

[gustachov]

i love hearing this song when im stoned

[tallie84]

love this song

[fiflym8]

i love this song

[rezzuc]

I think he also alternates between 'hear' and 'fear' in the 'Doobie Do' section

Always wished they'd included lyrics with their cd's! Awesome song - Unforgettable band!!

[smicko77]

I pretty sure they did on their first EP

[rezzuc]

I always heard:

The spider spins its web, She spins the Daddy Long Legs, She hangs above my bed, Eight-legged acrobatic, Mosquito fills her net, Caught up within its splendour, It hangs above my bed, As I lie back and wonder

There is no accident, The spider has its reason, It holds a sacrament, Just like the changin' season, As in the spider web, Each strand a magnum opus, Designed to stand the test, Everything has its purpose

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

Thanks rezzuc, I finally got around to updating it. Your magnum opus line is genious!

[scraperTSB]

The unheard have 'released' a cd with some live rehearsal songs on them... By 'released' i mean, thrown out for free at their gigs.

They're great Rock n Roll / R&B stuff.

[scraperTSB]

"everything" has its purpose... that's the only other one i could get.

If you like these guys, Check out The Pink Fits and The Unheard... got a guy or two from tumbleweed... personally i reckon they've improved with age. Both bands are amazing.

[CrazyMaryCrazyMary]

Thanks man, I'm on the road at an internet cafe so I hope I slotted the line into the right place.

I have an Unheard demo from back beyond the Weed days but haven't listened to the more recent stuff - should give it a go.

[dansocks]

fucken unreal!!!

[redamusprime]

aweseome!!