Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com/ | Mon Mar 8 12:40:11 2004

Actually, it's his band or whatchamicallit. I had no idea it's a beer as well. Tickets on sale at the Albury SS&A for $45 a pop.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Mon Mar 8 12:45:40 2004

His band? What do you mean? All I saw was bottles of beer at the local bottle shop, not far from the Little Creatures and European imports.

Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com/ | Mon Mar 8 14:26:17 2004

He has a band with the same name.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Mon Mar 8 14:37:32 2004

Chopper Read has a band? He's a true Renaissance man. (Wasn't he doing standup comedy a while back too?)

I wonder what sort of music it is; I'm imagining something between TOFOG and dirty biker blues or something.

Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com/ | Mon Mar 8 15:09:46 2004

In fact they're playing the same venue in Albury as TOFOG did. Remember he put out an album out a few years back when he was still in Risdon gaol.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Mon Mar 8 15:24:21 2004

Wasn't that a spoken-word album?

If it was "Get Your Ears Off", then I saw that at a university market. I didn't buy it though. I believe it also had a warning on the back promising grievious bodily harm to anybody who samples it.

Posted by: Ropes | http:// | Mon Mar 15 01:54:36 2004

I was at the "Chopper Heavy" show this weekend at Tumbarumba, NSW. Its not a band, its a show with him speaking about his life & times. It was worth every bit of the $45. I paid. The show had a comedian as well who was ok. 2 and a half hours of decent entertainment I suppose. His beers not bad either, it was for sale on the night, I think its something like 7% alcohol as well.

Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com/ | Mon Mar 15 08:09:41 2004

Ahhh! I saw the ad in the local paper where he's doing the local rissole, I just assumed that he had a band or something. Silly me. Spoken word would make a lot more sense... Kudos on playing Tumbarumba, too!

Posted by: William | http:// | Mon Nov 22 23:53:04 2004

It looks like there is a website for the beer now too http://www.chopperheavy.com

Seems like it's being produced by a company called Legless Brewing - with the beer at 7% that sounds kind of appropriate.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org/ | Tue Nov 23 00:00:33 2004

Compared to the stuff they drink in Belgium (you know, that nondescript little country in Europe), that's nothing.

Posted by: she_devil_vamp | http://www.yafro.com/clubs/chopperreadfanclub | Sun Apr 17 12:47:58 2005

Chopper's Band was Actually called "Choper Read and the Blue Flames". He Released 2 Cd's While is Risdon Prison. Once Called "The Smell of Love" And the Other "Get your Ears off". He recorded Himself Talking/Rapping and Smuggled the Cassette Tapes out. Hence why Cassette Recorders are Banned From Prison now. Chopper is now doing the "Wild Colonial Psycho's Tour" With Mark Jacko Jackson. Its a Comedy Night of Spoken word. Chopper Talks about his Time in and out of Prison, Very Interesting and Amusing. Its a Comedy ngiht so its Funny aswell. He Signs Autugraphs an takes Photo's with people. They also Auction Off Framed Prints of him, Its pretty cool. Anyways I have met him twice and he is a great bloke. As fpr the Beer, well.... Just Drink it and "get your ears off" as Chopper would say! Cheers!