Melbourne rock band The Vendettas are heading back to one of their favourite venues, the Piping Hot Chicken & Burger Grill in Ocean Grove.
The band has fond memories of the Chook Shop and lead singer Steve Redden is pumped to be playing at the iconic little venue again.
“We’ve saved the best for last,” he said.
“It’s the last date of a nine-date tour. We just got back from Wangaratta and the week before we were in Tassie.
“We love chucking all our stuff in the car and driving down the highway.”
The last time The Vendettas were in Ocean Grove was for the release of their single ‘6ft Under’ and this time it’s for ‘Long Gone’.
“It has a strong chorus that we all like,” Redden said..
“When we got around to recording it there were bits that weren’t quite making the cut.
“We’ve tinkered with it one last time and figured out the missing pieces, streamlined it and recorded it and it came out pretty good.”
The Vendettas are planning on taking a few months off from touring and are hoping to get back into the studio soon.
“We’re going to take January, February and March off playing gigs unless something we can’t say no to comes up,” Redden said.
“We’ll hopefully record maybe eight songs, but we’ve got 50 other ideas floating around.”
Redden said the gig at the Chook Shop promised to be a big one.
“We’ll be at the end of our tour so we’ll be letting our hair down,” he said.
“It will be a lot of fun. We’ll have some new songs and we’re looking forward to getting some honest feedback.
“We really feed off the crowd there and can’t wait to get back there.”
The Vendettas play at Piping Hot Chicken & Burger Grill, Ocean Grove, on Saturday December 17.
Tickets: trybooking.com
