Iconic Australian rock band The Angels will return to Geelong next month to celebrate one of their most successful albums.
Guitarist and co-founder John Brewster said the 40th anniversary of the bands third album No Exit has brought back a “wave of emotions”.
“It was a pretty amazing and creative time for us writing this album, it holds a lot of great memories,” Brewster said.
No Exit reached number eight on the Australian album charts and drew worldwide attention to the band in 1979.
Brewster said he was excited to tour again with his “favourite album”.
“It’s great to be celebrating a wonderful record that we made back all those years ago,” he said.
“It’s something we’re really proud of so it’s nice to take the songs back on the road.”
Brewster kicked off what eventually became The Angels four decades ago after he asked his brother Rick to play with him in a band.
The Adelaide-born musician said he was the “black sheep” in his family of “classical musicians”.
“I was a bit different – I got into rock and roll when I was about 12-years-old,” he said.
“I remember standing in front of the mirror as a young kid with a tennis racquet pretending to play the guitar.”
Brewster’s original band The Moonshine Jug & String Band became one of Adelaide’s biggest bands.
The band then evolved into The Keystone Angels in 1974 and were later spotted at an Adelaide pub by AC/DC’s Angus Young and Bon Scott.
They have since enjoyed a career spanning more than 40 years with huge success in Australia, America, Canada, England and Europe.
Brewster features alongside Rick, son Sam, Dave Gleeson and Nick Norton in the current line-up.
“We’ve got three generations within the same band – the comradery between the five of us is wonderful,” Brewster added.
“Right through the bands history we’ve always been great live and it’s not any different now.
“We’re not just a blast from the past, we play with as much passion now as we ever did.“
Brewster said a unique aspect of the tour is that the band doesn’t have any support acts.
“It’s just us on stage the entire night performing the album along with some classics and rarities,” he said.
The Angels No Exit 40 Years On tour lands at The Gateway Hotel on 12 July.
“I’ve been coming down to Geelong since the 1970s and just love it,” Brewster said.
“Geelong was one of the first towns that discovered us before anyone else, so it’s always special coming back here.”
