By Justin Flynn
Slowly building a fan base with regular gigs, local band RAK’T will play the Sphinx Hotel on the Australia Day long weekend.
The five-piece Geelong band formed only last year but lead singer Krystle Stosic said she wanted RAK’T to get even bigger.
“I guess we have been playing in this current format since last year,” she told the Indy.
“It’s taken off from there. We dabbled a bit in different line ups for a number of years.
“It’s still quite fresh at the moment. We just want to build a fan base at the moment and get it out there.
“We’ll see what the year brings but we’re booked out for the first half and we’re more than open to branching out on the Surf Coast. The main objective this year is to get experience and a really good following.”
Stosic described RAK’T a a versatile band that played songs from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.
“It’s a really fun night and we’ll try and put some millennium songs out there as well to attract younger punters,” she said.
“It’s mostly songs from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s – everyone just knows the words.
“We like to play stuff you don’t always hear from other bands per se. Our audience is always very supportive.”
The band name comprises initials of each members’ names, although with five band members and four letters it isn’t immediately apparent how that works.
“The apostrophe is for one of the band member’s names – Jess – we tried to make it look like a J,” Stosic explained.
“RAK’T when said out loud means noise so it kind of went from there.”
RAK’T plays the Sphinx on 27 January.
“If anyone wants a good night, come see our gigs and see what we can do,” Stosic said.
“Give us a go and experience a really fun night.”
