Melissa's  Partisan

The Story :- 'Here's a story of a lovely lady ...'

Two or three years ago Peter A {"Must add that "A"..."} and Arthur were attending Guitar lessons at the ever hip and groovy and young Melbourne institution, the Rock'n'Roll High School. Peter A and Arthur were getting so good at playing their guitars (Arthur in particular) that they started to think... "I should find another Guitar player who can play Lead Guitar (Peter), or Rhythm Guitar (Arthur)." They had known each other for a while, but not as fine Guitar players and songwriters. Around this time also a young female, Maureen was learning Guitar and Drums, at the Rock'n'Roll High School also. [Maureen's partner, Tim was and still is playing in the band called Grace {nothing wrong with that name!}]
     Rock'n'Roll High School soon saw that Peter, Arthur and Maureen should practice together and see how that went ("... in that tiny room in Richmond"). It went so well, that Peter, Arthur and Maureen are now the core of what has become known as (to very few people mind you, thanks to ...?@#*!)... MELISSA'S PARTISAN...
    Later on, Tricia, a young woman learning Bass Guitar at the Rock'n'Roll High School, was drafted in to play the aformentioned instrument. She would play Bass with the group and record on  a 3 track demo, (one of these tracks 'Biggest Critic' appears on the 3rd Rock'n'Roll High School Compilation CD).
    Unfortunately, the arrangement of Tricia playing Bass, didn't quite work out and now they were about to play some shows. They then drafted in Tim (Maureen's marital partner), whom had been practicing with them on a casual basis at their [becoming frequent] other (?) rehearsal day on Tuesdays, at a location other than Rock'n'Roll High School. With Tim, they then played three gigs, in late '97, but soon realised that the new arrangement of Tim playing Bass in the group, was not quite working out for now.
    In late 1997, they started auditioning for a new bass player, several bass players around Melbourne, were asked to try out, my good self (Simon!) was one of these bass players. I attended a rehearsal at RNRHS [Yes, I have been taking lessons at the school, learning Bass Guitar and Drums(?!@#*] and have been drafted into the fold since January/February 1998.
    Since January/February 1998, we have played shows every month since April, with groups such as Skip Tracer, Doloris, Unbenumb and Kacha (Another band formed at Rock'n'Roll High School). [A reasonably diverse bunch of acts listed there, you would agree!] We also performed at the Rock'n'Roll High School Compilation #3 CD Launch, which included acts such Sheraw, (the ever fabulous) Tirany, Tuff Muff, Bindi and Oiska.
    In September / October, however band members argued over recording new stuff and Simon has since left (or told to f*** off / "walk the plank ..."). The band are now doing what they please and Simon is busy with other stuff principly with his University studies (which none of MP, have been able to achieve).
    Recently, Tim whom filled in for Tricia, before the arrival of Simon has returned to Bass duties...

Band Members :-
Peter A (Vocals, Guitar), Arthur (Vocals, Guitar), Maureen (Drums),
Tricia (Bass Guitar) 1996-1997, Tim (Bass) 1997-1998, 11/98-,
Simon (Bass, Keyboards, Vocals) 2/'98-10/'98.

Recordings

3 Track Demo [1997]
Tracks -
Biggest Critic, Chinchilla Girl, Almost Gone.

Rock'n'Roll High School Compilation CD #3    MDs    [6/1998]
Melissa's Partisan track - Biggest Critic,

5 Track Demo [1998]
Tracks recorded - Almost Gone, Ever Miss, Smash Everything, Vertigo & Why.
Tracks on Demo - Biggest Critic/Almost Gone/Ever Miss/Vertigo/Smash Everything/Why!
(Surprise, surprise! This demo has all 3 bass players [Tricia {Biggest Critic}, Tim {Almost Gone, Ever Miss, Vertigo, Smash Everything}, Simon {Why!}] playing on it!)

News / Links :-

This WWW homepage operator, Simon has departed from Melissa's Partisan. This ends his nine month association / tenure with this band. There were plenty reasons why he departed, these are some of the key reasons...

Those certain members of band, 'ganged up' on him and asked him to leave.
Certain members of band, he thought he could trust, were patently untrustworthy.
The newer songs of MP, did not involve any of his input (making him feel, as he did all along, a bit of a hired hand) and seemed to him to be keeping these new songs secret / away from him.
The attempt by MP to then record new MP songs, when he was still in the band without his attendance. (Despite them achieving virtually nothing, when they actually tried).
m m m m Musical differences, for example, see the following set of links.
Having seen certain bands / acts and written his own stuff on Bass, he was 'getting the itch' to get his own band together or a band with people he knew liked similiar sort(s) of music to him.

Links :-

Peter A's
A Jeff Buckley home page
An Even home page
A Foo Fighters home page
A Hecate / Litany home page
A Hole lotta links (Gee, a rocket scientist named this home page?!@#*%$) home page
A Jane's Addiction home page
A Magic Dirt home page and another magic dirt home page...
A Nirvana home page (maybe not THE page, but a page!)
A page about The Rock'n'Roll High School
A Swervedriver home page (maybe not THE page, but a page!)
A You Am I home page

Arthur's
A Camper Van Beethoven home page...
An Eric's Trip home page in their SubPop Records era...
A Fur home page (NOT the Page, but a Page)
A Midget home page (NOT the Page, but a Page, nonetheless...)
The (YES!) THE Tea Party home page...
A Neil Young home page (NOT the Page, but a Page, that looks OK...) and another Neil Young home page
 
Maureen's
A Bauhaus home page, a The Sweetest Drop: The Peter Murphy Home Page home page and  Bauhaus and Related Projects Complete Discography home page
The Damned home page...

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