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The Mess Hall are a two-piece drums and guitar combo based in Sydney , Australia specialising in "raw, edgy bluesy rock." The band is consists of Jed Kurzel ( Vocals / Guitar ) and Cec Condon ( Drums / Vocals ). HISTORY Original members Jed Kurzel and Anthony Johnsen began playing shows in 2001 and quickly gained a reputation as an exciting live act. Their 2003 EP , '' Feeling Sideways '', produced by Matt Lovell ( Something For Kate ) and Chris Joannou ( Silverchair ), earned an ARIA nomination for Best Independent Release.2 The same year, Johnsen left the band and was replaced by drummer Cec Condon3 of The Tremors and Mexico City. In 2005 , The Mess Hall released '' Notes From A Ceiling '' after a lot of anticipation. As well as releasing the Single " Metal And Hair ", the songs "Pills" and "Disco 1" received consistent radio play time on Triple J . The album won an ARIA award for Best Engineer and was included in both Triple J and Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2005. The band have played on the same bill as4 Tenacious D , You Am I , the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion , The Strokes , Kings Of Leon and Jet as well as playing at the Splendour In The Grass , Homebake , Falls and Big Day Out festivals. They have toured to Japan and the USA , including performances at SXSW 5 in Austin . The band has such covers on their live set list such as Nirvana 's " Breed " and Mudhoney 's " Touch Me I'm Sick ". The band also find themselves being constantly compared to The White Stripes but Kurzel expresses otherwise. ''"When we started to do our thing there was no White Stripes around. A lot of people I'm influenced by are a lot of old poor guys from the Mississippi who just play really honest and a dirty sort of blues. That's where The Mess Hall come from. We really never set out to be a two piece. It was just something that worked out that way"''.6 DISCOGRAPHY Albums
EPs and singles
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Nominations
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