The Flattrakkers kicked off their musical journey late September 2004 playing straight out Rockabilly and since then, with 2 successful album releases have come along way. The Flattrakkers are fast becoming one of Australia’s hottest rockabilly bands and are attracting attention all ‘round the world with loads of great tunes and gigs always in the pipeline. This Australian trio are Mark Hawkins on Lead Guitar & Vocals, Bruce Findlay Drums & Backing Vocals and Matt Ward Double Bass & Backing Vocals - if you’re lucky you might even see him bouncing around on that baby!! With a genuine look and sound of rockabilly the boys are all musically solid and together they’re tight and ready to rock. It's been said before if you're not at least tappin' your foot - check your pulse! Performing live The Flattrakkers have their own unique sound and a versatile set list with influences including The Stray Cats, Eddie Cochrane, Hank III, Johnny Cash, Sid King, Wayne Hancock and a whole heap more along with their genuine passion for kool cars, racing and ol’ speedway days. Their debut all original 12-track album HIGH OCTANE(now with 2 bonus tracks from album #2 SPEEDCAR DEMON) is available and has sold extremely well both in their home country and overseas and with this The Flattrakkers are staking their claim in the rockabilly scene. There are more than a few songs about kool cars and going fast, plenty of dancin' tunes and if you're into rockabilly, hot rods, racin’ or cruizin' you NEED to add High Octane to your CD collection. QUOTES: Alan Mayes - Car Kulture Deluxe USA The Flattrakkers flat rock! Both the band and the CD are aptly named. Just like the flat track racers they took their name from, they're goin' flat out from the drop of the flag. High Octane passes the CKD "leave-it-in-test". In other words, when we've listened to the CD long enough to do a review, we still leave it in the car so we can listen to it even when we don't have to! And we've been known to listen to this one several times over and over before we pull it out. Yeah, it's that good. It would be really difficult to pick a favourite song in here, but Red Hot Rockabilly Hot Rod sure ranks among them. But then so does Back For The Thrill....and High Octane....and Rock All Night.....and... I hope to be able to see this Australian (Newcastle, NSW) trio in person some day. It's apparent from their CD that they'd be a blast in person. They're one of those bands who open their songs with a riff that has the listener moving with the music and expecting it to rock. Check their MySpace page for a sample of one of their songs. The rest are that good, too. Get the CD. Lori Lee Cash - GreazeFest QLD Australia The Flattrakkers were next on stage and they pulled out all stops with a scorching set of hot rod rockabilly, great tunes and killer licks. Some greazers are saying they were the 'best' band of the weekend, but choosing one band out of nineteen is not in the GreazeFest game plan. What I can say is that they ROCKED and looked the part too with their pinstriped Gretsch and Coop devils head bass! These guys are have got this hot rod rockabilly sound nailed.