Bio

We are 'The Milkmen'!! A three piece acoustic groove rock band Based in Perth Western Australia Meet the Band - Conor Mcloughlin (23) is the Front man/Songwriter, he plays acoustic and electric guitar and he is the lead vocalist. He was born in Milton Keynes, England and moved to Australia in 1998. Elliot Careswell (22) is the bass player and backing vocalist. He was born in Manchester, England and moved to Australia in 1996. Jonathan Riviere (26) is the drummer, percussionist and also does some backing vocals. He was born in Paris, France and moved to Australia in 2007. The Style - The Milkmen are difficult to fit into one genre. They have been called many styles from acoustic groove rock to blues and roots to melodic lyrical rock or even new acoustic because the acoustic guitar drives the sound. Recently Conor has started playing clean and distorted electric guitar on some songs so they can't just be called acoustic anymore as every song is a different style to the next. The Milkmen don't have a set style because they aren't just one style. 'Genres are boundaries'. The Milkmen are a band for everyone because everyone likes different music. With no offensive language, they bring in fans of all ages and almost every song contains a positive message relating to true life experiences that anybody can relate to. Their main musical influences consist of Dave Matthews Band, Glen Hansard (The Frames and Swell Season), Mumford and Sons, Incubus, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, David Gray, Kings of Leon, The Kooks, Kasabian, Oasis, The Beatles and many more. The Story - In early 2006, Conor Mcloughlin and Elliot Careswell, two childhood mates were both pursuing their music careers at Leederville Central TAFE. They were given an assignment to write a few songs and perform them in front of the whole music department. This was the birthday of 'The Milkmen'. Since then they have been writing music and started working towards getting a band together. They have been playing gigs around Fremantle and Northbridge but have also made it out to Margaret River Settlers Tavern, Gnowanagerup Hotel and Moora. The Milkmen supported Perth band 'End of Fashion' as part of the Australia Day Celebration at Langley Park Foreshore in early 2008. In late 2008 Elliot found their new drummer Jonathan Riviere, he was playing a small gig at a Perth university in his mates’ reggae band. Jonathan cleaned up a lot of the rhythm section and brought the feel that The Milkmen were looking for. The Milkmen have also had one of their earlier songs (Every Corner) played on 96fm's 6 o'clock rock report and were interviewed by Gavin Miller in 2007. They have written all together over 70 Original songs. They have been keen to get in some good band comps to help their career. The Milkmen played at 2007 Royal Show Coca Cola 'Be the Band' Competition and it was a great way to make a name for themselves. They pushed to get in some more band competitions. With their new drummer Jono, 'The Milkmen' were ready to step up. In April 2009 'The Milkmen' walked away with $15 000 in cash and prizes after winning the Rockingham Hotel Battle Of The Bands, they had lots of newspaper exposure and considered it to be a great success. They recorded their EP 'Always Deliver' at Satellite Studios Burswood July 2009. Their song ‘Who We Are’ from the Ep also featured on a compilation CD. Acoustika Vol 19 (272 Records, Hollywood, USA) was released November 30th 2009. ‘Always Deliver’ is now available for preview on their Myspace website -(www.myspace.com/themilkmenband ). It is also available for download from their official website for free – www.themilkmen.comyr.com Early August 2010 The Milkmen recorded their brand new album ‘The Man with the Plan’ at Poonshead studios in East Fremantle with Rob Grant. This album was launched 15th October 2010. ‘The Man with the Plan’ has now been generating quite a bit of interest. Following the release the album was sent to Radio Fremantle on which they played a track that night and got The Milkmen in for and interview a couple of days later. 5 tracks of the new album were played on air that night and they performed two tracks live on the air. The title track ‘The Man with the Plan’ has already been featured on their second compilation CD titled ‘Rocky Blues Volume 4’ – Bluetongue Records (Kwinana, Western Australia). Shortly after signing up with a website called ‘Gig Launch’ for artist and promoters (www.giglaunch.com), The Milkmen had submitted their profile to number of promoters and had some good responses. They won a booking/distribution contract with a company in San Francisco called ‘Domantay Sports and Entertainment Agency’. John Domantay is now working towards getting The Milkmen a Good Record Deal and sponsors to support a spring break tour in USA early 2011. Another promoter interested in The Milkmen was Hubbub Music UK who gave The Milkmen a free 4 week music promotion campaign, sending their brand new album around UK and USA. So far they have been featured on podcasts throughout England UK and Texas and Oklahoma USA. Their Most recent achievements came late November 2011 when The Milkmen walked away with first prize after winning Avon Rock 2010 band competition in Northam. Their prize was 8 hours recording at Satellite Studios with Darren Halifax and $1000 music voucher for ‘Music Park’. ‘The Milkmen’ went back into the Studio on 2nd March 2011 and recorded two brand new tracks ‘A Better Life for us to Live’ and A Picture of You’, So expect a new single out soon. Even more impressive was their achievement in getting to the top 8 of the 170 Perth bands who entered the Mix 94.5 fm Bon Jovi support band comp. The Milkmen live for their music and want to take it as far as it will take them. They are very keen to take it to the next level and get their music heard by as many people as possible. "We’re all about good music with captivating lyrics"