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Expatriate derive their name from the collective experiences of their youth.
Front man Ben King grew up in the midst of Jakarta, behind the walls of a United Nations meets ‘Dazed and Confused’ international school - he was living the contradiction of isolation in a big city.
It was here King first cut his teeth on politics, watching the corrupt regime of Indonesian President Suharto from behind the utopian society of a school without nationalities, flags or borders. At lunchtime students traded cassette tapes, recipes and languages. Argentinean friends introduced him to The Cure. A student cover band introduced him to Nirvana at assembly.
It was a stark contrast when he returned to Australia at 15 to attend a traditional boarding school. King left behind friends and loves, later studying politics at Sydney University before pursuing music full time.
Drummer & percussionist Chris Kollias - also an expatriate in many ways - spent his formative years grappling with colliding cultures. The son of migrant parents, his early musical influences came from his father’s transistor radio. The sounds of the Greek Underground ‘Rembetika’ - a style of music which originated from the forced immigration of 2 million Greek refugees from Asia Minor - would sing out, while on the TV screen unfit athletes would hit a shiny red ball and VB beer advertisements would bring a smile to his face.
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expatriateband: Sydney, round 2 tonight...! At Spectrum.
23 May 2012 | from twitter.com/expatriateband
- expatriateband: Our b-side to Do You Remember. http://t.co/awuV0BPG 22 May 2012 | from twitter.com/expatriateband
- expatriateband: Check out the 'Making Of...' our video for 'Do You Remember' over at… 22 May 2012 | from twitter.com/expatriateband
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