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Try as you might, its just not possible to make it to each and every gavin gig. So as a public service we have provided these reviews -written by members of the band, fans, punters, and general hangers on - so that You, the reader, can live a little of the rock & roll lifestyle that may come as second nature to us but is sometimes unfortunately out of reach of regular, more together, members of society.

DISCLAIMER: Gavin take no responsibility for the appropriateness or correctness of any of the following articles. It is possible that they may be loosely based on actual events, but it is more than likely they are complete fabrications.
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Tree Planting, then Gavin
"MELBOURNE band "Gavin" drew quite a crowd of young people to Mirboo North's Community Building, "The Grainstore" recently. "Gavin" played an amazing selection of their own original songs, some of which were available on the night on their new CD, recently produced by the band." Cut out from Leongatha's Star Newspaper ...


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Epsy, March 2002 Review
Thursday March 7 review Mighty Boy, The Hybernators, Gavin, Automan, Motorace The show moved to the Front Bar this week, due to Motorace playing in the Gershwin Room. Automan got the night of to a bright start. Good pop/rock songs, great playing. Thanks for filling in at short notice. Gavin sounded great. Great vocals combined with twin guitars made for pop heaven. Teenage Fan Club com...


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FishStock 2000
26th February 2000 FISHSTOCK 2000, Fish Creek "all praise to the fish" A festival in the middle of nowhere, a stage set in a paddock of a farm, miles of camp space, back stage tents with riders, a 1km walk from the car to the stage with equipment, a dead frozen...


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Unwritten Law Forum
The following was ripped from Unwritten Law's forum... the what band? :: posted -> 7/18/2001 22:51 : by -> MotorAce28 I know this site is for Unwitten Law but what the hell while this clown above posted his message about another band so am I!!! CHECK OUT "GAVIN" THE AUSSIE BAND OF THE FUTURE TRUST ME THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD. GO TO THERE SITE www.gav-net.com - LISTEN TO T...


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Greyhound Hotel, November 2000 Review
Tuesday November 14 Inpress Now Playing presents Sweet Chuck, Gavin, 20Centuries review Sweetchuck attracted the largest crowd for the night. They didn't disappoint with a power pop/punk approach. Catchy songs well played with style. Gavin were a revelation. Owing a debt to You Am I they put on an intense performance. The singer stood out with a great voice and lots of passion shown on stage...


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WAMI Recovery
18th September The elusive Punter's Club gig... Still recovering from their WAMI piss drinking onslaught (the perth trip), gavin, armed with gru's sore throat and old guitar strings, tore up the stage as the first act of the night at the grand old Punter's Club. All the classic favorites wer...


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Putting out the laundry
3rd August The Laundry, Fitzroy Well the long anticipated Laundry gig took place last Thursday night as scheduled but not without the usual gav-related difficulties... Gru and Duff's navigational skills showed top form with 45 minutes of pre-gig blockies trying to find the damn venue, and neither moron bringing ...


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Greyhound Hotel
With a small crowd of good friends, gavin opened the show in surprising fashion with the pop/shlock favourite Jellybeans - probably the best version ever performed by the band. And the EP favourite Secret Things graciously followed it... Unfortuantly, this graciousness only lasted until the second chorus of the final track of the Tale of two cities ep ("ep plug" - A Tale of Two Cities by gavin...


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Tarwin with Should
13th May 2000 Riverview Hotel, Tarwin Lower with Should A mix of poor stage sound, bad amplifier placement, out of tune guitars, a rotten set list, free beer and one of the worst encores in the history of rock music... These were the key elements in a rather poor performances by...


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Gavin & The Brown Pelican
15th March 2000 Monash University, Churchill Campus with Mr Brown and Mach Pelican In front of a very small crowd but with Russ' monster PA system, and Leigh's lighting expertise, gavin played a tight set of their choicest numbers to an approving and cosy little group of u...


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