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Faker's Nathan Hudson
Before the record deals and festival gigs, I sat down for a quiet coffee with the enigmatic Faker leadman in 2003 and talked day jobs and insomia.
"My head was caught up in the world falling apart, which was fine. It's good to be caught up in that from time to time, but it was seriously fucking with my head on levels which I didn't see as much... There's a vibe that my head isn't going to forget, and is going to come across and certain things that we do. Since leaving that (job), I've been more able to embrace everything."
The self-proclaimed Evil Dead of the Sydney indie-scene, Faker hit in a big way during 2001 with both the famed Werewolf single and the more adult Kids on Overload. Then, with the band itself on overload, Faker disintegrated into a trio, losing managers, friends and members along the way.
"I don't think I slept for a year or two. Having come out of that, and having found a new guitarist, and new management, it's a really exciting time, the most exciting time this band has had so far. The songs - two albums worth floating about - are good songs."
With the long-awaited debut album still looming on the horizon, and a pair of seven track demos shuttling their way around record companies and industry people, Nathan optimistically hopes for a release later this year. Right now though, he sees the band going through a stage 'solidifying' - particularly with the recent addition of new guitarist Jonathon Wilson (ex-People of Alaska).
"We all work very closely together, and we're all very much in the same mind in terms of songwriting. He works very collaboratively, and is very excited and excitable, and a lot of fun to work with."
So, is this a new beginning for Faker - or just a continuation of the old indie rock band we love?
"It's good to fall over from time to time," says Nathan. "And get back up again."
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Not unlike a character from one of his songs, Faker's lead singer Nathan Hudson has been living the last two years as a sort of vampire. In the two years since Teenage Werewolf hit the airwaves, he took a job working at a homeless refuge four nights a week - while also rehearsing and gigging the other three. The experience, set amongst inner Sydney's destitute prostitutes, IV drug users and the homeless, he says was nothing short of harrowing and eye-opening.