Artist Info: Josh Backwell

Josh Backwell grew up in the small Victorian surf coast town of Breamlea and picked up a guitar at an early age when he fell in love with music. Early punk rock influences came from the Fat Wreck Chords school of NOFX, Bracket, Mad Caddies, Propagandhi and the like, as well as the vastly different folk sounds of Paul Kelly, The Waifs, David Hosking, Loren and The John Butler Trio.

After playing a few small punk rock gigs at and around school, Josh [read more...]