Dern Rutlidge is a stoner rock

Stoner rock

Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...

 band from Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. Formed around 1998 by Jason Miszewski and Craig Westwood from Christbait, Jason PC from Blood Duster

Blood Duster

Blood Duster is a extreme metal/stoner rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Their name comes from the song "Blood Duster" by John Zorn, from the 1989 album Naked City.-History:...

 and Callan O'Hara from Drool. They were named after two characters in a Jack Daniels' ad.

Dern Rutlidge released one full length album which was well received by critics. Beat magazine gave it their Album of the Week, The Age

The Age

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 gave it 3.5* and Hellride Music gave it 9/10. The first single from the album, "Lines on the Table", was placed on high rotation on Triple J

Triple J

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 and they played a live set for Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

's Home and Hosed program.

Band members

• Jason "P.C." Fuller - bass
• Craig Westwood - vocals, guitar
• Jason Miszewski - guitar
• Callan O'Hara - drums