Hockey Dad Speaks!
We caught up with hockey dad at Spin Off for a video interview. The Windang lads were in fine form, chewing the fat on everything, including the Adelaide Crows, diva behaviour and The Simpsons. You can catch the full live interview soon on The Notes’ Instagram page, but meanwhile, here are just a few of the weird and wonderful excursions courtesy of Billy and Zach…
Words Zara Richards // Image Chris Frapp
On declaring their love for the Adelaide Crows…
Zach: My grandparents live in South Australia; they’ve been here for like 20 years. We don’t really watch much AFL back in New South Wales, so when I came over here, it was all Crows and I just liked [them]. And then I found these socks and they were cheap.
Billy: I do like the colours, too. The [Crows] colours are quite cool.
Zach: According to the Spin Off crowd though, it wasn’t [the right team]. There was a lot of Port
Adelaide fans that weren’t happy, I think.
Billy: Yeah, that didn’t go too well for you…
On being a diva…
Billy: I was called a diva just before, by Benee. I was complaining about the heat of the lights and she said, ‘You’re a bit of a diva’. And I was like – that’s fair.
Zach: Talk about a diva, this guy doesn’t eat for half an hour and the whole world implodes.
Billy: Yeah, I get really grumpy when I don’t eat. But I feel like everyone gets like that…
Zach: Nah.
On a Hockey Dad song that always gets the party started…
Zach: Probably ‘Join The Club’.
Billy: That and ‘Seaweed’. ‘Join The Club’ is probably more energy; I feel like everyone goes a bit more turbo. But ‘Seaweed’ is just a big singalong. Everyone gees up for the chorus. I don’t think anyone sings the verse.
Zach: I barely sing it! ‘Seaweed’ is one of those where it’s like, if this doesn’t [get the party started] nothing will.
On a song that changed their career…
Billy: The first song we put [out], ‘I Need A Woman’. That went crazy from the get-go. We weren’t really expecting that. It was quite a good start. That’s when it was it was like, ‘Wow, here we go. We’re off!’
On stories from the ‘Hockey Fields’ tour…
Zach: We played in Brisbane, went out for a beer after and then ended up at Oporto at 3am. Taz, the bass player for Ruby [Fields], ordered half a roast chicken and was just eating it blind drunk in Oporto. It’s a core memory for me from that tour. Just half a roast chook, nothing else. No sides, no sauce.
Billy: That was so rogue, but I loved it.
On The Simpsons…
Zach: Anything between Season 4 and 8 is primo.
Billy: We once hosted a Simpsons trivia. That was fun. We’re doing a DJ set tonight – maybe we’ll just do after-party trivia.
Zach: Or just play all Simpsons songs. That’ll be fun.
