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Described by engineer Kevin Gale at their debut gig as "the worst thing I've seen in at least 10 years", Central Deli Band were a rock band born out of Whyalla, South Australia in late 2003. Hayward and Eygenraam (both vocals, guitar and sampling) rescued Price (bass) and Boss (drums) from their enslavement the previous winter. After their discovery as part of a regional music initiative through Carclew Youth Arts, CDB were asked to play the local produce stage of the 2005 Big Day Out. Known for their outrageous and often confrontational live antics (Bean penned an open letter of apology to his community after calling a family-oriented event audience "c**ts"; Hayward abused channel ten newsreader George Donikian live at the Royal Adelaide Show), they were soon supporting and touring with notable groups such as The Avalanches, Gerling, The Presets, Ground Components, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts and Dungen, plus locals No Through Road, Straight To Video, and Pharoahs. The band