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Fighting Mongoose is an original 3-piece energetic rock band. Fighting Mongoose play an energetic, theatrical brand of Rock with tracks ranging from the bluesy rock ballad “Sleeping Life” to the tight thumping groove of “Coma-toes” to the eclectic and epic “Sixth Side” all with a unique “Fighting Mongoose” flavour. Their influences include Sparta, At The Drive In, Foo Fighters, Faith No More, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, The Mars Volta, Tomahawk, A Perfect Circle, Muse, Nirvana and Radiohead. The band formed in 2004 when members moved from around New South Wales to Lismore on the far north coast to study at Southern Cross University. Since then they have used Lismore as a base to play in the Northern Rivers and surrounding areas. Fighting Mongoose have been well received by eagre crowds on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane and have proven themselves to be a vital element of the Northern Rivers live music scene with many successful shows in Lismore and Nimbin. They have also received