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A sleazy wink to old school rock n roll, dirty soulful grooves and big band party rhythms, The Eighty 88s get the dancefloor shaking. With influences as wide-reaching as Little Richard and David Lynch, The Eighty 88s rewrite the guide-book on rock and roll. Part big-band, part gang of raconteurs, part circus, The Eighty 88s only priority is making sure everyone in the room is having the best damn time of their life. Having stomped the boards of Melbourne's live music scene throughout the naughties under various guises (The Sophisticants, The Daily Waters, Kel Someone, The Wildes), this group of eight barnstormers united in 2011 over a love of Little Richard and beer. The Eighty 88s are hard to put into a genre. Dirty Soul? All over that. Driving grooves and wailing blues? They got it. Punk attitude? Yeah, there's a bit of that too. The Eighty 88s aren't afraid to bare their tortured souls, slap you in the face and ask for a dance with your mum all in the same show. They'll make you