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Like the cigarette crushed beneath the heel of a cowboy whose embers continue to burn, The Jacknives are a band that just keep on keepin’ on. Having endured a turnstile of band members, a guitaristist’s life-threatening illness and at one time a still gigging 8 months pregnant bass player, here’s a band whose sleazy no-nonsense rock is all the more genuine because they’ve earned it. At a time when every supposedly gritty garage band wants all the limelight and none of the hard work, The Jacknives are real outlaws. Fortifying potential obstacles into sexy battlescars, The Jacknives revel in their stamina: buzzing, vigourous and plenty of grrr in their three-lady, two gent line-up. Kylie Coufos provides a lithe voice to the pulp narratives while Zoee Martson and Melbourne native Matt Radford provide the crucial back-end on bass and drums respectively. Rounding out the group is the barbed guitar-work of Maisen Hall, the group corralled by gangleader – and guitar player - Krystal