A short while later Thor was visiting another friend and former band mate in “The Blowflies” Mick Rohotas, who showed him the small studio he had put together, complete with drums, amps, mixer, lights, sound and recording abilities. Mick invited Thor to a jam at the studio with Ash Warner, who was the drummer in Micks current band “Hercules”. That jam was a lot of fun as they recall and at the end of the night all three wanted to do it again. Mick and Ash asked Thor if he knew a bass player who of course suggested Andie. The four of them got together the following week.
“Rock N Roll Heaven!” exclaimed Andie as he saw Micks studio. Rock N Roll Heaven was exactly where of the four of them spent the night. ‘Addictive’: the best word to describe the feeling. “This must be recorded.” Was the shared consensus by all and in just a few weeks, they were listening to five of Thor’s songs on the stereo. Rock N Roll Heaven soon become too small and Mick moved it to a larger residence dubbed “The Cubby House” due to the many bright colours the walls were painted.
The four of them continued to write songs and hone the original ones. The desire to play a live show now filled them and they agreed to use the name “Hammaraxx” as their title. A few short shows were played in the “Locker Room” a venue inside the Melbourne Telstra Dome and the energy was high. Hammaraxx buzzed the audience who thirsted for more. But the young band wanted to grow, there were things to be done before delivering too much more.
