The act
Late in your wedding night, when the formal part is done and the guests still standing are the ones who want it loud. AlphaStomp are a high energy blues and rock duo, guitar and drums, based in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast. The guitar side is the part worth watching: a cigar box guitar, open tunings and slide, played with an original twist on blues shaped by Muddy Waters, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and AC/DC. That is a sound for a courtyard or a marquee once the floor opens, well suited to a couple who want the last hour of their wedding to have some grit in it. They've headlined the Gold Coast Arts Centre, played Blues on Broadbeach and Cooly Rocks, and in 2018 took the show to Vienna, Prague and the Suwalki Blues Festival in Poland.
See AlphaStomp play
Watch AlphaStomp perform and get a feel for their sound, style and fit for your wedding.
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What to expect
Two players, no filler. AlphaStomp are loud from the first bar: cigar box guitar run through slide and open tunings over a drummer who hits hard. Blues is the foundation, Muddy Waters style, but it gets shoved around by Hendrix, the Stones and AC/DC until it is closer to rock. Part of the fun is watching people work out what the instruments actually are, because most crowds have never seen a cigar box guitar up close. Festivals, pubs and parties after grit rather than polish are where this sits best.
