Bleeding Face

ORIGINS: Northern Beaches, NSW GENRE: Hardcore YEARS ACTIVE: 1996-2002

SUMMARY: Started in 1996 as the punk band Us Against Them by the Mattes brothers, the band played a small handful of shows under this name before shifting direction into a more hardcore sound in late '97 and changing their name to Bleeding Face. The band played for a year each with two bassists - Miles Talbot-Stern first, and then Luke Lovelock (son of Celibate Rifles frontman Damien Lovelock) before settling with second drummer Seed and final bass player Rob. Bleeding Face toured interstate and released several 7"s before finally recording an album before members drifted on to new projects.