Don’t touch my moustache!

“I’m a pretty chilled dude, but DON’T TOUCH MY MOUSTACHE!” I had to say this to a drunk guy after my show last night that came up and pulled on my moustache saying “is it real?” and this happens pretty much every time I go out! Then comes the nicknames and name calling.. but at the end of the day I have realised that most of these guys want a moustache for themselves but either havn’t got the hairy lip gene, or don’t have the balls to grow a moustache for themselves… So I thought i’d blog a little about me and my moustache!

I have been sporting a moustache for quite a few years now. I guess it all started because hair grows on that portion of my face ridiculously rapidly and I am NOT a big fan of shaving… so… being the laid back person I am kind (I tend to put on the first thing that comes out of the wardrobe, and may often be found wearing odd socks) I am what I am.

As far as the moustache connection to The April Maze goes – well I guess it kind of stuck after the very first photo shoot for The April Maze.  Our house mate at the time (Fellow muso Damien ‘River’ Tapley – check out his Band ‘Me’) got a lucky shot of Sivan and I walking out of the outdoor shower of the old Coburg scout hall we lived in at the time.  We used this photo for the CD art on our first demo EP and it did us well as a poster and web image for the first 2 years of The April Maze journey.  I had many comments about the moustache and had a few close friends say “I like the mo – you can’t shave that now”.

Now almost five years since that first photo, the moustache has become bigger than ever!  I constantly have people at shows asking to touch it, and calling me George or as much as I hate it Thirsty Merc.  You know its funny how different people say I look like different famous people – and it is an every day occurrence! Some I must say are ridiculous and are just the first person with a moustache that comes to mind! The most common ones are:

George Harrison

Billy Cruddup (in Almost Famous)

James Taylor

Thrsty Merc (Apparently a friend of a friend went up to Rai Thistlewayte in a bar and said hey aren’t you Todd from that band The April Maze.. its nice to know the scenario can happen in reverse! ha ha ha)

John Holmes (Dirk Digglers character was based on him in ‘Boogie Nights)

and legendary 1970′s surfer Michael Peterson

So there you have it!

I’m gunna go trim my mo now!

Get your mo on and keep the dream alive!

Peace out!

Todd