Sydney band Sticky Fingers accused of ‘disgusting’ behaviour at country rock’n’roll gig

IT is a rock’n’roll stoush involving a hotel, a rising Sydney band and a smashed guitar and it has the tongues of a country town wagging.

MX ONLY Sticky Fingers, cd launch and tour. Photo Ric Frearson

IT is a rock’n’roll stoush involving a country hotel, a rising Sydney band and a smashed guitar.

In one corner is a Wagga Wagga hotel manager who claims the band Sticky Fingers trashed equipment and disrespected a venue in a display of “disgusting” behaviour.

In the other corner is the band’s management, who says it was all a misunderstanding over a series of “isolated events”.

23-year-old frontman Dylan Frost, the bands frontman, pleaded guilty to high-range DUI at Burwood Local Court recently. Picture: Jono Searle.

Sticky Fingers’ are a hot new name in the music industry, with their album Land of Pleasure receiving two ARIA Award nominations this year.

But it’s their onstage behaviour which has country punters talking.

The band played at the Union Club Hotel in Wagga Wagga on the weekend, as part of PopUp gigs — an event staged to take city bands to country audiences.

But the members of Sticky Fingers were ejected from the hotel after behaviour which shocked the hotel’s manager, said local newspaper reports.

Josh Bradley from the Union Club Hotel said one member of the band urinated on the hotel balcony, while others were disrespectful towards security.

“They thought they weren’t in the wrong and they could do what they wanted. It was plainly disgusting, childish and unprofessional,” he told The Wagga Daily Advertiser.

The band’s line-up includes 23-year-old frontman Dylan Frost, who earlier this month pleaded guilty to high-range DUI at Burwood Local Court.

But a source close to the band told Confidential Frost “had absolutely nothing to do with what happened” in Wagga Wagga.

“But he got hauled off stage by security anyway at the end of the gig,” the source said.

The well-placed insider said a guitar had been smashed on stage by one of the band members, which led to some sound equipment (belonging to a contractor) receiving minor damage.

“The guitar belonged to the band’s support act Bootleg Rascal — he’s a best friend of theirs and he’s already said he’s going to frame it,” the source said.

The Union Club Hotel in Wagga Wagga where the incident allegedly occured.

When the Union Club Hotel was contacted by The Telegraph, the manager said he could not comment further about the incident.

Sticky Fingers’ manager Neal Hunt said he was trying to clear the air between the band and the pub’s management.

“I want to talk to the people at the venue and I’m working with the promoter just to make sure it’s all good — particularly the continuation of events in Wagga,” he said.

Ironically, the band Sticky Fingers was formed outside a Newtown pub, when two of the band members met by chance. They have become Triple J darlings since their formation in 2009.

The band’s album Land of Pleasure was up for two ARIA awards this year in the Fine Arts and Artisan categories. The nominations included Engineer of the Year (Nicholas Wilson and Dann Hume) and Producer of the Year (Dann Hume).

Hume, was of course, one of the brothers famed for chart-topping hits in the band Evermore.

Originally published as Sydney band Sticky Fingers accused of ‘disgusting’ behaviour at country rock’n’roll gig