King Parrot

King Parrot
Origin	Melbourne, VIC
Genres	Grind
Years active	2010 – present
Labels	Impedance, Candlelight
Associated acts	Blood Duster, Watchdog Discipline, Stiff Meat, The Wolves, The Berzerker, Cockfight Shootout, Dreadnaught, Cemetery Urn
Website	http://www.reverbnation.com/kingparrot
Members	Squiz, Matt Rizzo, Slatts Slattz, Ari White, Matt Young
Past members	Ed Lacey

Band members

• Line-up
  • Matt Rizzo (drums)
  • Slatts Slattz (bass)
  • Squiz (Andrew Livingstone-Squires) (guitar)
  • Ari White (guitar)
  • Matt Young (vocals)

• Former members
  • Ed Lacey (guitar) 2010 - 2011

Band information

King Parrot is a thrashy grind band from Melbourne formed by three ex-members of Watchdog Discipline (White, Lacey and Rizzo) plus Young from Stiff Meat and Cockfight Shootout bassist Slattz. The band fired off an EP in short order and quickly became firmly established as an energetic and punishing live force. Former Dreadnaught member Squiz joined the band following Lacey's departure and after plenty of touring the band's full length release appeared mid-2012 ahead of appointments at most of the Bastardfest shows. Since then the band has rarely been off the road as they play extensively Australia-wide, doing shows of their own as well as a regional Victorian tour with Frankenbok and Dreadnaught and opening for Obituary in Melbourne. In April 2012 King Parrot announced they had signed an international deal with Candlelight Records.

Discography

Album:

	2012	Bite Your Head Off	Impedance

EP:

	2011	The Stench of Hardcore Pub Trash	Impedance