The Mosh Pit Barfly 1999

The Moshpit was a weekly column in Barfly by the amazing Sharon Lenehan. When Sharon left Cairns, she left a gaping hole in the scene. Sharon’s Mosh Pit column in Barfly was legendary, people would read it  just to see both who she had pissed off, and who was in favour that week. Her support of local original music was essential to the local scene. As was her ability to tell it as she sees it, regardless of who she pisses off. Kudos must also be given to editor Tony Hiller, who coming from a folk background, probably didn’t like a lot of the noisier stuff, but he sure did support it in the mag by letting people like Sharon (and myself) have a good run. Barfly used to support local music not by running dodgy band competitions designed to sell papers and get their advertiser venues free bands, but by having someone who understands music attend gigs, and write about them. After all, isn’t that what the press should be doing?

The Mosh Pit Barfly 1999