Five reasons to catch C.O.F.F.I.N tomorrow night at the Barwon Club

With a name like Children of Finland Fighting in Norway do you need any more reasons to see C.O.F.F.I.N?

Sydney coast hard rockers, Children of Finland Fighting in Norway, better known as the abbreviated C.O.F.F.I.N are cruising down to Victoria this weekend, playing three regional shows starting tomorrow night at Geelong’s home of rock ‘n’ roll, the Barwon Club Hotel.

The following nights they will be hitting up Theatre Royal in Castlemaine and Singing Bird Studios in Frankston on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 August respectively.

If you’re across C.O.F.F.I.N, you’d be mad not to have tickets to their regional riot fest, but if you don’t know the animalistic act, let us give you five reasons to jump onto Oztix and add to cart!

C.O.F.F.I.N East Coast Tour Dates

• Thu, AUG 7: Barwon Club, Geelong/Djilang (AU)
• Fri, AUG 8: Theatre Royal, Castlemaine/Dja Dja Wurrung Country (AU)
• Sat, AUG 9: Singing Bird Studios, Frankston/Boonwurrung (AU)
• Tickets: Grab them here

They are some of the coolest cats in music

We don’t say this lightly. There are bands who play hard rock music and there are bands who embody it. C.O.F.F.I.N are the latter. A quartet of the finest moustaches and hair you’ve ever seen, these guys have the DGAF attitude down to a tee. Whether they’re swinging from rafters, jumping on big things or skinny dipping around the world – these dudes know what they’re about! The addition of a middle finger and a cold bev in most photos is also present 90% of the time.

 

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Their catalogue is wall to wall of belters

These guys don’t just know who they are personality wise, they also have a strong sonic model build from the heaviest material. 2016’s On The Gronk kicked it off, but Piss Up in 2018 powered them up hill. Their self-titled introduced the earthquaking ‘Fast Love’, the apocalyptic ‘Dead Land’ and the not safe for work wildcard ‘Cum in the Street’. ‘Factory Man’ from 2023’s Australia Stops features on Netflix’s Heartbreak High reboot thanks to its ear assault from that brutal guitar and guttural growls. The album also produced hard hitters ‘Cut You Off’ and ‘City Sun’, both born with one intention – to get heads banging! The album earnt them a nomination at the 2023 ARIA awards for Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album. Can’t be half bad, right?

Their shows are absolute chaos

There is a reason these guys are so well sought after by festivals and some of the biggest bands in the punk and hard rock scene. Rose Tattoo, TSOL, Celibate Rifles, Dead Kennedys, Cosmic Psychos, Parkway Drive, Frenzal Rhomb, Misfits, Amyl and the Sniffers and the Hard Ons clued in early with C.O.F.F.I.N, tapping them for support slots. These guys annihilate the live setting enticing the most riotous crowd antics. Their Bombies Harbord show featured a literal crowd ‘surfer’, whilst members of the band also get in on the action, hanging from lighting racks, breaking drums and throwing instruments. Abijah Rado is game for crowd surfing with his guitar, getting his teeth into the playing action during every set.

 

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They could be the next Silverchair

At 12 years old, Silverchair dropped one of the biggest grunge hits and largest songs in Australian history, the thumping ‘Tomorrow’. At 12 years old, C.O.F.F.I.N supported The Hard-Ons at Manly Youth Centre. It’s not an apples and oranges comparison – The Hard-On’s are relics in the hard rock scene – now fronted by Mr. Tim Rogers. C.O.F.F.I.N have been carving out their career since then starting in a similar space. They’re currently winning over audiences on a global scale so the twelve trajectory could well be in motion!

 

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They’re about to take flight

Following these baby regional gigs, C.O.F.F.I.N are jetting across to the UK and Europe to play massive headline shows and festival slots. End of the Road Festival, Manchester Psych Festival, Misty Fields Festival, and Gambeat Festival are on the agenda across September, along with nine venues dates.

Considering the band supported the NZ run of dates for mighty punks Amyl and the Sniffers this year on their Cartoon Darkness World Tour, it’s just a matter of time until we see the lads jump up at Glastonbury, following Amy Taylor and gangs steps.

 

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Mark our worlds, C.O.F.F.I.N are about to catapult to new heights so its prime time to wear the “I saw them at my local with a couple of hundred others” badge of honour.

Grab your tickets here for the Geelong, Castlemaine and Frankston shows.