Get your festival tickets ‘quackly’
Mother duck said "quack, quack, quack" and none of the Rubber Ducs went back, because they were all going to party at The Festival.
The group, consisting of Nick Jordaan, Brendan Campbell, Sheldon Sham and Amiel Gopal, cannot wait to rock the socks off festival-goers at The Festival @ St Dunstan’s happening on May 13.
The event will be held in partnership with the Benoni City Times.
Ever wondered how the guys, who are completely human, took three-quarters of a bird’s name and added rubber to it?
Jordaan explained that, many years ago, his father, who was a life guard, rescued a young girl who was drowning and as he helped her to safety, a rubber duck came floating by in the ocean and gave comfort to the child.
Years later, Jordaan was born and he was afraid of water, so his father gave him a rubber duck, which became his solace.
As emotional as that sounds, the group giggled and said that it was not a true story, but that the name came about when Jordaan and Campbell decided to be DJs who wore duck costumes.
The fabricated story behind the name is much like their music, which has a comforting sound, but also creates a jovial feeling to dance along to.
“We have no particular song-writing process,” said Sham.
“Sometimes one of the members comes to the group with the whole idea and we add on,” said Gopal.
“Other times, the song just happens on the spot.”
The band enjoys writing songs as they travel to avoid wasting time because Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.
Rubber Duc released their debut album in 2016 and are planning their second album to release in 2018.
“Our first album feels like an achievement and a milestone,” said Campbell.
“We agreed not to shave our beards as a form of motivation until the first album was complete, and we did just that,” Jordaan added.
The band members, who are inspired to write music based on lyric content and any random word which sparks a music idea, hope one day to play at a stadium.
“We would like to play at more gigs, create great music and travel more,” Sham said.
They also advised up-and-coming artists never to give up on their dreams, but to put in the required effort and find the right team.
Tickets for The Festival can be bought from St Dunstan’s College on 54 Millburn Street, the Benoni City Times offices in Northmead Square on the corner of 14th Avenue and O’Reilly Merry Street, Mugg and Bean at the Square at Farrarmere and Wakaberry in the Oakfields Shopping Centre. General access ticket prices are R150 and tickets sold on the day at the gates will cost R200. For backstage VIP, tickets are R400, but VIP tickets bought on the day will be R500.
