Smoke Stack Rhino

Artist Info

Smoke Stack Rhino have been captivating audiences with their electrifying live performances and authentic brand of blues and roots rock. With a band name that’s just one heavy animal away from the blues (think Howlin’ Wolf), the trio from the swamps of the Yarra Valley have taken their high-energy show to festivals across Australia like Blues at Bridgetown, Grampians Grape Escape, Wingham Music Festival and more. They’ve found airplay on Triple M and Triple J, ran Rock The Valley Music Festival, placed on several high-profile Spotify playlists and featured on Australia’s most popular podcast, The Hamish and Andy Podcast.

In 2023 they released The Mojo Funk, a heavy psychedelic blues album that reached #2 on the ARIA Blues & Jazz Albums chart. After launching The Mojo Dojo at Winter Blues 2024, the band hit #17 on ARIA’s Australian Albums chart. Lead single Til’ The Day has been described as ‘a blues-rock banger with more dirt in it than a 1940s Ford Pickup sitting at the bottom of a Louisiana swamp’.

Smoke Stack Rhino are best experienced live. Singer-guitarist Ash King is a whirlwind with resonator guitar in hand, his earthy vocals reaching from deep baritone low notes to high screams, drummer Matt Berg pushes the band forward from behind the kit and bassist Shane Andison stays rock solid, holding the whole thing together with an infectious, catchy groove. Get ya mojo back.

‘Three-piece band, we like it’ – Hamish & Andy
‘Australia’s most exciting blues and roots rockers’ – Beat
‘Love the stompin’ blues sound’ – Triple J
‘Catchy, rootsy rock’ – Triple M