“Squeaker’s high energy show was outstanding ... strong songs and great musicianship.”
Mike Thomas, The Promethean

“With no slouch tracks, 'Fly, Baby, Fly' promises good things from Squeaker in the future.
This EP is well worth a listen.”
Alastair Collins, dB Magazine

B I O G R A P H Y

So, what’s with the name?
Well the short story is this - In 1995 Steve Staben, founder of Squeaker, played his first paid gig as a fill-in with a band after learning an entire repertoire in one day, which he managed to perform without fault the very next day, and the nickname ‘Squeaky’ evolved for his ‘squeaky clean drumming’. This became his reputation in preceding years in the Adelaide pop music scene. So now you know…

In 1991 Steve saw a band called Living Colour perform their song ‘New Jack Theme’ on TV for the Grammy Awards, an noticed that they were using electro drum loops and samples - triggering a passion for unique sounding music and an electro fascination in a budding musician. This combined with the experience of playing modern pop music professionally for seven years it was only a matter of time before he would try to do something along these lines of his own.

Squeaker formed in 2002 along with long time friends and original line-up members Georgii Staben and Rodge Smith, predominantly as a studio project and a few sporadic tours, and under went a number of line-up changes along the way. In 2011 Oswaldo Grillet (OG) joined as a permanent member on bass guitar which brings the band to where they are today.

The Squeaker sound is best described as polished alternative pop, a combination of a live rock band and synthesized textures. Each song carries it’s own mood and musical idea. Like acts such as Nine Inch Nails, Muse and No Doubt there’s no cookie cutter format here. One song will move you to dance, the next might just resonate with your darker innermost feelings. Light and shade, making for a musical experience to which you can relate.

Squeaker launched their highly anticipated EP Fly Baby Fly to a sell out crowd in Adelaide on April 15th 2011.