Rollo Tributes

Rollo: King of Brisbane Punk

Rollo’s influence stretches beyond his own band’s catalogue. Many in Brisbane's punk/alternative world credit him as the ultimate gateway: someone who, by sheer force of chaotic presence, inspired countless others to start bands, run labels, and take creative risks. His legacy lives on in every DIY venue and punk house show across Brisbane.

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Knew Rollo? Shared a stage, attended his shows, or were inspired by his chaos? Your memory helps preserve Brisbane's punk history.

What This Page Holds

Stories of chaos and kindness.
Road-trip disasters and backstage miracles.
Moments when Rollo lifted someone up, talked them down, cracked them up, pushed them forward.

Memories of shows that smelled like sweat, brass, beer, and possibility.
Snapshots of a scene kept alive by the people inside it.

Some tributes are one sentence. Some are entire chapters.
All of them matter.

Why We Collect These Memories

Because punk is built on participation.

The spirit of punk isn't in records or venues—it's in people who show up, make noise, and refuse to be silent. Rollo embodied this more than anyone.

Because underground culture doesn't survive on archives alone — it survives on people refusing to let stories die.

Official records miss chaos, scraped knees, shared cigarettes, moments that made us who we are. Our memories keep truth alive.

Because Rollo gave decades of his life to this city's music, creativity, mischief, and community — and the least we can do is give the memories back.

He built stages, booked shows, mentored bands, and created spaces where weird, wonderful things could happen. This is how we honor that legacy.

Every story adds weight. Every voice adds truth. Every photo adds proof of a life lived loud.

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Your memory — no matter how small, strange, blurry, late-night, or emotional — belongs here.
If Rollo made you laugh, pushed you onstage, yelled for you from the sound desk, scared you slightly, hugged you tightly, or changed your life quietly — write it down.

Whether it's a gig story, a heartfelt note, a messy anecdote, a brutal joke, a backstage moment, or a piece of scene only you saw — it deserves a place.

Contributions help future generations understand how scenes are built: not by perfect people, but by passionate ones.

This archive will always be community made — just like the culture Rollo helped create.

Rollo Tributes — The Voices That Keep Him Alive

Brentyn “Rollo” Rollason: This space is the beating heart of the Rollo Archive — a place where stories gather, memories collide, and the community he built steps forward to speak., a fearless live performer, scene-builder and mentor to Brisbane’s DIY music community. Equal parts showman and benevolent chaos.

Your voice belongs in this chorus. Submit your Rollo story below.

His work with Splurt Records and his tireless support for local acts made him as important offstage as on it: a connector, troublemaker, and friend to many.

This page is for fans, musicians, friends and anyone curious about Brisbane’s underground: people who love messy, honest gigs, DIY labels, and the kind of friendship that’s born in the mosh.

If you knew Rollo, shared a stage with him, road-tripped for a Blowhard show or sat in the crowd and laughed until you couldn’t stand — we want your voice. Your memory becomes part of the story.

Submit a Rollo Story

Share a memory, photo, or audio clip about Brentyn “Rollo” Rollason. Short or long — we want it all. Submissions are reviewed before publication.