Major Flaws
Vocal | Pōneke, Aotearoa
About the work
A set of two halves where YOU, the punters, get a shot at a moment of fame!
Pōneke based Major Flaws will open with their fun, original, funk-adjacent tunes, drawing on Welly life, that will energise you and have you up and dancing! The second half of the gig the audience are invited to rock the crowd with karaoke hits backed by the band!
Party band MAJOR FLAWS debuts at The Performance Arcade, singing about supermarkets and janitors, work-life balance, Pokemon and mythical equine beasties - all over infectious funky grooves.
The set will close out with 25 minutes of Karaoke hits by the audience. They will have top hits ready to go and lyrics on command. So warm those vocal chords, shake out those nerves and bring your pals to support you on the night!
Major Flaws performances are exciting, energetic, silly, fun and guaranteed to be remembered. They aim to get everyone laughing and moving!
About the artists
Sabrina Martin
Theatre performer and Vocalist
There was never a time when Sabrina wasn’t performing; they would stand in front of the TV and sing as a child! Sabrina brings sass,
vibrancy and attitude to the stage with their powerful vocals and engaging performance. Writing lyrics about living in Pōneke and navigating relationships, queerness and neurodiversity.
Brendan Schenk
Guitar
Filling out the higher end of the rhythm section is Brendan. His musical journey is a largely self-taught one — starting with pop punk in high school then some rock n’roll followed by many a year in various folk outfits playing banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitar and even the accordion. The funk-adjacent experiment began with a desire to dust off the electric and play something a little different to get people up and moving.
Giacomo Caleffi
Drums
Giac hits circular objects with Italian flair and is the main provider of Mamma mia and Peroni for the band. He started off playing electric guitar in Italy, then had to flee his homeland and grow a moustache for a minor accident of no relevance. He now plays drums with several Wellington bands and refuses to learn how to tune them. The drums, not the bands.
Jono Weston
Piano/Keys
Jono has been playing Piano and keyboards for most of his life in various bandsand musical theatre projects, and enjoys experimenting with various synth sounds and Keytar tones in Major flaws. If there are ever ivory’s that need twinkling, Jono will happily oblige.
Joe Morris
Bass
The newest member and provider of super groovy bass licks. He began bringing the funk at a young age after his consciousness was elevated from hearing slap bass for the first time. A recruit of Giacomo the Italian stallion, Joe will be sure to get your body moving!