Regurgitator front-man Quan Yeomans had just returned from a visit to the physio when he sat down to chat with the Mercury.
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"It's an 'almost dropping my two-year-old while carrying him down the back stairs' related injury," he laughed of the banged-up ankle.
"But it hasn't gone away, and it's been exacerbated by jumping around like an idiot for the past 12 shows.
"You get the same adrenaline rush (now as in the past), but you don't have the body to match."
The aforementioned shows - featuring plenty of "ridiculous outfits" - have been part of the Brisbane genre-bending rock act's Quarter Pounder: 25 years of Being Consumed tour.
The band also recently released the Quarter Pounder: 25 Years Of Being Consumed compilation.
Guitarist/vocalist Yeomans, now 47, said it was an odd feeling to have been a member of Regurgitator for half of his life.
"Most people change jobs every ten years or so," he said. "We probably have come to those points where we thought, 'oh, maybe it's a good time to let it go', but we just took hiatuses.
"It's more like a family thing now, so we just get together and enjoy each other, enjoy the crowds."
Emerging in the mid-'90s as alternative music edged into the mainstream, the 'Gurge' established themselves as an off-kilter staple on both radio and the touring circuit.
The group's commercial success and multiple ARIA Award wins seemingly belied convention, given the band's eclectic musical outlook.
Their success was also seemingly in spite of - or perhaps partially because of - the decidedly adults-only content of 1997 album Unit.
"I've had so many people in their '30s come up to me and tell me they had the record hidden under the bed with the Playboy stash or whatever, because they were terrified their parents would find it," Yeomans laughed.
"There were notorious songs that got on the radio that shouldn't have been played because they didn't realise how filthy they were or whatever."
Melbourne-based Yeomans also creates music for the cartoon Kitty is Not a Cat.
He said Regurgitator now had long-time fans bringing their children to see the band play kid-friendly gigs under their 'Regurgitator's Pogogo Show' guise.
"In that particular (children's) market, traditionally it's been pretty mind-numbing for the adults involved who have to take the kids to all these shows," he said.
"That's my experience of it anyway... So I think we just offer something a little different."
-Regurgitator's 'Quarter Pounder: 25 Years Of Being Consumed' tour visits the UOW UniBar on Sunday, November 10.
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I'm a member of ACM's national property team, covering the Illawarra and South Coast. Based in Albion Park, NSW, I write about exciting, interesting or just downright quirky properties that have been listed for sale, major sales, market trends, auctions and more. One of my favourite aspects of being a journalist is I believe everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?
