BAND
MAMMOTH MAMMOTH™ is an Australian rock n’ roll power trio from Melbourne, Australia.
The band was originally founded and named in 2006 by Ben ‘Cuz’ Couzens and Gareth ‘Gash’ Sweet and not long after, Mikey Tucker joined on vocals and Frank ‘Bones’ Trobbiani joined on drums. This lineup played shows extensively around Australia building its fan base and cementing its live reputation.
In 2008 we released our debut self-titled EP independently through our own label Golden Triangle. Only 666 numbered copies were pressed on CD.
In 2009 the band made our first appearance at the CherryRock Festival held in Melbourne's iconic laneway AC/DC Lane. In 2010, following the release of Volume II: Mammoth, our first full length record, we toured Australia with fellow Melbourne hard rock band Airbourne and again played CherryRock Festival. Shortly after, Sweet left the band and was temporarily replaced by Simon ‘Spliff’ Jaunay before Pete Bell joined as the band's permanent bass player.
MAMMOTH MAMMOTH created the basic outline for our album Volume III: Hell’s Likely over a continuous, three-day jamming session. We later recorded the album in two weeks at Toyland and Goatsounds Studios in Melbourne. Jason Fuller, producer and bassist for Australian metal band Blood Duster, produced the the album.
In 2012, after the Australian release of Volume III: Hell’s Likely, MAMMOTH MAMMOTH were approached by Napalm Records and subsequently signed an international recording contract. The album was re-released internationally to positive reviews and we supported it with a 2013 European tour. Metal Hammer magazine's German, French and UK editions voted Hell’s Likely number two for "Album of the Month" in December 2012. MAMMOTH MAMMOTH returned to Australia to play Melbourne's CherryRock Festival in AC/DC Lane, sharing the bill with fellow Australian hard rockers, Rose Tattoo. Volume II: Mammoth was also re-released by Napalm.
In 2014, we wrote and recorded their fourth studio album, Volume IV: Hammered Again. The first video release for the track Looking Down the Barrel is a tribute to The Decline Of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years, in which WASP guitarist Chris Holmes sums up the era as he is being interviewed while drinking vodka and floating in a pool while his mother watches.
On completion of the album, the MAMMOTH MAMMOTH toured throughout Europe and alongside former Kyuss vocalist John Garcia and followed up with supports of U.S. doom legends Sleep. In 2016, we made a record fourth appearance on the main stage of CherryRock, sharing the bill with Kadavar, Supersuckers and Richie Ramone.
In 2016, we returned briefly to the studio to write and record an EP, Mammoth Bloody Mammoth. The album featured a cover of the MC5's Kick Out The Jams. The EP was supported with a European tour with label mates Green Leaf and My Sleeping Karma and shows in Australia supporting Hellyeah and Black Label Society.
The band's fifth full-length album, Volume V: Mount The Mountain was released through Napalm Records in April 2017. The Mount The Mountain European Tour took place through April and May of the same year with Spliff returning to fill in for Cuz, before tensions in the band saw Tucker and Trobbiani carry on without Couzens and Bell with stand-in musicians, Marco Gennaro and Kris Sinister to complete shows that year.
In 2018 Gennaro and Sinister became key songwriters on MAMMOTH MAMMOTH's sixth album, 'Kreuzung'. The album was written over summer of 2018 in Berlin and recorded later that year.
In August 2020, a statement was posted on MAMMOTH MAMMOTH's social media accounts, "F@#k you Corona virus! While the world is afraid of blood, sweat and beers, MAMMOTH MAMMOTH simply cannot exist. We’re outta here!" It was unclear of the official status of the band.
Exactly one year later, we announced that we had reunited our classic line-up of Mikey Tucker, Frank 'Bones' Trobbiani, Ben 'Cuz' Couzens and Pete Bell for the first time in 4 years. We also announced we would be releasing a live album. Due to on-going Covid related issues, the release of the live album was delayed. On December 2, 2022 MAMMOTH MAMMOTH played their first Australian show in six years with Nashville Pussy (USA). In 2023 Tucker quit the band.
The live album Volume VI: Warts n' All was officially released with a limited number of gold LPs available in August 2024. Shortly after MAMMOTH MAMMOTH played our first official show as a three-piece with Couzens and Bell handling vocals as part of the 25th birthday celebrations of Melbourne's Cherry Bar.
Just prior to MAMMOTH MAMMOTH's November 2025 tour of Japan, Pete Bell stepped away from the band. We thank him for his years of commitment and contribution.
As we stampede into 2026 and celebrate 20 years of blood, sweat and beers, original founding member Gareth 'Gash' Sweet returns on bass - one of the architects of MAMMOTH MAMMOTH's early sound and spirit - to mark the occasion.
Ben 'Cuz' Couzens - Guitars & Vocals
Gareth 'Gash' Sweet - Bass & Vocals
Frank 'Bones' Trobbiani - Drums