PETE CULLEN BIO
Hailing from Brisbane Australia , Pete Cullen Blazes his Outlaw Country trail with Sweat & Swagger! His song a real a testament wild heart and Honest soul.
In April 2023 he toured Nashville USA , recorded with legendary Australian Producer Nash Chambers, performed at Laylas on Broadway, The Blue Bird Cafe and suburban Honky Tonk Jane's Hidaway!
Pete Cullen and his band the Hurt have headlined Tamworth Country Music Festival's Americana In The Park in 2025, Groundwater Festival, Gympie Muster, Winton Way out West and have continued their residency at the infamous Chattahoochie Joe's in their home town of Brisbane.
His song 'Tombstone Rider' has also been synced with Tim Minchin's second season Upright streaming on Binge.
Pete has released 6 albums since 2003 including Tom Whisky Blues with the legendary Rockwiz Orkastra whose band leader, James Black, says of his friend; “Pete Cullen is a singer songwriter with an awesome voice. He lives the musical life, loves the tradition and most importantly....he rocks hard! Whenever I’m in Brisbane if Pete is playing, I’m going find where he is, go see him and If he’ll let me, I wanna play with him.”.
Pete’s music has been featured on MTV, CMC and RAGE and has had high rotation on Triple J.
And on the live front, he has appeared alongside artists such as Lee Kernaghan, Troy Cassar-Daley, Busby Marou, , You Am I, Spiderbait and the Hoodoo Gurus.
PRESS QUOTES
“Implementing tools from the rock, blues and country toolkits, Cullen is a jack-of-all-trades, and a highly entertaining one at that.” – The Music
“on riff-rockers such as Howlin' Wolf you can imagine the beer bottles bouncing on top of the guitar amp.” - Noel Mengal The Courier Mail
“Deadman’s Bones has an outlaw country bluster reminiscent of Folsom Prison Blues” - Daniel Johnson The Courier Mail
