Like a Storm is a band from Auckland, New Zealand, best known for combining heavy baritone guitar riffs and hard rock songs with didgeridoo. They are the highest charting New Zealand hard rock band in American radio history. Both of their two studio albums, "The End of the Beginning" and "Awaken the Fire", debuted in the Billboard 200. Like a Storm have toured North America extensively as a headline act and have shared American and European stages with Godsmack, Alter Bridge, Gojira, Korn, Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Sevendust, Black Stone Cherry, Steel Panther, and Hellyeah.
Chris playing the didgeridoo live at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Netherlands (12 February 2016)
Like a Storm live at Rock am Ring 2019
Like a Storm live at Rock am Ring 2019
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. The didgeridoo was developed by Aboriginal peoples of northern Australia at least 1,000 years ago, and is now in use around the world, though still most strongly associated with Indigenous Australian music. In the Yolŋu languages of the indigenous people of northeast Arnhem Land the name for the instrument is the yiḏaki, or more recently by some, mandapul. In the Bininj Kunwok language of West Arnhem Land it is known as mako.
A, B and C: traditionally made didgeridoos. D and E: non-traditional didgeridoos
Didgeridoo and clapstick players performing at Nightcliff, Northern Territory
A wax mouthpiece can soften during play, forming a better seal.
Ŋalkan Munuŋgurr performing with East Journey