As a Rival

“ I just want it to be different, as a rival to everything that’s out there…” Declared in the band’s infancy, it was a throw away line that gave birth to the name. As A Rival, a rock band from Melbourne, Australia, is an onslaught of surging riffs and anthemic melodies, fused from the fire of their live performance that demands attention, leaving nothing to the imagination. Influenced by an array of genres, anchored by rock and punk to define their sound.