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Musical clowns at BDO

Bluejuice. Picture: Supplied

Jake Stone has a simple piece of advice for fans attending the Big Days Out around the nation this month and in early February.

"Just don't be an intense bogan," says the singer for Bluejuice, the class clowns of the Australian music scene. "You can be a bit of a bogan but just don't push it."

Where's the line between bogan, and intense bogan?

"That's a good question," Stone says from Sydney. "A bogan is just any Australian and an intense bogan is somebody who goes 'F… yeah, let's pick up that kid and chuck him into the mosh'.

"If the mosh is happening at all, that's a bit of bogan-ness happening. If a tiny 14-year-old gets thrown head over heels into it by a large man in a singlet, that's when intense boganism is happening."

Jokes aside for a nanosecond, the rabble-rousing rocker will Rock N Ride on motorcycle from the Gold Coast to Melbourne, stopping at regional cities for headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation.

And Stone and co-conspirator Stav Yiannoukas will join the media dark side and interview BDO acts for streaming service Rdio backstage at the Gold Coast gig, after Bluejuice's early set.

The singer hopes to meet Snoop Dogg, Tame Impala, Major Lazer and Steve Angello on tour, proving his tastes are as wide-ranging as the annual festival's line-up.

"I see festivals as like a good trade show; you're wandering around to different stalls going 'What's from Germany? Ah, interesting'," he laughs.

Since releasing third album Company three years ago, Bluejuice have lost multi- instrumentalist Jerry Craib and decided to release singles, rather than albums.

"We felt like we had nailed it," Stone sniggers. "We were like 'That's about as good as we're ever going to do - let's be honest. Let's do singles'."

The first single, bridging the old 'Juice with the post-Craib era is SOS, a typically up-tempo number featuring a video inspired by Ghostbusters. The lads donned boiler suits and grabbed their proton packs to become Douchebusters.

Will Bluejuice - who boast seven years of hits, including Vitriol, Broken Leg and Act Yr Age - wear the Douchebusters uniforms on stage around Australia?

"F… no, they're way too hot, especially for that (early) slot," laughs Stone, referring to their main-stage performances scheduled just after noon. "We're going to be wearing as little as possible. There will be quantities of nudity."