They have been blasting away audiences with their bush-punk brand of rock for almost two decades, and now the Lonely Boys have been given an opportunity of a lifetime.

The six-piece band from the remote community of Ngukurr in South East Arnhem Land has just released its first EP and will support US rock giants Queens of the Stone Age in Darwin next month.

"Tell you the truth, my music came straight from the bush and I never heard of Queens of the Stone Age," laughed singer Ambrose Daniels.

"But I did research on YouTube and I noticed they're the biggest band in the world."

How a band from the bush made it this far defies the odds. They only perform about three gigs a year, and rarely practise because they own few instruments.

The band has just released its first EP with feature single The Hunter. ( Supplied: Skinnyfish Music Australia )

"The only time we practise is when we get up on the stage, we just borrow scraps and whatever we can to practise and perform," Mr Daniels said.

The band's friend and music producer James Mangohig said the band often had to practise through conversation.

"They say things like 'when I look at you, that's when you're going to do this and then it's going to be three counts for that thing, alright?' And then boom, they get on stage and they do it. It's insane," he said.

The Lonely Boys have been playing together since they were teenagers, this photo was taken ten years ago when they started to gain popularity in the top End's Aboriginal communities. ( Supplied: Skinnyfish Music Australia )

New album full of 'up yours mentality'

The Lonely Boys' new album takes you on a journey into the town of Ngukurr, a nine-hour drive south-east of Darwin into the hot, dry and rocky landscape of the Roper River region of southern Arnhem Land.

They sing about their connection to the land of their ancestors, about days spent hunting crocodiles and spearing barramundi and about girls "dropping it down" on the dancefloor.

"It's full of confidence, full of an 'up yours' mentality — we're out here and live in Ngukurr, we can do anything we want, we can live in the bush, we know how to fish and hunt, this is our music and that's what it's all about," their producer Michael Hohnen said.

And it has attracted fans like well-known hip hop artist Briggs

"Being from Ngukurr ... they're not bound by formulas or have to adhere to what a scene thinks is cool or anything like that, they're just making music that they like and that their community can bond with," he said.

Feature single The Hunter, sung in the local creole language, boldly states: "I'm a hunter, me properly bush blackfella."

"It means that I'm a hunter, I have that spirit in me you know," Daniels said.

"There's a lot of technique to earn the position to be a hunter, you have to have leadership, you have to have respect and caring.

"You don't just pick up spear and spear a fish from the billabong, there's a lot of responsibility comes in being a hunter. This is a message from the song hunter, that's what I'm all about."

The 1980s band Broken English was once described by Rolling Stone magazine as the best heavy metal band in the country. It contained the fathers and uncles of the Lonely Boys and helped pave the way for their music.

'They can't read a note': band manager

In their isolation the Lonely Boys have also developed into unique and skilful musicians, having followed in the footsteps of popular bands from the 1990s like Broken English, which was made up of their fathers and uncles.

The band's manager, Mark Grose from Skinnyfish Music, said their general musicianship and guitar playing were exceptional.

"Even though they couldn't read a note and don't understand the theory of music, music is so deeply embedded in them that they are completely literate," he said.

"And the great thing is they could go to a major festival stand next to Paul Kelly or anyone and be equals, which is a rare thing in their lives, to stand next to a white fella and actually feel like they are their peer."