Epicure was an Australian rock band from Ballarat, Victoria. The band started in 1996 as a school rock band called Pima's Little Finger. Epicure's five original members Juan Alban, Michael 'Brownie' Brown, Tim Bignell, Dom Santamaria and Luke Cairnes played their first gig at the Dunnstown Football Club in 1996. They released their first recording in 1996 - a demo tape named The Least of These. Their "home" was Ballarat's local live music pub nicknamed "The Rat" (The Bridge Mall Inn, now known as Tubbie's Bar).