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Best In Show (Grinspoon Album)
''Best in Show'' is a compilation album by Australian post-grunge band Grinspoon. The album was released on 7 November 2005 to coincide with the ten-year anniversary of the band. The album peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified Gold. The album featured the band's hits and several older songs, like "Champion", which landed the song on ''Gran Turismo 3''. The first track, " Sweet as Sugar", was specially recorded for this album and, appropriately, is a return to the earlier style of the band. The rest of the tracks are listed chronologically, from "Champion", recorded in 1996, to "Hard Act to Follow", recorded in 2004. The liner notes contain photography of the band from their beginnings to the present, and details the history of the band in the form of a fairy tale about the 'Knights of Grinspoon' from the 'Land of Oz The Land of Oz is a magical country introduced in the 1900 children's novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' written by L. Frank Baum an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grinspoon
Grinspoon are an Australian Rock music, rock band from Lismore, New South Wales, formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, Grinspoon won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed (talent contest), Unearthed competition for Lismore, with their post-grunge song "Grinspoon (EP), Sickfest". The name "Grinspoon" was taken from Lester Grinspoon, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, an associate professor emeritus of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who supported marijuana for medical use. The Grinspoon sound changed to more mainstream rock at the release of the 2002 album, ''New Detention'', gaining fans and peaking at No. 2 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Charts; similarly 2007's ''Alibis & Other Lies'' also reached No. 2. The 2004 album, ''Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills'', which peaked at No. 4, won the ARIA Music Awards of 2005, 2005 'Best Rock Album Award' at the ARIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Detention
''New Detention'' is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band Grinspoon. It was released in 2002 by record label Grudge, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. By December that year it was certified platinum for shipment of 70,000 units. Content The ballad "Chemical Heart" marked a change in focus for the band towards a more mature, mainstream sound. This change would become more apparent on their next album, ''Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills'' (2004), however, ''New Detention'' did contain songs in the classic Grinspoon style to appeal to fans of their previous work, such as the songs "Boltcutter" and "Killswitch". Album cover The original cover featured a target range over a classroom with empty desks, which was misinterpreted by some as promoting terrorism. However, the photo had to be changed due to copyright issues as the band had unknowingly licensed the photo for only 5,000 copies. Complaints to Grudge's parent company Universal Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1000 Miles (Grinspoon Song)
"1000 Miles" is the fourth single by Australian rock band Grinspoon from their third studio album ''New Detention'' (June 2002). It was released on 18 August 2003 by Universal Music Australia, which reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 100. The three other tracks on the single were recorded in early 2003 at the band's live performance at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, on their Panic Attack Tour. This release also includes a music video for the song, which is animated and was not broadcast on television, it features rednecks and has band member, Phil Jamieson, as a preacher endorsing alcohol. The song was played on Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ... radio as an album track during the latter half of 2002 and reached No. 47 on the station's Hottes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready 1
"Ready 1" is a song by Australian rock band Grinspoon which was released 18 October 1999 as the lead single from their second studio album, '' Easy''. It peaked at No. 36 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was written by band members Phil Jamieson and Pat Davern Pat Davern is an Australian musician and the guitarist for Grinspoon. His solo album ''Alexander the Elephant in Zanzibar'' was nominated for the 2016 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album. During a hiatus for Grinspoon Davern wrote a book "Alex .... Jamieson has also performed the song as a solo artist. Track listing # "Ready 1" # "New York Picture Show" # "Ready 1" (demo) # "Ready 1 (Drunken Lounge Version)" Charts References {{Grinspoon 1999 singles Grinspoon songs 1999 songs Universal Records singles Songs written by Phil Jamieson Songs written by Pat Davern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Show (Grinspoon Song)
"Rock Show" was the third single by Grinspoon from their second studio album '' Easy''. It was released on 5 May 2000 on the Grudge label (the Australian imprint of Universal Records), reaching No. 78 on the Australian Singles Chart and polling at No. 33 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2000. History After undertaking an extensive tour of the US promoting their debut album, ''Guide to Better Living'', the band set about recording a follow up album in with producer Jonathan Burnside (Nirvana, Melvins, Depeche Mode, Meat Beat Manifesto) in August 1999. The album, '' Easy'', was recorded in Sydney and mixed in Melbourne. ''Easy'' was released on 1 November 1999, peaking at No. 4 on the Australian Album Chart and was certified platinum in Australia. The first single from the album, "Ready 1" was released in October 1999 and peaked at No. 36 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The second single, "Secrets", released in January 2000 peaked at No. 83. The third single, "R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy (Grinspoon Album)
Easy is the second studio album released by the Australian rock band Grinspoon. It was released on 1 November 1999, debuting at No. 4 on the Australian album charts and remaining in the top 50 for 13 weeks. It eventually achieved platinum sales in Australia. Work on the album began in August 1999 with the producer Jonathan Burnside (Nirvana, Melvins, Depeche Mode, Meat Beat Manifesto). The album was recorded in Sydney and mixed in Melbourne. The initial release of the album included a bonus disc containing eleven live tracks from the band's New Year's Eve performance at the 1998 Falls Festival. Four singles were released from the album, "Ready 1", "Secrets", "Rock Show" and "Violent and Lazy "Violent and Lazy" is the fourth single by Grinspoon from their second studio album '' Easy''. It was released on 13 November 2000 on the Grudge label (the Australian imprint of Universal Records), which peaked at No. 15 on the ARIA Alter ...", of which "Ready 1" charted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets (Grinspoon Song)
"Secrets" was the second single by Grinspoon which was released from their second studio album '' Easy''. It was released in January 2000 on the Grudge label (the Australian imprint of Universal Records), reaching No. 83 on the Australian Singles Chart and polling at No. 73 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2000. The song is played in dropped B tuning and is counted by fans as their best song from the ''Easy'' album. The video shows Phil Jamieson Philip Jamieson (born 18 April 1977) is an Australian musician from Hornsby, New South Wales. He is a founding member and singer-guitarist for the rock band Grinspoon. Early life and education Philip William H. Jamieson was born on 18 April 19 ..., who suffered a breakup, planning to rob a pawn shop. Two versions were made for the video, with one showing the band members shooting guns in the beginning. Track listing References {{Grinspoon 2000 singles Grinspoon songs 1999 songs Songs written by Phil Jamieson Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushing Buttons
''Pushing Buttons'' is the third extended play by Australian alternative rock band Grinspoon, and was released on 21 September 1998 via Universal Records. It peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart. History and release In March 1998, Grinspoon moved to Los Angeles and spent much of the year touring the US and Canada, including opening for Creed, Lit, Godsmack and Anthrax. While in the US, Grinspoon recorded two songs, "Black Friday" and "More Than You Are" with Ulrich Wild ( White Zombie, Pantera, Strung Out), which formed the basis of ''Pushing Buttons''. The band returned to Australia in September to release ''Pushing Buttons'', which peaked at No. 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It also reached No. 80 on the ARIA End of Year Charts for 1998 and was certified gold. ''Pushing Buttons'' was not released in the United States, but "Black Friday" and "More Than You Are" were included on the US version of ''Guide to Better Living'' and "Snap Your Fingers, Snap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guide To Better Living
''Guide to Better Living'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Grinspoon. It was released on 16 September 1997 on the Grudge Records label (an imprint of Universal Music Australia) and was produced by Phil McKellar. The album reached number 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent 36 weeks on the national charts. The album peaked at number 8 when rereleased in 2017. At the 1998 ARIA Music Awards, Grinspoon received a nomination in the category 'Breakthrough Artist – Album' for ''Guide to Better Living''. The album achieved a platinum certification from ARIA. It generated five singles, "Pedestrian", " DC×3", "Repeat", "Just Ace" and "Don't Go Away"; with "Just Ace" and "DC×3" both reaching the top 50 on the ARIA Singles Chart. On 9 March 1999 a trimmed and reordered version of the album was issued for the North American market. Background ''Guide to Better Living'' is the debut studio album by Australian alternative metal and post-grunge band Grinspoon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC×3
"DC×3" (Dead Cat Three Times) is the second single released by Australian rock band Grinspoon, from the debut album, ''Guide to Better Living''. It peaked at No. 50 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It also reached No. 34 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1997. "DC×3" was written by band members Phil Jamieson and Pat Davern.Note: To search for other titles click on Search again and enter track name. The song was recorded at Rocking Horse Studios in February 1997. The B-side, "Fire Engine Man" was recorded live and mixed at Soundlevel Studios in January 1997. Track listing Personnel ;Grinspoon members * Phil Jamieson Philip Jamieson (born 18 April 1977) is an Australian musician from Hornsby, New South Wales. He is a founding member and singer-guitarist for the rock band Grinspoon. Early life and education Philip William H. Jamieson was born on 18 April 19 ... – vocals, guitar * Pat Davern – guitar * Joe Hansen – bass guitar * Kristian Hopes – drums ;Productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licker Bottle Cozy
''Licker Bottle Cozy'', was the second EP by the Australian rock band Grinspoon. The EP was initially released by Grudge Records Australia (a sub-label of MCA Australia) on 16 December 1996. It was recorded by Phil McKellar in July of that year and was of a significantly better sound quality than their first EP. Two of the tracks, "Post Enebriated Anxiety" and "Champion" were included unchanged in their debut album ''Guide to Better Living''. It was released in the United States by Universal Records in March 1997. The EP reached No. 65 on the ARIA Singles Chart in January 1997 and No. 25 on the CMJ's 'Metal Top 25' in 1998. History A few months after the band had won national youth broadcaster, Triple J's inaugural Unearthed competition they signed with Brisbane independent record label, Oracle, who gave them a distribution deal. Grinspoon recorded their debut self-titled EP in two days at Grevillia Studios in Brisbane. After parting ways with their first manager they start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
