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Skunkhour
Skunkhour are an Australian funk rock band that were formed in Sydney in 1991. They released four studio albums, ''Skunkhour'' (July 1993), ''Feed'' (April 1995), ''Chin Chin (album), Chin Chin'' (July 1997) and ''The Go (Skunkhour album), The Go'' (May 2001) before disbanding in November 2001. ''Feed'' peaked at No. 21 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Chart while ''Chin Chin'' reached No. 34. Four of the group's songs, "Up to Our Necks in It" (Triple J Hottest 100, 1995, 1995), "Weightlessness" (Triple J Hottest 100, 1997, 1997), "Home" (Triple J Hottest 100, 1999, 1999), and "Kick in the Door" (Triple J Hottest 100, 2000, 2000) were listed in the annual Triple J Hottest 100. The group has reformed periodically since 2009 for occasional concerts and festival appearances. Skunkhour began as an urban funk band with the Sutherland brothers—Dean on bass guitar and Michael on drums—and Warwick Scott on lead guitar. They relocated to Sydney by 1992 and were joined by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chin Chin (album)
''Chin Chin'' is the third album by Australian band Skunkhour. It was released in 1997 and peaked at No.34 on the Australian album charts in August. The album was the second on the Sony/Epic label and was produced by Magoo, whose credits included Regurgitator and Powderfinger. Three singles were taken from the album—"Breathing Through My Eyes" (May 1997), "Weightlessness" (August) and "Morning Rolls" (November). The album was the band's first after the departure of founding vocalist/rapper Del Larkin, who quit to pursue a career in Walt Disney Animation Studios. Bassist Dean Sutherland told the ''Herald Sun'' the lineup change forced a reshaping of the band's sound from funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...-influenced hip hop to robust electronic soul. "It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Go (Skunkhour Album)
''The Go'' is the fourth and final studio album by Australian band Skunkhour. It was released in 2001. "Home" was released as a single in 1999 and two further singles were taken from the album—"Gold Radiation" (April 2001) and "Kick in the Door". Singer Aya Larkin said the band, which had been forced to abandon a European touring schedule after being dropped by Sony Music in 1998, had been overtaken by a sense of despondency and found it hard to write. "'' Chin Chin'' didn't go as well as we hoped it would and we felt the band's future had been discounted. It brought about a period where we questioned if we wanted to write together any more. We had a year and a half where we faffed around, tried to write, scrapped 15 songs. There'd be months where we didn't even get together to try stuff." The "Home" single, he said, "just kind of happened. We released it as an independent single to see whether or not we wanted to keep going, and people really liked the song. We approached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple J Hottest 100, 2000
The 2000 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2001, was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 37 (not necessarily the top 37) songs was released. The CD featured Queens of the Stone Age's song " Feel Good Hit of the Summer" despite it not making the top 100, hinting that it may have placed at No. 101. Full list 40 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background). Trivia Scoring songs at #1 and #3, Powderfinger set the current record for best performing pair of songs (ranked by adding their positions). This record was to be equaled by Kings of Leon in 2008. The Offspring held the previous record, with songs at #3 and #4. Powderfinger also became the only act at that point to top the countdown twice, after "These Days" topped the 1999 list. Flume would later equal this record after winning the 2016 and 2022 count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple J Hottest 100, 1999
The 1999 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2000, was the seventh such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 36 (not necessarily the top 36) songs was released. Full list 52 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background). Artists with multiple entries Four entries *Powderfinger (1, 25, 68, 100) *Silverchair (15, 29, 30, 43) Three entries *Frenzal Rhomb (26, 34, 64) *Spiderbait (40, 84, 96) *Something for Kate (44, 70, 72) Two entries *Killing Heidi (2, 14) *Fatboy Slim (4, 23) *Placebo (5, 87) *Red Hot Chili Peppers (10, 37) *Blink-182 (13, 31) *KoЯn (16, 17) *Jebediah (19, 28) *Macy Gray (24, 92) *The Whitlams (38, 54) *Eskimo Joe (39, 99) *The Living End (41, 48) *Custard (42, 83) * Blur (47, 57) *Regurgitator (58, 62) *Ben Harper (65, 85) *Moby (79, 88) Top 10 Albums of 1999 CD release Certifications See also *1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple J Hottest 100, 1995
The 1995 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1996, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 32 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC music series '' Rage''. Full list Artists with multiple entries Three entries *TISM (9, 10, 93) *Red Hot Chili Peppers (20, 28, 75) *Live (22, 34, 71) *You Am I (24, 84, 94) *Alanis Morissette (39, 85, 90) *Green Day (46, 80, 99) Two entries *Oasis (1, 13) * The Presidents of the United States of America (4, 11) *Björk (5, 83) *Jeff Buckley (14, 89) *Garbage (15, 21) *Jill Sobule (18, 59) *Faith No More (29, 91) *Pearl Jam (35, 44) *Foo Fighters (37, 70) *Pollyanna (58, 68) * U2 (Once with Brian Eno as Passengers, and once as U2) (23, 57) Countries represented * United States – 44 * Australia – 30 * United Kingdom – 16 * Canada – 5 * Iceland – 2 * Ireland – 2 * Jamaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African Americans, African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the mid-20th century. It de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove (music), groove of a bassline played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drum kit, percussionist, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Funk typically consists of a complex percussive groove with Rhythm section, rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves that create a "hypnotic" and "danceable" feel. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths. Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acid Jazz Records
Acid Jazz Records is a record label based in East London formed by Gilles Peterson and Eddie Piller in 1987. The label is the namesake of the acid-jazz subgenre of jazz music for which it is most famously known for producing. Background The label's first signing was singer-songwriter Rob Gallagher's band, Galliano, which released the label's first single "Frederick Lies Still" in 1987, which features a sample of "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield. The label was known in its early days for putting on club nights at Camden's Dingwalls featuring artists such as The Night Trains and A Man Called Adam. In 1989 after Peterson left in order to create his own label Talkin' Loud, Acid Jazz signed a second wave of artists including the Brand New Heavies, who released their self-titled debut album in 1990, Corduroy, Mother Earth, and Jamiroquai, who released their debut single " When You Gonna Learn" on the label in 1992. Throughout the 1990s the label also put out a number of comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple J Hottest 100, 1997
The 1997 Triple J Hottest 100, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J, and was broadcast on Australia Day 1998. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC music series ''Rage''. The most popular song was announced by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, the namesake of the winning group. Full list 34 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background). Artists with multiple entries Two entries *The Whitlams (1, 53) *The Verve (4, 22) * Radiohead (7, 9) *Jebediah (10, 33) *Silverchair (13, 27) *The Living End (15, 49) *Faith No More (31,64) *Grinspoon (34, 63) *Ween (36, 69) *The Bloodhound Gang (40, 46) *Arkarna (50, 97) * Everclear (51, 54) CD release The CD also has an interactive componentCreated by Missing Link Entertainment and Arty Computer Productions (noArty Labs that could be accessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Of Australian Rock And Pop
''The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' or ''Rock and Pop'' by Australian music journalist Ian McFarlane is a guide to Australian popular music from the 1950s to the late 1990s. The book has a similar title to the 1978 work by Noel McGrath, '' Australian Encyclopaedia of Rock and Pop'', but is not otherwise related. Publishers, Allen & Unwin described McFarlane's encyclopedia as containing over 870 entries and an "essential reference to the bands and artists who molded the shape of Australian popular music ..in an A-to-Z encyclopedia format complete with biographical and historical details. Each entry also includes listings of original band lineups and subsequent changes, record releases, career highlights, and cross-references with related bands and artists." The first edition is out of print, but was for a time available on the whammo.com.au online record store, and is still in the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990, Allen & Unwin was sold to HarperCollins and the Australian branch was the subject of a management buy-out. George Allen & Unwin in the UK George Allen & Sons was established in 1871 by George Allen, with the backing of John Ruskin, becoming George Allen & Co. Ltd. in 1911 and then George Allen & Unwin in 1914 as a result of Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and nephew Philip helped run the company, which published the works of Bertrand Russell, Arthur Waley, Roald Dahl, Lancelot Hogben, and Thor Heyerdahl. It became well known as J. R. R. Tolkien's publisher, some time after publishing the popular children's fantasy novel '' The Hobbit'' in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Leonards, New South Wales
St Leonards is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. St Leonards is located north-west of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of Municipality of Lane Cove, North Sydney Council and the City of Willoughby. History St Leonards was named after English statesman Viscount Sydney of St Leonards. Originally, St Leonards applied to the whole area from the present suburb of North Sydney to Gore Hill. The township of St Leonards in 1883 is now North Sydney. The oldest railway station on the North Shore line opened in 1890 in St Leonards and originally only ran to Hornsby. The Gore Hill cemetery was established on the Pacific Highway in 1868 and was the main burial site for the area until its closure in 1975. It is still maintained as a heritage site by the Department of Local Government and Lands, Willoughby Municipal Council and the Heritage Council of New South Wales. Heritage lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galliano (band)
Galliano were a London-based acid jazz group that was active between 1988 and 1997. The group was the first signing to Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson's Acid Jazz record label. The original members were Rob Gallagher ( vocals - credited as Roberto Galliano), Constantine Weir (vocals), Michael Snaith (The Vibe Controller) and Crispin Robinson ( percussion). Other important members included Valerie Etienne, who participated in the recording of all their albums, along with other musicians such as Mick Talbot on keyboards, Crispin Taylor on drums, Ernie McKone on bass guitar, Mark Vandergucht guitar, and Steve Ameedee, otherwise known as Uncle Big Man (dancer). Career The group's first single, a reworking of Curtis Mayfield's ''Freddie's Dead'' called ''Frederick Lies Still'', was released in June 1988. It was also the first release on the Acid Jazz label. Their second release was on ''Let the Good Times Roll'' by ''The Quiet Boys'' in 1989. ''The Quiet Boys'' was an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
