67 Special are an Australian

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band based in

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. The band was formed in 2001, and went on to release two full-length albums.

History

In 1994, Ash Santilla and Gavin Campbell met at high school in their hometown of

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, Victoria, and became good friends sharing their passion for rock music. Their first band was called Naybious, named after Gavin's sister Lauren's one-eyed doll. Lead vocalist Santilla and lead

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ist Campbell met multi-instrumentalist Louis Macklin at a school camp, and he became the band's

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and

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. Progress of the band stalled for some time, until 2001 when Santilla and Campbell found each other again in Melbourne and began writing again. Soon,

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Ben Dexter joined after coming to know the group through his brother, and

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ist Bryan Dochstader joined the group after noticing the group unloading gear in a supermarket car-park and asking them, "Do you guys need a bass player?" The band couldn't decide on a name for several months until Dexter rang Santilla and asked him, "What's the model of your car?" "HR," Santilla replied. "What year?" "'67." "67 Special?" "Yeah." 67 Special signed with

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released the "Hey There Bomb" in 2004. The song peaked at number 100 on the ARIA Charts. Their debut album ''The World Can Wait'' was released in August 2005. The second studio album was released by

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in 2007.

Personnel

* Ash Santilla – lead vocals,

* Gavin Campbell – lead guitar * Bryan Dochstader –

, vocals * Ben Dexter –

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* Louis Macklin –

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Footnotes

References

External links

67Special.com
Official band website (requires

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plugin)

Myspace site

Sydney Morning Herald interview with Ash

The Dwarf's 67Special Content

Australian Music Online
Undercover.com.au
Undercover's video interview with 67 Special from 11 October 2004 (requires either

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plugins)
AccessAllAreas.net.au
Access All Areas' interview with 67 Special from mid-2005 (scroll down a bit)
ReachOut.com.au
'Clued-Up' Interview with drummer Ben Dexter in mid-2005.

Xdafied.com.au

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