Electric Hippies were an Australian band formed by ex

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members

Justin Stanley Justin Stanley is an Australian musician, producer and songwriter. He has worked with an eclectic range of musicians including Beck, Prince, Jimmy Cliff, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney and Snoop Dogg. Some of the artists Stanley had produced, in ...

and

Steve Balbi Stephen Vert Balbi (born 3 October 1964) is an Australian musician and record producer. He was the founding bass guitarist in pub rockers, Noiseworks in 1986 and formed a psychedelic pop group and production duo, Electric Hippies in 1993 with ...

. The pair also used the same name for their production work. They released a self titled album in 1994 and had a top 30 single with " Greedy People". As record producers they have worked with Vincent Stone,

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, Jenny Morris,

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and Pearls & Swine. In February 2023, Balbi and Stanley revealed Electric Hippies and in the studio and working on new material.

Band members

*Justin Stanley - guitar, keyboards, vocals *Steve Balbi - bass, guitar, vocals

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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for "Greedy People" ,

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, , - , Simon Anderson for ''The Electric Hippies'' ,

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References

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