The Sea Haggs were an

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band formed in

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in 1991 by

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expatriates

Laura MacFarlane Laura Sandra MacFarlane (also credited as Lora MacFarlane) is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and audio engineer. Since 1996 she is the founding mainstay of the Australian indie rock band, ninetynine. MacFarlane also performs solo an ...

on guitar, viola, percussion and vocals with

Iain McIntyre Iain McIntyre is an Australian writer, musician and community radio broadcaster, currently based in Melbourne. From the 1980s onwards he has published books and zines, including the ''How To Make Trouble and Influence People'' series. 1980s In ...

on guitar, bass and vocals, and

Cameron Potts Cameron Potts (born 10 November 1971 in Subiaco, Western Australia), is a musician based in Melbourne. Since 1999, he has toured regularly to the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Scandinavia and Iceland w ...

on drums. The band also featured other members, including Yvette Pusser (bass) Nicole (drums) and Ben Butler (percussion). Towards the end of its career, the band also recorded under the name Keckle. In 1995, the band was wound up when MacFarlane moved to

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to join

Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney ( ) is an American rock band that formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1994. The band's current lineup features Corin Tucker (vocals and guitar) and Carrie Brownstein (guitar and vocals), following the departure of longtime member J ...

. A compilation of Sea Haggs and Keckle recordings, along with some of MacFarlane's solo work, appeared then under the name "Jelly CD", released by McIntyre's Woozy

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/imprint. MacFarlane, Potts and McIntyre later went on to form

ninetynine Ninetynine (styled as ninetynine) is an indie band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band was founded by Laura MacFarlane, who played drums in Sleater-Kinney, in 1996 as a solo project. The first album, ''99'', was recorded with her playing al ...

Members

— guitar, viola, percussion, vocals *

— guitar, bass, vocals *

— drums * Yvette Pusser — guitar, bass, vocals * Nicole — drums * Ben Butler — percussion

Discography

* ''Beastie'' (1993) * ''Jelly'' (1995)

External links

MP3s of the Jelly CD compilation
Australian rock music groups Musical groups from Melbourne Musical groups disestablished in 1995 {{Australia-band-stub