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by founding mainstays, Justin Keenan, on vocals and guitar, and Mark Moran on bass guitar. By 2017 they had released seven studio albums and toured Australia, Europe, New Zealand and Japan.

History

The Go Set were formed in

in 2003 by lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Justin Keenan, and bass guitarist, Mark Moran. Keenan is the owner of Karvin Records, which is a Melbourne-based talent management, PR company and record label. He had been a member of Melbourne-based

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ers, Eddie Would Go, which formed in 1996 and released three albums before disbanding in 2001. Their debut album, ''Sing a Song of Revolution'' (2005), was produced by Lindsay Gravina at Melbourne's Birdland Studios. This album fuses traditional folk influences with 1970s punk rock. ''Shite 'n' Onions'' Will Swan observed, "

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first marched into view, all bagpipes and tattered banners and bandaged heads held high, with 2005’s ''Sing a Song of Revolution'', an exciting and accessible collection of emigrant anthems and mandolin-spiked drinking music." The Go Set's second album, ''The Hungry Mile'' (2006), was produced by

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front man

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. It provided the singles "Davey", "Union Man" and "Power of Youth". Alongside Keenan and Moran, the line-up was Andrew Baxter on guitar and mandolin, Ben Cuthbert on drums, and Johnny "Rotten" McHaggis on bagpipes. From March to June the group undertook their Hungry Mile Tour across Australia and to New Zealand. In November 2011 The Go Set worked with Australian rock producer

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on their 6th album, recorded at Hothouse Studios in St Kilda, Melbourne. The self-titled album features the single 'Drums of Chelsea' and was released in March 2012. In the following month Keenan told Chris Yates of ''

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'', of their proposed tour, "If you said to any other musician, you're going to Europe for a month, you're playing every night, you're playing eight different countries, you're playing at five festivals where you're gonna be playing to thousands of people, dudes would be climbing over each other to get on that flight!" During August 2013 they supported a tour by

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, with ''BMA''s Rory McCartney observing, "

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fusion of punk with bagpipes, kilts, tin whistles, and even a mandolin might seem an odd mix... oweverthe five-piece has had 13 different members over the years. Touring takes its toll on families and the band has a revolving line-up." McCartney reflected on the group's song writing, "Like its sound, the band's lyrical material has also been heavily influenced by the members' heritage. Keenan's parents were very left-leaning. This made him serious about music and wanting to leave a legacy people could connect to, one that rises above popular culture."

Members

;Current members * Justin Keenan -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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* Brendon “Shorty” Lee -

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* Lachlan McSwain -

Bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...

tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

* Joel Colliver -

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Tommy Collins -

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

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* Troy Scott -

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;Former members * Fidel (Paul) Monk -

* Andrew Baxter-Smith -

* Jesse Beaton -

* Mark McCartney -

* Lee Hartney -

* Ben Cuthbet -

* Dave Foley -

* Chris Cowburn -

* Mark Moran -

* Tom Fisher -

* Evan Young -

* Johnny -

* Tommy Collins -

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* Chad Blaster -

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Live albums

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References

External links

* * Brad West. "Crime, Suicide and the Anti-Hero: "Waltzing Matilda" in Australia". ''Journal of Popular Culture''. 353 (winter 2001). 127 - 141.
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