Ups and Downs is an Australian pop band. Their single "
The Living Kind" was nominated for the
ARIA Award for Best New Talent at the
ARIA Music Awards of 1987.
History
1983-1990
Ups and Downs was formed in Brisbane in 1983 by brothers Greg and Darren Atkinson with John Flade. Peter Shaw soon joined the lineup. After the release of two singles through Basketcase in 1984, they relocated to Sydney, where they built a cult following.
In 1986 they released the single "The Living Kind" through True Tone
which saw them nominated for an
ARIA Award
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
at the
ARIA Music Awards of 1987.
In 1987 Trevor O'Neil joined the band. They signed with
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mu ...
and released their debut album ''Underneath the Watchful Eye'' in 1988. Flade left the band in 1989 and they released one more EP before breaking up in 1990.
2007-present
In 2007 they played at Pig City, a celebration of Brisbane music, and for the 4ZZZ Flashback, a 40th anniversary of the Brisbane radio station.
They reformed in 2011 for a series of shows and they released a compilation album of old tracks, ''Out of the Darkness: Sleepless, Singles & Other Stories''.
In 2017 they released their album "The Sky's In Love With You" on Basketcase Records, with bass player Alex Ronayne.
In September 2019, they recorded a cover version of
The Hummingbirds' "Two Weeks With a Good Man in Niagara Falls" for the ''Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 3'' compilation. Before re-recording and releasing "Ups and Downs", which was featured on the 1983 cassette ''Darling It's Wonderful''.
Band members
Members
*Darren Atkinson - drums, vocals
*Greg Atkinson - bass, vocals
*John Flade - guitar
*Trevor O'Neil - keyboards
*Peter Shaw - guitar
*Alex Ronayne - bass
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
Australian music
The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of ...
. They commenced in 1987.
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ARIA Music Awards of 1987
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ARIA Award for Best New Talent
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Countdown Australian Music Awards
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Countdown
A countdown is a sequence of backward counting to indicate the time remaining before an event is scheduled to occur. NASA commonly employs the terms "L-minus" and "T-minus" during the preparation for and anticipation of a rocket launch, and eve ...
'' was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster
ABC-TV from 1974–1987, it presented music awards from 1979–1987, initially in conjunction with magazine ''
TV Week
''TV Week'' is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.
Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particu ...
''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.
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References
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Australian pop music groups
Musical groups established in 1983
Musical groups disestablished in 1990