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Screamfeeder is an Australian indie guitar pop group formed in
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in 1991. The band's original line-up was composed of drummer Tony Blades, bassist/vocalist Kellie Lloyd and vocalist/guitarist
Tim Steward Tim Steward is a musician, singer, and songwriter from Brisbane, Australia. Steward was born in the United Kingdom and moved to Townsville, Australia in 1983, and Brisbane in 1989. Steward is most well known for his work in band Screamfeeder whic ...
. In 1995, Dean Shwereb replaced Blades on drums. Darek Mudge later joined on lead guitar from 2001 to 2005, and eventually rejoined in 2014. Screamfeeder have released seven studio albums: ''Flour'' (June 1992), ''
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'' (August 1993), ''
Fill Yourself With Music Screamfeeder is an Australian indie guitar pop group formed in Brisbane in 1991. The band's original line-up was composed of drummer Tony Blades, bassist/vocalist Kellie Lloyd and vocalist/guitarist Tim Steward. In 1995, Dean Shwereb replaced B ...
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Kitten Licks Screamfeeder is an Australian indie guitar pop group formed in Brisbane in 1991. The band's original line-up was composed of drummer Tony Blades, bassist/vocalist Kellie Lloyd and vocalist/guitarist Tim Steward. In 1995, Dean Shwereb replaced B ...
'' (1996), ''
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'' (2003) and ''Pop Guilt'' (2017).


History

Screamfeeder were formed in August of 1991 in Brisbane. Blades and Steward had previously been members of The Madmen, which formed in 1988 in
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with Bruce Gardner on guitar and vocals and Jeff Johnson on bass guitar. In 1989, Cam Hurst replaced Johnson on bass guitar and Gardner left. They released three singles and an extended play, ''Thunder Egg'' (1990), on their own label, Stone Groove. The Madmen toured Queensland numerous times, before relocating to Brisbane in 1989. When Hurst was replaced by Lloyd, the trio became Screamfeeder. Lloyd had previously made a filmclip for The Madmen,
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'.. Screamfeeder signed with Sydney-based label Survival Records and issued their debut studio album, ''Flour'', in June 1992. One track, "Walking Through the Village", had been recorded back in June 1990 by the Madmen (with Hurst on bass guitar) at Pyramid Studios, and was co-produced by Steward and Murray Nash. The other tracks were recorded between November 1991 and the following January at Vibrafeel Studios with Mick Borkowski as producer, audio engineer and mastering engineer. ''
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'' wrote in January 1993 that ''Flour'' "captured the raw sound of Screamfeeder while displaying the inherent depth, feeling and power within the music. Influences within Screamfeeder range from
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and beyond. The songs on the album forge a path of intense feeling, crossing the ground from sublime melodies to sonic punishment." ''Flour'' was later remastered and re-released in 2014 by the Melbourne-based
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. Their second album, ''
Burn Out Your Name Screamfeeder is an Australian indie guitar pop group formed in Brisbane in 1991. The band's original line-up was composed of drummer Tony Blades, bassist/vocalist Kellie Lloyd and vocalist/guitarist Tim Steward. In 1995, Dean Shwereb replaced B ...
'', was released in August 1993. It provided the single, "Fingers and Toes", in the same month. Pemberton Roach of ''
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'' described their sound "it's pretty clear from the album's first song that the group has put in some serious hours listening to Hüsker Dü records. From the ringing distorto guitar to the throat-slashing, top-of-the-range Bob Mould-esque vocals, Screamfeeder has the Minnepolis trio's sound down better than anyone this side of Overwhelming Colorfast." Screamfeeder toured Europe with Screaming Tribesmen and
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later that year, and played the
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for the first time in January 1994. The band would go on to play the festival a further three times in 1997, 1998 and 1999. In 1995, Dean Shwereb replaced Tony Blades on the drums, and the band toured to promote ''Fill Yourself With Music'' and wrote and recorded ''Kitten Licks''. The rest of the 90s saw the band support acts such as Rollins Band, Sonic Youth,
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and Pavement. It was announced in January 2022 that drummer Dean Shwereb was stepping away from the band after a 25-year tenure. He was replaced by Phil Usher from Brisbane bands Grand Atlantic, Sacred Shrines and The Far Outs, as well as Sydney’s Sounds Like Sunset. The following month, the band announced their first album in five years, ''Five Rooms'', would be released on 6 May 2022.


Discography


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Live albums


Compilations


Extended plays


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External links

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