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Martha's Vineyard were an Australian rock band formed in
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, Western Australia in May 1986 by lead singer Peggy Van Zalm. In June 1989 the group issued their debut self-titled album on
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, which was produced by Nick Mainsbridge. It peaked in the top 100 on the
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Albums Chart. Australian musicologist,
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, described their sound as "reflective folk rock
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mixed melancholy vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, gentle percussion and spacious arrangements to arrive at a harmonious and intriguing whole". They shared a similar sound and outlook to that of fellow Perth bands like
The Triffids The Triffids were an Australian alternative rock and pop band, formed in Perth in Western Australia in May 1978 with David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry fo"The Triff ...
, The Honeys and Chad's Tree. Van Zalm's vocals drew positive comparisons with
Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album '' Horses'' made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fu ...
,
Chrissie Hynde Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American-British musician. She is a founding member of the rock band the Pretenders and is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter; she and drummer Martin Chambers are the ...
and
Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitch ...
. The group had toured nationally supporting
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's
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,
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, Paul Kelly, The Triffids,
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,
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band, The Saints and
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, before disbanding in 1990. By 1994 Van Zalm had launched her solo career.


History

In May 1986 Peggy Van Zalm (ex-Distant Carnival), on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, co-founded Martha's Vineyard with Anthony Best (later known by his
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name,
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) on guitar, harmonica and vocals, Lisa Jooste on violin, Norman Parkhill (The Scream, Matinee Idols, Photoplay, Scant Regarde) on bass guitar and vocals, and Aidan D'Adhemar on drums, percussion and vocals. The Perth-based band took their name from the holiday resort island off the coast of
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, United States. Van Zalm had grown up in Cowaramup, a small farming and vineyard town, before studying Fine Arts at
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. The band's first performance was on 21 May 1986 at the Red Parrot nightclub supporting
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garage band, The Saints, three weeks after forming. Soon after they issued a self-titled five-track cassette, recorded at Northlake Studios in Fremantle with James Hewgill, which was followed with a shared single, "Our Day", with Errol H. Tout's "Sounds of Swimming" on Lizard Records/Monkey Music. "Our Day" was written by Van Zalm. Catherine McAuliffe joined on bass guitar and Parkhill switched to guitar. In the following months the band played support performances for Paul Kelly,
Weddings, Parties, Anything Weddings Parties Anything. was an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1999. Their name came from The Clash song "Revolution Rock". Musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Austral ...
,
The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster (musician), Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only co ...
and
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. Martha's Vineyard also supported
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and
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at the
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. In October 1987 a six-track
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, ''For a Small World'', followed on the Monkey Music label.. The title track was written by Best. Soon after Stuart Fenner replaced Jooste on violin and Phil Kakulas (ex-
The Triffids The Triffids were an Australian alternative rock and pop band, formed in Perth in Western Australia in May 1978 with David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry fo"The Triff ...
) replaced McAuliffe on bass guitar. In late 1987 the band went on an Eastern States tour supporting
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on their '' Calenture'' tour. In 1988 the line-up of Best, D'Adhemar, Kakulas and Van Zalm re-located to Sydney. The following year they signed with the
rooArt rooArt was an Australian independent record label, founded in 1988 by INXS's then-manager, Chris Murphy, label owner Sebastian Chase and Murphy's former employee, Justin Van Stom. The label's roster included several well-known Australian ban ...
label alongside The Trilobites, Crash Politics,
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, Hipslingers and
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. Martha's Vineyard contributed the track "Unravelling" to the first of rooArt's compilations, ''RooArt Present Young Blood'' (September 1988), which was "a collection of newer indie acts".. "Unravelling" was written by Van Zalm. The band were one of four selected from the compilation which were signed for a three-album deal. In 1989
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, the editor of Australian ''
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'' named them as one of five 'new' bands that he thought most deserve to succeed on the charts. In April 1989 ''
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''s reviewer John O'Donnell caught their performance at Harold Park Hotel, he praised their "lilting, well constructed arrangements, van Zalm's assured voice and the intelligent, minimal use of volume all combined to provide ... the ambience of a folk club. Fortunately, tidy folk tunes are not all that M. V. play". Martha's Vineyard recorded their only album at Planet Studios in Perth, which was produced by Nick Mainsbridge (The Triffids, Tall Tales and True). In June 1989 rooArt issued the self-titled album, ''Martha's Vineyard'', and a single, "Old Beach Road", which were distributed by PolyGram Records.. The album received favourable reviews nationally and abroad. It peaked in the top 100 on the
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Albums Chart. "Old Beach Road" received airplay on both commercial and community radios stations, including 2JJJ,
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and
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, reaching No. 86 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until
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created their own
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in mid-1988.
It was co-written by Best and Van Zalm. The record company negotiated Martha's Vineyard as opening act with
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on their national tour throughout Australia as part of the promotion of the band's album. Early the following year, "Old Beach Road" was also issued as a four-track 12" extended play of the same name for the European market. A second single, "More of the Same", was released on rooArt;. before pressures from both within and outside the band led to its split in 1990. RooArt nevertheless released the album in the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States, under the title ''Old Beach Road'' taking advantage of the success of the single. The band attracted much critical acclaim and shared stages on tours with
Simply Red Simply Red are an English soul music, soul and pop band formed in Manchester in 1985. Band leader, singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall was the only original member left by the time Simply Red initially disbanded in 2010. They have released thir ...
,
INXS INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, gu ...
,
Eurythmics Eurythmics were a British New wave music, new wave duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Dave Stewart. They were both previously in the Tourists, a band t ...
,
The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster (musician), Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only co ...
, Paul Kelly, The Triffids,
Mental as Anything Mental As Anything was an Australian new wave and pop rock band that formed in Sydney in 1976. Its most popular line-up (which lasted from 1977 to 1999, and recorded all of its charting singles and albums) was Martin Plaza (birth name Martin ...
, The Saints and
Weddings, Parties, Anything Weddings Parties Anything. was an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1999. Their name came from The Clash song "Revolution Rock". Musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Austral ...
.. Australian musicologist,
Ian McFarlane Ian McFarlane (born 1959) is an Australian music journalist, music historian and author, whose best known publication is the ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999), which was updated for a second edition in 2017. As a journalist ...
, described their sound as "reflective folk rock
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mixed melancholy vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, gentle percussion and spacious arrangements to arrive at a harmonious and intriguing whole". He felt that they shared a similar sound and outlook to that of fellow Perth bands The Triffids, The Honeys and Chad's Tree. He drew positive comparisons between Van Zalm's vocals with
Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album '' Horses'' made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fu ...
,
Chrissie Hynde Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American-British musician. She is a founding member of the rock band the Pretenders and is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter; she and drummer Martin Chambers are the ...
and
Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitch ...
.


Post Martha's Vineyard

In 1989 Kakulas had formed a side project,
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, with David McComb,
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(members of The Triffids), Rob Snarski (Chad's Tree) and Ross Bolleter. Following the break-up of Martha's Vineyard, Kakulas worked with
Grant McLennan Grant William McLennan (12 February 19586 May 2006) was an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. He co-founded the Go-Betweens (1977–89, 2000–06) with Robert Forster in Brisbane in 1977 and issued four solo albums: '' Wat ...
(ex-The Go-Betweens) on the latter's solo project before Kakulas rejoined The Blackeyed Susans as that band's bass guitarist. The Blackeyed Susans' have released seven studio albums and a live album, a number of which were produced by Kakulas. By March 1991 Jooste, on guitar, violin, keyboards and backing vocals, had joined The Deadly Nightshades with Ross Buncle (from
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band The Victims) and Ian Young (Scant Regarde). Van Zalm launched her solo career, at the end of 1994, with the release of the album, ''Shine''. In June 1999, she issued her second album, ''Revival'', on her own Red Dirt Records label, it was produced by Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup (ex-
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), and featured Van Zalm's trademark folksy, jazzy pop vocals. She then released two albums with co-producer Geoff Nant, ''Different World'' in 2001 and ''Light Diamond'' in 2006. Best became disillusioned with the alternative music scene and moved to
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in 1992 to pursue a
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vocation, where he became a
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monk in the
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, taking the
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name Bhante Sujato at his
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. In 2019, Sujato moved to Sydney to establish
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, and political turmoil. He is also involved with
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entitled ''I am an
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, specifically aligning himself with
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, which he explains as being compatible with The Buddha, Buddhist lay and renunciant life, as well as being in accord with the monastic ''
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''. In the speech, Sujato explains his belief that The Buddha was also an anarchist. Parkhill went onto manage acts including Frente,
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Members

* Anthony Best aka
Bhante Sujato Sujato, known as Ajahn Sujato or Bhikkhu Sujato (born Anthony Best), is an Australian Buddhist monk ordained into the Thai forest lineage of Ajahn Chah. Life He is a former musician with the post punk alternative rock Australian band Martha' ...
 – guitar, harmonica, vocals (1986–1990) * Aidan D'Adhemar – drums, percussion, vocals (1986–1987, 1988–1989) * Lisa Jooste – violin (1986–1987) * Catherine McAuliffe – bass guitar (1986–1987) * Norman Parkhill – bass guitar, guitar, vocals (1986–1989) * Peggy Van Zalm – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica (1986–1990) * Stuart Fenner – violin (1987) * Phil Kakulas – bass guitar (1987–1990) * James Elliot – drums (1990)


Discography


Studio albums


Extended plays


Singles


Awards and nominations


ARIA Music Awards

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, , ''Martha's Vineyard' , Best New Talent , ,


References


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