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Satellite (Australian Band)
Satellite were an Australian hard rock band, formed in 1993 by Bryce Ewing on guitar, Alex Fricke on bass guitar, Simon Grainger on guitar, Graham Scott on drums and Mia Stone on lead vocals They released two studio albums, ''Wicked Wanda'' (1995) and ''Feed the Monster'' (1996) before disbanding in 1997. History Melbourne band, Satellite were formed as a hard rock quintet in 1993 by Bryce Ewing on guitar, Alex Fricke on bass guitar, Simon Grainger on guitar, Graham Scott on drums (ex-Models) and Mia Stone on lead vocals.* n-line * ff-line Stone had been performing in the local music scene since the mid-1980s. She was the lead singer of Pizza Sluts, in July 1984, with Lindsay Brunsdon on drums (also in Ku Klux Frankenstein), Dave Dog on saxophone (ex-End Result), Dave Jetson on guitar and Iggy Stewart on bass guitar. Peter Tyrrell replaced Jetson on guitar. According to their sometime drummer and music journalist Ian McFarlane they provided "a jazzy brand of acid-grung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock Records
Shock Records (now part of Shock Entertainment) is an Australian independent record label. History The three founding members had all previously worked in music retail or distribution: Williams for a Melbourne distribution company called "Musicland", Falvo for Exposure Records and McGee for Greville Records. Other ventures Shock also started the company CDFA, an entertainment distribution and fulfilment company, which also engages in music publishing. Recent developments include the launch of Ragged Company Touring and Kimchi Creative Services. See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... * :Shock Records albums References External links * {{Authority control Record labels established in 1988 1988 establishments in Australia Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Girl
''Tank Girl'' is a British comic book character created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, and first appeared in print in 1988 in the British comics magazine '' Deadline''. After a period of intense popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tank Girl inspired a 1995 feature film. After a long hiatus, the character returned to comics in 2007 and has appeared regularly in the years since. Originally written by Martin and drawn by Hewlett, the character has also been drawn by Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Ashley Wood, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Jim Mahfood, Brett Parson, Jonathan Edwards, Craig Knowles, Rufus Dayglo, Andy Pritchett, and Mike McMahon. Tank Girl (Rebecca Buck – later revealed to have been born as Fonzie Rebecca Buckler) drives a tank, which is also her home. She undertakes a series of missions for a nebulous organization before making a serious mistake and being declared an outlaw for her sexual inclinations and her substance abuse. The comic centres on he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Groups Established In 1993
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) Musica (Latin), or La Musica (Italian) or Música (Portuguese and Spanish) may refer to: Music Albums * '' Musica è'', a mini album by Italian funk singer Eros Ramazzotti 1988 * ''Musica'', an album by Ghaleb 2005 * ), a German album by Giov ... * Musicality, the ability to perceive music or to create music * {{Music disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Establishments In Australia
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The Wreckery
The Wreckery were an Australian rock and blues group which formed in January 1985 by Robin Casinader on drums, piano, Hammond organ, guitar and violin; Edward Clayton-Jones on guitar, organ and vocals; Tadeusz O'Biegly on bass guitar; Hugo Race on vocals and guitar; Charles Todd on saxophone and organ. By December of that year Nick Barker had replaced O'Biegly on bass guitar. They issued two studio albums, ''Here at Pain's Insistence'' (August 1987) and ''Laying Down Law'' (1988), before disbanding in mid-1989. In 2008 they briefly reunited in support of a compilation album, ''Past Imperfect''. History The Wreckery were formed in January 1985 in Melbourne by Robin Casinader on drums, piano, Hammond organ, guitar and violin (ex-Plays with Marionettes, Horla); Edward Clayton-Jones on guitar, organ and vocals (ex-Fabulous Marquises, Plays with Marionettes, Horla, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds); Tadeusz O'Biegly on bass guitar; Hugo Race on lead vocals and guitar (ex-Plays with Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Race
Hugo Justin Race (born 23 May 1963) is an Australian rock musician and record producer who had been based in Europe from 1989 to 2011. He was a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1983–85), and The Wreckery (1984–89) with Nick Barker and Robin Casinader. As from October 2013 he was simultaneously a member of Hugo Race and the True Spirit, Hugo Race Fatalists, and Dirtmusic. True Spirit have released 12 albums. Race returned to live in Australia in 2011. Life and career Hugo Justin Race was born in the early 1960s in Melbourne and grew up in an Anglo-Irish family. His father listened to musical theatre and classical music, his mother played piano, he has brothers and a sister. In 1978 he formed Dum Dum Fit as the lead vocalist and guitarist with Robin Casinader on keyboards. Two years later Race and Casinader formed Plays with Marionettes which also included Edward Clayton-Jones on guitar, organ, and vocals (ex-The Fabulous Marquises) and Nick Seymour on bass guitar. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the renowned Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillon Naylor
Dillon Naylor (born 1968) is an Australian cartoonist, illustrator and toy designer. He is the creator of the comic strip '' Batrisha the Vampire Girl'', which appeared for six years in the children's magazine ''K-Zone'' and was the basis for two children's books. Other comic strips include '' Rock 'n' Roll Fairies'' which appeared in the children's magazine '' Total Girl'', Supanova Pop Culture Expo - guest biography and ''Camilla and Mike'' which appears in the educational magazin ''Challenge'' Pulp Faction, The Australian O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the in the American Pacific Northwest state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. Grunge fuses elements of punk rock and heavy metal, but without punk's structure and speed. The genre featured the distorted electric guitar sound used in both genres, although some bands performed with more emphasis on one or the other. Like these genres, grunge typically uses electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals. Grunge also incorporates influences from indie rock bands such as Sonic Youth. Lyrics are typically angst-filled and introspective, often addressing themes such as social alienation, self-doubt, abuse, neglect, betrayal, social and emotional isolation, addiction, psychological trauma and a desire for freedom. The early grunge movement revolved around Seattle's independent record label Sub Pop and the region's underground music s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Models (band)
Models (also sometimes known as The Models) are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne, Victoria in August 1978. They went into hiatus in 1988, but re-formed in 2000, 2006 and 2008 to perform reunion concerts. The band began regularly performing again from 2010 onwards. " Out of Mind, Out of Sight", their only No. 1 hit, appeared on the Australian singles charts in July 1985. The related album, '' Out of Mind, Out of Sight'', peaked at No. 3 on the Australian albums charts after its release in August. ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' appeared on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, with the single, "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", peaking at No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. An earlier song from the same album, "Barbados", had peaked at No. 2 on the Australian singles chart. Models early line-up included Andrew Duffield on keyboards, Mark Ferrie on bass guitar, Janis Freidenfelds (a.k.a. Johnny Crash) on drums and percussion, and Sean Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 he started in 1984 with '' Juke'', a rock music newspaper. During the early 1990s he worked for Roadrunner Records while he published a music guide, ''The Australian New Music Record Guide Volume 1: 1976–1980'' (1992). He followed with two fanzines, ''Freedom Train'' and ''Prehistoric Sounds'', both issued during 1994 to 1996. McFarlane's ''The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' is described by the ''Australian Music Guide'' as "the most exhaustive and wide-ranging encyclopedia of Australian music from the 1950s onwards". Subsequently, he was a writer for ''The Australian'' and worked for Raven Records, a reissue specialist label, preparing compilations, writing liner notes and providing research. He fulfilled a similar role at Az ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire (Australian Band)
Fire were an Australian gothic, acid rock band, which formed in 1983 as Ku Klux Frankenstein. Founders were Lindsay Brunsdon ( Lindsay Storm) on guitar and vocals, Andrew Flossos ( Andrew Frank) on drums, Kerrie Hickin ( Kerrie Van Lewin) on bass guitar and Neil D Schneider ( Neild Stein) on vocals and saxophone. They issued an extended play, ''Love for Sale'' (1985) and changed their name in 1986. Fire's sole studio album, ''A Frame of Purple Roses'', was released in early 1987 and the group disbanded at the end of that year. 1983–1986: Ku Klux Frankenstein Fire were formed as Ku Klux Frankenstein in inner Melbourne as a gothic, acid rock band by Lindsay Brunsdon ( Lindsay Storm) on guitar and vocals (ex-Hear Hear), Andrew Flossos ( Andrew Frank) on drums, Kerrie Hickin ( Kerrie Van Lewin) on bass guitar (ex-Lynching Party) and Neil D Schneider ( Neild Stein) on vocals and saxophone. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described their performances as both "inspirationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
