Chaingang (sometimes listed as CHAINGANG) is a female-fronted punk/rock band from

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, Australia.

Biography

Chaingang formed in 2007 following the dissolution of Hayley Foster and Mike Jeffery's former band Pinky Tuscadero on New Year's Eve 2006. Cultivating a rapt cult following across Sydney, the band first came to widespread attention when they were personally chosen by US band

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to support them during their 2008 Australian tour. A demo version of one of their first tracks, Get Off My Stage, attracted widespread attention via tastemaking music blogs across the UK, US, and Australia, and saw the band selected by national youth broadcaster

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as an Unearthed Feature Artist in 2008. Chaingang have since played with the likes of

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, Ladyhawke,

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, Peaches' band Sweet Machine,

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, and opened for

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at the official 2010 Sydney Mardi Gras party. The band were also finalists in

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's Kickstart initiative. Chaingang completed a national tour with

and Tim and Jean, and were set to play the Big Day Out festival in January 2011.

Debut release

Chaingang recorded an EP in

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with producer Sean Ray aka

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, but the project was scrapped. A new EP is scheduled for release in 2011.

Discography

;Singles * 2010: ''Holiday'' * 2011: ''Crazy'' ;Extended plays * 2011: ''Chaingang (TBA)''

References

External links

Official Chaingang MySpaceChaingang profile on Triple J UnearthedYouTube link to official video clip for 'Holiday' singleYouTube link to 2009 footage of Chaingang performing their song 'Holiday'
{{Authority control New South Wales musical groups Australian rock music groups Musical groups established in 2007