''Hungry Ghost'' is the third

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by Australian

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band

Violent Soho Violent Soho were an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 2004 in the Brisbane suburb of Mansfield, Queensland, originally under the name of "showroom". For the majority of the band's existence, the line-up was composed of Luke ...

. It was released on I Oh You Records in September 2013.

Title

According to the band's frontman Luke Beardham, the title of the album and the song of the same name, originally referring to

Chinese Buddhism Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism ( zh, s=汉传佛教, t=漢傳佛教, first=t, poj=Hàn-thoân Hu̍t-kàu, j=Hon3 Cyun4 Fat6 Gaau3, p=Hànchuán Fójiào) is a Chinese form of Mahayana Buddhism. The Chinese Buddhist canonJiang Wu, "The Chin ...

, was taken from the book ''Culture Jam'' by Canadian civil activist

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a and allegorically implies a person who, in an effort to fulfill his desire, loses himself. Boredam has also said Hungry Ghost "dealt with the spiritual skeleton we've become from this spoon-fed reality."

Track listing

Personnel

Violent Soho * Luke Boerdam – lead vocals, rhythm guitars * James Tidswell – lead guitars * Luke Henery – bass guitars, backing vocals * Michael Richards – drums, percussion

Charts

Certifications

ARIA Awards

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References

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