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Juice were an Australian
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band formed in 1991 by brothers: Amarnath and Krishna Jones both on guitar and vocals, Lucius Borich on drums; and David Kyle on bass guitar. They released their debut album, ''Wine of Life'', in 1994 which peaked in the top 50 on the
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. At the
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, their debut extended play, ''Movin' On'', was nominated for
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.


History


1991–1996: Juice

Juice formed in 1991 in Sydney as a hard rock funk band by Amarnath and his brother Krishna Jones both on guitars and vocals; Lucius Borich on drums, and David Kyle on bass guitar. According to Australian rock music historian,
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, they "played a fiery fusion of hard funk, aggressive rock, psychedelia and soul (somewhere between
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,
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and the 'stoned soul picnic' stylings of
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). Juice was one of a number of young bands at that time exploring diverse musical avenues on the traditional Australian pub-rock scene: d.i.g.'s
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, Swoop's soulful funk grooves,
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's techno-metal,
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's funk'n'rap and Caligula's techno-pop". Phil Jones (aka Shiva Shankar Jones), father of Amarnath and Krishna, is a musician, who worked with 1960s group The Unknown Blues. In 1969 he relocated to the United Kingdom to join
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band,
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. Borich is a son of New Zealand-born Australian guitarist
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. During 1993 Juice supported
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and
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; in April they released their first extended play, ''Movin' On''. At the
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it was nominated for Best Independent Release. In April 1994 the group's debut studio album, ''Wine of Life'', was released on
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. It provided the singles "Skyhigh" in April and "Paper World" in November that same year. Kyle left before the album had appeared and was replaced on bass guitar by Ben Rosen. In early 1995 Borich left to form a heavy stoner rock band, The Hanging Tree. Borich was replaced by Chris Simms on drums. They supported tours by
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and The Tea Party. In June 1995 Juice released a single, "Never Enough", followed by another EP, ''Fractured'' in September. Simon Cox replaced Simms on drums, but by early 1996 Juice had disbanded.


1998–present: Post Juice music careers

After disbandment various former members of Juice continued their music careers. In 1998, Lucius Borich, along with Flynn Gower from The Hanging Tree formed a progressive rock group, Cog. In 1999, Amarnath and Krishna Jones created a new acoustic blues-rock band, Juggernaut, which issued three EPs, ''Million Miles from Home'' (1999), ''Better Than Everyone'' (2000) and ''Head in the Clouds'' (September 2004); and a studio album, ''Burn''. Krishna co-wrote the screenplay of a 2001 short film, ''The Host'', with its director and editor, Nick Tomnay. In 2002, Krishna produced recordings by nu-metal band Beacon, the group included Emelyn Walters from The Hanging Tree. Juggernaut's track, "Bubbleman", received an honourable mention in the Rock category at the 2004 International Songwriting Competition for its songwriters, Amarnath and Krishna. Krishna issued his debut solo album, ''Razor's Edge'', in 2007. Ben Rosen remixed works by Marilyn Manson, Unwritten Law, Nikka Costa, Grinspoon, 8mm and also started his own audio company, The Gunnery, in Singapore. On 29 May 2010 the original four members of Juice (Krishna and Amarnath Jones, Lucius Borich and David Kyle) reunited for a gig at The Beach Road Hotel to perform together for the first time since Dave Kyle departed the band in 1994. The success of that reunion gig inspired the band to reform and write a new album which was titled "Signs" and was released in 2019.


Band members

*Krishna Jones – lead vocals, guitar (1991–2018) *Amarnath Jones – guitar, vocals (1991–2018) * Lucius Borich – drums (1991–2018) *David Kyle – bass guitar (1991–1994, 2010, 2018) *Ben Rosen – bass guitar (1995–1996) *Simon Cox – drums (1996)


Discography


Studio albums


Extended plays


Singles


Awards and nominations


ARIA Music Awards

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are a set of annual ceremonies presented by
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(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the
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References

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