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Mammoth Mammoth (often stylized as MAMMOTH MAMMOTH) are an Australian
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band that formed in 2006 in
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. The band independently released their self-titled debut EP in June 2008 through their label, Golden Triangle, and followed this with a full-length album titled "Volume II: Mammoth" in August 2009. In November 2012, their third album ''Volume III: Hell’s Likely'' was released, and after good sales and recognition in Europe They signed with Austrian/German label
Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach a ...
.Staff writers
"Australian fuzz-rockers, MAMMOTH MAMMOTH officially ink a worldwide deal with Austria’s Napalm Records."
'' May The Rock Be With You'', Australia, 14 September 2012. Retrieved on 10 November 2014.
Mammoth Mammoth's sound has been likened to "Motorhead doing mushrooms with Black Sabbath backstage at a Butt Hole Surfers concert".Di Gotta, Sen

"Artist: Mammoth Mammoth" '' The Mayfair Mall Zine'', 16 January 2013. Retrieved on 10 November 2014.
The band are known for their raucous, live shows; Heavy Magazine Australia said, "their live reputation precedes them ... Mikey Tucker knows no boundaries and goes in hard every time; throwing himself off the stage and throughout the crowd." Mammoth Mammoth have been banned from performing at two music venues in Melbourne. According to an interview in the blog Riff media, Tucker fell through a glass window at
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after head-butting it to get the attention of concert attendees smoking outside. He then continued the show covered in blood. Mammoth Mammoth describe their songwriting style as "four guys in a boxing ring with no referee"."Mammoth Mammoth"
'' BURRN Magazine'', Japan. 2012.


Career


Background and name

Mammoth Mammoth were formed by Ben 'Cuz' Couzens and Gareth 'Gash' Sweet as a result of their growing boredom with the Melbourne rock scene, which they saw as being full of "shoe-gazing indie-rock bands doing very little to entertain or commit".Thesses, Frank. "Dickes Fell" ''
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'', 2012.
They describe themselves as "a heavy rock band from Melbourne Australia that smash the shit out of their stoner, glam, doom, punk and psychedelic rock influences". The band name is derived from the name of the
woolly mammoth The woolly mammoth (''Mammuthus primigenius'') is an extinct species of mammoth that lived from the Middle Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning with the African ...
, stemming from their desire to have a band with the "biggest" name they could think of. Couzens and Trobbiani were previously co members of Melbourne rock band Furious Dragon Love; at that same time Couzens was working on a side project with friend and bassist Gareth "Gash" Sweet. Tucker was invited to join on vocals when his band Black Fang broke up and former bandmate Trobbiani was recruited to play drums, all combining to form the original Mammoth Mammoth line up in October 2007.


2008: ''Volume I: Mammoth Mammoth EP''

In 2008, the band recorded their debut EP before having played a live show. At their earliest most intense live shows the audience and the press were unsure whether the band's performance was satirical or sincere. In interviews, the band comments on their hands-on approach when creating their videos, concert posters, and album artwork.


2009 – 2011: ''Volume II: Mammoth'' and line-up changes

In 2009 the band made their first appearance at the CherryRock Festival held in Melbourne's iconic laneway AC/DC Lane. In 2010, following the release of ''Volume II: Mammoth'', their second self-titled album, the band toured Australia with fellow Melbourne hard rock band Airbourne and again played CherryRock Festival. Shortly after, Sweet left the band and was temporarily replaced by Simon Jaunay (Spiff) before they chose Pete Bell as the band's permanent bass player.


2012 – 2013: ''Volume III: Hell’s Likely''

Mammoth Mammoth created the basic outline for their album ''Volume III: Hell’s Likely'' over a continuous, three-day jamming session. They later recorded the album in two weeks at Toyland and Goatsounds Studios in Melbourne. They employed Jason Fuller, producer and bassist for Australian metal band
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, to work with them on the album. Guitarist Ben Couzens said working on material for the album meant the band "just played around with a bunch of jams." In 2012, after the Australian release of ''Volume III: Hell’s Likely'', Mammoth Mammoth were approached by
Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach a ...
and subsequently signed an international recording contract. The album was re-released internationally to positive reviews and the band supported it with their 2013 European tour.
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magazine's German, French and UK editions voted ''Hell’s Likely'' number two for "album of the month" in December 2012. Mammoth Mammoth returned to Australia to play Melbourne's CherryRock Festival in AC/DC Lane, sharing the bill with fellow Australian hard rockers, Rose Tattoo.


2014 – 2016: ''Volume IV: Hammered Again''

In 2014, the band wrote and recorded their fourth studio album, ''Volume IV: Hammered Again''.Staff writers
" Details On New Album 'Volume IV - Hammered Again' Revealed By Mammoth Mammoth"
''
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'', 15 January 2015. Retrieved on 9 March 2015.
The first video release for the track ''Looking Down the Barrel'' is a tribute to
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's ''The Decline Of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years'', in which W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes sums up the era as he is being interviewed while drinking vodka and floating in a pool while his mother watches. The video's recurring theme is
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, which run through a number of the album's songs.Adrien Begrand
"Mammoth Mammoth’s Chris Holmes Tribute"
''
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'', 4 March 2015. Retrieved on 9 March 2015.
On completion of the album, the band toured throughout Europe and alongside former
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vocalist John Garcia and followed up with supports of U.S. doom legends
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.Staff writers
"John Garcia, Waxy, Mammoth Mammoth. The Gershwin Room, Melbourne. 12-09-2014."
'' Desert Highways'', 19 September 2015. Retrieved on 9 March 2015.


2016 – 2017: ''Mammoth Bloody Mammoth''

In 2016, the band returned briefly to the studio to write and record an EP, ''Mammoth Bloody Mammoth''. The album featured a cover of the
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's Kick Out The Jams. The EP was supported with a European tour with label mates Green Leaf and My Sleeping Karma and shows in Australia supporting
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2017-2020: ''Volume V: Mount The Mountain and Kreuzung''

The band's fifth full-length album, ''Volume V: Mount The Mountain'' was released through
Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach a ...
in April 2017. The ''Mount The Mountain European Tour'' took place through April and May of the same year before tensions in the band saw Tucker and Trobbiani carry on without Couzens and Bell with stand-in musicians, Marco Gennaro and Kris Sinister to complete shows that year. In 2018 Gennaro and Sinister became key songwriters on MAMMOTH MAMMOTH's sixth album, 'Kreuzung'. The album was written over summer of 2018 in Berlin and recorded later that year. In August 2020, a statement was posted on MAMMOTH MAMMOTH's social media accounts, "F@#k you Corona virus! While the world is afraid of blood, sweat and beers, MAMMOTH MAMMOTH simply cannot exist. We’re outta here!" It was unclear of the official status of the band.


2021 - Present: Reunion and ''Volume VI: Warts n' All (live)''

In August 2021, the band announced that they had reunited its classic line-up of Mikey Tucker, Frank 'Bones' Trobbiani, Ben 'Cuz' Couzens and Pete Bell for the first time in 4 years and would be releasing a live album. Due to on-going
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related issues, the release of the band's live album was delayed. On Dec 2 2022 the first singles from the forthcoming live album were released (Sittin' Pretty/Love Gun) to coincide with their first Australian show in six years with
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(USA). In 2023 the band's live album "Volume VI: Warts n' All" was officially released with a limited number of gold LPs. Shortly after, Tucker left the band. In December 2024, the band played their first official show as a three-piece with Couzens and Bell handling vocals as part of the 25th birthday celebrations of Melbourne's iconic
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Band members

*Ben 'Cuz' Couzens (guitars & vocals) *Pete Bell (bass & vocals) *Frank 'Bones' Trobbiani (drums)


Discography


Albums


Extended Plays


Awards and nominations


Music Victoria Awards

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References

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