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Hailing from Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, the beginning of this Punk-Rock trio
can be traced back to 1994; it was there that then-high school students
singer+guitarist & songwriter Chris Cheney and upright bass player
Scott Owen along with drummer Joe Piriptzi started playing Rockabilly
covers in their hometown under the name of The Runaway Boys.
In 1995 they re-named the band to The Living End and released their
first 8-track EP of original material, "Hellbound", which created
enough buzz to finance a second EP, 1996's "It's For Your Own Good"
and they also earned an opening slot on the Green
Day Australian tour.
Not long after drummer Travis Dempsey replaced Piriptzi and the band gained
national exposure with the song "From Here On In".
In 1998, the Melbourne collective released their self-titled full-length
disc on major labeles, it peaked at #1 on the Australian Albums chart
reaching ARIA certified quintuple platinum; the lead single, "Prisoner
Of Society", hit the top 5 at home and peaked at #23 on the American
Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart; the second single, "Save The
Day", was a moderate hit. The trio also toured throughout Canada,
USA, Europe and Japan in support of the album.
The Living End issued its second album, "Roll On", in early
2001; the record yielded two Australian top 20 hit singles, "Pictures
In The Mirror" and the title-track, the latter of which reached #33
on the U.S. Modern Rock chart; that same year the threesome supported
AC/DC on their Australian tour and Green
Day across U.S. and Canada.
The group was beginning to think about their next album when in September
2001 Cheney was involved in a near fatal car accident; the news got even
worse with Travis Dempsey decided to pursue other interests and parted
company with the band early in 2002. Cheney was in rehab for months, he
and Owen finally hired Andy Strachan as their new drummer and in October
2003 this revamped line-up released "Modern Artillery"; it included
three singles, "One Said To The Other" which hit the top 20
in their native Australia, "Who's Gonna Save Us?" reached the
#26 position on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart and "Tabloid Magazine"
failed to chart.
The Living End returned once more in March 2006 with its new album "State
Of Emergency"; the set brought them to the top of the Australian
chart while the first single, "What's On Your Radio?", hit the
top 10.
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