Powderfinger

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Founded in the late '80s in Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA, the Alternative-Rock combo Powderfinger began as a three-piece band with lead singer + guitarist Bernard Fanning, guitarist + vocalist Ian Haug and bassist John Collins, along the way adding two more members, guitarist + keyboardist Darren Middleton and drummer Jon Coghill.

Since its inception, the quintet has toured extensively, performing Hard-Rock live shows at local clubs and in April 1993 they released their first independent eponymous EP, this was then followed by another EP titled "Transformer" which led to a recording contract with Polydor Records.

In early 1994 the band played at the Big Day Out festival along with such established bands as The Smashing Pumpkins, Screaming Trees and Soundgarden. That June they came out with their debut album titled "Parables For Wooden Ears", it featured three singles "Tail", "Grave Concern" and "Save Your Skin".
The next year, while the fanbase began to build, Powderfinger recorded the 5-track EP "Mr Kneebone".

Their second full-length disc, "Double Allergic", was issued in September of 1996 and quickly reached the top 10 of the Australian Albums chart and snagged double-platinum certification; it also spawned three mid-sized hits in "Pick You Up", "D.A.F" and "Living Type".

Two years later, Powderfinger's third album exceeded all expecations and became their best work to date, it enjoyed 100-week chart run in the ARIA Top 100 reaching the #1 position and eventually was certified quadruple-platinum. "Internationalist" generated four singles: "The Day You Come", the double A-side "Good-Day Ray / Don't Wanna Be Left Out", "Already Gone" and "Passenger"; the following year the group won four ARIA Awards including Song Of The Year for "The Day You Come", Best Rock Album and Album Of The Year.

2000's "Odyssey Number Five" cemented their popularity going straight to #1 on the Australian Albums chart and became their first major overseas success; they spent two years touring it, including a full year in North America. The first single, "My Happiness", entered the top 40 of the U.S. Modern Rock chart at #23 and hit #4 in their native country; another two song stormed the Australian Singles chart: "Like A Dog" and "The Metre". In 2001 the band won five ARIAs: Album Of The Year, Best Group, Best Cover Art, Highest Selling Australian Album and "My Happiness", won for Song Of The Year.

The Aussie rockers' fifth studio record, "Vulture Street", arrived in mid-2003 becoming the third consecutive #1 album in their homeland highlighted by the top 10 hit "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind". The follow-up single, "Love Your Way", hit the top 40 and "Sunsets" climbed into the top 20 peaking at #11.

Powderfinger recorded, their next LP, "Dream Days At The Hotel Existence" at Studio 1 in Los Angeles, it's the first time the band have created an album outside of Australia. The CD, which was released in June 2007, debuted at #1 on The ARIA Albums chart producing a top 10 hit in the single "Lost And Running" and one more minor hit with "Nobody Sees".

In January 2009 the quintet commenced writing material for the next album, "Golden Rule". They decided to record at Studio 301 in Byron Bay and mix at Studio 301 in Sydney. Powderfinger has targeted November 13, 2009, for the release of "Golden Rule", the new album contains the single "All Of The Dreamers".

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Parables For Wooden Ears

(1994)

1. Walking Stick
2. Tail
3. Hurried Bloom
4. Fathers' Pyramid
5. Bridle You
6. Citadel
7. Sink Low
8. Grave Concern
9. Solution
10. This Syrup To Exchange
11. Namaste
12. Blanket
13. Save Your Skin

 

Double Allergic

(1996)

1. Skinny Jean
2. Turtle's Head
3. Pick You Up
4. D.A.F.
5. Boing Boing
6. Give
7. Oipic
8. Living Type
9. JC
10. Glimpse
11. Take Me In
12. (Return Of) The Electric Horseman

 

Internationalist

(1998)

1. Hindley Street
2. Belter
3. The Day You Come
4. Already Gone
5. Passenger
6. Don't Wanna Be Left Out
7. Good-Day Ray
8. Trading Places
9. Private Man
10. Celebrity Head
11. Over My Head
12. Capoicity
13. Lemon Sunrise

 

Odyssey Number Five

(2000)

1. Waiting For The Sun
2. My Happiness
3. The Metre
4. Like A Dog
5. Odyssey #5
6. Up And Down And Back Again
7. My Kind Of Scene
8. These Days
9. We Should Be Together Now
10. Thrilloilogy
11. Whatever Makes You Happy

 

Vulture Street

(2003)

1. Rockin' Rocks
2. (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind
3. Since You've Been Gone
4. Love Your Way
5. Sunsets
6. Dont Panic
7. Stumblin'
8. Roll Right By You
9. How Far Have We Really Come?
10. Pockets
11. A Song Called Everything

 

Dream Days At The Hotel Existence

(2007)

1. Head Up In The Clouds
2. I Don't Remember
3. Lost And Running
4. Wishing On The Same Moon
5. Who Really Cares
6. Nobody Sees
7. Surviving
8. Long Way To Go
9. Black Tears
10. Ballad Of A Dead Man
11. Drifting Further Away

 

Cover-Art posted on JBhifionline.com.au

Golden Rule

(2009)

Tracklisting posted on JBhifionline.com.au

1. A Fight About Money
2. El Camino De La Muerte
3. All Of The Dreamers
4. Burn Your Name
5. Sail The Wildest Stretch
6. Poison In Your Mind
7. Iberian Dreams
8. Jewel
9. Think It Over
10. Awake
11. Stand Yourself
12. Golden Rule

 

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