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From left to right: Henderson, McConnell, Wilkinson, Commandeur, Gardiner.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Rock, Post-Grunge, punk rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Label(s) | Virgin/EMI Brille |
| Website | operatorpleaseband.com |
| Members | |
| Amandah Wilkinson Tim Commandeur Ashley McConnell Taylor Henderson Chris Holland |
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| Former members | |
| Sarah Gardiner Stephanie Joske Kieran Richards Carmelo Aragone |
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Operator Please are a pop rock band from the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. This article is about the Australian city Gold Coast For other uses see Gold Coast. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Brille Records is a Independent record label based in the UK, which has released work from bands including Whirlwind Heat, Good Shoes, Envelopes Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. This article is about the Australian city Gold Coast For other uses see Gold Coast. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The band formed in 2005, and their current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Amandah Wilkinson, drummer Tim Commandeur, keyboardist Chris Holland, bassist Ashley McConnell and violinist Taylor Henderson.
The original members met and formed Operator Please as students of Elanora State High School, in order to compete in the school's "Battle of the Bands" competition. Elanora State High School is the high school serving the Elanora area of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Battle of the Bands is a generic term for a contest in which many bands, usually rock/guitar bands but often from a range of different styles compete for the [1] In 2007, Operator Please released the singles "Get What You Want", "Leave It Alone", "Just a Song About Ping Pong" and "Crash Tragic", and in November 2007; their debut studio album Yes Yes Vindictive. " Get What You Want " is a song by Operator Please and is the second single released in Australia on October 27, 2007 and the third " Leave It Alone " is a song by Operator Please and is the third single released from their debut album Yes Yes Vindictive. Just a Song About Ping Pong is the third EP / single released by the Australian band Operator Please from their debut Yes Yes Vindictive is the debut studio album from Australia Indie rock / Pop punk band Operator Please. "Just a Song About Ping Pong", their most successful single to date, was nominated for two ARIA Awards in 2007, which included "Best Pop Release". The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian The 21st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) [2]
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Operator Please was formed in early 2005 by lead singer Amandah Wilkinson in an attempt to compete in her high school's annual "Battle of the Bands" competition. The lead vocalist (or lead singer) is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song Battle of the Bands is a generic term for a contest in which many bands, usually rock/guitar bands but often from a range of different styles compete for the After winning the contest, the five members, aged 17 to 19, started working on getting their name out through their independently produced EP On the Prowl, Though the on the prowl album failed and was not well received by record companies. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify On the Prowl is the first EP by the Australian band Operator Please. Through word of mouth and exposure of their second EP Cement Cement on Australian youth radio network Triple J—which had their first single "Crash Tragic", taken from this EP, on high rotation for quite some time—they generated a buzz in the music industry - both locally and internationally. Cement Cement is the second EP by the Australian band Operator Please. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed [3] Within months, and with the help of a record label sponsored showcase in NYC, they had inked a deal with Virgin/EMI Records for Australia, and for the UK with indie label Brille Records. The City of New York Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Brille Records is a Independent record label based in the UK, which has released work from bands including Whirlwind Heat, Good Shoes, Envelopes [4]
"Just a Song About Ping Pong", their most popular song, was one of the most added songs at Australian commercial radio with the Hot 30 and Nova radio stations nationally leading the charge. Just a Song About Ping Pong is the third EP / single released by the Australian band Operator Please from their debut Nova is a name given to a group of Australian Radio stations The group comprises five stations all owned by DMG Radio Australia, apart from the Perth station This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. The music video for the song was played on music programmes around Australia, UK, and Europe including MTV[5], Channel V[6], and ABC's rage[7]. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Channel ' is the brand name for multiple international Music television networks owned by STAR TV. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. rage is a popular all-night Australian Music video program broadcast on ABC1 on Friday and Saturday nights It was featured on the front page of MySpace and YouTube[8]. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Operator Please has since been questionably labelled the "coolest band ever" by TV Hits[9], as well as "our favorite new band"[10] and "the next big thing"[11] by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. Pacific Magazines is a Magazine publisher operating in Australia and New Zealand. Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr (born March 23 1978 is an American Blogger and Television personality.
Since the announcement that the band were to play the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK in August, Operator Please continued to play industry showcases in the UK[12]. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The single "Just a Song About Ping Pong", released in Australia on July 28, has been added to national UK radio station BBC Radio 1 and London station XFM, following an NME feature which named them one of EMI's buzz bands. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Xfm is a brand of Commercial radio stations focused on Alternative music, primarily indie, and owned by GCap Media in the United Kingdom The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been The single debuted in the ARIA Singles Chart on August 6 at #15, and topped out at #12[13]. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. The single is nominated for two ARIA Awards in 2007: Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist - Single[14], and won the award for Breakthrough Artist - Single. The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian The 21st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) Also, this was on the same night of their television performing debut performing that single.
The band recorded their debut studio album, titled Yes Yes Vindictive at The Groves, on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia[15], which was released on November 10. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Yes Yes Vindictive is the debut studio album from Australia Indie rock / Pop punk band Operator Please. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw It charted at number 28 on the ARIA Albums Chart on the week beginning November 19. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land [16] A track titled "Zero! Zero!" was heard on the Top Shelf program of Australian radio station Triple J on October 2[17]. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule The band also recently opened for Arctic Monkeys and Kaiser Chiefs on their Australian tours[18] and are now on tour in the UK, Europe, and Asia. Arctic Monkeys are a British Indie band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Kaiser Chiefs are an English Indie rock band who formed in 1997 [19] [20]. The band finally released Yes Yes Vindictive in the UK on the 17th of March 2008. During the summer the band will be support touring The Futureheads and Lightspeed Champion. The Futureheads are a four-piece English Post-punk revival band from Sunderland. Lightspeed Champion is the name of the new musical venture by ex- Test Icicle Devonte Hynes. They have been playing many festivals across Europe including Glastonbury Festival. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The
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| Year | Song | ARIA Singles Chart | UK Indie Singles Chart | Triple J Hottest 100 | UK Singles Chart | Album |
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| 2007 | "Just a Song About Ping Pong" | #12 | #10 | #27 | - | Yes Yes Vindictive |
| "Get What You Want" | #27 | #1 | #77 | #121 | ||
| "Leave It Alone" | #62 | #3 | - | #133 |
Operator Please's First single "Just a Song About Ping Pong" has reached its peak of #12 on the ARIA Singles Chart (as of 27 August 2007)[13] and has reached #10 on the UK Indie Chart[21]. Yes Yes Vindictive is the debut studio album from Australia Indie rock / Pop punk band Operator Please. " Get What You Want " is a song by Operator Please and is the second single released in Australia on October 27, 2007 and the third " Leave It Alone " is a song by Operator Please and is the third single released from their debut album Yes Yes Vindictive. Just a Song About Ping Pong is the third EP / single released by the Australian band Operator Please from their debut " Two for My Seconds " is a song by Operator Please and is the fourth single released from their debut album Yes Yes Vindictive. On the Prowl is the first EP by the Australian band Operator Please. Cement Cement is the second EP by the Australian band Operator Please. Just a Song About Ping Pong is the third EP / single released by the Australian band Operator Please from their debut The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. These are The Official UK Charts Company UK Official Indie Chart number one hits of 2007. The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll based on the votes of national Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners in order to determine their favourite The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Just a Song About Ping Pong is the third EP / single released by the Australian band Operator Please from their debut Yes Yes Vindictive is the debut studio album from Australia Indie rock / Pop punk band Operator Please. " Get What You Want " is a song by Operator Please and is the second single released in Australia on October 27, 2007 and the third The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK The next single "Get What You Want" debuted at #40 on 5 November. " Get What You Want " is a song by Operator Please and is the second single released in Australia on October 27, 2007 and the third Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) It has thus far peaked at #27. [13] Their Australian album release "Yes Yes Vindictive", has so far charted at #5 on iTunes[22] , at #55 on the New Zealand iTunes chart, #49 on the UK iTunes chart and #9 on the UK Indie Album Chart
On the 18th of April, 2008, it was announced through several media sources that Gardiner had quit the band [23]. Yes Yes Vindictive is the debut studio album from Australia Indie rock / Pop punk band Operator Please. The first to report the story were nme. com, who found the information through an unofficial blog post Gardiner had made on facebook. com [24]. The band have been quoted saying the decision to split was mutual, following Gardiner's two-month break from touring in early January. Sarah is the third official member of Operator Please to leave the band (following Keiran Richards and Stephanie Joske). Operator Please have recruited Chris Holland as her replacement for their upcoming European tour.
| Year | Award | Work | Result |
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| 2007 | Breakthrough Artist - Single | "Just a Song About Ping Pong" | Won |
| Best Pop Release | "Just a Song About Ping Pong" | Nominated |