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The Whitlams
Origin Sydney, Australia
Genre(s) Indie rock
Years active 1992 – present
Label(s) Black Yak Records
Website Official website
Members
Tim Freedman
Jak Housden
Warwick Hornby
Terepai Richmond
Former members
Stevie Plunder (deceased)
Andy Lewis (deceased)
Ben Fink
Stuart Eadie
Michael Vidale
Louis Burdett
Hanuman Daas
Michael Richards
Tim Hall
Oscar Briz
Bill Heckenburg
Chris Abrahams
Cottco Lovett
Alex Hewitson
Mike Gubb
Thierry Fossemalle

The Whitlams are an Australian band, best known for their songs "No Aphrodisiac" and "Blow Up the Pokies", "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" and "I Make Hamburgers". Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 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 Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Tim Freedman ( 25 November 1964) is the lead singer and pianist of the Australian band The Whitlams. Jak Housden was born John Paul Housden on June 12 1969 He is an Australian musician Warwick Hornby is the current bass guitar player of an Australian band The Whitlams. Terepai Richmond joined the Sydney-based Australian band The Whitlams in September 1999 and formerly played in Australian bands Directions in Groove (D Stevie Plunder (born Anthony Hayes (1963 – January 26, 1996) was an Australian Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Andy Lewis (1966 – 12 February 2000 was the original bassist of Australian band The Whitlams. Chris Abrahams (born 1961 in New Zealand) is a Sydney -based Pianist, best known for his Jazz work " No Aphrodisiac " is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. Blow Up The Pokies is the second single by The Whitlams from their album Love This City. The Whitlams sound can best be described as 'Piano rock' founded in 'lyrics of charming cynicism'. Piano rock, sometimes referred to as piano pop, is a term for a style of Rock music that is based around the Piano, and sometimes around The band's name is a tribute to former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916 known as Gough Whitlam (ˈɡɒf goff is an Australian former politician and 21st Early in their career, they performed a small number of shows under the pseudonym The Moody Jews[1]. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)

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History

The Whitlams were formed in late 1992 when a former Penguin on Safari and a former Plunderer crossed paths at the annual independent music festival the Big Day Out. The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 While missing Nirvana perform inside the arena, the two musicians lamented the local music scene and decided to form a musical alliance, and The Whitlams were born. Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. The initial band members were Tim Freedman, Stevie Plunder and Andy Lewis. Tim Freedman ( 25 November 1964) is the lead singer and pianist of the Australian band The Whitlams. Stevie Plunder (born Anthony Hayes (1963 – January 26, 1996) was an Australian Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Andy Lewis (1966 – 12 February 2000 was the original bassist of Australian band The Whitlams. Being without a drummer, the band developed their songs acoustically on Saturday afternoons at the Sandringham Hotel in King Street, Newtown, a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, Australia. The Sandringham Hotel is a pub in the suburb of Newtown in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, King Street is today the central thoroughfare of the Suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Newtown is a Suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Inner West is a general term which is used to describe the metropolitan area directly to the west of the Sydney central business district in Sydney, New South Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4

At the same time that the band was enjoying the success of their single "I Make Hamburgers" (1996) founding member Stevie Plunder was found dead on Australia Day, 1996, from what was believed to be an act of suicide. After a break of several months, Tim Freedman reformed the band with several new members. After several more months, there was another lineup change and this is when the process of starting to record the album Eternal Nightcap began. Eternal Nightcap is the third studio Album by Australian band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997 This album sold over 200,000 units and in 1998 won the band ARIA awards for Best Independent Album, Song of the Year and Best Group. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA is a Trade group representing the Australian recording industry This last award was presented by the band's namesake Gough Whitlam. "No Aphrodisiac", a single from this album, made it to number one in the 1997 Triple J Hottest 100. " No Aphrodisiac " is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. The 1997 Triple J Hottest 100, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J, and

Several of the band's songs were played during the 2000 Sydney Olympics as examples of Australian pop culture (for example, "Sydney 2000 Olympic Theme", a b-side from the "I Make Hamburgers" single that was reworked as "You Gotta Love This City" on Love This City -- an ironic choice, as the song's protagonist commits suicide by jumping in the Harbour at the end of the song, disgusted at the city's crass pursuit of money: It dawns on him / The horror / We got the Olympic Games). "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Love This City is the fourth studio Album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 1999 Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney Australia

During the band's Canadian tour in April 2000 supporting Blue Rodeo, the band received word that founding member, Andy Lewis, had committed suicide back in Australia. Blue Rodeo is a Canadian Country rock band which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. Andy had been battling gambling addiction for a long time prior to his death.

"Blow Up the Pokies" had been co-written by Tim as a statement on the destruction he saw in Andy's life due to his gambling not long before Andy's death, and was awaiting release as a single at the time. Tim soon after wrote "The Curse Stops Here", a heartrending piece describing being the 'last one' from the original line-up of the band, and voicing his determination to survive. "The Curse Stops Here" was included as a B-side track on the "Blow Up the Pokies" single.

A month after Andy's death a benefit concert was held at the Metro club in Sydney to raise money for his wife and child. The event was hosted by Paul McDermott, Mikey Robbins and Steve Abbott (The Sandman), and performers included Max Sharam, and The Gadflys (another band Andy performed with). Paul McDermott may refer to Paul McDermott (comedian, an Australian musical comedian and television host Paul Mac, an Australian techno musician Mikey Robins (born December 8 1961) is an Australian media personality Comedian and Writer. Stephen Abbott (known as Steve Abbott; born 1956 Broken Hill, New South Wales) is an Australian Comedian and author who is famous Max Sharam is an Australian Singer and Songwriter. Max Sharam grew up in rural Victoria in a place called Musical Gully (about 2 hours west of Melbourne

Torch The Moon (2002), their next album, received moderate success, with the singles "Fall For You" (AUS#21), "Best Work" (AUS#35), "Royal in the Afternoon" and "Don't Believe Anymore". Another song from the album which received a fair amount of airplay was "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)", which was used on the Australian TV series Love Is A Four Letter Word (2001).

The latest release, a double-album titled Little Cloud (loosely referred to also as Little Cloud and The Apples Eye) was released on 19 March 2006 in Australia. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Several songs are receiving considerable airplay, including "I Was Alive. " Three of the songs on the album have been released as radio-only singles, with a fourth, "Beautiful as You", released as a CD single. The album was followed up with almost non-stop touring around Australia, including performances at political and university events.

Tim Freedman hinted at a recent concert that he may spend some time in Berlin next year, and while there he will write The Whitlam's next album. This would be similar to the time he spent in New York during 2005 writing Little Cloud.

Their most recent line up consists of Tim Freedman on piano and main vocals, Jak Housden on guitar, Warwick Hornby on bass guitar and Terepai Richmond on drums. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Jak Housden was born John Paul Housden on June 12 1969 He is an Australian musician The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Warwick Hornby is the current bass guitar player of an Australian band The Whitlams. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Terepai Richmond joined the Sydney-based Australian band The Whitlams in September 1999 and formerly played in Australian bands Directions in Groove (D A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells

The band made the news in 2006 when they refused to perform to troops in Iraq for political reasons. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign [1]

The band performed a short orchestral tour in late 2007, performing shows with the Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and the The Queensland Orchestra [2]. The Sydney Symphony is a Symphony orchestra based in Sydney, Australia. The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (also known as the ASO) was founded as a 17 player radio ensemble in 1936 in Adelaide, South Australia. The West Australian Symphony Orchestra ( WASO) often known as the "Orchestra of the West" is the premier professional orchestra of the state of Western Australia The Queensland Orchestra is an Australian orchestra based in Brisbane, Queensland.

On June 1, 2008 The Whitlams released a free CD in The Sunday Telegraph of their live performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Tim Freedman has said that The Whitlams plan to release a greatest hits album in August 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

  1. Introducing the Whitlams (1993)
  2. Undeniably the Whitlams (1995)
  3. Eternal Nightcap (1997); #14 AUS Platinum x4
  4. Love This City (1999); #3 AUS Platinum x2
  5. Torch the Moon (2002); #1 AUS Platinum
  6. Little Cloud (2006); #4 AUS Gold

International Re-release albums

  1. Eternal Nightcap - New Zealand Release (1999)
  2. Eternal Nightcap - Canadian Release (2000)

Reworked albums

  1. Undeniably the Whitlams - Reworked (2001)

Live albums

  1. Stupor Ego (1995)
  2. The Whitlams & The Sydney Symphony Live in Concert (2008)

Promo Releases (Cassette)

  1. Learning to Love the Whitlams (1997)
  2. The Whitlams - A Retrospective (1997)

DVD

  1. The Whitlams Years 1993-2004 (2004); Gold

Singles

From Undeniably the Whitlams:

From Eternal Nightcap:

FOW Exclusive Release:

From Love This City:

From Torch the Moon:

From Little Cloud:

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

Band Members

Current Members

Former Members

Notes and references

  1. ^ From the Timeline off the "The Whitlams Years 1993-2004" DVD. The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian Eternal Nightcap is the third studio Album by Australian band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997 " No Aphrodisiac " is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. Eternal Nightcap is the third studio Album by Australian band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997 Eternal Nightcap is the third studio Album by Australian band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997 Eternal Nightcap is the third studio Album by Australian band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997

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