downunder coverup

a new feature on downunder upover

The story so far...

Not a conspiracy theory show (despite my protests :) The concept is simple. A number of bands do covers of other bands from time to time. Bands from Australia and New Zealand are no exception. Since we occasionally play these cover tracks anyway, we thought we would just have some fun once in a while and play a lot of covers.

We've done one session of this new feature. It will only be an occasional thing since we don't want people to think that all Aussie and Kiwi musicians do is play cover music §)

If you want to have a look at the playlist from the last time we did the cover-up segment have a look over here.

COVER SPECIAL No. 1 – info compiled by Eugenius

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This is some of the information we had on hand during the first ever cover-up event. If you want to know the order in which we played the trax take a look at the playlist
(duuo october 11 - 2000)

NEW ORDER  - FORMED: 1980, Manchester, England

Came out of Joy Division breakthrough hit "Blue Monday" in 1983

"Blue Monday" went on to become the best-selling 12-inch release of all time, moving over three million copies worldwide.

Brotherhood followed in 1986, with the single "Bizarre Love Triangle" making significant inroads among mainstream pop audiences.

A year later the group issued Substance, a much-needed collection of singles and remixes; it was New Order's American breakthrough, cracking the Top 40 on the strength of the newly recorded single "True Faith," which itself reached number 32 on the U.S. pop charts.

FRENTE – FORMED: 1991

Guitarist Simon Austin formed the Melbourne, Australian folk-pop band Frente! in 1991, bringing in Angie Hart, Simon Austin (guitar), Tim O'Connor and Mark Picton (replaced by Alastair Barden) to round out the lineup.

Frente! entered the international spotlight in the summer of 1994 with their quirky acoustic version of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle." On the back of that single, Marvin: The Album entered the charts, with the single "Labor of Love" becoming a minor hit. Shape followed in 1996.

Miles From Nowhere have a reputation as one of Australia's best live bands.

Recently the band have been busier than usual with national touring highlights being:

Miles From Nowhere features brothers Dan (Guitar) and Mick (Drums) Carter, Chris Dillon (Guitar) and Ben McCarthy (Bass) all of which are stunning vocalists and songwriters in their own right.

http://www.milesfromnowhere.com

FORMED: 1980, Leeds, England
DISBANDED: 1984

Students Marc Almond and David Ball formed Soft Cell in Leeds in 1980

1981's Tainted Love brought the duo to international prominence

Written by Ed Cobb and already a cult favorite thanks to Gloria Jones' soulful reading, the song was reinvented as a hypnotic electronic dirge which became the year's best-selling British single, as well as a major hit abroad. The group's debut LP, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, was also enormously successful, and was followed by the 1982 remix collection Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing.

( http://beam.to/killingheidi )

  The name Killing Heidi, is a name that suits the band perfectly. "Heidi" for the sweet and innocent side of the band, and "Killing" for the more powerful side.   

  The name is actually a representation about the loss of innocence and youth.

  Killing heidi began with Ella and Jesse Hooper, in the small, little place of Australia called Violet Town. The pair would jam,and write songs together, and do the ocasional show.

  They decided to enter their heat of the national un earthed band comp, run by Australian national radio station Triple J and of course, they won. The song was Kettle, a sweet, slow melodic song. Their song Kettle was also released on a compilation cd from bent records,called TWO BENT.

SILVERCHAIR - FROGSTOMP (1995) – FIRST SINGLE

FORMED: 1992

The Australian grunge band Silverchair quickly rose to international stardom in 1995 with their debut album, Frogstomp. Sounding like a bastard offspring of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, Silverchair gained more notoriety for their age than their music - at the time they released Frogstomp, they were 15 years old.

Originally called the Innocent Criminals, the group changed their name to Silverchair; Silverchair prior to the release of their debut single "Tomorrow."

The name was derived from Nirvana's "Sliver" (which was accidentally misspelled as "Silver") and You Am I's "Berlin Chair."

"Tomorrow" became a major hit in Australia, reaching number one; it would eventually become the country's fourth biggest-selling single ever.

Upon its release, Frogstomp became the first album to enter the Australian charts at number one and it went platinum within a week; it would soon go double platinum and spend six weeks in a row at number one.

Before silverchair came along The Screaming Jets were the most popular band to emerge from the Australian industrial town of Newcastle.

Singer Dave Gleeson and guitarist Grant Walmsley formed the hard driving hard rocking Screaming Jets in January 1989.

Self declared young Rolling Stones fans they were also carrying on the Australian rock traditions established by bands like AC/DC, the Angels and Rose Tattoo.

“GARTH BROOKS”

This is Garth Brooks first album. Released on April 12, 1989.

This album is what jump started Garth's career.

FORMED: 1965, New York, NY
DISBANDED: 1968

Right on the tails of the Beau Brummels and the Byrds, the Lovin' Spoonful were among the first American groups to challenge the domination of the British Invasion bands in the mid-'60s. Between mid-1965 and the end of 1967, the group was astonishingly successful, issuing one classic hit single after another, including "Do You Believe in Magic?," "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice," "Daydream," "Summer in the City," "Rain on the Roof," "Nashville Cats," and "Six O'Clock."

U2 – THE JOSHUA TREE (1987)

(http://www.frankbennett.com/)

NEWEST ALBUM IS CALLED CASH LANDING AND INCLUDES:

Material Girl
Pretend We're Dead
Money
Beautiful People
Would I Lie to You
Kiss Me Son of God
Everything Counts
White Collar Crime
Opportunities
Everyone's a Winner
Been Caught Stealing
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Money Changes Everything

Original - LONG JOHN BALDRY – SILENT TREATMENT

Screamfeeder - Formed in 1991 in Brisbane, Australia, Screamfeeder was led by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Tim Steward, initially accompanied by bassist/vocalist Kellie Lloyd and drummer Tony Blades. While several albums and EPs remain out of print in the U.S., the aforementioned lineup can be heard on 1994's Burn Out Your Name. 1999's Kitten Licks featured new drummer Dean Shwereb, as well as a few songs which first appeared on 1997's Closing Alaska EP.

FORMED: 1994

As their name suggests, Regurgitator's stock in trade is reinventing music, drawing on a vast range of influences and wittily putting the pieces back together in an avalanche of sounds and songs.

Described as more pop than the Beastie Boys and less obscure than Primus their music combines industrial sounds, funk, hip-hop, synth-pop, disco and makes the most of effects and samples.

Nothing is sacred.

The band was formed in Brisbane in late 1993 when Ben Ely and Quan Yeomans met by chance on a bus.

In between Regugitator commitments Ely continued to work with Pangaea, while Yeomans formed Happyland with his girlfriend Janet English of Spiderbait.

After months of denials drummer Martin Lee left Regurgitator at the end of 1999.

BURT BACHARACH

Many of his songs were made popular by Dionne Warwick and Jack Jones. Bacharach won two Academy Awards in 1969 for the soundtrack for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and for the song Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head from the same film. Many of his tunes were written with lyricist Hal David.

Artist	Song	Original	Date
NEIL FINN	I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW	ORIGINALLY BY JOHHNY NASH	1972

– – Need we really say anything about Neil. Singer from the wildly popular Crowded House. Participated in the Split Enz, and Finn (with brother Tim).
THIS SONG MADE POPULAR BY JIMMY CLIFF - CAN OFTEN BE HEARD IN COTTAGE COUNTRY IN CANADA DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS

Artist	Song	Original	Date
MARGARET ULRICH	NATURE	WAYNE MASON	?

COVERED ALSO BY THE MUTTONBIRDS (1992)

Wayne Mason is one of New Zealand's most highly respected Songwriters who has been involved with some of this country's most successful bands, from the days of the Fourmyula to, more recently, The Warratahs. Wayne has written many timeless pop classics that made it into the Top Ten. One of New Zealand's more enduring pop songs "Nature" was written by Mason, with it reaching the number one spot again when The Mutton Birds covered it.

The new CD and cassette from Wayne Mason is called "Between the Frames"

extra - CLOTH – WATERLOO – ABBA (1974)