Powderfinger

   
Artist: Powderfinger

   Genre(s): 
ROck: Alternative
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Dream Days At The Hotel Existence

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11


   
 Fingerprints: The Best Of 1994-2004

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 17


   
 Vulture Street

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11


   
 Odyssey Number Five

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 11

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Within the distance of triplet albums, Powderfinger emerged as one of Australia's virtually popular radio-friendly stone bands. They hail from Brisbane, noted for its subtropic clime and its oft reactionary "cryptical union" politics. The band grew out of a three-piece, comme il faut Powderfinger in 1990 with the gain of 2 more than members, including singer/guitarist Bernard Fanning. They snub their musical teeth acting cover versions of classics by Neil Young (pickings their call from ane of Young's songs), the Rolling Stones, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, and Rodriguez. In the beginning, the grouping promoted their possess gigs, posted their own flyers, and so put their net into 1,500 copies of a self-titled EP. The second base EP Transformer was highlighted by "Glean What You Sow," a song featuring harmonies and showing off Fanning's soulful voice -- a taste of things to arrive. The band was signed to Polydor Records, Australia, and their major-label debut record album Parables for Wooden Ears followed in August 1994. Produced by Tony Cohen (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Cruel Sea), this album emphasized the band's heavier side. A Top Ten vendor in their place province, the album launched Powderfinger nationally, thanks besides to a round of constant touring. After a creative hibernation and deuce CD EPs, recording started for the sec record album, the find Double Allergic, which revealed a significant shift towards accessible rock candy songs frozen in melodic grooves. The singles "Pick You Up" and "DAF" (which stands for the showtime triplet chords of the vocal) picked up secure airplay support. The album went consecutive to the Top Ten in September 1996, sold forked atomic number 78, and exhausted half a year in the Top 30. The reexamination record album Internationalist was released iI age later on in September 1998, entered the charts at number peerless, and was still charting a yr by and by when it landed the band a handful of ARIAs, Australia's annual industry awards. On a roll with September releases, 2000's Odyssey #5 once more went consecutive to figure one, became the group's biggest selling album with gross sales in excess of five-spot platinum awards, and at the death of 2000, secured the stripe oecumenical releases.





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