Grinspoon are an Australian alternative/metal/hard rock/punk rock band from Lismore, fronted by Phil Jamieson . Founded in 1995, they came to fame when they were Unearthed by Triple J thanks to their track Sickfest. This won them the competition for the Lismore area.
As a result they gained considerable airplay, and their popularity with Triple J fans grew. Over the coming years, mainstream radio also began to promote them and play their tracks regularly.
Their 2002 album New Detention debuted and peaked at #2 on the Australian ARIAnet albums chart. They also released an EP in 2003 titled Panic Attack (containing a cover of INXS's song "Don't Change"), which debuted and peaked at #13 on the ARIAnet singles chart. In 2004, they released a new single, "Hard Act To Follow", which reached the top 30 in the singles chart. It was from a new album entitled, Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills , which debuted at #4 in the album charts. A second single, "Better Off Alone", has recently been released, also reaching the top 30. The next single will be "Hold On Me".
Recently, Phil was a guest vocalist on part three ("I'm Losing You") of supergroup The Wrights' cover of Stevie Wright 's (lead singer of The Easybeats) "Evie" (now a trilogy). The first part was first performed at the 2004 ARIA awards. The supergroup features members of many other Australian rock bands.
Discography
- Green Album , 1995 EP
- Licker Bottle Cozy , 1995 (limited edition 7" vinyl)/1996 EP
- Pushing Buttons , 1996 EP
- Guide To Better Living , 1997 album
- Just Ace , 1997 single
- Pedestrian , 1997 single
- Dead Cat (DC x 3 - limited edition), 1997 single
- Repeat , 1997 single
- Don't Go Away , 1998 single
- Easy, 1999 album
- Ready1 , 1999 single
- Rock Show , 1999 single
- Secrets , 2000 single
- Violent and Lazy , 2000 single
- New Detention , 2002 album
- Chemical Heart , 2002 single
- Lost Control , 2002 single
- No Reason , 2002 single
- 1000 Miles , 2003 single
- Panic Attack , 2003 EP
- Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills , 2004 album
- Hard Act To Follow , 2004 single
- Better Off Alone , 2004 single
- Hold On Me , 2005 single
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