Eskimo Joe
| Eskimo Joe | |
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 Eskimo Joe |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | http://www.eskimojoe.net/ |
| Founding members | |
| Kavyen Temperley | |
| Joel Quartermain | |
Guitar , background vocals |
Stuart MacLeod |
Eskimo Joe is an Australian rock band . She was best known for her appearance at the Live Earth Concert 2007 in Sydney . Its name is derived from Eskimo Joe's restaurant in Stillwater, Oklahoma .
history
Early years
Eskimo Joe was founded in Fremantle in 1997 . Kavyen Temperley (bass, vocals), Joel Quartermain and Stuart MacLeod (both guitar ) took part in the Australian National Campus Band Competition as a band . Temperley and Quartermain were at the same time members of the band Freud's Pillow , which also included Simon Leach, the current guitarist of Little Birdy , and his brother Stuart Leach. Although the band first appeared together at the competition, Eskimo Joe won the event. The prizes were an appearance at the Livid Festival and a session in the recording studio.
There they produced the EP Sweater in April 1998 , whose title song of the same name made it into the Top 100 on the radio station Triple J. A year later, the EP Eskimo Joe appeared with the successful songs Ruby Wednesday and Turn Up Your Stereo . The band gained its reputation a. a. at the Homebake Festival .
Album releases
The EMI subsidiary Modular Records signed the band in 1999. It was produced by Ed Buller, who had previously worked with Ben Lee, Pulp and Suede. The debut album Girl entered the Australian charts at number 40 and reached gold in 2001 with titles such as Planet Earth and Who Sold Her Out . Some of the titles were featured on The Secret Life Of Us television program . With the release of the album, the band's popularity increased significantly. The keyboard and another guitar were added during live performances .
Despite the success, the production company separated from the band. The artists signed a new contract with Festival Mushroom Records in 2002 and produced their second album with Paul McKercher and Nick Launay . A Song Is A City was released on May 16, 2004 at number 2 on the ARIA Album Charts and went platinum . On the production company's website, Kavyen Temperley named the city of Fremantle as the subject of this album.
- The whole album is really about me, my friends, the people I love and Fremantle. It's the stories that go on between us. It's similar to the people in every place all over the world. For me, that's what I'm writing about. I'm definitely not writing about New York. I'm writing about Fremantle.
- (The whole album is about me, my friends, the people I love, and Fremantle. It's the stories that happen between us. It's like people anywhere in the world. For me, it's what about I write. I certainly don't write about New York. I write about Fremantle.)
The single From the Sea reached the top 40 of the ARIA charts in 2004. It was used in commercials for the West Coast Eagles Australian football club. In the same year the second single Smoke was released . The third single Older Than You reached the Australian Top 50 after an appearance at the ARIA Music Awards in October 2004. The fourth single was called Life is Better with You .
In September 2005, a DVD was released with all the video clips from the first two albums, a documentary, a collection of live performances and a few rare tracks, including the popular Sweater .
The third album, Black Fingernails, Red Wine was released on June 10, 2006 and went four times platinum. The single of the same name entered the charts at number 13 in May 2006 and later became the band's first top 10 hit at number 6. The second single from this album was released in September 2006. Sarah included exclusive B-sides with live and acoustic versions of Black Fingernails, Red Wine, and a cover of Hey by the band Pixies . The third single New York was released in early 2007, but was less successful at number 26. The fourth release from the album was the song Breaking Up , the fifth and final London Bombs .
Discography
Albums
- 2001 - girl
- 2004 - A Song Is A City
- 2006 - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
- 2009 - Inshalla
- 2011 - Ghosts of the Past
- 2013 - Wastelands
Singles
- 2001 - Planet Earth
- 2001 - Who Sold Her Out
- 2001 - Liar
- 2001 - Wake Up
- 2004 - From the Sea
- 2004 - Smoke
- 2004 - Older Than You
- 2004 - Life Is Better with You
- 2006 - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
- 2006 - Sarah
- 2007 - New York
- 2007 - Breaking Up
- 2007 - London Bombs
- 2009 - Foreign Land
- 2009 - Don't Let Me Down
- 2013 - Got What You Need
DVDs
- 2005 - Eskimo Joe - The DVD
Awards
- 2001 ARIA Awards
- Best Video - Wake Up
- 2002 WAMi Awards
- Most Popular Local Original Band
- Most Popular Local Original Album - Girl
- 2002 ARIA Awards
- Best video - Liar
- 2004 ARIA Awards
- Producer of the Year - A Song Is a City
- Engineer of the Year - A Song Is a City
- 2005 WAMi Awards
- Best Commercial Pop Act
- Favorite act
- Most popular album - A Song Is a City
- Most popular single / EP - From the Sea
- 2005 ARIA Awards
- Best group - Older Than You
- 2006 WAMi Awards
- Favorite act
- Best commercial pop act
- 2006 ARIA Awards
- Producer of the Year - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
- Engineer of the Year - Matt Lovell
- Single of the year - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
- Best music DVD
- 2007 WAMi Awards
- Best commercial pop act
- Most popular single / EP - Black Fingernails, Red Wine