Powder finger (band)
| Powder fingers | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rock , alternative rock , hard rock , post-grunge |
| founding | 1989 |
| resolution | 2010 |
| Website | http://www.powderfinger.com |
| Founding members | |
| Ian Haug | |
| John Collins | |
| Steven Bishop | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Bernard Fanning |
Guitar, keyboard
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Darren Middleton |
guitar |
Ian Haug |
| John Collins | |
Drums |
Jon Coghill |
Powderfinger was in 1989 Brisbane , Australia , founded rock band . They named themselves after the song of the same name by Neil Young from the album Rust Never Sleeps .
history
In the early stages from 1989, the band initially only played cover songs . After two EPs , the band switched to Polydor and released their first album, Parables for Wooden Ears , in 1994 , which did not sell well. After a few singles and tours through Australia, the band released the album Double Allergic in September 1996 , which reached position four, stayed in the top ten for ten weeks and sold a total of 200,000 times. In 1998 the album Internationalist was released, which stayed in the top 20 for over a year.
In 1999 the band received four awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association for best album, best rock album, best cover design and best song ( The Day You Come ). In 2000 the next album, Odyssey Number Five was recorded. After entering number one, it went four times platinum in just 13 weeks . The song My Kind of Scene was released on the soundtrack for Mission: Impossible II .
The album Vulture Street also reached number one on the Australian charts in 2003 and sold a total of 350,000 copies. After a few overseas gigs, the band returned to Australia and toured the Live on Vulture Street tour with the John Butler Trio . The live album These Days - Live in Concert includes an appearance in Sydney from this tour and, like the best of Fingerprints: Best of 1994-2000 , placed second on the Australian album charts in 2004.
In 2005 the band toured on Big Day Out and also played additional appearances in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before the band took a break, in which Darren Middleton took care of his project Drag and Bernard Fanning took care of the release of a solo album.
The break would last until the beginning of 2007, when the recording of the album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence began in Los Angeles , the title of which refers to the novel The Brooklyn Revue by Paul Auster . It was unclear whether the album would be released on June 2nd as announced. The reason for this was that a song referred to the murder of an Aborigine in Great Palm Island , which was only heard on June 12th.
On April 9, 2010, the band announced during a press conference that they would split up in late 2010 after a final tour of Australia. Rumor has it that this move is based on the fact that Bernard Fanning wants to leave Australia with his family to settle in Spain.
Discography
Albums
- 1994: Parables for Wooden Ears , produced by Tony Cohen (AU:
× 2Double platinum ) - 1996: Double Allergic , produced by Tim Whitten and Powderfinger (AU:× 3Triple platinum )
- 1998: Internationalist , produced by Nick DiDia (AU:× 5Quintuple platinum )
- 2000: Odyssey Number Five , produced by Nick DiDia (AU:× 10Tenfold platinum )
- 2003: Vulture Street , produced by Nick DiDia (AU:× 6Six-fold platinum )
- 2004: These Days: Live in Concert (AU:
gold) - Live album - 2004: Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger 1994-2000 (AU:× 2Double platinum ) - compilation album
- 2007: Dream Days at the Hotel Existence , produced by Rob Schnapf (AU:× 3Triple platinum )
- 2007: Across the Great Divide Tour - Live album
- 2009: Golden Rule , produced by Nick DiDia (AU:× 2Double platinum )
- 2009: Seven Deadly Spins - compilation album
- 2010: Sunsets Farewell Tour - Live album
- 2011: Footprints - The Best of Powderfinger 2001-2011 (AU:gold) - compilation album
- 2011: Fingerprints & Footprints: Ultimate Collection - Compilation Album
- 2018: Internationalist
Singles
- From the Album Parables for Wooden Ears
- 1994: Tail
- 1994: Grave Concern
- 1995: Save Your Skin
- From the Album Double Allergic
- 1996: Pick You Up
- 1996: DAF
- 1996: Living Type
- 1997: Take Me In
- From the Album Internationalist
- 1998: The Day You Come
- 1998: Good Day Ray
- 1999: Already Gone
- 1999: Passenger
- From the Album Odyssey Number Five
- 2000: My Happiness (published in Europe 2001) (AU:× 5Quintuple platinum )
- 2000: These Days (AU:× 3Triple platinum )
- 2000: My Kind of Scene - promotional single
- 2001: Like a Dog
- 2001: The Meter
- 2000: My Happiness (published in Europe 2001) (AU:
- From the Album Vulture Street
- 2003: (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind
- 2004: Since You've Been Gone
- 2004: Love Your Way
- 2004: Sunsets
- From the Album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence
- 2007: Lost and Running
- 2007: I Don't Remember
- 2007: Nobody Sees (download single)
- 2008: Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)
- From the Album Golden Rule
- 2009: All of the Dreamers
- 2010: Burn Your Name (AU:gold)
- 2010: Sail the Wildest Stretch
- 2010: Iberian Dream
- 2011: I'm on Your Side
EPs
- 1993: Powderfinger
- 1993: transfusion
- 1995: Mr Kneebone
- 1999: The Triple M Acoustic Sessions
- 2008: iTunes Live from Sydney
Video albums
- 2004: Sunsets
- 2004: These Days: Powderfinger Live In Concert (AU:× 2Double platinum )
- 2007: Across the Great Divide Tour - Powderfinger & Silverchair (AU:× 2Double platinum )
- 2010: Sunsets Farewell Tour (AU:× 5Quintuple platinum )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21659128-952,00.html
- ↑ Awards for music sales: AU
- ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s1932552.htm Dream Days on Triple J music reviews
