Rogue traders

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Rogue traders
Singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte (2006)
Singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte (2006)
General information
Genre (s) Dance
founding 1989, 2002
Website http://www.roguetraders.com.au/
Current occupation
Keyboard
 James Ash
singing
 Mindi Jackson
guitar
 Tim Henwood
Drums
 Peter Marin
former members
Songwriting
 Steve Davis (2002 to 2006)
singing
 Natalie Bassingthwaighte (2005 to 2008)
Drums
 Cameron McGlinchey (2005 to 2008)
guitar
 Danny Spencer (2007 to 2008)

The Rogue Traders are an Australian dance band.

history

The two founding members James Ash and Steve Davis met in London in 1989 and worked together on many projects, including the Union State dance project . In 2002 the duo called Rogue Trader after the film of the same name (German title Das Schnell Geld - Die Nick-Leeson-Story ).

From single to single, they gradually increased their popularity in Australia and they achieved their breakthrough with their third single, One Of My Kind . This cover version of the INXS classic Need You Tonight reached the Australian Top 10 and was named the best dance track of the year.

At the end of 2004, Natalie Bassingthwaighte joined the band as a singer. Natalie B was successful from 2003 as an actress in the Australian permanent soap Neighbors (Neighbors) . In addition to keyboardist James Ash, guitarist Timothy Henwood and drummer Cameron McGlinchey also belonged to the band, while Steve Davis mostly only worked in the background.

The second album Here Come The Drums was released in 2005 with a new line-up . With the first three single releases, the Rogue Traders reached the Australian Top 10, the album was awarded three times platinum .

Encouraged by the success, the international career of the band was planned for 2006, for which Natalie B even stopped her TV career. The first single was their most successful number to date, Voodoo Child , which reached number 4 and platinum status in Australia. In England, where Natalie B was already known through the series Neighbors , the video and single got off to a very good start weeks before the official release and in the second week of the chart the song reached number 3 in the UK charts. In November 2006, Voodoo Child and the album Here Come The Drums were also released in Germany, but did not reach any chart positions due to the lack of promotion and lack of media support.

On June 24, 2008, the Rogue Traders announced that Natalie Bassingthwaighte would be leaving the band with immediate effect. Since she shot a new season of the ten series "So you think you can dance" and recorded her own album in the autumn of the same year, there was not enough time to stay with the band. The departure of drummer Cameron McGlinchey, who is with Bassingthwaighte, was also announced.

With a new front woman (Melinda 'Mindi' Jackson) and a different line-up, a new, meanwhile fourth album was produced in 2009.

Discography

each date of first publication in Australia

  • We Know What You're Up To (album, May 2003)
    • Need You To Show Me (single, April 2002)
    • Give Into Me (October 2002)
    • One Of My Kind (February 2003)
    • Stay? (June 2003)
  • Here Come The Drums (album, October 2005, AU: Quadruple platinum× 4Quadruple platinum )
    • Voodoo Child (single, May 2005, AU:platinumplatinum, UK: silversilver)
    • Way To Go! (October 2005, AU:goldgold)
    • Watching You (January 2006, AU:goldgold)
    • We're Coming Home (June 2006)
  • Better In The Dark (album, October 2007, AU:platinumplatinum)
    • Don't You Wanna Feel (Single, September 2007, AU:goldgold)
    • I Never Liked You (2008, AU:goldgold)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Natalie Bassingthwaighte quits the Rogue Traders
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: AU UK

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