Taxi ride
| Taxi ride | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rock , folk rock |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | http://www.taxiride.com.au |
| Founding members | |
| Jason Singh | |
Vocals, guitar |
Tim Wild |
| Dan Hall (until 2001) & (from 2006) | |
Vocals, guitar |
Tim Watson (until 2004) |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Jason Singh |
Vocals, guitar |
Tim Wild |
Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard |
Dan Hall |
| Sean McLeod (from 2001) | |
| former members | |
Bass, vocals |
Andy McIvor (from 2001 to 2006) |
Taxiride are a rock band that formed in Australia in 1997 . According to their own statements, their music is based on bands such as Led Zeppelin , Pink Floyd , the Beatles , Deep Purple , Yes , Queens of the Stone Age , Jeff Buckley , Radiohead or INXS .
Band history
Taxiride started writing songs in 1997. After they got a record deal with Warner Music Australia in 1998, things went uphill. The first album Imaginate reached number 1 on the Australian charts and got double platinum status. In 2001 the band worked on their 2nd album Garage Mahal , which was released in 2002 and also made it into the top 5. After touring Europe and Japan, the band members returned to the studio in 2004 to work on the next album, Axiomatic , which was not released in Europe. In 2006 the album Electrophobia was released worldwide .
Discography
Albums
- 2000 Imaginate
- 2002 Garage Mahal
- 2005 Axiomatic (Japan, India and Southeast Asia only)
- 2006 electrophobia
The European release dates are given, if available.
Singles
- 2000 Everywhere You Go
- 2000 Can You Feel (Australia only)
- 2000 Nothing in this World
- 2000 Can You Feel (only in Japan)
- 2002 Creepin 'Up Slowly (only in Australia)
- 2002 How I Got this Way (only in Australia)
- 2003 Afterglow (only in Australia)
- 2005 Oh Yeah
- 2005 You Gotta Help Me
- 2005 What Can I Say
The European release dates are given, if available.