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Fremantle, Australia (1997 – present)

Eskimo Joe is alt-rock band from Fremantle, Western Australia comprising Kavyen Temperley (bass/vocals), Joel Quartermain (guitar/drums) and Stuart MacLeod (guitar)
The group initally formed to compete in the National Campus Band Competition in 1997. Temperley and Quartermain were already in a band at the time, Freud’s Pillow, but had met with little success and asked Temperley’s childhood friend MacLeod to form a new band, which became Eskimo Joe. The band ended up winning the competition prize: a slot at the 1997 Livid Festival and a session in a studio to record their first EP, Sweater. The title track became so successful on national broadcaster Triple J, it gained much airplay and featured in the Hottest 100 of 1998. A second EP Eskimo Joe followed up in 1999.

Later in 1999, Eskimo Joe was signed on to Modular and in 2001, their debut album Girl, which went gold. After splitting with Modular, they signed a new contract with Mushroom in 2002, releasing sophomore album A Song Is a City in 2004. The album went double-platinum and earned the group Best Artist the following year.

Settling down for six weeks over Christmas in 2005, the noticeably darker album Black Fingernails Red Wine, was recorded and released the following June, debuting at number one on the ARIA charts and later going platinum. The band (jokingly) described the album as their “stadium rock” record and headed out on extensive touring around the country, including a stint at Live Earth in Sydney.

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5	From the Sea	261
6	London Bombs	241
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8	How Does It Feel	232
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13	Don't Let Me Down	119
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Mishkin1 wrote:
yesterday morning

nice man.....nice ; )

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azulth wrote:
Monday evening

They were great in Paradiso.

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idioteque04 wrote:
15 days ago

let me down is a great 80s hit!!!!!!

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hetisjeboy wrote:
15 days ago

how can they only have 1.5 million scrobbles?it's not like they're really unknown or something..

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TheFeldster wrote:
17 days ago

Eskimo Joe is a great Aussie band. Really dig the BFRW album especially =)

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alexjgrant wrote:
25 days ago

vv Yeah, Pixies a major influence? I guess

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illusionvalley wrote:
last month

Kavyen's doing well on RocKwiz at the moment. Also very funny and generally charming.

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synchropatha wrote:
last month

NEW YORK NEW YORK

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LabialJae wrote:
last month

Thunderclap офигенская песня

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sientjee wrote:
last month

They where só good live <3. So much energy! I liked them even better then on CD.

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music-at-last wrote:
last month

Wish I could go to BDO 2010

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block58 wrote:
last month

Greatest band of all time.

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GavPark wrote:
last month

wish some of their songs would go on longer

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conditionals wrote:
September 2009

I will never, wear that sweater.

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jaredjr100 wrote:
September 2009

Surprisingly good live!

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deadgrave wrote:
September 2009

Black Fingernails, Red Wine nice

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DivineNoise wrote:
September 2009

they sound pretty retro on some songs, but the result is great anyway. awesome band !

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KidLiam wrote:
August 2009

id rather vomit

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samstent wrote:
August 2009

Can't wait for Friday night :)

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marii_q wrote:
August 2009

love it so much <3

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