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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.
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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Black Fingernails Red Wine
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A Song Is a City
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Black Fingernails, Red Wine
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Girl
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Justinx_nl wrote:
This band has become a bit too radio friendly
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dimensionalpha wrote:
so good
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illusionvalley wrote:
TV.com talk to the band about the ARIAs, Inshalla and 2010. http://www.tv.com/video/31245/?tag=topslot;button;
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Mishkin1 wrote:
nice man.....nice ; )
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azulth wrote:
They were great in Paradiso.
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idioteque04 wrote:
let me down is a great 80s hit!!!!!!
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hetisjeboy wrote:
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:
Eskimo Joe is a great Aussie band. Really dig the BFRW album especially =)
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alexjgrant wrote:
vv Yeah, Pixies a major influence? I guess
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illusionvalley wrote:
Kavyen's doing well on RocKwiz at the moment. Also very funny and generally charming.
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synchropatha wrote:
NEW YORK NEW YORK
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LabialJae wrote:
Thunderclap офигенская песня
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sientjee wrote:
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:
Wish I could go to BDO 2010
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block58 wrote:
Greatest band of all time.
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GavPark wrote:
wish some of their songs would go on longer
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conditionals wrote:
I will never, wear that sweater.
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jaredjr100 wrote:
Surprisingly good live!
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deadgrave wrote:
Black Fingernails, Red Wine nice
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DivineNoise wrote:
they sound pretty retro on some songs, but the result is great anyway. awesome band !
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Events
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Dec
5
Homebake - The Fifteenth Year
The Domain, Sydney, Australia
19 shouts
| 60 attendees
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Jan
15
Big Day Out 2010
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
874 shouts
| 217 attendees
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Jan
17
Big Day Out 2010
Gold Coast Parklands, Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
64 shouts
| 167 attendees
News
BIG Spring Merch Sale!
4 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/eskimojoemusic
It's that time, after all the touring... after the long winter... after
the recent visit to winter climates... that the spring sunshine here in
Aus has brought the pep in the step and plastered the . …
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