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Finley, New South Wales, Australia (1991 – present)
Spiderbait are an alternative rock band formed in 1991 in Finley, New South Wales, Australia which consists of Mark “Kram” Maher (drums, lead vocals), Janet English (bass, vocals) and Damien Whitty (guitar). They have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song Buy Me A Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of Black Betty.
When you have as big a celebrity fan as Stephen King, you must be doing something right! The three-piece from Finley, New South Wales, Australia, often jump genres from disco-pop (Stevie, Calypso) to mutant dance (Arse Huggin’ Pants) - in the course of a single album, no less. And yet, they still manage to rock like mofos (Shazam!, Outta My Head, and - of course - their cover of Black Betty).
The three band members Mark Maher or “Kram” (drums and vocals), Damien Whitty or “Whitt” on guitar and Janet English on bass/vocals come from the small town Finley in southern New South Wales where they jammed together in their youth.
The band moved to Melbourne, Australia where Kram was studying at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Music. The band played its first gig at a loungeroom for a friend’s party. The band soon became part of Melbourne’s punk scene playing gigs at venues like the Tote Hotel in Collingwood, Victoria. They released their first singleCircle K on Au-Go-Go Records with an EP titled P’tang Yang Kipper Bang Uh! following in 1992.
Buy Me A Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of Black Betty.
When you have as big a celebrity fan as Stephen King, you must be doing something right! The three-piece from Finley, New South Wales, Australia, often jump genres from disco-pop (
Stevie, Calypso) to mutant dance (Arse Huggin’ Pants) - in the course of a single album, no less. And yet, they still manage to rock like mofos (Shazam!, Outta My Head, and - of course - their cover of Black Betty).The three band members Mark Maher or “Kram” (drums and vocals), Damien Whitty or “Whitt” on guitar and Janet English on bass/vocals come from the small town Finley in southern New South Wales where they jammed together in their youth.
The band moved to Melbourne, Australia where Kram was studying at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Music. The band played its first gig at a loungeroom for a friend’s party. The band soon became part of Melbourne’s punk scene playing gigs at venues like the Tote Hotel in Collingwood, Victoria. They released their first single
Circle K on Au-Go-Go Records with an EP titled P’tang Yang Kipper Bang Uh! following in 1992.
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SQuoteR91 wrote:
great group! Nice sound! / хорошая группа! Отличный звук!
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Enryy_D wrote:
Yo Black Betty ain't the only song they made... just sayin'. [2]
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diver000 wrote:
NFS
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winstonpilgrim wrote:
Hey conditionals, they get royalties from sales and the sound recording, just not from the songwriting.
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Inci90 wrote:
tolerable band from my pre-teen years.
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boehj wrote:
great band from my teen years.
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Mattsy94 wrote:
Yo Black Betty ain't the only song they made... just sayin'.
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SaraBirch wrote:
Glockenpop! <3
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rvillalo1709 wrote:
Janet sounds tiny :) haha i like this band
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conditionals wrote:
I wonder if they get royalties from Black Betty, despite it being a cover. I never understood how that aspect worked.
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VanLaiho wrote:
I know. Black Betty is an awesome music, i love it more than original. But they have a lot of better songs that people don't know :(
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lalli93 wrote:
and because of the vw beetle advertisement ...they used black betty too
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xdelphist wrote:
VanLaiho, its all because Black Betty is a Need For Speed: Underground soundtrack
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VanLaiho wrote:
They have so many better songs than the cover of Black Betty, people... :( [2]
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TheRnRDude wrote:
They're fucken awesome!
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jaime1899 wrote:
BLACK BETTY !!!
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BreetaiSDF1 wrote:
circle k, sam gribbles, old man sam, buy me a pony, jesus, monty... everyone should listen to thier whole back catalogue, you wont be dissapointed.
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DickChlenz wrote:
i wish they were more popular they fuckin deserve it!
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shug94 wrote:
I love this band! Shazam!, Calypso, Plastic, Dinnertime, Fucken Awesome!
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OrangeMM wrote:
Black Betty
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