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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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Tonight Alright
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Greatest Hits
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Grand Slam
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Ivy and the Big Apples
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Fucken Awesome
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Tonite
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Shazam!
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Put It Down
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Glockenpop
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On My Way
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Four on the Floor
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Stevie
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Outta My Head
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5th Set
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Shoutbox
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
Am oooon myyyy waaaaaay. OUH YEAH!
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TotaIIyRadd wrote:
Guys! Forget Black Betty, check out Glockenpop. 8] In fact, check out everything else! They're free for Pete's sake!
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MyaiTai wrote:
SpiderBait Рулит, Кульная группа)))))
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cruncho wrote:
hey all! check out http://www.posse.com/p/9656/716/2, you can buy cheap tix 2 Spiderbait's Festival of the Sun gig there! and please spread the word too thanks!
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masterbloob wrote:
Tour the US.
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chuckehh wrote:
thanks for that info, good to see some of their older stuff resurfacing
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CommDonald wrote:
Glockenpop will probably rise in the charts, because of Little Big Planet PSP's soundtrack :)
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chuckehh wrote:
wow. the ratio of black betty hits to other songs hits is pretty horrendous
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jimmytheone44 wrote:
wait... this band has other songs?
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FuturesPassed wrote:
The popularity of "Black Betty" in comparison to the rest of their songs can be almost depressing at times. It's a fantastic cover, but it's not like the rest of their music isn't as good.
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DiER1v3t wrote:
nice )
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deadgrave wrote:
great
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sibylla_dixgard wrote:
i just LOVE calypso, makes me think about everything i'm dreamin of
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Untouchable1406 wrote:
Spiderbait are shapeshifters in music they can do it all :D
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Koalathekkid wrote:
Spiderbait LOVE THEM went to a party and it was FKN Ace is the best tune EVER
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TheGoodSoldier wrote:
I first heard Black Betty on NFS :)
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ddtng wrote:
Can't agree with you on that one robmosz. Wally Funk was quite a low, had its good points but there was so much crap on that. They did dig themselves out of that nicely with Tonight Alright, though.
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robmosz wrote:
@Dr_Wally: The Flight of Wally Funk is a good album. I think it's their most diverse album, with electro and a folky song! My favourite Spiderbait album is Grandslam, so I like their pop music!
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Mark_0ne wrote:
NFSU2 ^^
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AlmostOblivion wrote:
fuck yes.
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HLCYN, blackrose74, jvg90 and 13 other people added Spiderbait to their libraries. 8 hours ago
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BeckyMUK wrote about Spiderbait in 2009 review. 7 days ago
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BeckyMUK wrote about Spiderbait – Calypso in 2009 review. 7 days ago
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Death_OfSeasons wrote about Spiderbait in This is my CD collection. Enjoy.. 8 days ago
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Cheeshire wrote about Spiderbait – Stevie in 50 Q's about Top 50 Artists of '09. 24 days ago
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xpC tagged Spiderbait with ‘alternative rock’. December 2009
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