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Melbourne, Australia (2005 – present)
The Temper Trap is an indie rock band which formed in 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of Dougy Mandagi (vocals, guitar), Lorenzo Sillitto (guitar, keyboards), Jonathon Aherne (bass) and Toby Dundas (drums).
The Temper Trap’s story begins with Dougy. Born in Indonesia and immersed in an artistic and musical family, with some rich influences from singing in church choirs with his aunty and uncle and listening to his dad, a country music fan, play guitar. These influences evolved around Dougy, as he moved consistently from different islands in Indonesa, to Hawaii and then eventually to Australia. Dougy’s move to Downunder started him out as a portrait drawer at $25 a pop, or singing a tune for your loose change in downtown Melbourne.
Dougy eventually ended up working at the same retail store as Toby. Dougy had thought of starting a band for years and after a few months of boring work hours and finding out Toby was a drummer and a walking musical dictionary, the first band practice began, minus a bass player. In one of the coincedences that the band have come to rely on Jonny worked a couple of stores down and was called in. He had known Dougy for years, back in the busking days when dougy first arrived in melbourne. jonny, the 13 year old dreamer and son of a missionary, wanted to learn some guitar and dougy helped him out. A brotherly friendship was formed with some sense of common ground, both drawing life from music and their spritual upbringings, and unaware of the musical union which would be formed 6 years later.
The Temper Trap’s story begins with Dougy. Born in Indonesia and immersed in an artistic and musical family, with some rich influences from singing in church choirs with his aunty and uncle and listening to his dad, a country music fan, play guitar. These influences evolved around Dougy, as he moved consistently from different islands in Indonesa, to Hawaii and then eventually to Australia. Dougy’s move to Downunder started him out as a portrait drawer at $25 a pop, or singing a tune for your loose change in downtown Melbourne.
Dougy eventually ended up working at the same retail store as Toby. Dougy had thought of starting a band for years and after a few months of boring work hours and finding out Toby was a drummer and a walking musical dictionary, the first band practice began, minus a bass player. In one of the coincedences that the band have come to rely on Jonny worked a couple of stores down and was called in. He had known Dougy for years, back in the busking days when dougy first arrived in melbourne. jonny, the 13 year old dreamer and son of a missionary, wanted to learn some guitar and dougy helped him out. A brotherly friendship was formed with some sense of common ground, both drawing life from music and their spritual upbringings, and unaware of the musical union which would be formed 6 years later.
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Sweet Disposition
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Sweet Disposition
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Love Lost
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Fader
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Down River
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Science of Fear
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Rest
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Soldier On
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Fools
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Resurrection
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Drum Song
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Shoutbox
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Paul-Nic wrote:
Just listened to their album for the first time. I really like it, especially Fader!!
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shocktomysystem wrote:
They were awesome at the ARIA's.
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AppleKabukiSuri wrote:
From his glasses and the way he was dancing I thought the singer was blind.
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Markheusen wrote:
Awesome!!!!!
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ykzerykzerykzer wrote:
god, i'm in love with your music. i hope you'll perform in indonesia next time.
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DarkFury wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Temper+Trap/+images/37283485
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agilsen14 wrote:
Suittt dispositionnnn... come to Bandung
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ironmaus wrote:
I love Tears for Fears...I mean the Temper Trap!
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tomzzzz wrote:
ke indonesia dong,hahaha [2]
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AmiKami wrote:
rly good
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Tommi_fm wrote:
Best discovery of 2009!
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lilly-purple wrote:
thanks to 500 days of summer! This band is AWESOMEEEEEEEE!!! I'M IN LOVE!
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DJ_NST wrote:
go go go !!
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chronicle_a3 wrote:
FRIGGIN' AWESOOOOOOOOOOOMEEEEE!!!! \m/ Love Lost, Sweet Disposition & Fader are my favourites!
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katlakatla wrote:
I'm so glad I discovered this band, THEY'RE AWESOME!
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OhNoARyot wrote:
Definitely my favourite band; as a Melburnian, I'm so proud of them and all their successes. Well done TTT, see you back home in January!
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sandro545 wrote:
vocal is fantastic
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kokon101 wrote:
Nice one.
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hanifadi wrote:
ke indonesia dong,hahaha
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NiteShok wrote:
An interview with Lorenzo regarding fan-sourced music videos on genero.tv: http://andrewmcmillen.com/2009/11/13/rolling-stone-story-outtake-the-temper-trap/
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Events
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Nov
28
The Temper Trap
Lido, Berlin, Germany
2 shouts
| 16 attendees
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Dec
1
The Temper Trap
Szene, Wien, Vienna, Austria
3 shouts
| 24 attendees
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Dec
2
The Temper Trap
Hafenkneipe, Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1 shout
| 16 attendees
News
The Temper Trap perform at the ARIAs – Europe dates rescheduled
30 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thetempertrap
The
Temper Trap are thrilled to announce that they will be performing at
the ARIA awards in Sydney on Thursday November 26th. The ARIA Awards
(Australia's equivalent to the Brits or Grammys) invite. …
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American Tour
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UK live shows in 2010
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Australian Headline Shows Announced
22 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thetempertrap
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Recent Activity
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krihis, Yellowratchitt, WahAriel and 2 other people added The Temper Trap to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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Kewbs added The Temper Trap to the lineup of 2009 ARIA Awards at Acer Arena. 10 hours ago
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Kewbs, sarahluckey and nethw added The Temper Trap to their libraries. 10 hours ago
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jasonn1973 shared The Temper Trap with xvalrix. 12 hours ago
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doggie_bones, Natalee24, jimclean and 13 other people added The Temper Trap to their libraries. 12 hours ago
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nalwor wrote about The Temper Trap in Albums of the Year 2009. yesterday evening
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fifuberry, the1andonlyliam, emily9698 and 20 other people added The Temper Trap to their libraries. yesterday evening
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halisray, Rossage1 and omar107 added The Temper Trap to their libraries. yesterday morning
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halisray tagged The Temper Trap with ‘indie’. yesterday morning
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Markheusen, popalongcassidy, hrod-ward and 1 other person added The Temper Trap to their libraries. Wednesday evening
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