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Powderfinger were an Australian
After the release of their first DVD,
On 23 May 2020, the band reformed for a one-off
History
1989–1993: Formation and early releases
Powderfinger were formed in 1989
After completing secondary education, Collins and Haug attended the
In August 1992, the group self-funded a seven-track
1994–1998: Early albums
In January 1994, Powderfinger performed on the
The band's second studio album,
1998–2003: Critical acclaim and chart success
On 7 September 1998, Powderfinger released their third studio album, Internationalist, which peaked at No. 1 and spent 101 weeks in the Top 50 of the ARIA Albums Chart; it was produced by Nick DiDia (Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam).[12][25][31] AllMusic's Jonathan Lewis had mixed feelings about the album. He was enchanted by its lead single, "The Day You Come"; however, he believed "the rest of the album didn't measure up" except for "some fine tracks" in "Don't Wanna Be Left Out" and "Already Gone".[32] Nevertheless, by 2007 the album had shipped over 350,000 copies and was certified five times platinum domestically,[4][27] and it had reached European audiences.[33] Internationalist was the first Powderfinger album to win any ARIA Music Awards.[34] At the 1999 ceremony it won "Album of the Year", "Best Rock Album", and "Best Cover Art" (by Kevin Wilkins), and "The Day You Come" won "Single of the Year".[34][35] "Passenger", another single from Internationalist, was nominated for three additional categories in the following year.[34] The band was both praised and criticised for their political views on Internationalist. In a November 1998 interview with Benedict Watts of Juice Magazine, Haug said that political messages in "The Day You Come" were not something they were just preaching about, but rather were something they saw as a responsibility.[36]
Powderfinger's fourth studio album,
Two of Odyssey Number Five's tracks featured on film soundtracks: "These Days", written for Two Hands (1999),[42] and "My Kind of Scene" in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000).[43] Singles from the album are "My Kind of Scene", "My Happiness", "Like a Dog", and the double A-side "The Metre" / "Waiting for the Sun". "My Happiness", which peaked at No. 4 in Australia and No. 7 in New Zealand, is the group's highest-charting single in both countries.[25][40] At the ARIA Awards ceremony, "My Happiness" won "Single of the Year",[44] and other songs were nominated in various categories.[34] Their tracks received votes from national radio station Triple J's listeners on annual Hottest 100 lists: "These Days", "Already Gone", "Good-Day Ray", and "Passenger" were ranked in 1999, and "My Happiness" and "My Kind of Scene" in 2000.[45] In 2009, "These Days" was voted at No. 21 and "My Happiness" at No. 27 in the Hottest 100 of all time, placing them as second- and fourth-highest Australian tracks after the Hilltop Hoods' "The Nosebleed Section" and Hunters & Collectors' "Throw Your Arms Around Me", respectively.[46]
2003–2005: Rock resurgence
Powderfinger's Vulture Street was released on 4 July 2003, and became their third album to peak at No. 1 in Australia,[25] while in New Zealand it reached No. 17.[40] Recorded in January and February 2003, it was named for the location of the band's first recording room in West End, Brisbane. The Sydney Morning Herald's music critic Bernard Zuel approved of "a rawer, louder, but by no means unrefined, album" with "a real energy here that has some connections to early Powderfinger, but bears the mark of a superior intellect"; he felt it had Haug and Middleton "dominating in a way they had not since their 1994 debut" album.[47] Simon Evans of musicOMH described the group as having "opted for a visceral live feel, adding a real punch to songs".[48] Middleton explained that the band's aim was to "get a sound in the songs that was reminiscent of things we grew up loving, which was Bowie, Zeppelin, Kiss ... that sort of thing; all based in the 70s. We wanted to sonically have that as well, so it's a very old-school-sounding record. It's all the old amps, we used old guitars and recorded to tape, of course. It's fairly organic in that sense".[31] Vulture Street won four ARIA Awards in 2003: "Album of the Year", "Best Group", "Best Rock Album", and "Best Cover Art" (by Steven Gorrow, Revolution Design).[34] Singles issued from the album are: "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind", "Since You've Been Gone", "Love Your Way", and "Sunsets". Tracks were also nominated for awards in 2003 and 2004.[34]
In September 2004 the group issued their first live album, These Days: Live in Concert, initially as a CD, and followed in October with a two-disc DVD. One single, "Stumblin'", which had appeared on Vulture Street, was issued as a live version. In late October they released a compilation album, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000, which included many of their singles from the first four albums as well as non-singles "Thrilloilogy" and "Belter", and a re-release of "These Days". "These Days", although never officially released as a single, was ranked at No. 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 poll of 1999.[45] The album also included two new songs: "Bless My Soul" and "Process This", although only "Bless My Soul" was released as a single. Following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Powderfinger appeared at the WaveAid fundraising concert in January 2005 in Sydney, to raise funds for aid organisations working in the disaster-affected areas.[49] Fanning, as a member of The Wrights, sang lead vocals on "Evie, part 2" at the concert.[50] The Wrights released a studio version in March as a single with some of the proceeds going to tsunami relief efforts.[50]
2005–2006: Side projects
After the WaveAid concert, from early 2005, Powderfinger had a period of hiatus. During the separation, most band members pursued other musical projects; on the personal front, Haug and Middleton each had children, and Fanning met his future wife.[51][52] Middleton's side project, Drag, had issued an EP, Gas Food Lodging, in 2002.[53] Zombos Reviews found the EP was "full of well-written jangly pop, and has some rather nice ballads".[54] Their debut album, The Way Out, recorded in March 2005 and released on 10 July,[55][56] was "a tad disappointing [compared with the EP] ... mostly mid-tempo pop-rock songs, mixed with some slower, pretty ballads. Everything's tastefully arranged, and there's always nice melodies and harmonies".[54] Collins and Haug formed The Predators with Powderfinger's former drummer, Steven Bishop, now on drums and lead vocals. The group released a six-track EP, Pick Up the Pace, in July 2006 and undertook a short tour around Australia.[57]
In October 2005 Fanning issued his debut solo album, Tea & Sympathy,[58][59] which reached No. 1 in Australia and No. 11 in New Zealand.[60] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Fanning won in four categories including "Album of the Year" for Tea & Sympathy and "Best Video" for its lead single, "Wish You Well".[61] "Wish You Well" was ranked at No. 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 poll in 2005.[62] At the end of 2006, Fanning toured in support of the album's release in the United Kingdom and North America; at its conclusion, Powderfinger resumed from their hiatus.[63][64] Fanning compared his solo work to Powderfinger recordings, saying, "when a problem came up in the studio, especially guitar-wise, I've always had Darren and Ian to call on. They could usually come up with something good. But I played all the guitar on it, and my abilities are fairly limited" and that "Powderfinger is my real job and I'm looking forward to doing it again".[64]
2007–2008: Return from hiatus
Powderfinger started recording their sixth studio album,
In June 2007 Powderfinger and
Dream Days at the Hotel Existence was the recipient of the ARIA Award for "Best Cover Art" in
2009–2010: Golden Rule and disbandment
From mid-June 2009 Powderfinger worked with DiDia producing their seventh studio album, Golden Rule, which was issued on 13 November. The album peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA albums chart, becoming their fifth studio album in a row to do so.[25] The album's lead single, "All of the Dreamers", was released in September.[87][88] "Burn Your Name", the second single, followed in December. That same month the band performed at the 2009 Homebake festival after a 10-year absence.[89] In late January they toured on the 2010 Big Day Out. The third single from the album, "Sail the Widest Stretch", appeared in April.[90]
Also in April 2010, Powderfinger announced that after 21 years the group would disband following their
With the completion of our last album, Golden Rule, we feel that we have said all that we want to say as a musical group. We firmly believe that it is our most complete and satisfying album and can't think of a better way to farewell our fans than with music that we all believe in and also with, hopefully, our best tour to date.
— Bernard Fanning on behalf of Powderfinger, Powderfinger Official Website, April 2010[93]
Coghill told Australian Times that the final tour is "going to be great fun, but it's also going to be sad".[94] He confirmed that he had no plans to start a new band or for a solo project. Instead he intended to finish his degree, "[o]nce I'm done with that, I might put the feelers out and see what's happening. I don't think I'd be doing anything solo, but I might look to join other bands, just to have a chance to keep playing. I'm just not keen to be off touring the world anymore".[94] Powderfinger played their final show at the River Stage in Brisbane on 13 November 2010 in front of 10,000 fans; the last song they performed was "These Days".[86] On 25 January 2011 the band issued a previously unreleased track, "I'm on Your Side", as a fundraiser for the Premier's Flood Appeal as a result of major flooding in Queensland from December the previous year into January. The song was available via the band's website with all proceeds going towards the cause. On 8 November 2011, the group released a second compilation album, Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011, containing two new tracks. There was also a 2-disc release, Fingerprints & Footprints – The Ultimate Collection, combining both Fingerprints and Footprints in one set.[95] Also in November, Dino Scatena, together with the band, published a biography, Footprints: the inside story of Australia's best loved band.[96] Scatena, a rock music journalist, had started writing the book in October of the previous year, during the Sunsets Farewell Tour.[96]
2010–present: Afterwards
Former Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning worked on his second solo album Departures during late 2012 in Los Angeles, with Joe Chiccarelli producing.[97] It was released in June the following year and peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[98] Middleton had relocated to Melbourne and worked with Red Door Sounds' Paul Annison, producer of Children Collide's album Monument (April 2012). In December that year Middleton revealed that "I’m halfway through a new record".[99] Middleton's album, Translations, was released independently in November 2013.[100] Around the same time Coghill was working as a journalist on the Gold Coast, while Collins was "developing business projects in Queensland".[101]
In January 2013 Haug produced the second album, Sins of a Li'l Later Kiss, by Brisbane-based folk duo Cole and Van Dijk.[102] He then joined the Church, replacing Marty Willson-Piper, and featured on their 2014 album Further/Deeper.
On 23 May 2020, Powderfinger reformed for a one-off live-streamed YouTube charity performance titled One Night Lonely, with all proceeds going to Beyond Blue and Support Act.[1] On 25 May, an EP of the performance was released.[103]
On 31 August 2020, Powderfinger confirmed the release of a compilation album of unreleased songs titled Unreleased (1998–2010), released on 27 November 2020. It was preceded by the single "Day by Day", released on 18 September.[104][105]
On 13 November 2020, Powderfinger released "Daybreak", the second single preceding the release of the album.
Musical style
Powderfinger's musical style includes hard rock and alternative music and, according to McFarlane, "the band made its mark with an earthy, blues-based sound that combined soaring, 1970s-influenced riff-rock with 1990s studio technology. With the added textures of folk, country and a soulful groove, the band was able to head in any direction".[3] Nimmervoll acclaimed them as "one of Australia's most popular radio-friendly rock bands" which "produced music the rest of Australia embraced".[7] McFarlane was partially disappointed with their debut 1994 album Parables for Wooden Ears compared to their earlier EP Transfusion.[3] Their 1996 album, Double Allergic, was "more self-assured and textured" and "consolidated the band's position at the forefront of the alternative rock scene".[3] It "revealed a significant shift towards accessible rock songs rooted in melodic grooves" according to Nimmervoll.[7]
In a November 2007 interview with Paul Cashmere of the website Undercover, Middleton stated that a couple of songs they had initially written for Vulture Street "were just too Odyssey Number Five based", and that the first track, "Rockin' Rocks", was "probably the start of where we were heading with the album".[106] Cashmere stated that the album was "the toughest [he has] heard Powderfinger sound".[106] Zuel reviewed two of Powderfinger's more recent albums, and described Vulture Street as "a rawer, louder" album in comparison to Odyssey Number Five; it highlighted Fanning's "talent as a lyricist" and he stated that it featured guitarists Haug and Middleton "dominating in a way they haven't since their 1994 debut".[47] Zuel also stated that there is a "real energy here that has some connections to early Powderfinger," and described "On My Mind" as having "AC/DC meatiness", and "Love Your Way" as "acoustic tumbling into weaving Zeppelin lines".[47] In his review of Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, Zuel described it as "[having] high-gloss and muscular framework," and stated that that was what "American radio considers serious rock."[67]
Compared with the relatively lean, agile sound they've perfected up to now, this is Powderfinger as the footballer who in the off-season spends his time in the gym and emerges buff and beefy. The problem is he has bulk but has traded in his nimbleness.
— Bernard Zuel, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 June 2007[67]
Clayton Bolger of AllMusic stated in his review of Dream Days at the Hotel Existence that Powderfinger "largely revisit the sound of their Internationalist album, leaving behind much of the glam and swagger of 2003's Vulture Street".[107] He commented on Fanning's "commanding and distinctive vocals", the "twin-guitar attack" of Middleton and Haug, Collins' "innovative basslines", and the "powerhouse drum work" of Coghill.[107] Nimmervoll described Golden Rule as "Powderfinger back to its essence. They’d experimented with the sound, tried different things with the songwriting process and recorded in America with different producers. [It] was recorded at home, the band reunited with American Nick DiDia, who had previously worked with the band during the "classic" era, producing Internationalist, Odyssey Number 5 and Vulture Street. They also wrote the songs as a team, with Bernard responsible for the bulk of the lyrics. The album was recorded in the same spirit, as close to the live sound as a studio album could be".[7]
Philanthropy
Powderfinger were active in supporting causes or opposing actions taken in charitable, philanthropic, disaster, and political circumstances. In 1996, when Crowded House decided to break up, they organised a farewell concert as a charity event for the Sydney Children's Hospital on 24 November.[108] They approached Powderfinger and fellow Australian acts Custard and You Am I to also appear on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.[109] The charity event, which was recorded and later released as a live album titled Farewell to the World, was claimed to have the largest Australian live concert audience, with estimates of between 100,000 and 250,000 people.[110][111] In the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Powderfinger performed at the WaveAid fundraising concert in Sydney in January 2005.[49] The disaster killed more than 225,000 people from 11 countries in the area.[112] The total profit from the funds raised from ticket sales and donations was A$2,300,000, however most of this money was spent in the administrative stream with little reaching those affected.[113]
The song "
In June 2007, Powderfinger and Silverchair announced their combined Across the Great Divide Tour,[72] which promoted Reconciliation Australia, a foundation helping to improve the welfare of the Indigenous people of Australia, and to "show [that] both bands are behind the idea of reconciliation".[72] Reconciliation Australia increased the awareness of the 17-year difference in life expectancy between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous children of Australia.[119] In October that year, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Powderfinger performed another concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.[120] This concert was for invitees only – breast cancer patients, survivors, and their families were eligible to attend.[121] Powderfinger performed alongside Silverchair, Missy Higgins, and other artists to an audience of 700.[122] The concert was filmed and later broadcast as a MAX Session on Foxtel channel MAX on 3 November.[123]
For the Sunsets Farewell Tour in September 2010, the band promoted another Indigenous cause, the Yalari organisation.[124] The organisation provides Indigenous children with opportunities to get a proper education. In January 2011, following the Queensland flood disaster, [undercover.fm] reported that Powderfinger would not reform for a benefit concert, but the band instead donated a never-before-released track, "I'm on Your Side", to help raise money for the victims.[125]
Personnel
Throughout their recording career, Powderfinger consisted of five members: Bernard Fanning as lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and harmonicist; John Collins as bass guitarist; Ian Haug, originally the lead vocalist until Fanning joined, played lead guitars; Darren Middleton on co-lead guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, and occasional lead vocals; Jon Coghill as drummer and percussionist.[3][7][12] Their line-up remained stable from 1992 until their disbandment in November 2010. Steven Bishop had been the group's original drummer, but had left to focus on his studies.[4] The band refers to one another by nicknames, including Collins as JC and Coghill as Cogsy.[106]
Powderfinger have collaborated with various artists throughout their career: Pianist Benmont Tench played on Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.[126] For touring or session work, auxiliary musicians used include Alex Pertout on percussion, Duane Billings on percussion, and Lachlan Doley on keyboards. For their second album, Double Allergic, the group enlisted Tim Whitten as producer. The group approached American expatriate Nick DiDia as their producer for Internationalist, and recorded with him at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne.[127] DiDia also produced the two albums which followed. In 2007, Rob Schnapf, producer for Beck, was asked to produce Dream Days at the Hotel Existence in Los Angeles.[128] DiDia returned for Golden Rule. Powderfinger's first music video, for the song "Reap What You Sow" in 1993, was directed by David Barker, an award-winning director.[21] Film companies who directed other videos for the group include Fifty Fifty Films[129] and Head Pictures.[130]
Awards and accolades
Powderfinger was highly successful in the Australian recording industry, being a recipient of the industry's flagship awards, the ARIA Music Awards, 18 times from 47 nominations—the third-highest tally, behind Silverchair's 21 wins from 49 nominations and John Farnham's 20 wins from 56 nominations.[34][79] Powderfinger's most successful year was 2001 when they won six awards from eight nominations for Odyssey Number Five and its related singles.[34][41][44] "These Days" and "My Happiness" were ranked at No. 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 lists in 1999 and 2000, respectively, and 21 other Powderfinger tracks have ranked on lists in other years.[45]
In 2009, as part of the
Discography
- Parables for Wooden Ears (1994)
- Double Allergic (1996)
- Internationalist (1998)
- Odyssey Number Five (2000)
- Vulture Street (2003)
- Dream Days at the Hotel Existence (2007)
- Golden Rule (2009)
See also
References
General
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