Youth Group
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Youth Group is an Australian
The band formed in Sydney in the late 1990s and has released four albums, three of which have gained worldwide release. They achieved major success in 2006 when their cover of Alphaville's "Forever Young", which had been recorded for the soundtrack of the US TV drama The O.C., was released as a single and reached No. 1 in Australia, attaining platinum status.
As of 2015, the band is signed to Ivy League Records.[1]
History
The band's founding members were
The band met success when a series of chance happenings led Epitaph Records boss Brett Gurewitz to hear their second album, Skeleton Jar in 2004 and release it in the US in 2005. Despite sounding nothing like the California punk that Epitaph is widely known for, the support of a US label was the crucial break that Youth Group needed to find a wider audience.[3] In 2003 the band played at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas and performed on four dates with The Vines and The Music on a US West Coast tour. But it was a chance to support Death Cab for Cutie in 2005 on a coast to coast US tour that saw their profile rise most quickly internationally.[2]
Their single "
Youth Group won the
Youth Group toured the US twice in 2009 before moving into an extended break. Though the band remained on good terms, they began focusing on other projects. Martin released a solo album, Love's Shadow, in July 2012 on Ivy League Records, while Danny relocated to New York, toured with
In November 2014, the band announced a show at the Newtown Social Club in Sydney for January 2015, in which they played Skeleton Jar in its entirety. The show sold out within a week of going on sale. The band later announced additional headlining shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for June and July 2015; as well as a vinyl release of Skeleton Jar. The band returned again in late 2016, with their album Australian Halloween being released in October 2019.[5]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
AUS [6] |
NZ [7] |
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Urban & Eastern |
|
— | — | — |
Skeleton Jar |
|
—[A] | — | — |
Casino Twilight Dogs |
|
10 | 32 | 48 |
The Night Is Ours |
|
66 | — | — |
Australian Halloween[5] |
|
— | — | — |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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AUS [6] |
ITA [10] |
NZ [7] |
SPA
[11] |
US Bub. [8] |
US Pop [8] | ||||
"Weekender" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Country Tour" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"We Are Mean" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Interface" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Happiness' Border" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Urban & Eastern | |
"Guilty" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Shadowland" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skeleton Jar | |
"Baby Body" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
" Forever Young "
|
2006 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 44 | 10 | 76 | Casino Twilight Dogs | |
"Catching & Killing" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Daisychains" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Sorry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Two Sides" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Night Is Ours | |
"All This Will Pass" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"In My Dreams" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Cusp"[5] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Australian Halloween | |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Compilation appearances
- Coastal Chill 05 (2004)
- Music from the OC: Mix 5(2005, Warner Bros.)
- Warped Tour 2005 Tour Compilation (2005)
- Punk-O-Rama 10(2005)
Notes
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | "Forever Young" | Breakthrough Artist - Single
|
Won | [13] |
Single of the Year | Nominated | |||
Highest Selling Single
|
Nominated | |||
Andy Cassell – Youth Group – "Forever Young" | Best Video | Nominated | ||
Wayne Connolly – Youth Group – Casino Twilight Dogs | Producer of the Year | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Artists: Youth Group". Ivy League Records. 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ a b Noel Mengel, "Young talents' time", The Courier-Mail, 13 July 2006.
- ^ Sacha Molitorisz, "Forever young", Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2006.
- ^ "Industry Results | Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time | triple J". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "Youth Group reform for first shows and album in 10 years". noise11. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b Peaks in Australia:
- All except noted: "Discography Youth Group in Australia". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- The Night Is Ours: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 309.
- ^ a b "Discography Youth Group in New Zealand". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Chart Search: Youth Group". Billboard. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Report: Issue 837" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ Peaks in Italy:
- For "Forever Young":"Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 18.05.2007 al 24.05.2007)" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Discography Youth Group in Spain". spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2006: 20th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 June 2012.