1927 (band)
Encyclopedia
1927 are an Australian pop
/rock
band formed in Melbourne
in 1987 with James Barton on drums
, Bill Frost on bass guitar
, his brother Garry Frost on guitar
and keyboards
, and Erik Weideman on vocals, guitar and keyboards . They were popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their major hit songs "If I Could
", "Compulsory Hero" and "That's When I Think of You" and their multi-platinum #1 album ...ish. Weideman had been seen by Garry Frost (ex-Moving Pictures
) on a "Red Faces" talent segment of variety TV show Hey Hey It's Saturday
.
ist and keyboardist
, had left Moving Pictures
in 1984, after their second album, and was writing songs at his Sydney
home studio in late 1986. He was watching the Nine Network
's variety programme Hey Hey It's Saturday
s talent segment "Red Faces" when Erik Weideman appeared and performed a cover of The Police
's "Roxanne
". Garry Frost drove to Melbourne, about 880 km (550 mi), to recruit Weideman on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards. They were joined by Garry's brother Phil Frost on bass guitar
and James Barton on drums
to form 1927 in Melbourne in 1987. After a year of vainly seeking a recording contract, 1927 signed with Trafalgar Productions and recorded their debut release, "That's When I Think of You", which entered the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA) singles charts in September 1988 and peaked at #6. In November, the band released their second single, "If I Could
" which peaked at #4 on the ARIA singles charts. Their debut album, ...ish was produced by Charles Fisher and Jim Bonneford and was released in early December. Rock historian, Ian McFarlane described it as "brimful of stirring, stately pop rock anthems." It peaked on the ARIA albums charts at #1 for four weeks and stayed in the Top 50 for 45 weeks, it achieved 5X-platinum sales (more than 400,000). Two more top 20 singles from the album were "You'll Never Know" and "Compulsory Hero". "That's When I Think of You" was released internationally as a single in 1989, it peaked in the Top 50 in the UK, and just peeked into the US Billboard Hot 100
singles chart.
At the 1989 ARIA Music Awards
, 1927 received the 'Breakthrough Artist - Single' award for "That's When I Think of You" and 'Breakthrough Artist - Album' award for ...ish, while at the 1990 awards they won 'Best Video' for "Compulsory Hero". The band added Charlie Cole on keyboards (ex-Moving Pictures) and toured Australia. By late 1989, they were commencing work for their second album when Garry Frost announced he was leaving the band early the following year. Dave Dwyer joined on guitars and keyboards and 1927 recorded The Other Side
with Weideman as main songwriter and Fisher and Garry Frost producing. The album, which peaked at #3 in July 1990, provided a Top 20 hit with "Tell Me a Story". McFarlane described the album as "full of lush, ambitious arrangements and well-crafted pop, but it lacked the charm and rousing choruses" of ...ish. Drummer Barton left in 1992 to be replaced by Phil Campbell, they released their eponym
ous third album, 1927
produced by Mark Opitz, in November. 1927 just peeked into the Top 40 and the associated singles were less successful. 1927 were suffering financial and internal problems and disbanded in 1993. A compilation album
titled The Very Best of 1927
was released in 1996. Weideman subsequently pursued a solo career releasing a single "Nothing I Can Do" in 1996.
as support for Simple Minds
in March 2010. The second leg of the 20...ish Anniversary Tour began in June 2010. According to their official website they are currently recording their 1st album of new material since 1992's self titled album. The new album is to be released sometime in 2011.
The new lineup is:
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band formed in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in 1987 with James Barton on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, Bill Frost on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, his brother Garry Frost on guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, and Erik Weideman on vocals, guitar and keyboards . They were popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their major hit songs "If I Could
If I Could (1927 song)
"If I Could" was the best charting single for Australian band 1927. It made number 2 on the Australian national charts late in 1988....
", "Compulsory Hero" and "That's When I Think of You" and their multi-platinum #1 album ...ish. Weideman had been seen by Garry Frost (ex-Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures (band)
Moving Pictures was a rock music band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1980. They are best known for their hit single, "What About Me" and multi-platinum album Days of Innocence, both of which topped the charts in Australia.-Biography:...
) on a "Red Faces" talent segment of variety TV show Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years , debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later...
.
History
Garry Frost, guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist and keyboardist
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, had left Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures (band)
Moving Pictures was a rock music band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1980. They are best known for their hit single, "What About Me" and multi-platinum album Days of Innocence, both of which topped the charts in Australia.-Biography:...
in 1984, after their second album, and was writing songs at his Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
home studio in late 1986. He was watching the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
's variety programme Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years , debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later...
s talent segment "Red Faces" when Erik Weideman appeared and performed a cover of The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
's "Roxanne
Roxanne (song)
"Roxanne" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. It was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.- History :...
". Garry Frost drove to Melbourne, about 880 km (550 mi), to recruit Weideman on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards. They were joined by Garry's brother Phil Frost on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and James Barton on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
to form 1927 in Melbourne in 1987. After a year of vainly seeking a recording contract, 1927 signed with Trafalgar Productions and recorded their debut release, "That's When I Think of You", which entered the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA) singles charts in September 1988 and peaked at #6. In November, the band released their second single, "If I Could
If I Could (1927 song)
"If I Could" was the best charting single for Australian band 1927. It made number 2 on the Australian national charts late in 1988....
" which peaked at #4 on the ARIA singles charts. Their debut album, ...ish was produced by Charles Fisher and Jim Bonneford and was released in early December. Rock historian, Ian McFarlane described it as "brimful of stirring, stately pop rock anthems." It peaked on the ARIA albums charts at #1 for four weeks and stayed in the Top 50 for 45 weeks, it achieved 5X-platinum sales (more than 400,000). Two more top 20 singles from the album were "You'll Never Know" and "Compulsory Hero". "That's When I Think of You" was released internationally as a single in 1989, it peaked in the Top 50 in the UK, and just peeked into the US Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
singles chart.
At the 1989 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
, 1927 received the 'Breakthrough Artist - Single' award for "That's When I Think of You" and 'Breakthrough Artist - Album' award for ...ish, while at the 1990 awards they won 'Best Video' for "Compulsory Hero". The band added Charlie Cole on keyboards (ex-Moving Pictures) and toured Australia. By late 1989, they were commencing work for their second album when Garry Frost announced he was leaving the band early the following year. Dave Dwyer joined on guitars and keyboards and 1927 recorded The Other Side
The Other Side (1927 album)
The Other Side is an album by the Australian rock band 1927, released in 1990. The album reached #50 on the 1990 ARIA Australian Year End Albums Chart.-Track listing:#"Tell Me a Story"#"Don't Forget Me"#"Doin' It Wrong"#"The Other Side"#"Africa"...
with Weideman as main songwriter and Fisher and Garry Frost producing. The album, which peaked at #3 in July 1990, provided a Top 20 hit with "Tell Me a Story". McFarlane described the album as "full of lush, ambitious arrangements and well-crafted pop, but it lacked the charm and rousing choruses" of ...ish. Drummer Barton left in 1992 to be replaced by Phil Campbell, they released their eponym
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ous third album, 1927
1927 (album)
1927 is the self-titled album by the Australian rock band, 1927 released in 1992. It reached #40 on the Australian album chart.-Track listing:#"Dreamstate" – 4:28#"It Ain't Love" – 4:05#"Scars" – 3:49#"Big White Bird" – 6:03#"Modern Culture" – 3:18...
produced by Mark Opitz, in November. 1927 just peeked into the Top 40 and the associated singles were less successful. 1927 were suffering financial and internal problems and disbanded in 1993. A compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
titled The Very Best of 1927
The Very Best of 1927
The Very Best of 1927 is a compilation album by the Australian rock band, 1927 that was released on 7 October 1996.-Tracklisting: # "That’s When I Think of You"# "You’ll Never Know"# "If I Could"# "Tell Me a Story"# "Don’t Forget Me"...
was released in 1996. Weideman subsequently pursued a solo career releasing a single "Nothing I Can Do" in 1996.
2009-present
A digitally remastered edition of ...ish featuring bonus live recordings of "Propaganda Machine" and "Compulsory Hero" was released in 2009. The band, featuring a new lineup led by Weideman, appeared on Mornings with Kerri-Anne on 17 June 2009 and toured Australia in during the latter half of 2009 and the start of 2010, culminating in a performance in SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
as support for Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...
in March 2010. The second leg of the 20...ish Anniversary Tour began in June 2010. According to their official website they are currently recording their 1st album of new material since 1992's self titled album. The new album is to be released sometime in 2011.
The new lineup is:
- Erik Weideman (lead vocals, guitar)
- Craig Laird (lead guitar, backing vocals)
- Simon Shapiro (bass, backing vocals)
- Damien Cooper (drums)
Albums
- ...ish (1988) #1 Australia; #2 1989 ARIAAustralian Recording Industry AssociationThe Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
Australian Year End Albums Chart - The Other SideThe Other Side (1927 album)The Other Side is an album by the Australian rock band 1927, released in 1990. The album reached #50 on the 1990 ARIA Australian Year End Albums Chart.-Track listing:#"Tell Me a Story"#"Don't Forget Me"#"Doin' It Wrong"#"The Other Side"#"Africa"...
(1990) #3 Australia; #50 1990 ARIAAustralian Recording Industry AssociationThe Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
Australian Year End Albums Chart - 19271927 (album)1927 is the self-titled album by the Australian rock band, 1927 released in 1992. It reached #40 on the Australian album chart.-Track listing:#"Dreamstate" – 4:28#"It Ain't Love" – 4:05#"Scars" – 3:49#"Big White Bird" – 6:03#"Modern Culture" – 3:18...
(1992) #40 Australia - The Very Best of 1927The Very Best of 1927The Very Best of 1927 is a compilation album by the Australian rock band, 1927 that was released on 7 October 1996.-Tracklisting: # "That’s When I Think of You"# "You’ll Never Know"# "If I Could"# "Tell Me a Story"# "Don’t Forget Me"...
(1996) - Untitled New Album (2011)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart peak position | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Hot Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 1988 | "That's When I Think of You" | 6 | 46 | 100 | ...ish |
| "If I Could If I Could (1927 song) "If I Could" was the best charting single for Australian band 1927. It made number 2 on the Australian national charts late in 1988.... " |
2 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "You'll Never Know" | 15 | — | — | |
| "Compulsory Hero" | 14 | — | — | ||
| "To Love Me" | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "Tell Me a Story" | 17 | — | — | The Other Side |
| "Don't Forget Me" | 42 | — | — | ||
| "The Other Side" | 83 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "Scars" | 46 | — | — | 1927 |
| 1993 | "It Ain't Love" | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||
External links
- Official website
- 1927 discography at BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...