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Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

/third wave ska band.

History

Area-7 rose from the ashes of Madness

Madness (band)

In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...

 cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 three members, Dugald McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar) and Dan Morrison (drums) left the group and began to write their own songs. They formed a band and named it after a lyric from The Specials

The Specials

The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...

' Dawning of a New Era. In 1996, singer Walter Eskdale left and the band recruited John "Stevo" Stevens, formerly of rockabilly

Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...

 band Yeah Yeah!, to vocals. Alistair Shepherd (sax), Toby Dargaville (trumpet) and Rohan Pacey (bass) joined around 1995, and all left in approximately 2002 and 2003, and were replaced by Paul West (trombone) Matt Sanders (trumpet) and Chris Meighen (bass). Matt Sanders has now also left.

Albums

• Bitter & Twisted
  Bitter & Twisted (album)
  Bitter & Twisted is the debut album by the Australian Ska band Area-7. It was released in 2000 by Zomba Records and Trademark Records.-Track listing:#"Bitter Words"#"Start Making Sense"#"Himbo"#"Blind"#"Walk Away"#"Boys Don't Cry"#"Skin Deep"...
  
  (Gold Status, Sales 50,000 +)(2000) (#3 Australia)
• Say It To My Face
  Say It To My Face (album)
  Say It To My Face is the second album by the Australian Ska band Area-7. It was released in 2001 by Jive Records and Trademark Records.The album cover was changed just days before the release...
  
  (2001) (#36 Australia)
• Torn Apart
  Torn Apart (album)
  Torn Apart is the third album by the Australian Ska band Area-7. It was independently released in 2005 with help from Shock Records.-Track listing:#"Torn Apart"#"Falling Down"#"Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" *#"Showdown"#"Time On My Side"...
  
  (2005)

Singles and EPs

• No Logic Demo (1996) EP (9 tracks)
• Road Rage
  Road Rage (EP)
  Road Rage is the first proper release by the Australian Ska band Area-7.-Track listing:#"Road Rage"#"Disarray"#"Skin Deep"#"Soul Stomper"#"Peter Mac"#"B.A. Song"#"Healthy Body "*...
  
  (1997) EP (7 tracks)
• No Logic (1998) EP
• Bitter Words (1998)
• Second Class Citizen (1999) #19 Australia
• Start Making Sense (2000) #37 Australia
• Bitter Words/Himbo (2000)
• Leave Me Alone (2001) #38 Australia
• Individuality (2001) #90 Australia
• Nobody Likes A Bogan (2002) #26 Australia
• Big Issue (2004)