Caligula were a band from Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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, who produced techno

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-grunge

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 music in the early 1990s and achieved some national success.

Caligula was composed of five members: vocalist Ashley Rothschild, guitarist

Guitarist

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 James McKinnon, drummer

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 Dave Macken, Jamie Fonti (keyboard

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s and backing singer), and bass guitarist

Bassist

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 Sean Fonti. The band also included Mitchell Foley at one stage.

In 1994, they released the album Rubenesque and received national airplay on Triple J

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 and Triple M

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 with the songs "Tears of a Clown" (a remake of the Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

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 song), "Before" and "Roundabout".

Ashley Rothschild left Caligula, leading to their demise. The Fonti Brothers then created the band Primary

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 with singer Connie Mitchell

Connie Mitchell

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. Rothschild currently fronts the band Familia

Albums

• Got One (1990)

01. "Seasons"

02. "Dave's Not Here"

03. "Shot (Live)"

04. "Wanda"

05. "Sound Off"

06. "What you Want"

07. "About"

08. "Godzilla"

09. "Young Girls"

10. "Stand Under"

• Rubenesque (1994)

01. "Fuzz"

02. "Wishing"

03. "Tears Of A Clown"

04. "Roundabout"

05. "Make Me Happy"

06. "Wardrum"

07. "Five Different Signs"

08. "Feel For Me"

09. "Helplessness"

10. "Don't Look Back"

11. "So Fine"

12. "Bubbler"

13. "Before"

14. "Checkpoint"

15. "Hypnotised"

EPs

• Caligula EP (1992)

01. "The Bluff"

02. "Checkpoint"

03. "Vision"

04. "Sound Off (Coco Aromomix)"

• i.c.u. EP (1993)

01. "i.c.u."

02. "Liquid"

03. "Before"

04. "i.c.u. Remix"

Singles

• Tears Of A Clown (1993) AUS#25

01. "Tears Of A Clown"

02. "Five Different Signs"

03. "Make Me Happy"

• Roundabout (1994)

01. "Roundabout"

02. "Roundabout (The WhereAbouts Mix)"

03. "Liquidity"

04. "Liquidity Instrumental"

• So Fine (Why Can't You See?) (1994)

01. "So Fine (Why Can't You See?)"

02. "So Fine (Why Can't You See?) (Acoustic Version)"

03. "Regression"