Screamfeeder
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Screamfeeder are a rock band
from Brisbane
, Australia
.
and Tony Blade's band, The Madmen.
The Madmen were formed in 1988 in Townsville
by Tim Steward
, Tony Blade, Bruce Gardner. The band later changed to Steward, Blade and Cam Hurst and recorded three singles and a 12" mini-album.
The Madmen bassist Cam Hurst left the band and Steward and Blade relocated to Brisbane and teamed up with bassist Kellie Lloyd, who had previously made a filmclip for The Madmen, becoming Screamfeeder. In 1995 Dean Shwereb replaced Tony Blades on the drums. In 2007 Steph Hughes briefly filled-in for Dean Shwereb on drums. Mike Squire played harmonica on "Fill yourself with music" and rocked the lead guitar in 1999 and 2000. Live members have included, Doug Arnott and Darek Mudge. Darek Mudge played on their 2003 album, Take You Apart.
Screamfeeder toured Europe with Screaming Tribesmen
and The Chevelles
, performed at the Big Day Out
in 1994 and 1997 and have supported by acts such as Rollins Band
, Sonic Youth
, Ride
and Pavement
.
During the 1990s indie and grunge rock increased in popularity throughout the world and Screamfeeder was part of the rise of independent Australian rock
. The musical style and influences on each Screamfeeder album are distinct, from retro pop-rock, low-fi indie, to guitar driven alternative.
From Fill Yourself With Music
From Kittenlicks
Non-album singles
From Rocks on the Soul
From Take You Apart
Rock Band
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from Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
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...
.
Members and history
Screamfeeder began performing under that name in Brisbane, Australia in 1991. They formed out of the remains of Tim StewardTim Steward
Tim Steward is a musician, singer and songwriter from Brisbane, Australia.Steward was born in the United Kingdom and moved to Townsville, Australia in 1985, and Brisbane in 1990. Steward is most well known for his work in band Screamfeeder which formed in 1991, of which he is the singer, guitarist...
and Tony Blade's band, The Madmen.
The Madmen were formed in 1988 in Townsville
Townsville, Queensland
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...
by Tim Steward
Tim Steward
Tim Steward is a musician, singer and songwriter from Brisbane, Australia.Steward was born in the United Kingdom and moved to Townsville, Australia in 1985, and Brisbane in 1990. Steward is most well known for his work in band Screamfeeder which formed in 1991, of which he is the singer, guitarist...
, Tony Blade, Bruce Gardner. The band later changed to Steward, Blade and Cam Hurst and recorded three singles and a 12" mini-album.
The Madmen bassist Cam Hurst left the band and Steward and Blade relocated to Brisbane and teamed up with bassist Kellie Lloyd, who had previously made a filmclip for The Madmen, becoming Screamfeeder. In 1995 Dean Shwereb replaced Tony Blades on the drums. In 2007 Steph Hughes briefly filled-in for Dean Shwereb on drums. Mike Squire played harmonica on "Fill yourself with music" and rocked the lead guitar in 1999 and 2000. Live members have included, Doug Arnott and Darek Mudge. Darek Mudge played on their 2003 album, Take You Apart.
Screamfeeder toured Europe with Screaming Tribesmen
Screaming Tribesmen
The Screaming Tribesmen was a band formed in Brisbane by Mick Medew, John Hartley & Murray Shepherd. After their I Don't Wanna Know EP and a string of successful singles, including "A Stand Alone" and their first hit, "Igloo" which was penned by Medew and Died Pretty frontman Ron Peno, the band...
and The Chevelles
The Chevelles
The Chevelles are a power pop outfit from Perth, Western Australia. The Chevelles were formed in 1989 and over the last eighteen years have successfully toured Australia, Europe, the United States and South America.-Pre-Chevelles:...
, performed at the Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
in 1994 and 1997 and have supported by acts such as Rollins Band
Rollins Band
Rollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s...
, Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
, Ride
Ride (band)
Ride were a British alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other...
and Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
.
During the 1990s indie and grunge rock increased in popularity throughout the world and Screamfeeder was part of the rise of independent Australian rock
Australian rock
Australian rock, sometimes called OZ Rock is used to describe the various rock and many pop bands and solo artists from Australia. Australia has a rich history of rock music and an appreciation of the roots of various rock genres, usually originating in the United States but also Britain, Ireland,...
. The musical style and influences on each Screamfeeder album are distinct, from retro pop-rock, low-fi indie, to guitar driven alternative.
Albums
- FlourFlour (album)-Track listing:#Tower#Over#Pepper#7-11#End Of This Day#Car Man#Bugging#Turn Over#Walking Through The Village#Through With You#Cut...
(1992) - Survival - Burn Out Your NameBurn Out Your Name-Track listing:#Fingers And Toes#Wrote You Off#Sushi Bowl#I Won't Be There#Hole Of Blood#Goat Cheese#Button#Monster#Smoke From Tinsel#Around A Pole#Hold On...
(1993) - Survival - Fill Yourself With MusicFill Yourself with Music-Track listing:#"Lost In The Snow"#"My Dad's Hands"#"Sweet Little Oranges"#"Bad Time To Be Leaving Town"#"Low#"Numb"#"Fill Yourself With Music"#"Who's Counting?"#"Made Of Stone"#"Three Way Punishment"#"Become Undone"#"Lost All Trace"...
(1995) - Hypnotised - Kitten LicksKitten Licks-Track listing:#Static#Bridge Over Nothing#Dart#Bruises#Explode Your Friends#Down The Drinker#Dead To The World#Gravity#Ant#End Of The Wire#Broken Ladder#Pigtails On A Rock...
(1996) - Hypnotised - Rocks on the SoulRocks on the Soul-Track listing:#Stopless#Domino#Above The Dove#14 & 44#Deletia#Metal detector#Olive#Mr Tuba#If You Lived Here#The Singer#Close Again...
(2000) - Take You ApartTake You Apart-Track listing:#Now I Don’t Feel So Bad#Needles#I Don’t Know What to Do Anymore#And Tigers They Roam#Same Mistakes Again#I’ve Got The Knife#You And Me#Bunny#On A Plane With Just One Wing#The Space That’s Left#Make Up#12345#Ice Patrol...
(2003)
EPs
- Felicitator (1994)
- Closing Alaska (1997)
- Home Age (1999)
- Delusions of Grandchildren (2005)
Singles
From Burn Out Your Name- "Fingers and Toes" (1993)
From Fill Yourself With Music
- "Fill Yourself With Music" (1995)
- "Who's Counting?/Sweet Little Oranges" (1995)
From Kittenlicks
- "Dart" (1996)
- "Static" (1996)
- "Gravity" (1996)
Non-album singles
- "Triple Hook" (1998)
- "Hi Cs" (1998)
From Rocks on the Soul
- "Above The Dove" (2000)
From Take You Apart
- "Ice Patrol" (2003)
- "12345" (2003)
- "I Don't Know What To Do Any More" (2003)
- "Bunny" (2004)
Compilations
- Seven Year Glitch (1996) A collection of live recordings, rarities, non-album tracks and pre-Screamfeeder songs.
- Introducing: Screamfeeder (2004) A collection of singles, almost singles and video clip songs.
Videography
- "Fill Yourself With Music" - Directed by David Barker
- "Gravity" - Directed by Skye Thompson
- "Hi Cs" - Directed by Kellie Lloyd (NOMINATED for an MTV award in 1998)
- "Stopless" -
- "Above the Dove" - Directed by Kellie Lloyd
- "Ice Patrol" - Directed by Kellie Lloyd
- "I Don't Know What To Do Any More" - Directed by Kellie Lloyd
- "12345" - Directed by Kellie Lloyd
- "Blue" - Directed by Matt Bourke
Other appearances
- A Screamfeeder track was on the Happenin' Chick Fanzine Issue #3 compilation CD in 1998.
- The song "Hole of Blood" was on the Crack In The Sun Or Fade In The Shade compilation CD in 1992.
- Recovery (ABC TV) 1998 - Screamfeeder performed 2 songs, Hi Cs and Triple Hook.
- The song "Snail Trail" off the Flour album was featured in QuarantineQuarantine (game)Quarantine is a 1994 racing/first-person shooter computer game for MS-DOS and 3DO, created by Imagexcel and published by GameTek. In the game the player drives a taxicab through a post-apocalyptic city, picking up customers and killing enemies...
, a syberpunk game produced by GameTek, Inc. in 1994. - The song "Wrote you off" from the Burn out your name album was featured in "The Kuepper File - Australian and Loud" in 1995.
Trivia
- The name was originally going to be 'Swimfeeder', but evolved into Screamfeeder.