Underground Lovers
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Underground Lovers are an Australian alternative rock
band and one of the most lauded music acts in the country's alternative scene throughout the 1990s. While the band has experienced many lineup changes during its existence, the nucleus of the band since its inception has been Vincent M. Giarrusso (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Glenn Bennie (guitar).
during the 1970s. Sharing an appreciation for likes of Joy Division
, New Order
, The Cure
and Melbourne's underground electronic/experimental scene, they began collaborating musically whilst studying drama at university. The first fruit of their partnership was a one-off 7" released in 1988 under the moniker Blast.
The Underground Lovers officially assembled in 1990, playing their first gig in May that year at Melbourne's Corner Hotel
, supporting The Macguffins. In addition to Bennie and Giarrusso, the original lineup featured Philippa Nihill (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Stephen Downes (bass) and Richard Andrew (drums); Maurice Argiro replaced Downes on bass following the first show. After only a few gigs, they had secured Craig Kamber, then A&R
director of Polydor, as their manager. To raise their profile, Kamber helped Underground Lovers get support slots with like-minded up-and-comers such as The Clouds
and The Glory Box
. Meanwhile, Underground Lovers recorded their self- titled debut (with their own money) with producer Simon Grounds and put it out through Shock Records
in March 1991. By the end of that year an EP of newer material, Nice, came out, in addition to a contribution to the Youngblood 3 compilation, "Ripe".
1992 saw a considerable rise in the band's fortunes. They won Best New Artist at the ARIA Awards for their self-titled debut, and supported The Cure
and My Bloody Valentine on their Australian tours of that year. In January they entered the studio with producer Wayne Connolly
(also of The Welcome Mat
), and cut their more layered and experimental second album, Leaves Me Blind. The album came out first in the UK in August through the short-lived 4AD
imprint Guernica. By that stage Polydor had signed the Underground Lovers in Australia, going on to release Leaves Me Blind locally in December.
Following an extensive tour of the UK and North America for the first half of 1993, the Underground Lovers parted ways with Kamber, in order for him to concentrate more on his A&R position at Polydor. They then enlisted Melburnian electronic producers David Chesworth
and Robert Goodge (ex-Essendon Airport
) for work on their third album. Richard Andrew left the band around this time (mainly because he was denied more artistic input), with Derek Yuen taking his place. Dream It Down would surface in 1994, spawning the Triple J
favorite "Losin' It". While the album sold in similar numbers to its predecessors, it wasn't good enough to improve their already acrimonious relationship with Polydor. The band quit Polydor in 1995 and, in a quest for more artistic freedom, set up their own Mainstream label (in conjunction with the big-league indie, Rubber Records).
Also produced by Wayne Connolly, Rushall Station, which came out in April 1996, was their most 'bare bones' recording since their debut. Phillipa Nihill left the band during the recording of the album to pursue a solo career (though she recorded vocals for two tracks). Later that year Giarusso self-published a book, also called Rushall Station, that combined his own song lyrics with a preview of his novel-in-progress, The Bogstar Ritual. The band subsequently received a nomination for Best Independent Release at the 1997 ARIA Awards. Also in 1997 Giarusso and Bennie put out the debut album by their experimental side-project GBVG, titled Whitey Trickstar, in addition to the fifth Underground Lovers album Ways T'Burn. The latter saw a move towards more electronic territory. Drummer Derek Yuen departed the band during the "Ways T'Burn" recording sessions, Autohaze drummer Andrew Nunns filled the drum stool for future touring and recording duties.
Giarrusso and Bennie maintained a low profile for much of 1998, though they did release another GBVG project - a cover of Can
's "I Want More". The vocals were credited to a made-up Japanese chanteuse named Mitsuame, who in reality was Triple J
and Recovery co-host Jane Gazzo
. At the end of that year Underground Lovers, who by now were reduced to the core of Giarrusso and Bennie, readied their sixth album Cold Feeling.
Cold Feeling was the Underground Lovers' most electronic-influenced album to date. It also featured minor contributions from The Paradise Motel
's Merida Sussex, and ex-Triffids
pedal steel guitarist Graham Lee
, among other Melburnian indie musicians. The title track received considerable airplay on Triple J
, but the album still did not find an audience beyond the band's dedicated fanbase. For shows in support of the album, Emma Bortignon and again Andrew Nunns (from Autohaze) were recruited to fill the bass and drum roles respectively.
Following Cold Feeling, Giarrusso concentrated mainly on finalising his feature film debut Mallboy
, which he wrote and directed, and starred Kane McNay of SeaChange
fame. Inspired by Giarrusso's work as a social worker, the film focused on a troubled youth and his dysfunctional lifestyle in Melbourne's northern suburbs. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
where it was selected for the highly prestigious Director's Fortnight (at the time only the fifth Australian film to have been selected). It later premiered in Australia at the 2001 Melbourne International Film Festival
as closing night film and had a limited release in cinemas soon after (through Buena Vista International). McNay won an AFI Award (Best Actor) for his performance. Giarrusso and Bennie composed and recorded the score for Mallboy, which came out as the unofficial seventh Underground Lovers album in 2001. Further live activity was undertaken that year, to preview newer material - none of which has been recorded or released.
Underground Lovers played their last shows supporting New Order
during their Australian tour in January 2002. Giarusso and Bennie quietly went their separate ways later that year.
The second GB3 album Emptiness Is Our Business was issued to critical acclaim in August 2006 and saw Glenn reunite (briefly) with Craig Kamber who was the Executive Producer on the project. Craig organised some of the collaborations on the album including Sarah Blasko
, Steve Kilbey
, ex-Frente!
vocalist Angie Hart, Sianna from Love Outside Andromeda
, Stephen Cummings
, and Adalita from Magic Dirt
amongst others. The performing line up for that album consisted of Glenn Bennie, Maurice Argiro, Andrew Nunns, Robert Tickner, Graham Lee and Philippa Nihill.
GB3's latest album Damaged/Controlled was largely co-written and recorded with Steve Kilbey. Phillipa Nihill provided vocals for the track "Nectarine", which was also accompanied by an animated video. Although it was completed in October 2008, record company issues held up the release of the album until October 2010. As issuing label Rubber Records now only commits to putting out its future releases online, Damaged/Controlled saw a limited edition CD release of 300 copies, as well as a download-only release available through the label's website and on iTunes.
Throughout the 2000s, Giarrusso started developing a number of film and music projects with funding from private and government bodies including Godless, a feature film that was originally slated for production in 2007. That year he also re-emerged under the moniker Mist and Sea - predominantly a recording project in collaboration with Jason Sweeney and Cailan Burns of Pretty Boy Crossover. Their first album Unless was released by Popfrenzy Records in July 2007. Giarrusso also performed live around that time with a new band called Raining Ropes, featuring former members of Bergerac and The Paradise Motel. However, these projects have since remained dormant.
In 2009 Giarrusso performed a couple of shows in Melbourne as Underground Lovers In LA, backed by bassist Todd Hutchinson (Tim Steward Band), as well as cellist/keyboardist Zoe Barry, guitarist Jed Palmer and drummer Steve Griffiths from the Hope Diamond. Both sets consisted of a selection of Underground Lovers songs.
After officially leaving Underground Lovers in 1996, Phillipa Nihill recorded several solo releases - the Dead Sad EP in November 1996, and a full length album A Little Easy in 2000. and another album "Little Easy" from which the single "Airport '99" was taken. Aside from her guest appearances with GB3, she also collaborated on the Saoi CD This Drowning Is Dreaming in December 2006.
Festival in Sydney on 5 December. In conjunction with the reunion, Rubber Records re-released Underground Lovers' 1990 self-titled album and post-1996 output digitally on iTunes that November. A 'secret' warm-up show was performed on November 1 at Melbourne's The Toff In Town. Well-received club shows in Sydney and Melbourne were also performed in December. After another quiet period, the same lineup reunited to support Primal Scream
for their Melbourne Big Day Out shows in February 2011.
In October 2010, music writers and critics John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell
and Craig Mathieson
named the album Leaves Me Blind as the 54th greatest Australian album in their book 100 Best Australian Albums
.
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...
band and one of the most lauded music acts in the country's alternative scene throughout the 1990s. While the band has experienced many lineup changes during its existence, the nucleus of the band since its inception has been Vincent M. Giarrusso (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Glenn Bennie (guitar).
History
Vincent Giarrusso and Glenn Bennie met in high school in suburban MelbourneMelbourne
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...
during the 1970s. Sharing an appreciation for likes of Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
, New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
, The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
and Melbourne's underground electronic/experimental scene, they began collaborating musically whilst studying drama at university. The first fruit of their partnership was a one-off 7" released in 1988 under the moniker Blast.
The Underground Lovers officially assembled in 1990, playing their first gig in May that year at Melbourne's Corner Hotel
Corner Hotel, Richmond
The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria is one of Melbourne's most popular and respected medium-sized rock venues. In 2005 it celebrated its 10th anniversary with the current owners , however it has been a pub since the 19th century and a live music venue since the 1940s.-History:In 1871 David and...
, supporting The Macguffins. In addition to Bennie and Giarrusso, the original lineup featured Philippa Nihill (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Stephen Downes (bass) and Richard Andrew (drums); Maurice Argiro replaced Downes on bass following the first show. After only a few gigs, they had secured Craig Kamber, then A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
director of Polydor, as their manager. To raise their profile, Kamber helped Underground Lovers get support slots with like-minded up-and-comers such as The Clouds
Clouds (Australian band)
The Clouds are an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia formed in December 1989. The core of the group consisted of frontwomen Jodi Phillis and Patricia "Trish" Young . The line-up of The Clouds has changed several times with different drummers and lead guitarists...
and The Glory Box
The Glory Box (Australian band)
The Glory Box were an Indie pop / Indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They existed from ~1988 until their breakup ~1994. They released several 7" vinyl singles and a 12" vinly EP, as well as a full length CD album and a compilation CD on Shock Records, Australia's largest independent record...
. Meanwhile, Underground Lovers recorded their self- titled debut (with their own money) with producer Simon Grounds and put it out through Shock Records
Shock Records
Shock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...
in March 1991. By the end of that year an EP of newer material, Nice, came out, in addition to a contribution to the Youngblood 3 compilation, "Ripe".
1992 saw a considerable rise in the band's fortunes. They won Best New Artist at the ARIA Awards for their self-titled debut, and supported The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
and My Bloody Valentine on their Australian tours of that year. In January they entered the studio with producer Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly is an Australian producer/engineer and musician. Throughout the 1990s Connolly played in Sydney band The Welcome Mat, who released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs through Waterfront Records and id/Mercury...
(also of The Welcome Mat
The Welcome Mat
The Welcome Mat was a four-piece Australian indie rock group which formed in Sydney in 1989, and broke up in January, 1997. Throughout the early-to-mid-1990s, their songs "Last of the Great Letdowns", "Cake", "Landspeed", "10,000 People", "Hell Hoping", "Play Me" and "Hey! Illusion" topped the...
), and cut their more layered and experimental second album, Leaves Me Blind. The album came out first in the UK in August through the short-lived 4AD
4AD
4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...
imprint Guernica. By that stage Polydor had signed the Underground Lovers in Australia, going on to release Leaves Me Blind locally in December.
Following an extensive tour of the UK and North America for the first half of 1993, the Underground Lovers parted ways with Kamber, in order for him to concentrate more on his A&R position at Polydor. They then enlisted Melburnian electronic producers David Chesworth
David Chesworth
David Chesworth is an award-winning Australian-based composer and installation artist. Known for his experimental, and at times minimalist music, he has worked in rock groups, classical ensembles, theatre, opera...
and Robert Goodge (ex-Essendon Airport
Essendon Airport (band)
Essendon Airport was an Australian post-punk group from 1978-83 who explored experimental minimalist, electronic and funk music. They reformed in the original duo lineup for occasional performances in 2003 following the re issue of Sonic Investigations of the Trivial...
) for work on their third album. Richard Andrew left the band around this time (mainly because he was denied more artistic input), with Derek Yuen taking his place. Dream It Down would surface in 1994, spawning the Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
favorite "Losin' It". While the album sold in similar numbers to its predecessors, it wasn't good enough to improve their already acrimonious relationship with Polydor. The band quit Polydor in 1995 and, in a quest for more artistic freedom, set up their own Mainstream label (in conjunction with the big-league indie, Rubber Records).
Also produced by Wayne Connolly, Rushall Station, which came out in April 1996, was their most 'bare bones' recording since their debut. Phillipa Nihill left the band during the recording of the album to pursue a solo career (though she recorded vocals for two tracks). Later that year Giarusso self-published a book, also called Rushall Station, that combined his own song lyrics with a preview of his novel-in-progress, The Bogstar Ritual. The band subsequently received a nomination for Best Independent Release at the 1997 ARIA Awards. Also in 1997 Giarusso and Bennie put out the debut album by their experimental side-project GBVG, titled Whitey Trickstar, in addition to the fifth Underground Lovers album Ways T'Burn. The latter saw a move towards more electronic territory. Drummer Derek Yuen departed the band during the "Ways T'Burn" recording sessions, Autohaze drummer Andrew Nunns filled the drum stool for future touring and recording duties.
Giarrusso and Bennie maintained a low profile for much of 1998, though they did release another GBVG project - a cover of Can
Can (band)
Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music.Can constructed their music largely...
's "I Want More". The vocals were credited to a made-up Japanese chanteuse named Mitsuame, who in reality was Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
and Recovery co-host Jane Gazzo
Jane Gazzo
Jane Gazzo is an Australian television presenter, radio presenter, performance and club DJ, television personality, voice artist, and music journalist....
. At the end of that year Underground Lovers, who by now were reduced to the core of Giarrusso and Bennie, readied their sixth album Cold Feeling.
Cold Feeling was the Underground Lovers' most electronic-influenced album to date. It also featured minor contributions from The Paradise Motel
The Paradise Motel
The Paradise Motel are a critically and commercially successful independent Australian band from Hobart, Tasmania, first active from 1995–2000, who reformed in 2008.-Formation and early releases 1994–1998:...
's Merida Sussex, and ex-Triffids
The Triffids
The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...
pedal steel guitarist Graham Lee
Graham Lee (Australian musician)
Graham Lee is an Australian rock musician and record producer, best known as the steel guitar player of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he was nicknamed 'Evil Graham Lee'....
, among other Melburnian indie musicians. The title track received considerable airplay on Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
, but the album still did not find an audience beyond the band's dedicated fanbase. For shows in support of the album, Emma Bortignon and again Andrew Nunns (from Autohaze) were recruited to fill the bass and drum roles respectively.
Following Cold Feeling, Giarrusso concentrated mainly on finalising his feature film debut Mallboy
Mallboy
Mallboy is an Australian film released in 2001, written and directed by Vincent Giarrusso, which depicts the difficulties faced by an adolescent trying to grow up in a community plagued by social problems.- Plot :...
, which he wrote and directed, and starred Kane McNay of SeaChange
SeaChange
SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
fame. Inspired by Giarrusso's work as a social worker, the film focused on a troubled youth and his dysfunctional lifestyle in Melbourne's northern suburbs. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
where it was selected for the highly prestigious Director's Fortnight (at the time only the fifth Australian film to have been selected). It later premiered in Australia at the 2001 Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
The Melbourne International Film Festival is an acclaimed annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest in the World....
as closing night film and had a limited release in cinemas soon after (through Buena Vista International). McNay won an AFI Award (Best Actor) for his performance. Giarrusso and Bennie composed and recorded the score for Mallboy, which came out as the unofficial seventh Underground Lovers album in 2001. Further live activity was undertaken that year, to preview newer material - none of which has been recorded or released.
Underground Lovers played their last shows supporting New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
during their Australian tour in January 2002. Giarusso and Bennie quietly went their separate ways later that year.
Related projects
, Glenn Bennie has an ongoing solo project named GB3. Rubber Records released the first GB3 album Circlework in October 2003, which was accompanied by a couple of exclusive shows that brought together Underground Lovers members old and new (but not Giarrusso).The second GB3 album Emptiness Is Our Business was issued to critical acclaim in August 2006 and saw Glenn reunite (briefly) with Craig Kamber who was the Executive Producer on the project. Craig organised some of the collaborations on the album including Sarah Blasko
Sarah Blasko
Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow , is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. After fronting Sydney-based band Acquiesce from the mid-1990s, Blasko developed her solo career from 2002. In 2007, she won the 'Best Pop Release' for What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have at the ARIA Music Awards, which...
, Steve Kilbey
Steve Kilbey
Steven John Kilbey is the lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for The Church, an Australian rock band. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter....
, ex-Frente!
Frente!
Frente! are an Australian alternative rock group, formed in 1991. The original lineup featured singer Angie Hart, founder and guitarist Simon Austin, bassist Tim O'Connor , and drummer Mark Picton...
vocalist Angie Hart, Sianna from Love Outside Andromeda
Love Outside Andromeda
Love Outside Andromeda is an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The band was formed in 2000 as Andromeda, and released their debut EP, Umabel, in 2001. The title track from their second EP, Something White and Sigmund, appeared on the Triple J Hottest 100 2003 at #65...
, Stephen Cummings
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...
, and Adalita from Magic Dirt
Magic Dirt
Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991 in Geelong, Victoria, with Daniel Herring on guitar, Adam Robertson on drums, Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar, and Dean Turner on bass guitar. Initially known as Deer Bubbles and then The Jim Jims, they were renamed as Magic Dirt in...
amongst others. The performing line up for that album consisted of Glenn Bennie, Maurice Argiro, Andrew Nunns, Robert Tickner, Graham Lee and Philippa Nihill.
GB3's latest album Damaged/Controlled was largely co-written and recorded with Steve Kilbey. Phillipa Nihill provided vocals for the track "Nectarine", which was also accompanied by an animated video. Although it was completed in October 2008, record company issues held up the release of the album until October 2010. As issuing label Rubber Records now only commits to putting out its future releases online, Damaged/Controlled saw a limited edition CD release of 300 copies, as well as a download-only release available through the label's website and on iTunes.
Throughout the 2000s, Giarrusso started developing a number of film and music projects with funding from private and government bodies including Godless, a feature film that was originally slated for production in 2007. That year he also re-emerged under the moniker Mist and Sea - predominantly a recording project in collaboration with Jason Sweeney and Cailan Burns of Pretty Boy Crossover. Their first album Unless was released by Popfrenzy Records in July 2007. Giarrusso also performed live around that time with a new band called Raining Ropes, featuring former members of Bergerac and The Paradise Motel. However, these projects have since remained dormant.
In 2009 Giarrusso performed a couple of shows in Melbourne as Underground Lovers In LA, backed by bassist Todd Hutchinson (Tim Steward Band), as well as cellist/keyboardist Zoe Barry, guitarist Jed Palmer and drummer Steve Griffiths from the Hope Diamond. Both sets consisted of a selection of Underground Lovers songs.
After officially leaving Underground Lovers in 1996, Phillipa Nihill recorded several solo releases - the Dead Sad EP in November 1996, and a full length album A Little Easy in 2000. and another album "Little Easy" from which the single "Airport '99" was taken. Aside from her guest appearances with GB3, she also collaborated on the Saoi CD This Drowning Is Dreaming in December 2006.
2009 reunion and beyond
It was announced in July 2009 that the 'classic' early 1990s lineup of Underground Lovers would reform for an appearance at the HomebakeHomebake
Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup . The festival was first held on 4 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales...
Festival in Sydney on 5 December. In conjunction with the reunion, Rubber Records re-released Underground Lovers' 1990 self-titled album and post-1996 output digitally on iTunes that November. A 'secret' warm-up show was performed on November 1 at Melbourne's The Toff In Town. Well-received club shows in Sydney and Melbourne were also performed in December. After another quiet period, the same lineup reunited to support Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...
for their Melbourne Big Day Out shows in February 2011.
In October 2010, music writers and critics John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell
Toby Creswell
Toby Creswell is an Australian music journalist and pop-culture writer. He was editor of Rolling Stone and a founding editor of Juice. In 1986 he co-wrote, with Martin Fabinyi, his first book Too Much Ain't Enough a biography of pub rocker and former Cold Chisel vocalist Jimmy Barnes...
and Craig Mathieson
Craig Mathieson
Craig Mathieson is an Australian music journalist and writer. His books include, Hi Fi Days and The Sell-In .-Biography:...
named the album Leaves Me Blind as the 54th greatest Australian album in their book 100 Best Australian Albums
100 Best Australian Albums
100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...
.
Albums
- Underground Lovers (Shock, 1991)
- Leaves Me Blind (Guernica/4AD [UK]; Polydor [Australia], 1992)
- Dream It Down (Polydor, 1994)
- Rushall Station (Rubber/Mainstream/Shock, 1996)
- Whitey Trickstar (Technical Revolution of Sound, 1997) - As GBVG
- Ways T'Burn (Rubber/Mainstream/BMG, 1997)
- Cold Feeling (Reliant/Fiido/Festival, 1999)
- Evil: Underground Lovers 94-97 (self-released, 2000)
- Mallboy (Silvertone/Zomba, 2001)
- Wonderful Things (2011)
Singles and EPs
- "Round and Round" (Shock, 1991)
- "Looking For Rain" (Shock, 1991)
- "Lick The Boot" (Shock, 1991)
- "Nice (EP)" (Shock, 1991)
- "Ladies Choice" (Polydor, 1992)
- "I Was Right" (Polydor, 1992)
- "Promenade (EP)" (Polydor, 1993)
- "Your Eyes" (Polydor, 1993)
- "Las Vegas" (Polydor, 1994)
- "Losin' It" (Polydor, 1994)
- "Splendid (EP)" (Polydor, 1995)
- "In My Head" (Mainstream, 1996)
- "Takes You Back/Undone" (Mainstream, 1996)
- "Rushall Station" (Technical Revolution of Sound, 1997) - as GBVG vs Sonic Animation
- "Starsigns" (Mainstream, 1997)
- "From 'Jumbled in the Common Box'" (Mainstream, 1997)
- "I Want More" (Reliant, 1998) - as GBVG featuring Mitsuame
- "Cold Feeling" (Reliant, 1998)
- "Infinite Finite" (Reliant, 1999)
- "'Trackies' Remix" (featuring Pauly B) (Silvertone, 2001)
Awards
- Rolling StoneRolling StoneRolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
's award for Best Australian Record, 1992, for Leaves Me Blind - "Losin' It" Number 19 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1994Triple J Hottest 100, 1994The 1994 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1995, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 32 of the songs was released...
- 1992 ARIA Award winner for Best New Talent
External links
- HowlSpace: Underground Lovers
- World Socialist Web Site: The atmospheric music of Underground Lovers
- Australian Music Online: Underground Lovers
- GB3 on MySpace
- Mist & Sea on MySpace
- Mist & Sea interview at Cyclic DefrostCyclic DefrostCyclic Defrost is Australia's only specialist electronic music magazine. It is edited by Sebastian Chan, Shaun Prescott and Alexandra Savvides, and covers independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and left field hip hop....
- Raining Ropes on MySpace