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Peabody
12+ albums
australianrockindie rockalternative rocksydney
about
The Australian Peabody is documented below with the American Peabody following. Starting in the mid-90s fresh out of high school, Sydney, Australia three-piece Peabody chose the road less traveled by mixing smart suits, Rickenbacker guitars, classic pop melodies and good old Australian pub sweat. The band recorded and self-released two EPs and also delivered literally hundreds of live shows before recording their debut album for Nonzero Records. Following the success of that album, Professional Againster, Peabody impressed again with the release of their second album, The New Violence. Touring solidly after that release Peabody played with bands such as the Hoodoo Gurus, Spiderbait and Dallas Crane plus festivals - the Big Day Out, Homebake and Livid. The New Violence was recorded at Jonathan Burnside's Razor's Edge studio in Sydney with producer Jamie Hutchings (Bluebottle Kiss) and engineer Dave Trump (The Church, Big Heavy Stuff). Even before its release, The New Violence has already spawned one high rotation single – Got You On My Radar, a song which took a hammering on Triple J throughout the summer months, peaking at #12 on Triple J’s weekly online poll, the NET 50. The commercial single also reached #13 on the AIR charts. After the departure of longtime drummer and friend Graeme Trewin, Peabody re-grouped in August 2006 with Jared Harrison, drummer with Sydney’s avant-rockers Bluebottle Kiss. Then in November 2006, guitarist Tristan Courtney-Prior joined to make P
top songs
albums
The New Violence
Professional Againster
Peabody
Prospero
Loose Manifesto
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Lost In Old Rivers
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Triple J's Home & Hosed Ripe 'N' Ready
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Peabody & Sherman's Playdate - Dub Workshop Vol. 3: Spacexpander EP1
Heroine
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A Redder Shade Of Rust
The Devil For Sympathy
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Ivy League Records & Music: Ten Years In The Trenches