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The Meanies
12+ albums
punkaustralianGrungeGarage Punkheavy metal
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The Meanies got together in Melbourne, Australia in 1989 and immediately made a name for themselves with a succession of sold out 7" singles on the Augogo label. They continued the relationship with Augogo (home to Australian groups like Magic Dirt, Scientists and Spiderbait) with the EP "Gangrenous" and the album Come 'n' See in 1991. In this time The Meanies had established themselves as one of Australia's pre-eminent underground rock bands through cultivating a huge all-age following and upsetting the rock establishment by breaking attendance records in the nation's capital cities. Meanies songs were also released as singles on international labels around the world such as Sympathy For The Record Industry, Merge, Lance Rock, Get Hip and Munster. In 1992 The Meanies took their mutual admiration for The 5.6.7.8's a step further with combined tours of Australia in August '92 and Japan in September. Osaka based label Time Bomb Records released their CDs "In Search Of..." and "Come 'n' See" and the Japanese tour also saw The Meanies do shows with Jackie & The Cedrics, Concrete Octopus, Blow One's Cool and Rise From The Dead. In 1993 the "Cruelty's Fun" EP and "The Meanie of Life" compilation of early deleted singles were released in Australia. The Meanies toured Australia to support those releases and then ventured to Seattle America to record their second album, "10% Weird". While recording in Seattle they squeezed in shows with the likes of The Supersuckers and made frien
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