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Ashtray Boy is an indie-rock band based around peripatetic singer-songwriter Randall Lee (ex- The Cannanes). The band has been active since c. 1984 (originally as Ashtray Boy and his Country Cousin), and during that time has based in Sydney, Chicago, Vancouver and Melbourne. During the mid 90s there were two working versions of the band in Sydney and Chicago, with Lee splitting his time between the two cities. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Indie rock is an umbrella term to reference artists that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ...
The band are notable for Lee's droll lyrics and singing and odd time signatures. Ashtray Boy have released at least seven albums and numerous singles and EPs.
After leaving The Cannanes and while continuing Ashtray Boy, Lee also co-fronted Nice (not to be confused with The Nice with Suzannah Stewart-Lindsay, previously a member of the Adelaide band Rewind on the Paranoid Side. Francesca Bussey, later to be a member of The Cannanes, was a member of Nice during the recording sessions for their first album but left during production and was credited only as a guest on that release. The group recorded two albums, Nice (1992) and Apple Pie (1993) Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson, Brian Davison, Davy OList, circa 1967-68. ...
AshtrayBoy pays a musical tribute to The Euro, not only saluting those countries that took up the currency in 2000, but also in recognition of the lesser known wallaby from Australia that inspired the whole movement (ref: Barrow Island Euro).
Inspired by AshtrayBoy's double tours about Europe in 2000, and aided by numerous dictionaries friends and phrasebooks, "The Euro" terminates with oddly-formed eurodisco remixes (enjoying the international language of Drum n'Bass, and the genius of Greg Wadley).
Music is drawn from sessions in Germany, Australia, USA and Canada between 2000-2002, using the usual variety of players and instruments that were found, and provides a hint of local flavour through songwriting traditions (eg german pride of the Autobahn, portuguese drama of the Fado).
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