Dirty Three is an instrumental rock band, formed in 1993, in Melbourne, Australia by Warren Ellis (violin), Mick Turner (electric guitar), and Jim White (drums). Though each of the musicians has remained dedicated to the band since its inception almost fifteen years ago, Warren, Mick and Jim have contributed their respective talents to a multitude of artists over the years. In fact, the Three's influence can be heard almost every place one looks these days in independent-minded folk, alternative and instrumental rock. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Instrumental rock & roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which began life in 1979 in East Lansing, Michigan as a magazine put out by Tesco Vee. ... The Bella Union was a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, and is fictionalized in the HBO television series, Deadwood. ... Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. ... Grinderman is a garage rock band formed by Nick Cave (vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano), Warren Ellis (electric bouzouki, Fendocastor, violin, viola, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Martyn P. Casey (bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals) and Jim Sclavunos (drums, percussion, backing vocals); all members of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. ... Warren Ellis is an Australian-born musician (violin) and composer. ... Jim White is the long time drummer for the musical group, The Dirty Three. ... Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three. ... Instrumental rock & roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Warren Ellis is an Australian-born musician (violin) and composer. ... For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ... Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three. ... An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current, which is then amplified. ... Jim White is the long time drummer for the musical group, The Dirty Three. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ...

Their music has elements of folk melody, rock energy, and 20th century classical music. Their early albums offered many aggressive, ferociously emotional songs, but since their fourth album, Ocean Songs, Dirty Three have gradually shifted their focus towards a slower, arguably more melancholic, style of playing. Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... 20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Impressionism of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and continuing through the Neoclassicism of middle-period Igor Stravinsky, and ranging to such distant sound-worlds as the complete... Ocean Songs is the fourth major album by the Australian post-rock trio, Dirty Three. ...

History

Ellis' musical history prior to the Dirty Three is cloudy; he worked as a schoolteacher in regional Victoria. Turner and White played in a number of Melbourne bands in the 1980s. Turner was a member of The Moodists for a few months prior to, and including the length of, their first European sojourn (1983-5), and was also a member of the Sick Things (as Mick Sick), Fungus Brains and Venom P. Stinger. White was also in Venom P. Stinger and played on some tracks recorded by Fungus Brains. He has also been a member of People With Chairs Up Their Noses, Feral Dinosaurs (this group also featured Conway Savage, later a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and the Blackeyed Susans. He has also played on records by Hunters and Collectors and Tex, Don and Charlie. The Moodists are an Australian band that formed in 1980, when Dave Graney, Clare Moore and Steve Miller of the Sputniks moved from Adelaide to Melbourne. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a successful rock band with international personnel. ... For the anthropological concept, see Hunter-gatherer. ...

Dirty Three have released albums on Touch & Go Records and have toured with Sonic Youth, Pavement, Throwing Muses, Cat Power, PJ Harvey, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Devendra Banhart and Shannon Wright to name just a few. Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which began life in 1979 in East Lansing, Michigan as a magazine put out by Tesco Vee. ... Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981. ... Pavement was an influential American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... An early band formation (left to right): Narcizo, Hersh, Donelly, and Langston. ... Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972). ... Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ... Will Oldham, a. ... Devendra Banhart (born May 30, 1981, in Houston, Texas, U.S.) is a folk rock singer-songwriter and musician. ... Shannon Wright is a singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, Florida, who was once the lead for the band Crowsdell. ...

Since 1996, Ellis has been a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Ellis and Turner have both released solo albums. In addition, Turner and White have released several EPs as The Tren Brothers, and appear as backing musicians on albums by Cat Power, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and PJ Harvey (White drums). Turner is also an internationally exhibited painter with his own work gracing the covers of all of their major albums except Sad & Dangerous. He also runs the band's own record label Anchor & Hope. In 1999, Dirty Three joined forces with Low to record an In The Fishtank session for Konkurrent records; the result has been called "some of the best material either unit has produced."[1] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a successful rock band with international personnel. ... The Tren Brothers are an Australian instrumental rock duo, consisting of guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White. ... Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972). ... Will Oldham, a. ... Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In late 2005, the band released their seventh major album, Cinder, which, though following in the spirit of Ocean Songs, drastically diverges from all of their previous works on several points. It was the first Dirty Three album to feature vocals (those of Chan Marshall aka Cat Power and Sally Timms of The Mekons), though only on two of nineteen songs. The songs are also generally much shorter and more concise than their early work, which allows for the rather large number of tracks. Perhaps most notably, instead of the usual recording live technique, they opted, for the first time in their career, to record in the studio individually. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cinder is the sixth major album by the Australian post-rock trio, Dirty Three. ... Ocean Songs is the fourth major album by the Australian post-rock trio, Dirty Three. ... Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972). ... Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972). ... Sally Timms (born 29 November 1959 in Leeds, England) is a singer and songwriter. ... The Mekons are a British rock band. ...

2007 sees a much anticipated live concert release on DVD, shot in Tokyo in HD by Taiyo Films with a multi-track sound record. Film director Darcy Maine also has completed a feature length documentary on the bands history to be released worldwide. Outtakes and clips from this forthcoming release can be seen at[http://www.myspace.com/dirtythreedoco

Discography

Albums

Dirty Three 1994	Sad & Dangerous April 25, 1995	Horse Stories September 10, 1996	Ocean Songs March 31, 1998
Whatever You Love, You Are March 7, 2000	She Has No Strings Apollo February 18, 2003	Cinder October 11, 2005

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Singles and EPs

• Obvious is Obvious (split with Low) (1997)
• Sharks (1998)
• A Strange Holiday (7" split with Scenic) (1998)
• Ufkuko (1998)
• In the Fishtank (with Low) (2001)
• Great Waves (2005)

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Compilations and soundtracks

• Absolutely Live 1995 (compilation) (1995)
• Why Should the French Have All the Fun? (compilation) (1996)
• Songs in the Key of X (compilation) (1996)
• Recovery: Ready for Transmission (compilation) (1999)
• Homebake 3 (1999)
• Praise (1999)
• Lowlands (2000)

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External links and sources

• Official Band Site
• The Dirty Three's Record Label
• Discography
• Dirty Three Fan Page
• Warren Ellis of Dirty three performs a rare hometown show at the Prince of Wales, St Kilda, 12 January 2005
• The Dirty Three Mailing List
• Concert photos (2003-05-07) by Laurent Orseau
• Concert photos (2002-06-08) by Laurent Orseau