 Epicure, from left: Juan Alban, Dan Houlihan, Dom Santamaria, Tim Bignell and Heath McCurdy. Epicure are an Australian rock band from Ballarat, in regional Victoria. They came to national prominence in 2003 when two of their tracks, "Armies Against Me" and "Life Sentence", were picked up by Triple J radio. These songs featured on the "Goodbye Girl" album, released in March 2004. Both reached the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003, whilst a third track from the album, "Self Destruct in 5", made the Triple J Hottest 100, 2004. Image File history File linksMetadata Epicure. ...
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Location of Ballarat in Victoria (red) Ballarat Base Hospital For the electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Ballarat. ...
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2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ...
Goodbye Girl was the first single released from Squeezes second album Cool for Cats. ...
The 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on January 25, 2004, was the eleventh such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 40 (not necessarily the top 40) songs was released. ...
The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2005. ...
The band spent much of 2003/04 touring Australia, particularly regional areas. In late 2003 they supported US rock group Live on their Australian tour, and also played at the Big Day Out festival in January 2004. They played at both Falls Festivals in December 2004. LIVE (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with five)[1] is an American alternative rock band from York, Pennsylvania, comprised of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals & guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums). ...
The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand. ...
The Falls Festival is a New Years Eve music festival, held annually in Marion Bay, Tasmania and Lorne, Victoria Australia since 1993. ...
Their 3rd full length album "Main Street" was released in October 2005, and features the single "Tightrope Walker". Main Street in Los Altos, California. ...
Members
Juan Alban is the lead singer of Australian rock band Epicure. ...
Tim Bignell is most known as bass guitarist in Australian rock band Epicure. ...
Dom Santamaria is the drummer from the band Epicure based in Ballarat, Australia. ...
History Started in 1996 as a school rock band called 'Pima's Little Finger', Epicure's 5 original members Juan Alban, Michael 'Brownie' Brown, Tim Bignell, Dom Santamaria and Luke Cairnes played their first gig at the Dunstown Footy Club in 1996 only to be booed off stage in favour of cold chisel. They released their first recording in 1996 - a demo tape named 'The Least of These'. Their 'Home' was Ballarat's local live music pub nicknamed 'The Rat' (The Bridge Mall Inn, now known as Tubbie's Bar). After they released their first EP 'The Means to an End', they were picked up by Flugelhorn Records and managed by Mark Eatock, who bought out the Bridge Mall Inn in early 1999. Shortly after the release of Elevator, Michael Brown and Luke Cairnes both decided to leave the band. The remaining members recruited 2 new musicians - Dan Houlihan (Lead Guitar) and Dean Shannon (Keyboard). These 2 new members brought about a new feeling to the band, and Dean became quite popular with the crowds for his showmanship. Unfortunately, a dispute between the band and Dean occurred in mid 2004 which resulted in Dean leaving and a new keyboard player, Heath McCurdy joining.
The dispute involving Dean Shannon, was whilst at a gig Dean left the stage for a brief period and threw a glass bottle at the band,
Discography Main Street, credited to Roy Woods Wizzard (whereas the groups first two albums had been credited simply to Wizzard), was initially planned as the more jazz-rock, deliberately uncommercial side of the group that they had planned to showcase on a double album in 1974, the work that...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Goodbye Girl is a 2004 album from Australian rock band Epicure. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Elevator is Hot Hot Heats third album, released on April 4, 2005 (see 2005 in music) internationally and a day later in the United States. ...
This article is about the year 2001. ...
This article is about the year 2001. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
External link - Epicure - Official site[1]
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