Fur Patrol is a rock band, originally from Wellington, New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, Australia. Alternative meanings at Wellington (disambiguation) A view of Wellington from the top of Mount Victoria. ...
Julia Deans in the music video for Lydia
The band released the debut EP, Starlifter, on the independent Welligton label Wishbone in 1998. Their debut album Pet was released in 2000, and featured the New Zealand number one hit single "Lydia". Other singles from this album are "Now", "Holy", "Andrew" and "Spinning In A Line". Single frame from the Fur Patrol music video for the song Lydia Source video is copyright 2000 Warner Music New Zealand Ltd. ... Single frame from the Fur Patrol music video for the song Lydia Source video is copyright 2000 Warner Music New Zealand Ltd. ...
Their sceond album, Collider, was released in New Zealand in 2003 and Australia in 2004.
Guitarist Steve Wells left the band in late 2004 and the current Fur Patrol line-up continues as a three piece.
While FurPatrol may be a new name for the wider music audience, audiences in their hometown have been confidently tipping the four-piece led by the small woman with the big voice for quite some time.
FurPatrol was quite keen to talk to major labels too, but first the band wanted as impressive a debut album as they could record to take in as a bargaining chip.
FurPatrol were among the cream of a very auspicious Wellington crop, and they were demanding attention as one of the most ambitious and commercially viable bands around.
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