Spiderbait
Spiderbait playing at the 2008 Australia Day Concert in Parramatta
Background information
Origin	Finley, New South Wales, Australia
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Post-grunge Post-hardcore Hard Rock
Years active	1991–present
Label(s)	Au-Go-Go, Polydor, Interscope
Associated acts	The Wrights, Happyland, The Hot Rollers
Website	Spiderbait home page
Members
Janet English Mark Maher Damien Whitty

Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song "Buy Me a Pony" was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of "Black Betty". The School of Arts building in Finley. ... NSW redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Post-grunge is a very diverse subgenre of alternative rock music that emerged in the mid-1990s immediately following the downfall of grunge music as an offshoot. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Au Go Go Records is the name of an Australian independent record label, started in 1979 and its associated mail_order service (started in 1982) and record shop (1987-2003). ... 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label. ... Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... The Wrights are a Australian rock music supergroup, consisting of Nic Cester (of Jet), Kram (of Spiderbait), Chris Cheney (of The Living End), Davey Lane (of You Am I and The Pictures) and Pat Bourke (of Dallas Crane). ... Happyland was an Australian band, whose music is best described as pop but a little punky. They were comprised of Spiderbaits bassist/vocalist Janet English and her boyfriend of the time, Quan Yeomans from Regurgitator and were originally intended to be named The Shits, but decided on Happyland. ... Mark Maher (aka Kram) is a drummer of an Australian band called Spiderbait. ... This article is about the type of musical group. ... The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Black Betty is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. ...

Early years

The three band members Mark Maher better known as Kram (drums/vocals), Damien Whitty or "Whitt" (guitar) and Janet English (bass/vocals) come from the small town Finley in southern New South Wales where they "jammed" (played "music") together in their youth. Mark Maher (aka Kram) is a drummer of an Australian band called Spiderbait. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The School of Arts building in Finley. ... NSW redirects here. ...

The band moved to Melbourne, Australia where Kram was studying at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Music. The band played its first gig at a loungeroom for a friend's party. The band soon became part of Melbourne's punk scene playing gigs at venues like the Tote Hotel in Collingwood, Victoria. They released their first single Circle K on Au-Go-Go Records with an EP titled P'tang Yang Kipper Bang Uh! (named after a Michael Apted movie) following in 1992. The band's first album Shashavaglava was released in 1992. 'Shashavaglava' means 'dickhead' in Serbo-Croatian. This album featured the songs "Old Man Sam" and a cover of English comedians The Goodies' song "Run". 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 Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is an educational institution in Melbourne, which offers courses and training in fine art, dance, drama, film and television, music and production. ... Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Au Go Go Records is the name of an Australian independent record label, started in 1979 and its associated mail_order service (started in 1982) and record shop (1987-2003). ... Michael Apted (born 10 February 1941;) is an English director, producer, writer and actor. ... Shashavaglava is Australian band Spiderbaits first album. ... Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian (sometimes just Croatian or Serbian) (srpskohrvatski, cрпскохрватски, hrvatskosrpski, hrvatski ili srpski or srpski ili hrvatski), earlier also Serbo-Croat, is a South Slavic language. ... This article discusses the Goodies trio and the origins of their comedy TV series For information about the television series, see The Goodies (TV series) The Goodies are a trio of British comedians (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie), who created, wrote, and starred in a surreal British...

Major label signing

Spiderbait signed with Polydor Records and released their first album with the new label named The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake in 1995. The album reached #14 on the Australian charts with singles "Monty" and "Jesus" receiving extensive airplay on Triple J. The album title refers to an unfinished project by the Finley Rotary Club, which became a venue for teenage drinking in their home town. 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label. ... The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake is an album by Spiderbait released in 1995. ... Double J redirects here. ... See: Rotary engine Rotary International Rotary milking shed rotary intersections This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Their second album Ivy and the Big Apples was released in 1996 and reached #3, and sold over 180,000 copies in Australia. Their first single "Buy Me a Pony" received extensive airplay on Triple J resulting in listeners voting it as their favourite song of the year. The second single "Calypso" also achieved commercial airplay, and reached #13 in the Australian singles charts in 1997. Ivy and the Big Apples is Australian band Spiderbaits third album. ... Double J redirects here. ...

In 1998, Janet English and her then boyfriend Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator recorded an album as Happyland. Around the same time, Kram and Richie Lewis of Tumbleweed released their own side-project the Hot Rollers – so named as both member's mothers were hairdressers. The Hot Rollers only album (self-titled) was released through Polydor. Quan Yeomans is an Australian musician, and guitarist of an Australian band called Regurgitator. ... Regurgitator is an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans, bassist Ben Ely, drummer Peter Kostic and keyboardist Seja Vogel. ... Happyland was an Australian band, whose music is best described as pop but a little punky. They were comprised of Spiderbaits bassist/vocalist Janet English and her boyfriend of the time, Quan Yeomans from Regurgitator and were originally intended to be named The Shits, but decided on Happyland. ... Tumbleweed were a Wollongong-based stoner rock group in Australia during the heady grunge years of the 1990s. ...

Spiderbait returned together in 1999 with the album Grand Slam which also debuted at #10 on the Australian album charts. One song from the album, Shazam!, was featured in the an episode of Sex and the City entitled "The Real Me" as part of a fashion show scene. Grand Slam is Australian band Spiderbaits fourth album. ... This article is about the television series. ...

Despite good airplay for the Grand Slam singles "Shazam!" and "Stevie", their 2001 album The Flight of Wally Funk was a commercial flop, only selling 20,000 copies. The album was recorded in Whitt's living room. Grand Slam is Australian band Spiderbaits fourth album. ... The Flight of the Wally Funk is Australian band Spiderbaits fifth album. ...

Spiderbait recorded the Tonight Alright album in Los Angeles with producer Sylvia Massy who had worked with acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Tool, System of a Down and Skunk Anansie. The first single "Black Betty" was a cover version of the old Leadbelly song which became a hit in 1977 when covered by Ram Jam. The single reached #1 after 10 weeks in the singles chart in May 2004 (after debuting at #12), and stayed there for three weeks, becoming their biggest selling single ever. The film clip featured a hot rod similar to the car on the ZZ Top Eliminator. The song also made the soundtrack to the Electronic Arts video games Need for Speed: Underground 2 and Need for Speed: Underground Rivals for the PSP. Tonight Alright was released on 28 March 2004, and debuted and peaked at #14. The second single "Fucken Awesome" debuted in the top 30 on June 28, 2004. Interscope Records signed the band in 2004 to distribute "Tonight Alright" in the US and UK. Tonight Alright is Australian band Spiderbaits sixth album. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Sylvia Massy is an entrepreneur, veteran record producer, and studio engineer in the United States. ... The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. ... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ... Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. ... System of a Down (commonly referred to as System or abbreviated as SOAD) is an American rock band, formed in 1995 in Glendale, California. ... Skunk Anansie was an English rock band whose members included Skin (Deborah Dyer), Cass (Richard Lewis), Ace (Martin Kent) and Mark Richardson. ... Black Betty is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. ... Leadbelly, also known as Lead Belly (born Huddie William Ledbetter; January 20, 1889 (although this is debatable) - December 6, 1949), was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. ... Ram Jam is the name of a 1970s rock band. ... ZZ Top (pronounced ) is an American hard rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ... Eliminator is the eighth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. ... Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a PlayStation 2 racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. ... Tonight Alright is Australian band Spiderbaits sixth album. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Tonight Alright is Australian band Spiderbaits sixth album. ...

At the 2004 ARIA awards, Kram performed as part of the supergroup The Wrights, featuring members of many other Australian rock bands. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... The Wrights are a Australian rock music supergroup, consisting of Nic Cester (of Jet), Kram (of Spiderbait), Chris Cheney (of The Living End), Davey Lane (of You Am I and The Pictures) and Pat Bourke (of Dallas Crane). ...

In September 2005 they released a Greatest Hits collection to reveal their back catalogue to younger fans who were caught up by "Black Betty". This debuted at #6 and received a Gold Accreditation. Greatest Hits is Spiderbaits seventh album. ...

The band went on hiatus March 2005 after bassist Janet English gave birth to her daughter and planned a cycling tour across Europe. More recently Kram had announced plans of a solo album to be released sometime next year. ← - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F... Mark Maher (aka Kram) is a drummer of an Australian band called Spiderbait. ...

On 9th of October 2005, Spiderbait performed at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, as part of the Coca-Cola Live'n'Local Tour '05 that toured Australia and New Zealand. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Rod Laver Arena is a part of the Melbourne Park complex located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and current venue for the Australian Open in tennis. ...

On 18 November 2006 the band performed at the Queensland Council of Unions organised Rock the Vote! concert in Brisbane after a nine month hiatus from touring. 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ... The Queensland Council of Unions is a representative body of Trade union organisations in the State of Queensland, Australia. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ...

The band recorded a cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" as the main theme for the movie Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage. A small part of this is played during the movie, and it is played in its entirety as the first song when the movie credits roll. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend is a song on the borderline between country and pop music. ... Ghost Rider is a 2007 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Ghost Rider. ... Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and an exemplar of method acting. ...

Members

• Mark Maher – vocals, drums
• Damien Whitty – guitar
• Janet English – bass guitar, vocals

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Discography

Albums

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EPs and singles

• "Circle K" (7" single) (1991)
• "P'tang Yang Kipper Bang Uh!" (10" / CDEP) (1992)
• "Run" (EP) (1993)
• "Jesus" (7" single) (1994)
• "Monty" (1995) #44 Australia
• "I Gotta Know" (1995)
• "Sam Gribbles" (1996)
• "Buy Me A Pony" (1996) #45 Australia
• "Hot Water & Milk" (1996)
• "Calypso" (1997) #13 Australia
• "Joyce's Hut" (1997)
• "Shazam!" (1999) #46 Australia – featured in an episode of Sex and the City's season 4 ([1])
• "Stevie" (1999)
• "Plastic" (1999)
• "Glockenpop" (2000)
• "Four On The Floor" (2001)
• "Outta My Head" (2001)
• "Arse Huggin' Pants" (2001)
• "Black Betty" (2004) #1 Australia
• "Fucken Awesome" (2004) #30 Australia
• "Tonite" (2004) (promo only)
• "Live In A Box" (2004) (promo only)
• "On My Way" (2005) (promo only)
• "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" (2007) Credits from the film Ghost Rider

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Other Appearances

• Calypso" – featured in 10 Things I Hate About You. During Kate reading "The Bell Jar" by Sylva Plath.
• "Black Betty" featured in Without A Paddle.
• "Black Betty" featured in Need for Speed Underground 2.
• "Live in a Box" featured in Gran Turismo 4.
• "Black Betty" featured in The Condemned.
• "Outta My Head" featured in Blurred
• "Shazam" features in the Sex and the City episode "The Real Me".
• "Black Betty" featured in Underbelly (TV series) joint episodes "The Black Prince" and "Sorcerer's Apprentice".
• "Four On The Floor" featured at the introduction of Underbelly (TV series) joint episodes "The Black Prince" and "Sorcerer's Apprentice".
• "Shazam" featured in episode 12 of Underbelly (TV series).
• "Black Betty" and "Ghost Riders in the Sky" featured in the movie Ghost Rider (2007) but not on the soundtrack.

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References

• Au Go Go Records (2002). Au Go Go Discography by Artist. Retrieved Nov. 9, 2004.

External links

• Spiderbait home page
• Spiderbait at the All Music Guide
• Howlspace Spiderbait page
• Spiderbait at The Dwarf