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Encyclopedia > The Wrights
The Wrights

Origin Australia
Country {{{country}}}
Years active 2004–present
Genre(s) Rock
Label(s) ?
Members Various members of Australian rock bands
Past members {{{past_members}}}

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). They are named after Australian music legend and former Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... // This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... 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. ... Caption Nicholas Nic John Cester (born July 6, 1979) is an Australian musician, best known for his lead vocals in the rock band Jet. ... Cover art for Jets album, Get Born. ... Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. ... Chris Cheney is the guitarist and lead vocalist in the Australian rock band, The Living End. ... The Living End is an Australian alternative/punk rock/rockabilly band. ... Davey Lane is the leading Guitarist of an Australian band called The Pictures and You Am I(since 2001). ... You Am I 2002. ... Member of Melbourne band Dallas Crane ... Dallas Crane are a Melbourne alternative rock band. ... The Easybeats were a rock and roll band in the 1960s from Australia. ... Stevie Wright is an Australian musician. ...


Their first single is a cover version of Stevie Wright's song "Evie", an 11 minute song consisting of three parts. "Evie (Pt 1)" was first performed at the ARIA awards in 2004. They performed the whole trilogy live for the first time at the Sydney Cricket Ground as part of WaveAid, and it was released as a single in February 2005. "Evie (Pt 1)" featured Nic Cester as the vocalist, while Pts 2 and 3 featured vocalists Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger and Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon. This article is about the musical term aria. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... WaveAid was held in sydney and was a huge success. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is the lead vocalist of Australian band Powderfinger. ... Powderfinger Powderfinger is a successful Australian rock band. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... This article might not be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ...


The profits for the single were donated to Stevie Wright and the Salvation Army to improve drug and alcohol rehabilitation, as well as the Red Cross for the tragic 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. The Salvation Army is an a Protestant evangelical Christian denomination and, more famously, a charity and social services organization, with international headquarters at 101 Queen Victoria Street, London. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ...


The single debuted at #2 on the Australian ARIAnet singles chart on the week of Monday March 7 2005. The Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) is the Australian counterpart of the Recording Industry Association of America. ...

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Members

The band also includes Bernard Fanning (of Powderfinger), and Phil Jamieson (of Grinspoon)


"Evie" Part 1

A jet is a stream of fluid produced by discharge through an orifice into free space. ... The Living End is an Australian alternative/punk rock/rockabilly band. ... You Am I 2002. ... Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. ... Dallas Crane are a Melbourne alternative rock band. ...

"Evie" Part 2

Powderfinger Powderfinger is a successful Australian rock band. ... The Easybeats were a rock and roll band in the 1960s from Australia. ...

"Evie" Part 3 - "I'm Losing You"

This article might not be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... You Am I 2002. ... The Living End is an Australian alternative/punk rock/rockabilly band. ... Dallas Crane are a Melbourne alternative rock band. ... Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. ...

Backing vocals

A jet is a stream of fluid produced by discharge through an orifice into free space. ... Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. ... The Easybeats were a rock and roll band in the 1960s from Australia. ...

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