The EP was described as having "good songs but it sounds like it was recorded under a doona" and had the group banned from some radio stations and retail outlets. National youth radio station Triple J criticised the group as being immature and told them to "grow up". Its cover had "a graphic drawing of the offending flaccid appendage draped over a sesame seed bun with lashings of bloody sauce." Posters with a similar image that advertised the group had them banned at some venues. In March 1994, the band issued a seven-track EP, Dick Sandwich. They played at the Sydney venue for the Big Day Out in January. By 1993, the group's line-up was Feltham, Whalley, Ben Costello on guitar and Karl Perske on drums.
The band was formed to take part in a battle of the bands and at that stage was not seen as a permanent project.The name is a reference to a band member's pet rat, which in turn was named for the Fresnel rhomb, which is a prism-like device invented by the 19th Century French engineer, Augustin-Jean Fresnel. Whalley had commenced a Bachelor of Arts course in philosophy at Sydney University when he formed Frenzal Rhomb as a punk rock band. Feltham and Whalley had been school mates at St Ives High School in St Ives. History 1992–1995: Formation to Coughing Up a Stormįrenzal Rhomb formed in 1992 in the Sydney suburb of Newtown with Alexis 'Lex' Feltham on bass guitar and Jason Whalley on vocals. Frenzal Rhomb have also toured in the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Japan, South Africa, Israel and Taiwan. The group has supported Australian tours by The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and Blink-182. Two of the group's albums have entered the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart: A Man's Not a Camel (1999) and Smoko At The Pet Food Factory (2011). In 1996, Lindsay McDougall joined the line-up on lead guitar and backing vocals. Self Righteous Brothers, Mindsnare, Nancy Vandalįrenzal Rhomb is an Australian punk rock band that formed in 1992, with Jason Whalley on lead vocals and rhythm guitar during this entire period.
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User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.How Much Did I Fucking Pay for This, Shock, Shagpile, Fat Wreck Chords, Liberation, Epic, Sony, Epitaph The band's records have been released through a variety of labels in Australia and most notably Fat Wreck Chords internationally. The original version, which included an abusive and threatening voicemail as its secret track, is now out of print. Their seminal album Coughing up a Storm followed.
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(see here and here)įrenzal Rhomb's first EP 'Dick Sandwich' was produced in bassy grunge style and included a cover of the theme to 'Home and Away', a popular but uncool, Australian serial drama as well as a song about Roger Climpson, a TV news presenter. With the exchange being documented by Media Watch. The band famously antagonized Today-FM breakfast show hosts Kyle and Jackie-O, starting at a festival in Darwin and ending in an on-air phone interview with Jay. Jay also spent time as the bass player for Nancy Vandal under the name Jason Jason Beers, a play on Gary Gary Beers from INXS. They even posted a press release suggesting that they would take over the name Shihad, which had been vacated by the New Zealand hard rock band in the wake of the September 11 attacks in 2001.
This lead the band to consider changing their name.
Lex, the bass player left under controversial circumstances. Nat, the drummer, left to focus on another band, Quadbox. Ben, the original guitarist, supposedly left to become an animal rights activist. Although Jay left in 2009, The Doctor continues to have various roles on ABC radio and television.Īll original members except Jason have been replaced. The band's current lineup is Jason Whalley (vocals), Lindsay McDougall (guitar), Tom Crease (bass) and Gordy Foreman (drums).įor a couple of years, Jay and Lindsay (The Doctor) had a daily show on Australia's Triple J radio station. With a sound that is most often characterized as 'California pop/punk', the band is overtly left-wing political and known for their humorous, savage and insightful lyrics. A long-standing institution in Sydney music scene but with a national and international base of fans, Frenzal have consistently nurtured new generations of young fans through endless touring, festival appearances and all ages shows. Frenzal Rhomb is an Australian punk rock band that formed in 1992, in Sydney, Australia.