About Grinspoon

Grinspoon are an Australian post-grunge band from Lismore, fronted by Phil Jamieson with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass, and Kristian Hopes on drums.

Founded in 1995, they came to fame when they were Unearthed by national, commercial-free radio station Triple J thanks to their track “Sickfest”. This won them the competition for the Lismore area. The band was heavily influenced by the nu metal movement in their early career, including the bands Helmet and Prong, and developed a strong following among mosh pit crowds. Their sound changed in their later career to a more mainstream rock sound with their 2002 album New Detention and at this point they lost many of their earlier fans and gained a lot of fans in the mainstream. Lyrically, the band are very cryptic and disjointed, most lines from their songs are not related to the next line and the songs rarely make sense as a whole. This has been attributed to the writer Phil Jamieson and his tendency to pen short lyrics of only a few lines each, and then tying many of these together into a song, creating a lack of consistent themes.

The band name was taken from marijuana supporter Dr. Lester Grinspoon. The band has at times promoted recreational drugs during concerts and in their song lyrics. Jamieson has also gained a reputation throughout the industry as a heavy drinker.

The band has had limited success in the United States, most notably for the songs “Champion”, due to Gran Turismo 3, “Post Enebriated Anxiety”, which was on the international version of Guide to Better Living, “Chemical Heart”, via the internet, and a cover of the Prong song “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck”, which was included on ECW: Extreme Music.
source Wikpedia

Videos

Grinspoon “Ready One” Broadcast 23.10.1999 Hey Hey it’s Saturday (3rd from Last Show)

Members

• Phil Jamieson – Vocals
• Pat Davern – Guitar
• Joe Hansen – Bass
• Kristian Hopes – Drums

Recordings

• Guide to Better Living – 1997
• Easy – 1999
• New Detention – 2002
• Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills – 2004
• Alibis & Other Lies – 2007

About

Sydney-based country/bluegrass/rock band featuring some of Australia’s finest musicians.

“A bit of boogie, some rockabilly, country and western, funk, west-coast with grit.
Comprising individuals who are masters of their instrument. Goldrush is often considered a country band, since many members have performed with country artists as backing members.”
from Who’s who of Australian Rock.

History

Formed in 1978. Disbanded in 1984

“In 1983 “Goldrush-Live at last” was released on an unsuspecting public. It was different from everything else that was out there at the time. It was predominantly Country rock/Bluegrass in it’s feel, but the band featured some of Australia’s most outstanding musical talent. Phil Emmanuel: Electric guitars Tommy Emmanuel: Drums Mark Collins: Banjo, Mandolin and guitars Dave Mare: Lead vocals/Accoustic and Electric guitars Chris Haigh: Bass guitar An original track penned by Dave Mare and Dennis James titled, “Keep in touch”, received some limited airplay. But it was live where Goldrush really made it’s mark, with the audience being totally spellbound by the guitar wizardry of Phil Emmanuel, the finger gymnastics of Mark collins, and the novelty of Tommy Emmanuel, now a world class guitarist, playing drums.” from the Goldrush MySpace page.

Members

• Doug Bligh – Drums
• Mark Collins – Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar and Vocals
• Guy Dickerson – Guitar and Vocals
• Tommy Emmanuel – Drums and Guitar
• Phil Emmanuel – Guitar
• Chris Haigh – Bass and Vocals
• David Mare – Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
• Tony Slavich – Keyboards
• John Spence – Drums
• Bruce Worrell – Bass

Recordings

• Single – I Hit The Jackpot – 1978
• Single – What Ya Gonna Do When The Money Runs Out- 1979
• Single – Keep In Touch – 1983
• Album – Live At Last – 1983

Known Gigs

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Other Resources

• Goldrush on MySpace