Augie March is an Australian rock band. The group was formed in 1996, in Melbourne, Victoria, by singer/songwriter/guitarist Glenn Richards, drummer David Williams, guitarist Adam Donovan and bassist Edmondo Ammendola. Three of the band members hail from Shepparton in regional Victoria, the town famous for the processed fruit company SPC. The group chose the name "Augie March" in reference to the book The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow, attributing the choice to the way in which Bellow's descriptive and poetic language dwarfed Richards' own songwriting style. History In 1998, the band was signed to Ra Records where, over the following year, it released two EP. The latter, Waltz, gained the group moderate national attention, as well as a new record deal with BMG. Meanwhile, the band had expanded to include keyboardist Rob Dawson and was working on its first full length album. Sunset

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