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The Panics


The Panics are an indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.

History

The band started out while Jae Laffer and Drew Wootton were still at high school. They added Drew's younger brother Myles on drums, Paul Otway and Julian Douglas soon after. They are signed to the UK-based label LittleBIGMAN Records, a label set up by Pete Carroll and Gaz Whelan co-founder of The Happy Mondays.

Their first release, a self-titled EP in 2002, enjoyed high rotation on Australian radio station Triple J and community radio stations around Australia, from which they gained some attention. The following two EPs This Day Last Year and Kid You're A Dreamer also generated radio exposure across Australia.

In 2002, The Panics were the first Australian band to be invited to play at In The City, the UK's annual music convention. While in England they commenced recording tracks for their debut album, with parts being recorded in Manchester UK and the rest co-produced with Steve Bond in Australia, and mixed by Jeremy Allom (The La's, Massive Attack). A full-length album, A House on a Street in a Town I'm From followed in 2003 to local critical praise. Following the release of A House on a Street in a Town I'm From they toured Australia for the first time and also played a series of gigs with Morrissey, Gomez, Grandaddy, The Church and Badly Drawn Boy. They went on to complete several sell out national headline tours of Australia.

In 2004, the band signed a worldwide deal with Festival Publishing. They have also had several tracks featured in films, including This Day Last Year which was commissioned for Jew Boy, broadcast in 2005.

In late 2004, the band headed back to England for a second UK tour, including supporting the Happy Mondays at a sold out show to over 12,000 people on Clapham Common in London. Whilst in England, The Panics were invited to record a live broadcast for the BBC. They performed 3 tracks live, which was also broadcast throughout the UK and digitally worldwide. The band then based themselves in Manchester and commenced writing new material for their next album, Sleeps Like a Curse. On return to Australia they recorded the album at Megaphone studios in Sydney with Australian producer Tim Whitten (who produced albums by The Clouds, Powderfinger, Art of Fighting, The Go Betweens, The Necks, 78 Saab and worked in England with The Smiths).

Their second album, Sleeps Like a Curse was released in August, 2005, and was nominated for a J Award in the same year 2005 J Award nominations. Shortly after the release of the album, the band relocated to Melbourne, where they were still based as at November 2007, with a number of the band's members sharing a house in the inner city suburb of Collingwood.

In February 2007 The Panics signed with Dew Process, and under this new label their third album, Cruel Guards, was released on October 13, 2007. The album was Triple J's feature album for the week of October 8, 2007 and went on to win the 2007 J Award 2007 J Award nominations.

Members

  • Jae Laffer - Vocals, Guitar & Keyboards
  • Drew Wootton - Guitar
  • Myles Wootton - Drums
  • Paul Otway - Bass
  • Julian Douglas - Keyboard, Guitar & Vocals


Discography

Albums

  • A House on a Street in a Town I'm From - LittleBIGMAN Records (August, 2003)
  • Sleeps Like a Curse - LittleBIGMAN Records (August, 2005)
  • Cruel Guards - Dew Process (13 October, 2007)


EPs

  • The Panics - LittleBIGMAN Records (January, 2002)
  • The Panics - LittleBIGMAN Records (July, 2002)
  • Crack in the Wall - LittleBIGMAN Records (April, 2004)
  • Factory Girl - LittleBIGMAN Records (October, 2006)


Singles

  • "Kid You're A Dreamer" - LittleBIGMAN Records (February, 2003)


Compilation appearances

  • Home & Hosed - Freshly Plucked - (October 2004)
  • Kiss My WAMi 2006 - (February 2006)


References



External links



Australian rock music groupsAlternative musical groupsAustralian indie rock groupsWestern Australian musical groupsMusical groups established in 2002


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Panics
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