The Whitlams are an Australian band, best known for their songs "No Aphrodisiac" and "Blow Up The Pokies", "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" and "I Make Hamburgers". The Whitlams sound can best be described as 'Piano rock' founded in 'lyrics of charming cynicism '. The band's name is a tribute to former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. History The Whitlams were formed in late 1992 when a former Penguin on Safari and a former Plunderer crossed paths at the annual independent music festival the Big Day Out. While missing Nirvana perform inside the arena, the two musicians lamented the local music scene and decided to form a musical alliance, and The Whitlams were born. The initial band members were Tim Freedman, Stevie Plunder and Andy Lewis. Being without a drummer, the band developed their songs acoustically on Saturday afternoons at the Sandringham Hotel in King Street, Newtown, a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, Australia.

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