| Powderfinger performing "These Days" on the Across the Great Divide tour in September 2007, in Sydney, Australia.Powderfinger is an alternative rock band based in Australia.The band formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1989, and their lineup since 1992 has consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill.Powderfinger became a commercial success with their third studio album Internationalist in 1998.Numerous Powderfinger albums have reached platinum status multiple times, and rankings in the top 100 of Australian music charts.Odyssey Number Five, Powderfinger's most successful to date, earned over eight platinum certifications and ARIA Awards in five different categories.After the release of their first DVD These Days: Live in Concert and a "best of" release, Powderfinger announced a hiatus in 2005.Silverchair entitled the Across the Great Divide tour followed the release of their sixth studio album, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence in June 2007.Powderfinger has been actively involved in philanthropic causes.In 2005, Powderfinger performed at a WaveAid concert in Sydney, to help raise funds for areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.Another performance at the Sydney Opera House in October 2007 raised funds for breast cancer victims and their families.Neil Young song "Powderfinger".The band later sought an extra guitarist, Bernard Fanning, who Haug had met in a university class.Powderfinger's final lineup change to date came with the addition of guitarist Darren Middleton into the band.The lineup consisting of Fanning, Collins, Haug, Middleton and Coghill has remained as such since 1992.Powderfinger initially performed cover versions of other artists' songs, but gradually developed into writing their own material.The EP became successful and the group was signed to Polydor Records, a major record label in the UK.Powderfinger released their debut studio album Parables for Wooden Ears under Polydor on July 18, 1994.The album, which Fanning describes as the band's "dark days", received limited radio coverage.Parables for Wooden Ears was regarded by many as Powderfinger's worst album, and its poor reviews are indicative of this.Following the album's release, the group recorded and released another EP entitled Mr Kneebone in 1995.The band released the highly successful Double Allergic on September 2, 1996; this, their second album, reached double platinum status in Australia.Four singles were released from the album; "Pick You Up", "D."Living Type" and "Take Me In".Australian charts and remained in the top 20 for seven weeks.FasterLouder, a music review web site, commented that "when Double Allergic was released in 1996, it showed the band were here for the long haul to become arguably one of the best of the decade".In September 1998, Powderfinger released Internationalist, their third studio album.European audiences for the first time.Internationalist was the first Powderfinger album to win ARIA Music Awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association.In 1999, it won "Album of the Year", "Best Rock Album", and "Best Cover Art", and "The Day You Come" won "Single of the Year"."Passenger", which was among the singles released from Internationalist, was also nominated for three other ARIA Awards in 2000.The band received much praise and criticism for the political views in several tracks on Internationalist.Powderfinger's fourth studio album, Odyssey Number Five, was released in September 2000, shortly after they were asked to write songs for the soundtracks of two films; Two Hands and Mission: Impossible II."My Kind of Scene" was written for Mission: Impossible II.Odyssey Number Five was Powderfinger's most successful to date; selling 560,000 copies.Odyssey Number Five won ARIA Awards in 2001 for "Album of the Year", "Highest Selling Album", "Best Rock Album", "Best Cover Art", and "Best Group".ARIA Awards in different categories.Many songs from this era of Powderfinger were ranked on Triple J's Hottest 100 list.John Collins, shown above in January 2005, was among the original members of Powderfinger.Vulture Street was released on July 4, 2003.Simon Evans of musicOMH.Four singles were released from Vulture Street; "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind", "Since You've Been Gone", "Love Your Way", and "Sunsets".Like earlier Powderfinger albums, Vulture Street won several ARIA Awards; in 2003, it won "Album of the Year", "Best Group", "Best Rock Album", and "Best Cover Art".These Days: Live in Concert was the first live release by Powderfinger.One single was released from the album; "Stumblin'", a song which originally appeared on Vulture Street as a normal track.Triple J Hottest 100 poll of 1999.Following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Powderfinger appeared at the WaveAid fundraising concert in Sydney, to raise funds for aid organisations working in the disaster affected areas.Fanning sang for The Wrights when they performed "Evie" at the concert and released a studio version of the song as a single, with the proceeds from the sale also going to tsunami fundraising.Powderfinger had a period of hiatus after the release of Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger in 2005.Darren Middleton and Ian Haug both had children in this time, and Fanning married his girlfriend Andrea.Shortly after this, guitarist Ian Haug and bassist John Collins formed the group The Predators with Powderfinger's former drummer, Steven Bishop, on drums and lead vocals.Powderfinger's sixth studio album, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence was released on June 2, 2007.Australian digital sales record, with over 3000 copies sold online.Reviewers, however, did not rate it as highly as its predecessor, Vulture Street, with Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun HiT describing it as "consistent".Bernard Zuel, who reviewed Vulture Street in 2003, described Dream Days at the Hotel Existence as "Powderfinger's first dull album", but the band as "the biggest rock band in the country".The tour appeared in all state capital cities and fourteen regional centers across Australia, and included four performances in New Zealand.ARIA Singles Chart on May 21, 2007.Don't Remember", was released on August 4, 2007."Black Tears", was amended following concerns it could prejudice a trial over the 2004 Palm Island death in custody case.The awards were announced at the Acer Arena in Sydney on October 28, and Powderfinger performed their single "Lost and Running".On August 18, 2007, Powderfinger performed a concert in Karratha, Western Australia, to thousands of fans as part of Triple J's AWOL Series.Musical style
In an interview with Paul Cashmere after the release of Vulture Street, guitarist Darren Middleton stated that a couple of songs they had written "were just too Odyssey Number Five based", and that the first track, "Rockin' Rocks", was "probably the start of where we were heading" with the album.Bernard Zuel of The Sydney Morning Herald reviewed both of Powderfinger's more recent albums.Describing Vulture Street as "a rawer, louder" album in comparison to Odyssey Number Five, Zuel highlighted on Fanning's "talent as a lyricist" and stated that it featured guitarists Haug and Middleton "dominating in a way they haven't since their 1994 debut".DC meatiness", and "Love Your Way" as "acoustic tumbling into weaving Zeppelin lines".The problem is he has bulk but has traded in his nimbleness.Bernard Zuel, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 1, 2007.Clayton Bolger of All Music Guide stated in his review of Dream Days that Powderfinger "largely revisit the sound of their Internationalist album, leaving behind much of the glam and swagger of 2003's Vulture Street".The Across the Great Divide tour was an attempt to promote Reconciliation Australia's efforts in the Indigenous community.In their time as a band, Powderfinger has been active in supporting causes or opposing actions taken in charitable, philanthropic, disaster and political circumstances.They approached Powderfinger and Australian acts Custard and You Am I, to contribute by appearing at the concert on the footsteps of the Sydney Opera House.The concert, which was recorded and later released as a live album titled Farewell to the World, was believed to be the largest Australian live concert, with estimates of between 100,000 and 250,000 people in attendance.In the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, also known as the "Boxing Day Tsunami", Powderfinger performed at the WaveAid fundraising concert in Sydney in January 2005.The disaster killed more than 225,000 people from eleven countries in the area.Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley over the 2004 Palm Island death in custody case.Lawyer Glen Cranny stated that "the content and proposed timing of the song's release raises some serious concerns regarding Mr Hurley's trial."Band manager for Powderfinger, Paul Piticco, stated that Fanning had confirmed that the song was related to the case, however, he stated that the lyric in question could refer to "a watchhouse in The Bahamas or something".In June 2007, Powderfinger announced a nationwide tour featuring Australian rock band Silverchair, entitled the Across the Great Divide tour.Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, "Nobody Sees".In October 2007, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Powderfinger performed at a concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House for sufferers of breast cancer.Powderfinger performed alongside Silverchair, Missy Higgins and other artists to an audience of 700 affected by the cancer.Powderfinger performing on the Across the Great Divide tour in September 2007.Left to right: Middleton, Fanning, Collins, Haug.The band often refers to one another with partial pseudonyms: most notably, John Collins and Jon Coghill, presumably to avoid confusion, are referred to as JC and Cogsy respectively.Powderfinger has collaborated with few artists, but have had session pianist Benmont Tench play on Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.For their second album, Double Allergic, the group enlisted producer Tim Whitten.Powderfinger approached American expatriate Nick DiDia as their producer for Internationalist, and recorded with him at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia."Like a Dog", "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" and "Lost and Running" have all received nominations for the ARIA Award for "Best Video" in separate years.Powderfinger is highly successful in the Australian recording industry, being a recipient of the industry's flagship awards, the ARIA Music Awards, fifteen times.Powderfinger tracks have ranked on the list in other years.Powderfinger ARIA awards history.Australian Recording Industry Association.Powderfinger albums chart rankings.Australian Recording Industry Association.Powderfinger and Silverchair announce 'Across the Great Divide' National Tour.Young, Gary (September 25, 2006)."Powder Pick Up To Cure All Your Allergies."Concrete Press, May 14, 1996."Powderfinger", Rolling Stone, January 1994.Have powderfinger made any video clips for their singles?."Make mine a double", Rave, 1996.Powderfinger: A Rock Band That Have Withstood The Test Of Time.Audio, Video, News, Biography, Quick and Juicy facts.Australia 1999 ARIA Awards.Winners by artist: Powderfinger.Australian Record Industry Association."The Beckoning Finger", JUICE Magazine, November 1998.Hottest 100 History 2000.Parry, Jessica (June 6, 2007).Bernard Fanning award history.Australian Recording Industry Association.Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.Another record and a chance to win tickets to see Powderfinger live on TV and Nova.Powderfinger (June 13, 2007).Australian top 50 singles.New Powderfinger lyrics okay.Debaser win ARIA award for 2007 album cover art.Design Federation (September 28, 2007).ARIA Awards 2007 Nominees.The Herald Sun (October 28, 2007).Silverchair scoop ARIA awards.Powderfinger goes AWOL (Karratha).Australian Broadcasting Corporation (November 15, 2007).Powderfinger's visit to Roebourne.Powderfinger faces album ban.Media statement from Powderfinger.Kalow, Natalie (May 5, 2007).Powderfinger announce Dream Days at the Hotel Existence album launch parties.Lion, Patrick (May 3, 2007).Powderfinger facing lyrics ban.Dunn, Emily (June 13, 2007).Powderfinger and Silverchair to embark on Australia's biggest national tour.Silverchair and Powderfinger to Release Joint DVD.Powderfinger (November 19, 2007).Nobody Sees to be the next Powderfinger single.Powderfinger (November 16, 2007).Powderfinger, Missy Higgins, join forces.West Australian Newspapers (October 31, 2007).Powderfinger MAX session on your TV this Saturday.Powderfinger (November 2, 2007).Dunn, Emily (November 1, 2007)."Powderfinger: MAX sessions take over Sydney Harbour".McCabe, Kathy (November 1, 2007).Powderfinger singing for breast cancer cure at Opera House.New Powderfinger album details.Australian Directors Guild announces 2007 ADG winners.Lost and Running video clip.Australian Recording Industry Association."Are you sure you want to block this user?WIN FLIGHTS AND TICKETS TO SEE POWDERFINGER AT THE CLIPSAL 500 IN ADELAIDE!WIN THE ULTIMATE POWDERFINGER PACK!ATGD TOUR DVD OUT THIS SATURDAY!Powderfinger's new single 'Nobody Sees' is availalbe digitally now.The new video for 'Nobody Sees'!Across The Great Divide 3 disc triple box set DVD out Saturday December 1."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Hope you'll drop by soon, say hello and have a listen to some of the tracks we have been recording here at Outpost and tell us what you've been up to.Good luck with your projects.Best wishes from Outpost.All in all great album and i hope you bring out a new one soon.Check my profile photos, i have Across The...DVD, it was my first contact with Powderfinger!But Australia is so far away...Luckilly i have this DVD so i can watch you guys "live" by this method.Thanx so much 4 goin to toowoomba, even though it was a while ago thanx a lot!Bhind the Scenes was side splitting!Your live show was AMAZING!Season wishes from Bangkok...HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS AND TAKE CARE.Hope you have a fantastic (but safe) Christmas, and may all your wishes come true in 2008!Appreciate the arts yet?Hey mates, have very Merry Christmas,...Merry Christmas to you all and a safe and prosperous New Year.Just wanted to take the opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!Merry Christmas ans a Happy New Year you big spunks.Thanks for coming to the UK, best wishes for the coming new year, and hope you'll come back and visit us soon!This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Rating affects your music played in LAUNCHcast and Music Videos.This is one of a series of articles which provide an explanation of the meaning of Neil Young's song Powderfinger."Powderfinger": what does this word itself mean?If anything, 22 is a *victim* of Powderfinger.Whatever they did, the time has come to pay some terrible bill.He's too busy wonderin' and thinkin'!Don't Let It Bring You Down", the video of "Touch The Night".That's more plausible than the theory that 22 did himself in deliberately."I've been down, but I'm comin' back up again.""He tried his best but he could not."September revolving around "I'm The Ocean".Powderfinger from the Jun.He's one of the treasures of modern music.For more on the song "Powderfinger", see the Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young page.Also see, the band Powderfinger.Please comment and add your thoughts on Neil Young's "Powderfinger" in the Guestbook.You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on
the next lines.Powderfinger (read more)
987,024 plays scrobbled on Last.Powderfinger are one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the past decade.The band has featured prominently in Australian premier youth station, Triple J, winning the most popular song of the year on a number of occasions.Despite their overwhelming popularity in native country Australia, Powderfinger have yet to take the world by storm.Their official website is www.Nirvana isn't even even in Australian music history.Haupassia: You ever heard a little album called Double Allergic through and through?Come back when you have a few times.Love Powderfinger, just finished getting all the albums.Parables For Wooden Ears, Double Allergic, Internationalist, Odyssey Number Five, Vulture Street, Dream Days At The Hotel Existence, Fingerprints)FTW!!Nobody Sees, great single, should be higher.Powderfinger aren't very well known outside Australia, and there are only about 30,000 Australian listeners on last.Kneebone EP for best Powderfinger release!Parables for Wooden ears has none of their hits...Internationalist or Odyssey I think.How far have we really come?You guys are the fucking best!!!Love Your Way is the best of all...Not a bad song by any means but definitely not what they need right now.At least Head Up in the Clouds is next...Poor single choice (lost and running) has plagued many a good band.The lyrics and the 'sound of insanity' are brilliant!My new favourite song of theirs.I'm not really crazy about Powderfinger, but when I saw them for the Great Divide Tour they played one of their new songs where (on the Gold Coast) the background had a heap of cryptic words scribbled on it one at a time.Lost and Running and I Don't Remember are nice, but they're a bit too ordinary, dare I say it, 'dull' to be Aria Material.Young Modern isn't a rock album, but Young Modern has grown on me immensely since I first hated it.Regardless of which was better, here's to hoping Powderfinger learn from this and get motivated to write another Internationalist or Odyssey.How can they play a set with out playing Passenger?Powderfinger fan before last night's Hobart show, but they wowed me.Putting this band and Silverchair together for a tour is one of the greatest ideas ever.The crowd got right into it.Bernard doing Black Tears solo was also perfect, he was right in front of me.Thrilloilogy was for me (in Sydney).Oh, 'My Happiness' was the highlight of the night for me.Passenger, Belter, Pick You up and Up and Down and Back Again not that I expected the latter.I'm seeing them with Silverchair on Saturday too.Dream Days was that bad, but I think, at least studio album wise, they used to be exceptional and now they're just a rock band, albeit a good rock band.I've got the Transfusion EP for example.And the Debut Blue EP (which I don't own) is probably their best.Web Site Support
Last.Don't Say Brown, Say 'Audioscrobbler'.This is a WikiProject, a collaboration area and open group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of a particular topic, or to organizing some internal Wikipedia process.Welcome to the Powderfinger WikiProject!Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organise information in articles related to Powderfinger.For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.Powderfinger are an immensely popular Australian rock band, who have won 15 ARIA Awards.Members
2 Project scope
3 Article milestones
3.Bernard Fanning (independent career)
5.All of the articles in the Powderfinger category tree are covered by this WikiProject.Featured topic
WikiProject Powderfinger has achieved a featured topic for all Powderfinger albums.Urgent Attention Required
Please only add urgent items to this list, to keep it short.Articles needing expansion
Please add any new Powderfinger articles to the appropriate table.If an article's rating changes please update it in the tables below so that we can keep track of its progress."Passenger"
GA
Anything that you can do that improves the article's quality and status.Automatic (Powderfinger song)
Tim Whitten for Powderfinger was nominated for the Engineer of the Year ARIA in 1996.Mark McElligott
Powderfinger live engineer and drummer for Drag.This page was last modified 08:47, 12 January 2008.They cut their musical teeth performing cover versions of classics by Neil Young (taking their name from one of Young's songs), the Rolling Stones, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, and Rodriguez.Parables for Wooden Ears followed in August 1994.Top Ten seller in their home state, the album launched Powderfinger nationally, thanks also to a bout of constant touring.The singles "Pick You Up" and "DAF" (which stands for the first three chords of the song) picked up strong airplay support.The album went straight to the Top Ten in September 1996, sold double platinum, and spent half a year in the Top 30.Create a configuration object and add the keywords to the conf. |
