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The Fauves is an Australian rock band, originally from Mt Eliza High School on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Victoria. The group came to prominence through their airplay on Triple J in the 1990s and early 2000s. They have played at the Big Day Out in both 1993 and 1997.

They had a track entitled "Get Fucked" on the Rock Against Howard compilation in 2004.

History

The band was formed in 1989 by four school friends from Mt Eliza High School on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Victoria. The initial line-up consisted of: Andrew Cox (guitar, vocals), Philip Leonard (guitar, vocals, brass), Andrew `Jack' Dyer (bass), Adam Newey (drums). The band took its name from the art movement Fauvism, which was characterised by both its intensity and infatuation with colour.

After releasing several EPs and singles, the band came to wider attention when they appeared on the bill of the first Big Day Out national tour in early 1993. October of that year they signed to Polydor records, and released their debut long player Drive Through Charisma .

The band released several more albums on Polydor, including 1996's successful Future Spa . It yielded considerable Hottest 100 success, with "Dogs Are The Best People" at #20 and "Self Abuser" at #30 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1996. However by the end of 1999, the band was dropped from Polydor after the label's merger with Universal.

In 1999, following their departure from Polydor, they wrote two songs, "Bigger Than Tina" and "Bigger Than Tina II" for an Australian movie Bigger Than Tina , which were released on Festival. Since then the group has released several albums independently and had success on Triple J with "Bigger Than Tina" at #50 in 1999, and "Give Up Your Day Job" at #58 in 2000.

The band also appeared in Vanessa Stuart’s one-hour documentary, The Fauves: 15 Minutes to Rock, a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry and band dynamics which aired on SBS during September, and also screened at the Document Film Festival in 2004.

Discography

Albums

• Drive Through Charisma (1993)
• The Young Need Discipline (1994)
• Future Spa (1996)
• Lazy Highways (1998)
• Thousand Yard Stare (2000)
• Footage Missing (2002)
• Surf City Heart (2003)
• The Fauves (2004)

References

External links

• The Fauves - official site