Dallas Crane
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Dallas Crane is an Australia
n alternative rock
band from Melbourne, Australia
.
Dallas Crane was named after the father of a mate of the band.
In January 2004, the band signed a recording and publishing deal with Albert Productions
, the home of AC/DC
. The band recorded an album with Wayne Connolly
, who has also produced You Am I
and Underground Lovers
. The self-titled album was released mid-July 2004 and the first single, "Dirty Hearts", made the ARIA top 50 on release in 2004. The album was well-received and seen as their best yet. Nominated for three ARIA awards, the album has already been called an Australian Classic.
Pat Bourke replaced Chris Brodie on bass on 2001.
The band started winning support slots around the country for the likes of You Am I
and The Posies
. The band also received airplay on national radio broadcaster Triple J
's "Live at the Wireless
" program with a track appearing on a CD of highlights of the band. Triple J DJ Richard Kingsmill
was an early fan of the band - Kingsmill is now head of programming on the radio network.
Dallas Crane recorded its second album Twenty Four Seven
in 2000. This album received a positive response from Australian rock critics with Beat Magazine naming it as album of the week and In-Press naming it as rock record of the week. Dallas Crane also won the major award at the Australian Live Music Awards, leading the band to represent Australia at the International Live Music Awards in London
in 2002. Chris Brodie left the band after the release of Twenty Four Seven, replaced by Pat Bourke in Jan 2001.
Dallas Crane continued to win support slots to a number of artists including Ryan Adams
, The Black Keys
, Rocket Science
, and You Am I
. During their shows with You Am I, lead singer Tim Rogers
said "Dallas Crane is the best band in the country" and even made reference to the band in the You Am I song "Who Put The Devil In You?". Rogers was compiling the soundtrack for the Australian film Dirty Deeds
released in 2002 and asked Dallas Crane to cover "Wild About You" originally performed by Australian 60's band "The Missing Links".
and Big Day Out
festivals.
, the home of AC/DC
. The band recorded an album with Wayne Connolly
, who has also produced You Am I and Underground Lovers
. The self-titled album was released mid-July 2004 and the first single, "Dirty Hearts", made the ARIA top 50 on release in 2004. The album was well-received and seen as their best yet. Nominated for three ARIA awards, the album has already been called an Australian Classic.
Pat performed at the 2004 ARIA
awards, and Waveaid
, as part of the supergroup The Wrights
, featuring members of other Australian rock bands, Jet, The Living End, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, You Am I & The Pictures.
The band's fourth album, Factory Girls
, recorded with producers Jonathan Burnside and Wayne Connolly
, was released in Australia on 16 September 2006. The first single from the album, "Curiosity", was released on 26 August 2006, following a pre-release on the Australian iTunes Music Store.
The album received early positive reviews, with the Australian Rolling Stone
magazine awarding it 4/5.
In August 2006 the band commenced a tour down the east coast of Australia to coincide with the album launch and the performance at Brisbane's "The Zoo" has received positive reviews in local independent media and reaffirmed the band's popularity as a renowned live act. The band ran a more comprehensive tour during September, and are set to tour the UK for the first time at the end of the year.
With close to 1500 acts from around the world performing gigs, The Crane joined a local contingent for Oz/NZ at SXSW 2007, representing alongside Beasts of Bourbon
, You Am I
, Hoodoo Gurus
, Expatriate
, Youth Group
, Airbourne
and many more.
All in all, 26 Australian and 12 New Zealand
acts performed showcases at SXSW this year, going head to head with the international likes of Kings of Leon
vying for the attention of record companies, promoters, distributors and more, as well as getting the lowdown at workshops, conferences and guest lectures, led by a stack of seasoned professionals, this year including Pete Townshend
, Emmylou Harris
and David Byrne
.
Dallas Crane will be running with the showcases while they're on fire and have just added a stack of new international dates to their itinerary, including gigs in New York
, Los Angeles
, London
and Tokyo
.
from Jimmy Barnes' Double Happiness
:
from Factory Girls:
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band from Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
.
Dallas Crane was named after the father of a mate of the band.
In January 2004, the band signed a recording and publishing deal with Albert Productions
Albert Productions
Albert Productions, a division of music publishing and recording company Albert Music, is one of Australia's longest established independent Australian record label to specialise in rock and roll music. The label was founded in 1964 by Ted Albert, whose family owned and operated the Australian...
, the home of AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
. The band recorded an album with Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly is an Australian producer/engineer and musician. Throughout the 1990s Connolly played in Sydney band The Welcome Mat, who released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs through Waterfront Records and id/Mercury...
, who has also produced You Am I
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
and Underground Lovers
Underground Lovers
Underground Lovers are an Australian alternative rock band and one of the most lauded music acts in the country's alternative scene throughout the 1990s. While the band has experienced many lineup changes during its existence, the nucleus of the band since its inception has been Vincent M...
. The self-titled album was released mid-July 2004 and the first single, "Dirty Hearts", made the ARIA top 50 on release in 2004. The album was well-received and seen as their best yet. Nominated for three ARIA awards, the album has already been called an Australian Classic.
History
Dallas Crane started in 1996 with Dave Larkin and Pete Satchell on guitars and vocals, Shan Vanderwert on drums and Chris Brodie on bass.Pat Bourke replaced Chris Brodie on bass on 2001.
The band started winning support slots around the country for the likes of You Am I
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
and The Posies
The Posies
The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...
. The band also received airplay on national radio broadcaster Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
's "Live at the Wireless
Live at the Wireless
Live at the Wireless is a radio show, and now a long standing tradition, of Triple J, an Australian radio station. Live music is one of the central philosophies of the station....
" program with a track appearing on a CD of highlights of the band. Triple J DJ Richard Kingsmill
Richard Kingsmill
Richard "The King" Kingsmill is an Australian radio announcer and music journalist.He is best known for his work at national youth broadcaster triple j. His career at the station started in 1988 as a producer for station presenters George Wayne, Tracee Hutchison and Tim Ritchie...
was an early fan of the band - Kingsmill is now head of programming on the radio network.
Dallas Crane recorded its second album Twenty Four Seven
Twenty Four Seven (Dallas Crane album)
Twenty Four Seven is the second album by aussie rock band Dallas Crane, released in October 2000.-Track listing:# Sit On My Knee - 2:44# Sweet FA# Sold Me# Already Gone# Naked# Lay Down# Shit Creek# Nowhere# Some Days# Come Again# Home...
in 2000. This album received a positive response from Australian rock critics with Beat Magazine naming it as album of the week and In-Press naming it as rock record of the week. Dallas Crane also won the major award at the Australian Live Music Awards, leading the band to represent Australia at the International Live Music Awards in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 2002. Chris Brodie left the band after the release of Twenty Four Seven, replaced by Pat Bourke in Jan 2001.
Dallas Crane continued to win support slots to a number of artists including Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
, The Black Keys
The Black Keys
The Black Keys are an American rock duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. The band was formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. As of October 2011, the band has sold over 2 million albums in the U.S....
, Rocket Science
Rocket Science (band)
Rocket Science is an Australian alternative rock band that first came to public attention on national youth radio network Triple J around 2000....
, and You Am I
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
. During their shows with You Am I, lead singer Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers is the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union.-History:...
said "Dallas Crane is the best band in the country" and even made reference to the band in the You Am I song "Who Put The Devil In You?". Rogers was compiling the soundtrack for the Australian film Dirty Deeds
Dirty Deeds (2002 film)
Dirty Deeds is a 2002 film shot in Australia. It was directed by noted fringe director David Caesar and stars Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington and John Goodman and produced by Nine Films and Television, the film and television production arm of the Nine Network, owned by PBL...
released in 2002 and asked Dallas Crane to cover "Wild About You" originally performed by Australian 60's band "The Missing Links".
2003
In 2003, the band embarked on the "Dan Does Dallas Tour" with fellow Australian bands Dan Brodie and the Broken Arrows and Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males. The band then started its own tour supporting singles "No Through Road" and "Ladybird", which both received airplay on Triple J. The band further built its live reputations through performances at the HomebakeHomebake
Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup . The festival was first held on 4 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales...
and Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
festivals.
2004
In January 2004, the band signed a recording and publishing deal with Albert ProductionsAlbert Productions
Albert Productions, a division of music publishing and recording company Albert Music, is one of Australia's longest established independent Australian record label to specialise in rock and roll music. The label was founded in 1964 by Ted Albert, whose family owned and operated the Australian...
, the home of AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
. The band recorded an album with Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly is an Australian producer/engineer and musician. Throughout the 1990s Connolly played in Sydney band The Welcome Mat, who released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs through Waterfront Records and id/Mercury...
, who has also produced You Am I and Underground Lovers
Underground Lovers
Underground Lovers are an Australian alternative rock band and one of the most lauded music acts in the country's alternative scene throughout the 1990s. While the band has experienced many lineup changes during its existence, the nucleus of the band since its inception has been Vincent M...
. The self-titled album was released mid-July 2004 and the first single, "Dirty Hearts", made the ARIA top 50 on release in 2004. The album was well-received and seen as their best yet. Nominated for three ARIA awards, the album has already been called an Australian Classic.
Pat performed at the 2004 ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
awards, and Waveaid
WaveAid
WaveAid was a fund raising concert held on Saturday the 29th of January 2005 as a means for raising funds for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami. It was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and broadcast on television by Channel [V] and MTV, and on radio...
, as part of the supergroup The Wrights
The Wrights
The Wrights were a one-off Australian rock music "supergroup". They consisted of Nic Cester , Bernard Fanning , Phil Jamieson , Kram , Chris Cheney , Davey Lane and Pat Bourke...
, featuring members of other Australian rock bands, Jet, The Living End, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, You Am I & The Pictures.
2006
In early 2006, the band released the single "Lovers and Sinners", making it freely available via their website.The band's fourth album, Factory Girls
Factory Girls
Factory Girls is the fourth album from Melbourne rock band, Dallas Crane, released on September 16, 2006. All the tracks were written and performed by Dallas Crane, with Steve Hesketh on keyboards for "Teenage Superpot" and "Muddy Waters".-Track listing:...
, recorded with producers Jonathan Burnside and Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly
Wayne Connolly is an Australian producer/engineer and musician. Throughout the 1990s Connolly played in Sydney band The Welcome Mat, who released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs through Waterfront Records and id/Mercury...
, was released in Australia on 16 September 2006. The first single from the album, "Curiosity", was released on 26 August 2006, following a pre-release on the Australian iTunes Music Store.
The album received early positive reviews, with the Australian Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone Australia
Rolling Stone Australia is an Australian-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published monthly, it is the Australian edition of the United States' Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone was initially released in Melbourne in May 1970 as a supplement in Revolution, an...
magazine awarding it 4/5.
In August 2006 the band commenced a tour down the east coast of Australia to coincide with the album launch and the performance at Brisbane's "The Zoo" has received positive reviews in local independent media and reaffirmed the band's popularity as a renowned live act. The band ran a more comprehensive tour during September, and are set to tour the UK for the first time at the end of the year.
2007
Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon was an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1983, with a line-up that has changed as the band splintered and reformed several times - Beginnings :...
, You Am I
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
, Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...
, Expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
, Youth Group
Youth Group
Youth Group are a rock band based in Newtown, Sydney, Australia signed to Ivy League Records.- Biography :Youth Group formed in Sydney in the late 1990s. They have released four albums in Australia, with the three most recent albums also gaining releases worldwide...
, Airbourne
Airbourne (band)
Airbourne are an Australian hard rock band formed in Warrnambool in 2001. Mainstay members are Joel O'Keeffe on lead vocals and lead guitar, his brother, Ryan O'Keeffe on drums, and David Roads on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. They were later joined by Justin Street on bass guitar and backing...
and many more.
All in all, 26 Australian and 12 New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
acts performed showcases at SXSW this year, going head to head with the international likes of Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...
vying for the attention of record companies, promoters, distributors and more, as well as getting the lowdown at workshops, conferences and guest lectures, led by a stack of seasoned professionals, this year including Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
, Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
and David Byrne
David Byrne (musician)
David Byrne is a musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography,...
.
Dallas Crane will be running with the showcases while they're on fire and have just added a stack of new international dates to their itinerary, including gigs in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
.
2008
Dave Larkin will be joining the double agents as bassist on their upcoming European tour. Dave Larkin is also the lead singer of the Gun Street Girls.Current
- Dave Larkin, vocals/guitar (1996–present)
- Pete Satchell, guitar/vocals (1996–present)
- Shannon Vanderwert, drums/vocals (1996–present)
- Pat Bourke, bass (2001–present)
Albums
- LentLent (album)Lent is the first Album by Dallas Crane, released in 1998. However, this album has become very rare these days.-Track listing:1. Nylon Don't Breath2. A Romantic Comedy3. Suppose I'm a Catholic4. Jonco5. Mr. Meddle6. Days of the Wild...
(1998) - Twenty Four SevenTwenty Four Seven (Dallas Crane album)Twenty Four Seven is the second album by aussie rock band Dallas Crane, released in October 2000.-Track listing:# Sit On My Knee - 2:44# Sweet FA# Sold Me# Already Gone# Naked# Lay Down# Shit Creek# Nowhere# Some Days# Come Again# Home...
(2000) - Dallas CraneDallas Crane (album)Dallas Crane is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Dallas Crane. It was released in 2004 and was nominated for the ARIA Music Awards in the Best Rock Album category...
(2004) - Factory GirlsFactory GirlsFactory Girls is the fourth album from Melbourne rock band, Dallas Crane, released on September 16, 2006. All the tracks were written and performed by Dallas Crane, with Steve Hesketh on keyboards for "Teenage Superpot" and "Muddy Waters".-Track listing:...
(2006)
Singles
from Dallas Crane:- "Ladybird" (2003)
- "Dirty Hearts" (2004) #43 Australia
- "Numb All Over" (2004)
from Jimmy Barnes' Double Happiness
Double Happiness (album)
Double Happiness is an album by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 18 July 2005 on CD and vinyl. The album contains duets Barnes performed with various solo artists and bands.-Track listing :...
:
- "Sit On My KneeSit On My KneeSit On My Knee is a single by Jimmy Barnes and Dallas Crane from Jimmy Barnes's duet album Double Happiness.-Music video:The music video for Sit On My Knee contains Jimmy Barnes and Dallas Crane showing up at a Chinese pub and singing the song....
", with Jimmy BarnesJimmy BarnesJames Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...
(2005) #14 Australia
from Factory Girls:
- "Lovers and Sinners" (2006)
- "Curiosity" (2006)
- "Tonight! (There's A Party Going Down)" (2007)
- "God Damn Pride" (2007)