Front End Loader
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Front End Loader is an Australia
n rock band
consisting of Davis Claymore (vocals, and guitar
), Bowden Campbell (guitar
and vocals), Richard Corey (bass guitar
), and Peter Kostic (drum
s). Peter also drums for Regurgitator
and The Hard-Ons.
suburb of Darlington
. Bow Campbell and Davis Claymore had just broken away from their previous band and then recruited Richard Corey and Pete Kostic in hope of starting a new outfit. The name, 'Front End Loader' was originally chosen as a ridiculous, strictly temporary band name, as the group needed to call themselves something to be able to enter into the Sydney University band competition.
Their first album was the self-titled Front End Loader, featuring the singles "Weak as Piss", "'Fraid Knot" and "All Star Jam". An appearance at the 1993 Sydney Big Day Out
was the band's first experience of rock festival excess.
In early 1994 they released the Adolescent Fantasy World EP, and second album Let's Ride!, was released in March 1995. Their third album, Last of the V8 Interceptors emerged in August 1997, which was named in honour of the movie Mad Max
, featuring an ode to assisted suicide called "Pulse," which became their signature tune and experienced high rotation radio play.
In 1999 they also recorded a cover version of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love
" with Barry Crocker
for the Timelines compilation of songs by young bands and singers over 60.
March 2002 saw the release of album number four How Can We Fail When We're So Sincere?. In August 2003 they released a mini-album titled Ape Got Fire.
As drummer Pete Kostic played in other groups, such as the Hard-Ons
and Regurgitator
it made it difficult for the band to find time to play and record together.
The next release, scheduled to be a live album recorded at Sydney
's Annandale Hotel, was anxiously awaited on by fans for approximately 4 years. Finally released on 01.04.2008, Laughing with Knives is a 2 CD set which Includes 22 tracks + a bonus 19-track disc of rarities & out-of-print recordings & an 8-page booklet with track-by-track liner notes.
In March 2011 it was announced that the band's fifth studio album, Ritardando would be released on May 6 through MGM distribution to coincide with a national tour.
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 rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
consisting of Davis Claymore (vocals, and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Bowden Campbell (guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocals), Richard Corey (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), and Peter Kostic (drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s). Peter also drums for Regurgitator
Regurgitator
Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
and The Hard-Ons.
History
Front End Loader was formed in the early summer of 1991 in the back streets of the SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
suburb of Darlington
Darlington, New South Wales
Darlington is a small, inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Darlington is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney and is part of the region of the Inner...
. Bow Campbell and Davis Claymore had just broken away from their previous band and then recruited Richard Corey and Pete Kostic in hope of starting a new outfit. The name, 'Front End Loader' was originally chosen as a ridiculous, strictly temporary band name, as the group needed to call themselves something to be able to enter into the Sydney University band competition.
Their first album was the self-titled Front End Loader, featuring the singles "Weak as Piss", "'Fraid Knot" and "All Star Jam". An appearance at the 1993 Sydney 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...
was the band's first experience of rock festival excess.
In early 1994 they released the Adolescent Fantasy World EP, and second album Let's Ride!, was released in March 1995. Their third album, Last of the V8 Interceptors emerged in August 1997, which was named in honour of the movie Mad Max
Mad Max
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and revised by Miller and Byron Kennedy over the original script by James McCausland. The film stars Mel Gibson, who was unknown at the time. Its narrative based around the traditional western genre, Mad Max tells a story...
, featuring an ode to assisted suicide called "Pulse," which became their signature tune and experienced high rotation radio play.
In 1999 they also recorded a cover version of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits...
" with Barry Crocker
Barry Crocker
Barry Hugh Crocker OAM is a popular Australian singer, with a crooning vocal style.-Biography:...
for the Timelines compilation of songs by young bands and singers over 60.
March 2002 saw the release of album number four How Can We Fail When We're So Sincere?. In August 2003 they released a mini-album titled Ape Got Fire.
As drummer Pete Kostic played in other groups, such as the Hard-Ons
Hard-Ons
The Hard-Ons are a punk rock band from Sydney, Australia that originally formed in 1981. They have been called Australia's most commercially successful independent band, with over 250,000 total record sales. -1980s: Early days:...
and Regurgitator
Regurgitator
Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
it made it difficult for the band to find time to play and record together.
The next release, scheduled to be a live album recorded at Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
's Annandale Hotel, was anxiously awaited on by fans for approximately 4 years. Finally released on 01.04.2008, Laughing with Knives is a 2 CD set which Includes 22 tracks + a bonus 19-track disc of rarities & out-of-print recordings & an 8-page booklet with track-by-track liner notes.
In March 2011 it was announced that the band's fifth studio album, Ritardando would be released on May 6 through MGM distribution to coincide with a national tour.
Albums
- Front End Loader
- Let's Ride! (1995)
- Last of the V8 Interceptors (1997)
- How Can We Fail When We're So Sincere? (2002)
- Laughing with Knives (2008)
- Ritardando (2011)
EPs
- Adolescent Fantasy World (1994)
- The Bejesus (1994)
- Ape Got Fire (2008)
Singles
- "Weak as Piss"
- "'Fraid Knot"
- "All Star Jam"
- "Pulse"
- "We Don't Understand You"
- "Wake Up Call"
- "They're Trying to Kill Me"
- "Trains (1995)"
External links
- FrontEndLoader.com.au
- www.myspace.com/frontendloader Front End Loader's own My Space website
- Front End Loader's FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
music page - Front End Loader on the Shock RecordsShock RecordsShock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...
website - Front End Loader on the Red Line Records website