Hoss is a hard rock band based in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. One of a string of 90s hard rock bands on Melbourne's Dog Meat Records

Dog Meat Records

Dog Meat Records was a record label for the Australian hard rock music scene in the 1990s. It released such artists as Hoss, Powder Monkeys, Splatterheads and others....

 that included the Powder Monkeys

Powder Monkeys

The Powder Monkeys were an Australian punk/indie rock band, based in Melbourne, Led by Tim Hemensley, they existed from 1991 to 2002, and were renowned as a live act.-History:...

 and Splatterheads, Hoss was primarily a vehicle for the songs of front man, Joel Silbersher

Joel Silbersher

Joel Silbersher is a musician from Melbourne, Australia, who was the singer and guitar player for rock and roll band, GOD . GOD had a minor but enduring hit with "My Pal," a song written by Silbersher. Since its release in 1988, "My Pal" has been covered by bands such as Magic Dirt, Violent Soho,...

. Silbersher also makes solo records, collaborated with guitarist Charlie Owen

Charlie Owen (musician)

Charlie Owen is an Australian guitar player who lives in St Kilda Melbourne Australia. He is a member of Tex, Don and Charlie, The Beasts of Bourbon, Tex Perkins and The Dark Horses, Large Number 12s, Maurice Frawley and The Working Class Ringos, Tendrils, the Divinyls and Tex Perkins and his...

 under the name of Tendrils

Tendrils

Tendrils is an irregular collaboration between noted Australian guitarists, Joel Silbersher and Charlie Owen. A difficult sound to describe, Tendrils features two seemingly chaotic but strangely melodic and complementary, guitar parts and occasionally stripped back percussion.Starting out billed...

 and tours as a backing musician with acts such as Tex Perkins

Tex Perkins

Tex Perkins is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many...

 and the Dirty Three

Dirty Three

Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis , Mick Turner and Jim White , originating from Melbourne, Australia. Since the Dirty Three formed in 1992, they have spent a lot of time overseas...

.

On their original records, Hoss was recognisably influenced by 70s garage and boogie hard rock such as Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

, Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...

 and The Stooges

The Stooges

The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...

. However by their last album, Do You Leave Here Often?, the band had evolved to a more complex sound that continued to exhibit hard rock influences but also started to use more sophisticated arrangements reminiscent of bands such as the Afghan Whigs.

Although Silbersher was the focal point of Hoss, the rest of the line up was largely stable and enduring.

Band members

• Joel Silbersher
  Joel Silbersher
  Joel Silbersher is a musician from Melbourne, Australia, who was the singer and guitar player for rock and roll band, GOD . GOD had a minor but enduring hit with "My Pal," a song written by Silbersher. Since its release in 1988, "My Pal" has been covered by bands such as Magic Dirt, Violent Soho,...
  
   - vocals, guitars, keyboards, producer
• Scott Bailey - bass
• Dean Muller - drums, vocals
• Jimmy Sfetsos - guitars

Former Band Members:

• Michael Weber
  Michael Weber
  Michael Weber was the lead guitarist of the Seminal Rats from 1984 until his death from an accidental heroin overdose. Weber also worked as a technician at the Maton guitar facility...
  
   - guitar (1990–92)
• Todd McNear - drums (1990–92)
• Michael Glenn - drums (1992–95)

Discography

• Green 7" vinyl ANDA118 (Au-go-go Records) 1990
• Guzzle 12" LP ANDA119 (Au-go-go Records) 1990
• It's Everywhere 7" vinyl DOG033 (Dog Meat Records) 1991
• You Get Nothing LP/CD DOG034 (Dog Meat Records) 1992
• Cave Me In CDEP DOG049 (Dog Meat Records) 1992
• Bring on the Juice CD DOG051 (Dog Meat Records) 1993
• The Tiredest Man Awake 7" vinyl DV-005 (Death Valley Records) 1993
• Gentle Claws CDEP DOG060 (Dog Meat Records) 1992
• Everyday Lies CD DOG069 (Dog Meat Records) 1995?
• The goddess has time 7" vinyl WW1 (Wigwam Records) 1998
• Do You Leave Here Often? CD Mong 01 (Mongrel Records) 1997

External links

• http://web.archive.org/web/20091027133455/http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/8704/mlbrock2minc.html
  
• http://www.nkvdrecords.com/augodisc.htm