Juice (band)
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1991
- Amarnath Jones (guitar, vocals)
- Krishna Jones (guitar, vocals)
- David Kyle (bass)
- Lucius BorichLucius BorichLucius Borich is an Australian musician, best known as the current drummer for the band Cog, and previously the drummer in funk metal band Juice and in The Hanging Tree.-Biography:...
(drums)
1995
- Amarnath Jones (guitar, vocals)
- Krishna Jones (guitar, vocals)
- Ben Rosen (bass)
- Lucius Borich (drums)
1996
- Amarnath Jones (guitar, vocals)
- Krishna Jones (guitar, vocals)
- Ben Rosen (bass)
- Simon Cox (drums)
History
This Sydney band played a fiery fusion of hard funk, aggressive rock, psychedelia and soul (somewhere between FunkadelicFunkadelic
Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
and the `stoned soul picnic' stylings of Sly and the Family Stone). Juice was one of a number of young bands at that time exploring diverse musical avenues on the traditional Australian pub-rock scene: d.i.g.'s acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
, Swoop's soulful funk grooves, Def FX
Def FX
Def FX was an Australian industrial-dance-rock group, formed in Sydney. The core of the group was keyboardist and vocalist Sean Lowry and vocalist Fiona Horne ....
's techno-metal, Skunkhour
Skunkhour
Skunkhour were a Sydney-based Australian band that was active in the 1990s, before disbanding in 2001.Formed in 1991, the band is named after a poem by Robert Lowell entitled "Skunk Hour"...
's funk'n'rap and Caligula
Caligula
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's techno-pop. Amarnath and Krishna are the sons of Phil Jones who worked with The Unknown Blues in the 1960s, before travelling to the UK where he joined progressive band Quintessence. Lucius Borich
Lucius Borich
Lucius Borich is an Australian musician, best known as the current drummer for the band Cog, and previously the drummer in funk metal band Juice and in The Hanging Tree.-Biography:...
is the son of 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...
legend Kevin Borich
Kevin Borich
Kevin Nicholas Borich is a New Zealand-born Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter...
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Juice supported the likes of 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...
and INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
and issued its debut, self-titled CD EP `Movin' on' (April 1993), which stayed on the alternative chart for 15 weeks and was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Independent Release. The band issued its full-length album Wine of Life in May 1994 on Polydor Records. Wine of Life yielded the CD singles "Skyhigh/Own Thing" (April 1994) and "Paper World" (November). David Kyle left before the album's release, to be replaced by Ben Rosen. Likewise, Borich left in early 1995 to form heavy stoner rock band The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree (band)
The Hanging Tree was an Australian stoner rock band of the mid to late 1990s.-History:Formed in the early 90s by Daniel Parkinson, The Hanging Tree suffered from the usual lack of a permanent drummer until former Juice member Lucius Borich moved in to the position and the band began to establish a...
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Meanwhile, Chris Simms had replaced Borich in Juice, and the band supported overseas visitors Radiohead
Radiohead
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and The Tea Party
The Tea Party
The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
on their Australian tours. Juice issued the CD single `Never Enough' in June 1995, followed by the CD EP `Fractured' in September. Simon Cox replaced Simms on drums, but by early 1996 Juice had split.
In 1998, Lucius Borich
Lucius Borich
Lucius Borich is an Australian musician, best known as the current drummer for the band Cog, and previously the drummer in funk metal band Juice and in The Hanging Tree.-Biography:...
, along with Flynn Gower
Flynn Gower
Flynn Gower is an Australian vocalist, composer and guitarist, best known as frontman of the rock band Cog. He was also a guitarist in now-defunct funk metal band The Hanging Tree.-Biography:...
from The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree (band)
The Hanging Tree was an Australian stoner rock band of the mid to late 1990s.-History:Formed in the early 90s by Daniel Parkinson, The Hanging Tree suffered from the usual lack of a permanent drummer until former Juice member Lucius Borich moved in to the position and the band began to establish a...
formed Cog
Cog (band)
Cog are an Australian progressive rock band that formed in 1998. Their debut album The New Normal was nominated for Triple J's 2005 J Award. The band's music draws influences from Tool, Isis, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Leftfield, Deftones and Helmet...
In 1999, Krishna and Amarnath Jones re-emerged with their new band, Juggernaut.
In 2002, Krishna Jones formed nu-metal band Beacon with Emelyn Walters from The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree (band)
The Hanging Tree was an Australian stoner rock band of the mid to late 1990s.-History:Formed in the early 90s by Daniel Parkinson, The Hanging Tree suffered from the usual lack of a permanent drummer until former Juice member Lucius Borich moved in to the position and the band began to establish a...
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Ben Rosen has since gone on to remix Marilyn Manson, Unwritten Law, Nikka Costa, Grinspoon, 8mm and also start his own audio company in Singapore, The Gunnery
Singles and EPs
- Never Enough (1995)
- Lonely/Freedom(1994)
- Paper World (1994)
- Skyhigh/Own Thing (1994)
- Movin' On (1993)
- Don't Give It Up (1993)AUS #80