Something for Kate

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Something For Kate
Origin Melbourne,
Country Australia
Years active 1995–present
Genres Alternative rock
Australian rock
Labels Sony BMG
Members Paul Dempsey
Stephanie Ashworth
Clint Hyndman

Something For Kate is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman, and bassist Stephanie Ashworth. The group was founded in 1994, with Julian Carroll as the original bass player. Something For Kate have widespread popularity in Australia, but have yet to penetrate the American market. Their most recent album "Desert Lights" was released on the 1st July 2006, and debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts and by the end of the month was certified gold. They have been one of the most popular and enduring Australian alternative/rock bands of the 1990s -- in 2003 they were nominated for three ARIA Awards -- and have a dedicated fanbase.

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[edit] Members

Dempsey and Hyndman met at Padua College, Mornington Peninsula. Ashworth joined in 1998 after a distinguished career in the band Sandpit, turning down an offer to play with American band Hole.

Ashworth is the only current non-founding member. Previous bassists include:

  • Julian Carroll 1995-97 (Carroll played with the band on 2nd September 2004 at a special one-off 10-year celebration gig at Melbourne's Prince of Wales.)
  • Toby Ralph 1997-98

Touring members have included:

  • Wally Gunn - second guitar and keyboards.
  • Phillip 'Pip' Branson - second guitar and violin.
    Ex-member of Sydney band Sidewinder, and currently (2005) playing with band as "Pip Branson Corporation".
  • Simon Burke - keyboards

[edit] The band's name

Early on they used the name "El Presidentè", before changing that to "Fish of the Day". The publican at their first gig suggested they change it. The new words were chosen from a shopping list, Kate being Paul Dempsey's Jack Russell terrier. Fans often shorten the name to SFK.

Something for Kate and Paul Dempsey have played secret shows under pseudonyms. Some of the names used include:

  • George Kaplan and the Editors (referencing The Official Fiction)
  • Max Planck and the horse he rode in on (referencing The Official Fiction)
  • Captain Pinstripe (referencing two of their songs from Elsewhere for 8 Minutes)
  • Jerry & the Manmade Sharks (referencing Beautiful Sharks)
  • Transparanoia (referencing Desert Lights)

[edit] Discography

[edit] LPs

[edit] EPs

  • ...Answer to Both Your Questions 1996
  • Intermission 1997

[edit] Singles

From Elsewhere for 8 Minutes:

  • Captain (Million Miles Per Hour) 1997
  • Prick 1997
  • Working Against Me 1998
  • Roll Credit 1998
  • Harpoon/Clint 1998 (Split A-side with Jebediah. Two different versions released, SFK's vinyl, and jebediah's CD version (harpoon EP) both with different cover art.

From Beautiful Sharks:

From Echolalia:

From The Official Fiction:

  • Déjà Vu 2003
  • Song For A Sleepwalker 2003
  • Best Weapon 2003 (promo only)
  • Moving Right Along 2004

From Desert Lights:

  • Cigarettes And Suitcases 2006
  • Oh Kamikaze 2006

[edit] Film clips

All clips directed by Bart Boghesi unless otherwise stated.

There have been two official video releases, a VHS only video titled Big Screen Television (also refered to as The World According to Bart) and a DVD titled A Diversion. The DVD features a short film with a soundtrack composed by Paul Dempsey, and 29 live video clips from various concerts.

The film clips from Subject to Change to Whatever you Want, along with a live version of Truly (recorded at the UNSW Roundhouse), appear on Big Screen Television.

  • Subject to Change
  • Dean Martin
  • Captain 1997
  • Prick 1997 - Directed by Toby Ralph
  • Working Against Me 1998
  • Roll Credit - First appearance of Stephanie Ashworth
  • Electricity 1999
  • Hallways 1999
  • Whatever You Want 1999
  • The Astronaut 2000 - Directed by Morgan Christie
  • Monsters 2001
  • Three Dimensions 2001
  • Twenty Years 2001
  • Say Something 2002 - Directed by Morgan Christie
  • You Only Hide 2002 - Video clip featured on the band's DVD as a extra
  • Déjà Vu 2003 - Directed by Grant ??
  • Song For A Sleepwalker 2003
  • Best Weapon 2003 - This was a "non-commercial single" and the film clip featured the band playing live at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney
  • Moving Right Along 2004 - Directed by Rupert Glasson
  • Cigarettes And Suitcases 2006 - Directed by Matt Weston of Syndicate Films
  • Oh Kamikaze 2006


[edit] External links

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