Bodyjar

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Bodyjar
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s)	Punk rock
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	Shagpile/Shock (1994-1999) EMI/Capitol (2000-2004) Shock (2005-present)
Website	Official website
Members
Cameron Baines Grant Relf Tom Read Shane Wakker
Former members
Ben Patterson Ross Heatherington Charles Zerafa

Bodyjar is an Australian punk-pop band based in Melbourne, which has been together since 1994, when they changed their name from 'Helium'.

The current lineup includes only two original members - vocalist/guitarist Cameron Baines and bassist Grant Relf. Guitarist Tom Read and drummer Shane Wakker complete the current line up. Tom replaced founding member Ben Patterson who left before How It Works and in early 2004 Shane replaced long-time drummer Ross Heatherington who had been with the band since Charles Zerafa left after recording the drums on Take A Look Inside.

Though independent for the majority of their career, Bodyjar released two studio albums for EMI/Capitol in the early 2000’s. The first album for the major, How It Works, reached the top 20 on the Australian ARIAnet albums chart in 2000 and achieved gold sales (35,000 copies). The album’s first single "Not the Same" was also featured in a Pepsi campaign and the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and MX Superfly. After their second major label album Plastic Skies and a retrospective featuring new and rare material failed to build on the success of How It Works, Bodyjar have since begun anew with their old label Shock Records, starting with 2005’s self-titled album.

Despite having their commercial peak seemingly behind them, Bodyjar remain a major attraction on the all-ages circuit in Australia, and continue to tour and play festivals. Selections from their discography have also been repackaged and released for the American and Japanese markets, where they have consolidated live followings.

At the beginning of 2007, Baines and Wakker launched their new harder-edged side project Daughters Of The Rich, with Mark Brunott (ex-For Amusement Only) and Mikey Juler completing the lineup.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Albums
- 1.2 EPs
2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio Albums

You Can't Hold Me Down, 1993 (as Helium)
Take A Look Inside, 1994
Rimshot, 1996
No Touch Red, 1998
How It Works, 2000
Plastic Skies, 2002
Bodyjar, 2005

[edit] Live Albums

Is It Alive, 2007

[edit] Compilations

Singles and Stuff, 1999
Jarchives: 10 Years of Bodyjar, 2003 DVD release and album
Time To Grow Up, 2004 (Brazil-only compilation with similar tracklisting to Singles and Stuff)