Butterfingers

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Butterfingers
Origin Brisbane, Australia
Genre(s) Hip hop, Alternative rock, Punk
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Valley Trash, Festival Mushroom, Warner
Website http://www.butterfingers.info
Members
'Evil' Eddie Jacobson : Vocals, guitar, samples
Olly Thomas : Percussion, samples, vocals
Dave 'The Chainsaw' Crane : Bass guitar, vocals
Damien Green : Drums, vocals

Butterfingers are an Australian hip hop group from Brisbane, Queensland. Most of their releases are on their own label, Valley Trash Records.

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[edit] History

The group was formed when lead vocalist "Evil" Eddie Jacobson booked himself in for a gig at The Zoo, a bar in Brisbane, without a band or any intentions of performing solo. The venue held Jacobson's booking to him and after two weeks of panic and a sloppy debut performance, a backing band was assembled featuring DJ/percussionist Olly Thomas, bassist Dave Crane, and drummer Damien Green.

Their first two singles "Everytime" and "I Love Work", reached #15 and #38 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003.[1]

Their next single "Yo Mama" also receiving airplay on Triple J with the group's debut album, Breakfast at Fatboys, on its national release, May 3, 2004, awarded Triple J 'Album of the Week'. The album debuted at #15 on the ARIA Album charts and was also nominated for the Best Independent Release ARIA Award.[2] "Yo Mama" charted at #17 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004.[3] In October 2004 Butterfingers scored a Guest Programming spot on rage.[4]

In March 2005 Butterfingers aligned themselves with Festival Mushroom Records through a licensing deal between FMR and Valley Trash, the bands in-house label. Their first (and last) co-release was in June 2005 with the release of the single, "Figjam". The song peaked at #50[5] and in October 2005, "Figjam" was nominated for the Best Urban Release ARIA Award.[2] "Figjam" and the preceding single, "Jesus I Was Evil" (a Darcy Clay cover) charted at #11 and #69 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005.[6]

The band released a new album, The Deeper You Dig... on May 27, 2006, which peaked at #14 on the album chart.[7] A single from the album, "Get Up Outta the Dirt", was released on June 3, 2006. The single peaked at #36,[8] and charted at #83 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006.[9]

In June, 2007 the band won an APRA award - 'Most Performed Urban Work' for "Get Up Outta the Dirt".[10] The group then released "Nothin Much Happens" as a single in October 2007, which landed on Triple J's "hit list" of songs receiving medium to high rotation.[11] A music video was produced for this song and was played on jtv,[12] and on rage[13], and also Video Hits.[citation needed]

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  • "Everytime" - Valley Trash (April 7, 2003)
  • "I Love Work" - Valley Trash (November 3, 2003)
  • "Everybodys Jesus" - Valley Trash (January 24, 2005)
  • "Figjam" - Festival Mushroom (April 18, 2005) AUS #50
  • "Get Up Outta the Dirt" - Warner(April 3, 2006) AUS #36
  • "I Like Em When They're Trouble" (2006)
  • "Nothin' Much Happens" (2007)

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