User:Dan arndt/sanbox/Combat Wombat
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| Combat Wombat | |
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| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Label(s) | Elefant Traks |
| Associated acts | MetaBass ‘n’ Breath Heavyweight Dub Champion Phat Logic |
| Website | Official webpage |
| Members | |
| Marc Peckham (aka Monkey Marc) Tom Jones (aka DJ Wasabi) Marlon Ray G. Porter (aka Elf Tranzporter) Izzy Brown (aka MC Izzy) |
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Combat Wombat are an Australian hip-hop group from Melbourne. The group comprises Monkey Marc, DJ Wasabi, Elf Tranzporter and MC Izzy.
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[edit] Biography
The band's name came about because they used to drive around in a camouflage painted van that looked like a giant wombat.
'...one day whilst we were touring around the desert with our solar powered sound system (Labrats) my mate Rufus said why don't you call your band Combat Wombat... so we did.'[1]
[edit] Monkey Marc
Marc Peckham (aka Monkey Marc) was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1973 and moved to Australia in 1987. Porter has been writing music he was 11 and has been making electronic music with real gear since 1996.
[edit] MC Izzy
Izzy Brown (aka MC Izzy)grew up with one parent working for ASIO and subsequently the family moved home consistently – she ran away at 16 to a life on the road.
[edit] DJ Wasabi
Tom Jones (aka DJ Wasabi) was born in Matong, New South Wales in 1985. At just 18, Jones set up his own label, Fortknight Productions, under which he has produced five albums including the new album by Labrats. Jones first played with Combat Wombat when they were doing a free party in Newcastle, New South Wales in 2000, but didn't offically join the group until 2002. In 2004 he was invited to remix "Waltzing Matilda" for comic outfit Scared Weird Little Guys and subsequently performed with the trio at the Melbourne Comedy Festival National Telethon. DJ Wasabi was an ARIA award winner in 2004 for his turntable work on the Scared Weird Little Guys' album, Bits and Pieces. He currently performs with and writes music for several bands including Bad Boy Batukada, Ilzilla and Fortknight. He also performs in numerous other groups around Melbourne including Phat Logic.
[edit] Elf Tranzporter
Marlon Porter (aka Elf Transporter) was born in Los Angeles and emigrated to Australia in 1991. Porter was one of the founding members of early underground Australian hip-hop collective MetaBass ‘n’ Breath.[2]He is also an ‘offshore’ member of San Francisco group Heavyweight Dub Champion. In addition to the above duties, he’s also shared the stage with the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Jurassic 5 and Grand Wizard Theodore, whilst also playing a crucial role in the development of Melbourne-based acts such as True Live and Red Eyes.
Their first real performance as Combat Wombat was on a Channel Seven music program[3]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Lab Rats Solar Powered Sound System
- Unsound $ystem - Elefant Traks/Inertia Records (March 21, 2005)[4]
[edit] Singles
- "Qwest" feat. Seed MC (2005)
[edit] Solo releases
[edit] Elf Tranzporter
- Ethereal Lotus Fleet - Method/Shock Records (2008)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Category:Australian hip hop groups Category:Victoria musical groups
