Midnight Juggernauts
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 Sydney, October 4th 2007. MTV's The Lair. Left to right: Andy, Daniel and Vincent.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Indie Rock, Electronica, Electropop |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label(s) | Siberia Records
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| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| Vincenzi Vendetta Andrew Juggernaut Daniel Stricker |
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Midnight Juggernauts are a Melbourne based band, described by Rolling Stone US as "David Bowie if his Berlin Trilogy was a collaboration with Kraftwerk and Faust." [1] consisting of Vincent Vendetta, Andy Juggernaut and Daniel Stricker. [2] They were personally invited by French act Justice to tour North America with them in late 2007 [3] leaving their mark at the CMJ music festival [4] , later playing with !!!, Holy Fuck, Crystal Castles, Klaxons and label mate Surkin across the UK and Europe. [5] Their debut album, Dystopia, was released in Australia in late 2007, with an international release with additional material to follow in April and May of 2008.
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[edit] History
Singles released by the group in Australia include "Raised By Wolves", "Shadows", "45 & Rising", "Road to Recovery", "20,000 Leagues" and "Into the Galaxy". They also have an EP Secrets of the Universe.[6] Various Songs on various compilations including Modular’s Leave Them All Behind, FBI's Kill Your Idols cd, Kitsune Maison 4, !K7's Tsubi DJ Kicks disk, Cutcopy's Fabric release, Ministry of Sounds Mashed 3,[7] Ajax's Spin City, and more. They've remixed tracks for !!! (chk chk chk), The Presets, Dragonette, Cut Copy, VHS or Beta, Electric Six, Sébastien Tellier and Damn Arms. Others who remixed their songs include Ajax, Curses!, Cut Copy, David Rubato, D.I.M., M83, Spod, The Presets, and members of Wolfmother.
They played at various times with Bloc Party, MSTRKRFT, Scissor Sisters, Har Mar Superstar, Annie, Death from Above 1979, Justice, and Electric Six. In late 2007 they were nominated for the J Award by youth radio station Triple J for the Australian album of the year. They also featured twice in Triple J Hottest 100 2007 with "Tombstone" at 86 and "Into the Galaxy" at 57.
[edit] Discography
- Midnight Juggernauts EP (2005)
- Secrets of the Universe (2006), Siberia Label/Inertia Distribution
- "45 And Rising" 12inch (w/cut Copy Rmx) (2006) Cutters Label
- Road to Recovery single (2007) Siberia Label
- Into The Galaxy single (2007) Shiny
- Dystopia (2007) Siberia/Inertia
Videos
- "Into the Galaxy" (2007) directed by Krozm.
- "Road To Recovery" (2007) directed by Krozm.
- "Shadows" from "Secrets of The Universe" EP (2006) directed by Krozm.
- "45 and Rising" from "Secrets of The Universe" EP directed by Krozm. (2006)
- "Raised By Wolves" from "Midnight Juggernauts" EP (2005).
[edit] References
- ^ Maiden, Pete. Breaking Artist: Midnight Juggernauts. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ Moratta, Michael. Artist of the Day Midnight Juggernauts. Spin. Retrieved on 2008-1-18.
- ^ New York Staff, New York Staff. Midnight Juggernauts: we cooked Justice dinner. NME. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
- ^ Gilewicz, Samantha. Class Acts Meet ten buzzed-about CMJ bands.. Nylon. Retrieved on 2008-1-18.
- ^ Juggernauts, Midnight. Midnight Juggernauts: Tour diary :: Australian three-piece spend the fall with Justice and the Ed Banger crew in America. URB Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-2-14.
- ^ allmusic ((( Secrets of the Universe > Overview ))):. Retrieved on 2007-03-20.
- ^ Mashed 3 - Mixed by Tonite Only and Riot in Belgium:. Retrieved on 2007-03-20.
