The Panics
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| The Panics | |
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| Origin | Perth, Western Australia Australia |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label(s) | LittleBIGMAN Records Dew Process |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Jae Laffer Drew Wootton Myles Wootton Paul Otway Jules Douglas |
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The Panics are an indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.
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[edit] History
The band started out while Jae Laffer and Drew Wootton were still at high school. Laffer and Wootton meeting on the first day of school.
"You just look at someone and go, alright you can be my friend, you have the same haircut as me'[1]
They added Drew's younger brother Myles on drums, Paul Otway on bass and Jules Douglas (Julian Grigor) on slide guitar, keyboards and vocals soon after. They are signed to the UK-based label LittleBIGMAN Records, a label set up by Pete Carroll and Gaz Whelan, co-founder of The Happy Mondays[2].
Their first release, a self-titled EP in 2002, enjoyed high rotation on Australian radio station Triple J and community radio stations around Australia, from which they gained some attention. The following two EPs This Day Last Year and Kid You're A Dreamer also generated radio exposure across Australia.
In 2002, The Panics were the first Australian band to be invited to play at In The City, the UK's annual music convention. While in England they commenced recording tracks for their debut album, with parts being recorded in Manchester UK and the rest co-produced with Steve Bond in Australia, and mixed by Jeremy Allom (The La's, Massive Attack). A full-length album, A House on a Street in a Town I'm From followed in 2003 to local critical praise. Following the release of A House on a Street in a Town I'm From they toured Australia for the first time and also played a series of gigs with Morrissey, Gomez, Grandaddy, The Church and Badly Drawn Boy. They went on to complete several sell out national headline tours of Australia.
In 2004, the band signed a worldwide deal with Festival Publishing. They have also had several tracks featured in films, including This Day Last Year which was commissioned for Jew Boy, broadcast in 2005.
In late 2004, the band headed back to England for a second UK tour, including supporting the Happy Mondays at a sold out show to over 12,000 people on Clapham Common in London. While in England, The Panics were invited to record a live broadcast for the BBC. They performed three tracks live, which was also broadcast throughout the UK and digitally worldwide. The band then based themselves in Manchester and commenced writing new material for their next album, Sleeps Like a Curse. On return to Australia they recorded the album at Megaphone studios in Sydney with Australian producer Tim Whitten (who produced albums by The Clouds, Powderfinger, Art of Fighting, The Go Betweens, The Necks, 78 Saab and worked in England with The Smiths).
Their second album, Sleeps Like a Curse was released in August, 2005, and was nominated for a J Award in the same year[3]. Shortly after the release of the album, the band relocated to Melbourne, where they were still based as at November 2007, with a number of the band's members sharing a house in the inner city suburb of Collingwood.
The song "Monkeys in the Hallway" (from A House on a Street in a Town I'm From) was used in an episode of the television drama series, Tripping Over in 2007.[4]
In February 2007 The Panics signed with Dew Process[5], and under this new label their third album, Cruel Guards, was released on October 13, 2007. The album was Triple J's feature album for the week of October 8, 2007 [6] and went on to win the 2007 J Award[7].
The song "Don't Fight It" was featured in an episode of the Australian television drama series, Underbelly and appears on the soundtrack album.[8][9]
[edit] Members
- Jae Laffer - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Drew Wootton - guitar
- Myles Wootton - drums
- Paul Otway - bass
- Jules Douglas (Julian Grigor) - keyboard, guitar, vocals
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- A House on a Street in a Town I'm From - LittleBIGMAN Records (August, 2003)
- Sleeps Like a Curse - LittleBIGMAN Records (August, 2005)
- Cruel Guards - Dew Process (13 October, 2007)
[edit] EPs
- The Panics (EP 1) - LittleBIGMAN Records (January, 2002)
- The Panics (EP 2) - LittleBIGMAN Records (July, 2002)
- Crack in the Wall - LittleBIGMAN Records (April, 2004)
- Factory Girl - LittleBIGMAN Records (October, 2006)
[edit] Singles
- "Kid You're A Dreamer" - LittleBIGMAN Records (February, 2003)
- "Don't Fight It" - LittleBIGMAN Records (February, 2008)
[edit] Compilation appearances
- Home & Hosed - Freshly Plucked - (October 2004)
- Kiss My WAMi 2006 - (February 2006)
[edit] References
- ^ Panics. Music Australia. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ^ Madchester Memories — An Interview with Peter Carroll. CD Times (2004-12-17). Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
- ^ 2005 J Award nominations
- ^ Tripping Over Episode Guide (Episode Six). Five TV. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ^ Dew Process signs The Panics. Dew Process (2007-02-15). Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
- ^ Triple J Album review. Triple J (2007-10-20). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ 2007 J Award nominations
- ^ Undercover - Banned Underbelly Has An Unbanned Soundtrack
- ^ Undercover - Soundtrack
