| Butterfingers | |
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| Origin | Brisbane, Australia |
| Genres | Hip hop, Alternative rock, Punk |
| Years active | 2001–2009 |
| Labels | Valley Trash, Festival Mushroom, Warner |
| Website | http://www.butterfingers.info |
| Members | |
| Eddie Mark Jacobson Olly Thomas Dave Crane Damien Green |
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Butterfingers were an Australian hip hop group from Ipswich, Queensland. Most of their releases are on their own label, Valley Trash Records.
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The group was formed when lead vocalist 'Evil' Eddie Mark 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 #38 and #15 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, 3 May 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 (Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me)". 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 27 May 2006, which peaked at #14 on the album chart.[7] A single from the album, "Get Up Outta the Dirt", was released on 3 June 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,[11] which landed on Triple J's "hit list" of songs receiving medium to high rotation.[12] A music video was produced for this song and was played on jtv,[13] and on rage,[14] and also Video Hits.
With the band on a presumed hiatus, lead vocalist Eddie Jacobson began performing with Brisbane-based punk band, SpitFireLiar.[15] Jacobson has also gone onto a solo single under the name Evil Eddie, entitled "Queensland,".[16][17]
To be honest, I’m really gonna focus on the solo thing as much as possible, the other things are all collaborative; the solo thing is gonna be similar to what Butterfingers has previously sounded like. I was submitting a lot of the music for Butterfingers, I haven’t finished it all yet.—Eddie Jacobson[15]
Jacobson's debut solo album is set for release in early 2011.
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[18]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Get Up Outta the Dirt" – Eddie Jacobson | Most Performed Urban Work[19] | Won |