| Strawpeople | |
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| Origin | New Zealand |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG |
| Website | www.strawpeople.co.nz |
| Members | |
| Paul Casserly | |
| Past members | |
| Mark Tierney Stephanie Tauevihi Fiona McDonald |
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Strawpeople are a New Zealand band. They were created by Paul Casserly and Mark Tierney after they had met while working at the Auckland university radio station now known as 95 bFM.
Over the years they have recorded covers of songs such as The Cars' Drive, John Hiatt’s Have a Little Faith in Me and The Church’s Under the Milky Way.[1]
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The Strawpeople, being a studio based recording outfit, have had a revolving door lineup of vocalists, normally female and from New Zealand. Notable vocalists include Leza Corban, Stephanie Tauevihi, Fiona McDonald, a vocalist from another New Zealand band The Headless Chickens, Jordan Reyne and sisters Bic and Pearl Runga.
| Date | Title | Label | Country | Charted | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Hemisphere | Pagan Records | NZ | - | PACD1067 |
| 1992 | Worldservice | Pagan Records | NZ | 30 | PACD1086 |
| 1994 | Broadcast | Epic Records | NZ | 7 | 477675.2 / 477676.2 (2CD)[2] |
| 1996 | Vicarious | Columbia Records | NZ | 4 | 485270.2 |
| 1997 | 100 Street Transistors | Columbia Records | NZ | 19 | 487709.2 |
| 2000 | No New Messages | Epic Records | NZ | 10 | 495498.2 |
| 2000 | The Best Of 1990-2000 | Epic Records | NZ | 26 | 5011412000 |
| 2004 | Count Backwards From 10 | Epic Records / CRS Records | NZ | 20 | 5173692000 |
| Year | Single | Album | Country | Charted | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Blue | Hemisphere | - | - | - |
| 1990 | One Good Reason | Hemisphere | - | - | - |
| 1991 | The Slide | Worldservice | - | - | - |
| 1992 | Love Explodes | Worldservice | - | - | - |
| 1992 | Have a Little Faith | Worldservice | - | 36 | - |
| 1994 | Under the Milky Way | Broadcast | - | - | - |
| 1994 | Trick with a Knife | Broadcast | - | 16 | - |
| 1994 | Crying | Broadcast | - | 26 | - |
| 1995 | Sweet Disorder | Broadcast | - | 27 | - |
| 1995 | Beautiful Skin | Broadcast | - | - | - |
| 1996 | Taller than God | Vicarious | - | 19 | - |
| 1996 | Boxers | Vicarious | - | 44 | - |
| 1997 | Spoiler | Vicarious | - | 47 | - |
| 1999 | Scared of Flying | No New Messages | - | 45 | - |
| 2000 | Drive | No New Messages | - | 7 | - |