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The Throwaways was an Australian band from 1989 to 1995.

Band members included Marc Dorey, Sean Baxter, Dave Kendal, Mat Butler and later Matt Charles.

Discography

Boogie Wonderland EP (with The Meanies and Nice Girls From Cincinnati)
Angle Grinder CD
Teeth (with Spiderbait, Guttersnipes and The Meanies) EP
Wally's Wild Weekend Live Compilation LP

Postmadonna Primadonna CD

Formation

Meeting at high school in the mid-1980s in Geelong, Butler and Dorey proposed the formation of what would become The Throwaways. The first musical output at this point was limited to a rough demo of several songs recorded by Dorey and Butler under the mock-punk name Adolf Hitler and the Gas Chambers. It was recorded on a portable cassette deck modified by Butler to permit lo-fi mulitracking.

In 1987 Butler and Dorey moved to Melbourne. At University College, Dorey met fellow resident David Kendal, and in 1988 Sean Baxter.

First Lineup

In late 1988 Kendal (bass), Baxter (drums), Dorey (guitar), Butler (vocals and guitar) held the first Throwaways rehearsal, although the name was not coined at this time. In a corrugated iron shed at Kendal's Bacchus Marsh house. Also in attendance at this rehearsal was Ricky Drewitt (guitar).

Through 1989 the Kendal-Baxter-Dorey-Butler lineup rehearsed a 30 minute set of tunes that saw the initial 1960s pop aesthetic mesh with a more hardcore approach to instrumentation. These rehearsals led to the first show as an entrant in a battle of the bands competition held at Melbourne University in late 1989, supporting a Cosmic Psychos show. The Throwaways failed to make the next heat of the contest.

Over the next six years, The Throwaways were regular fixtures on Melbourne's inner city alternative music scene, playing at venues such as The Tote, The Punters Club, The Great Britain Hotel and The Richmond Club.

Second Lineup

In 1993 Butler left the group, but remained an active supporter and counsel. He was replaced by Mat Charles, whose arrival introduced a new aesthetic strain, and the band saw a move away from its 60s pop origins.

References

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-'''The Throwaways''' were a musical group from Melbourne, Australia 1989-1995.
-Members: Marc Dorey, Sean Baxter, Dave Kendal, Mat Butler and later Matt Charles.
-Recordings: Boogie Wonderland EP (with The Meanies and Nice Girls From Cincinnati), Angle Grinder CD, Teeth (with [[Spiderbait]], [[Guttersnipes]] and [[The Meanies]]) EP, Wally's Wild Weekend Live Compilation LP, Postmadonna Primadonna CD
-==Formation==
-Meeting at high school in the mid-1980s in the provincial city of Geelong, Mat Butler and Marc Dorey proposed the
-formation of what would become The Throwaways.  Influenced heavily by mid-1960s British Beat acts such as The Kinks and The Who, and US acts such as the Velvet Underground and The Doors, they gravitated toward the then underground Australian scene of the era, where acts as the Hoodoo Gurus, the Stems, Huxton Creepers and the Go Betweens were producing a range of 1960s garage-influenced post-punk tunes.
+'''The Throwaways''' was an [[Australia]]n band from [[1989]] to [[1995]].
-The first musical output at this point was limited to a rough demo of several songs recorded by Dorey and Butler under the mock-punk name "Adolf Hitler and the Gas Chambers", on a portable cassette deck modified by Butler to permit lo-fi mulitracking.
+Band members included Marc Dorey, Sean Baxter, Dave Kendal, Mat Butler and later Matt Charles.
-In 1987 Butler & Dorey moved to Melbourne. At University College, Dorey met fellow resident David Kendal, and in 1988 Sean Baxter.  A fellow resident of the college was Mark Maher ("Kram"), later of [[Spiderbait]], with whom The Throwaways, [[Guttersnipes]] and the Meanies would release the "Teeth" compilation.
-==First Lineup==
-In late 1988 Kendal (bass), Baxter (drums), Dorey (guitar), Butler (vocals and guitar) held the first rehearsal of
-The Throwaways (although the name was not coined at this time), in a corrugated iron shed at Kendal's Bacchus
-Marsh house.  Also in attendance at this rehearsal was Ricky Drewitt (guitar).  Essentially a free-from feedback
-jam, with occasional segues in to lyrical/chord motifs provided by Butler, the session laid the groundwork for the
-band's melodic noise aesthetic.  The rehearsal saw the first airing of songs that later became fixtures of early live
-sets such as "Tarmac", "Violent", and "Girl in the Lava Lamp".  This session culminated in the members propping
-their respective instruments up against amplifiers left at full volume, and exiting the shed in order to spend the
-rest of the night drinking beer and listening to the resulting wall of noise over several hours.
+==Discography==
-Through 1989 the Kendal-Baxter-Dorey-Butler lineup rehearsed a 30 minute set of tunes that saw the initial 60s
+*Boogie Wonderland EP (with The Meanies and Nice Girls From Cincinnati)
-pop aesthetic mesh with a more hardcore approach to instrumentation indicated by the Detroit punk school,
+*Angle Grinder CD
-especially as practiced by antipodean exponents such as The Saints and Radio Birdman, with occasional forays
+*Teeth (with [[Spiderbait]], [[Guttersnipes]] and [[The Meanies]]) EP
-into Who-esque jams.  These rehearsals led to the first show as an entrant in a 'battle of the bands' competition held at Melbourne University in late 1989, supporting a Cosmic Psychos show.  While the band clearly won over the punk-oriented crowd with a swift 15 minute set culminating in a self-indulgent display of feed back and instrument destruction, the competition's judges were not so swayed, and The Throwaways failed to make the next heat of the contest.
+*Wally's Wild Weekend Live Compilation LP
+*
+Postmadonna Primadonna CD
+==Formation==
-Over the next six years, The Throwaways were regular fixtures on Melbourne's inner city alternative music scene, playing at venues such as The Tote, The Punters Club, The Great Britain Hotel and the Richmond Club.
+Meeting at high school in the mid-1980s in [[Geelong]], Butler and Dorey proposed the formation of what would become The Throwaways. The first musical output at this point was limited to a rough demo of several songs recorded by Dorey and Butler under the mock-punk name Adolf Hitler and the Gas Chambers. It was recorded on a portable cassette deck modified by Butler to permit lo-fi [[mulitracking]].
-==Second Lineup==
-In 1993 Butler left the group, but remained an active supporter and counsel.  He was replaced by Mat Charles, whose arrival introduced a new aesthetic strain inspired by Captain Beefheart and early 80s goth/punk practitioners such as the Birthday Party and Einsturzende Neubauten.
+In [[1987]] Butler and Dorey moved to [[Melbourne]]. At [[University College]], Dorey met fellow resident David Kendal, and in [[1988]] Sean Baxter.
-These influences meshed with three emerging aesthetic streams within the band that saw a move away from its 60s pop origins : avant-garde jazz; Alternative Tentacles art-punk acts such as NoMeansNo and the Dead Kennedys; and metal influences such as Napalm Death and Slayer. The results of this direction, PostMadonna Primadonna, were recorded by producer Simon Grounds and released by Dr Jims records.
-==Exeunt Omnes Alles==
-The band dissolved in 1995.
+==First Lineup==
-A number of bands have subsequently ripped off the name "The Throwaways".
+In late [[1988]] Kendal (bass), Baxter (drums), Dorey (guitar), Butler (vocals and guitar) held the first Throwaways rehearsal, although the name was not coined at this time. In a corrugated iron shed at Kendal's Bacchus
+Marsh house. Also in attendance at this rehearsal was Ricky Drewitt (guitar).
+Through [[1989]] the Kendal-Baxter-Dorey-Butler lineup rehearsed a 30 minute set of tunes that saw the initial 1960s pop aesthetic mesh with a more hardcore approach to instrumentation. These rehearsals led to the first show as an entrant in a battle of the bands competition held at [[Melbourne University]] in late [[1989]], supporting a [[Cosmic Psychos]] show. The Throwaways failed to make the next heat of the contest.
-throwaway: n. something designed to be discarded after use; a child who has been rejected
-. adj. designed or intended to be discarded after use; readily discarding things; having been rejected, ejected, or abandoned. written or delivered in a low-key or offhand manner.
+Over the next six years, The Throwaways were regular fixtures on Melbourne's inner city [[alternative music]] scene, playing at venues such as [[The Tote]], [[The Punters Club]], [[The Great Britain Hotel]] and [[The Richmond Club]].
+==Second Lineup==
+In [[1993]] Butler left the group, but remained an active supporter and counsel.  He was replaced by Mat Charles, whose arrival introduced a new aesthetic strain, and the band saw a move away from its 60s pop origins.
 == References==