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In March 1994 the band released its debut album, ''Manilow'', produced by Nic Dalton, on Half A Cow records.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230431929 |title=Smudge - Manilow |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=40, |issue=2 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 March 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134305361 |title=Home Entertainment: Get the tissue-box out |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=68, |issue=21,502 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 February 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In March 1994 the band released its debut album, ''Manilow'', produced by Nic Dalton, on Half A Cow records.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230431929 |title=Smudge - Manilow |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=40, |issue=2 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 March 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134305361 |title=Home Entertainment: Get the tissue-box out |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=68, |issue=21,502 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 February 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


In October 1996 they released their second album, ''You, Me, Carpark...Now!'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230434841 |title=sounds |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=42, |issue=13 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 October 1996 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which was recorded in the US, and saw a more mature and decisively less lo-fi sound. The album featured the "Mike Love, Not War" single, with the cover art featuring a parody of [[The Beach Boys]]' ''[[Pet Sounds]]'' album. The second single from the album was the three track, "Slight Return". In 1997 the band released a compilation of rarities, ''Mo Poontang''.
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During 1997-1998 the band had two guitars in line-up - Pete Kelly (ex-Disneyfist, Sea Life Park, Decoder Ring) joined the band on second guitar and helped record the album, ''Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra''.

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During 1997-1998 the band had two guitars in line-up - Pete Kelly (ex-Disneyfist, Sea Life Park, Decoder Ring) joined the band on second guitar and helped record the band's fourth album, ''Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra''.


From late October 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/gigreviews3444.html|archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20060807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/gigreviews3444.html|title=Smudge@ Goldmans, Sydney|date=8 October 1999|publisher=Oz Music Project|archivedate=7 August 2006|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref> until 2002 the band went on an extended hiatus while drummer Alison Galloway went trekking across the world. She joined [[Her Name in Lights]], which issued their debut album, ''Into the Light Again'', in October 2004, but she had already left that band before it appeared.<ref name="Gyles">{{cite web | archiveurl = http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews325e.html | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews325e.html | title = Her Name in Lights: ''Into the Light Again'' | last = Gyles | first = Soph | publisher = Oz Music Project (Jasper Lee) | archivedate = 7 August 2005 | accessdate = 16 January 2014 }}</ref>
From late October 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/gigreviews3444.html|archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20060807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/gigreviews3444.html|title=Smudge@ Goldmans, Sydney|date=8 October 1999|publisher=Oz Music Project|archivedate=7 August 2006|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref> until 2002 the band went on an extended hiatus while drummer Alison Galloway went trekking across the world. She joined [[Her Name in Lights]], which issued their debut album, ''Into the Light Again'', in October 2004, but she had already left that band before it appeared.<ref name="Gyles">{{cite web | archiveurl = http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews325e.html | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews325e.html | title = Her Name in Lights: ''Into the Light Again'' | last = Gyles | first = Soph | publisher = Oz Music Project (Jasper Lee) | archivedate = 7 August 2005 | accessdate = 16 January 2014 }}</ref>

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Smudge
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresRock
Years active1991–present
LabelsHalf A Cow Records
Shake Records
Domino Records
MembersAlison Galloway
Tom Morgan
Adam Yee
Past membersPaul Duncan
Pete Kelly

Smudge is an Australian rock band. Its frontman Tom Morgan is better known outside Australia as a songwriting collaborator of Evan Dando and his band The Lemonheads.[1]

History

Smudge was formed in 1991, initially only to contribute a song, "Tea, Toast & Turmoil", to the 1991 Half A Cow 7" compilation, Slice (along with Swirl, Jupiter and Studley Lush). The band went on to record a 7" single, "Don't Want To Be Grant McLennan", which was soon made John Peel's record of the week. On the back of this success, several more releases followed, then in 1994 bassist Paul 'Duncs' Duncan left the band and was replaced by bassist, Adam Yee (ex-Headache).

In March 1994 the band released its debut album, Manilow, produced by Nic Dalton, on Half A Cow records.[2][3]

In October 1996 they released their second album, You, Me, Carpark...Now!,[4] which was recorded in the US, and saw a more mature and decisively less lo-fi sound. The album featured the "Mike Love, Not War" single, with the cover art featuring a parody of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album. The second single from the album was the three track, "Slight Return". In 1997 the band released a compilation of rarities, Mo Poontang.

During 1997-1998 the band had two guitars in line-up - Pete Kelly (ex-Disneyfist, Sea Life Park, Decoder Ring) joined the band on second guitar and helped record the band's fourth album, Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra.

From late October 1999[5] until 2002 the band went on an extended hiatus while drummer Alison Galloway went trekking across the world. She joined Her Name in Lights, which issued their debut album, Into the Light Again, in October 2004, but she had already left that band before it appeared.[6]

The band re-united for a limited number of performances in Sydney and Melbourne at the end of 2004. In October 2008 they again performed together at the inaugural Sounds of Spring Festival in Brisbane which was followed by two performances in Melbourne the following weekend. In August 2010 the band released a compilation album, This Smudge is True,[7] and in November and December that year they supported The Lemonheads on an Australian tour playing all thirteen songs from the 1992 album It's a Shame about Ray, plus a selection of songs from other albums. Morgan and Galloway played with Dando in the encore performance of "The Outdoor Type". Smudge performed as part of the lineup for the 2011 Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia.

Discography

Albums

  • Manilow - Half A Cow/Domino/Shake (1994)[8]
  • You, Me, Carpark...Now! - Half A Cow (1996)[9]
  • Mo' Poontang - Half A Cow (1997)[10]
  • Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra - Half A Cow (1998)[11]
  • Manilow 2cd Reissue - Half A Cow (2006)
  • This Smudge Is True - Half A Cow (2010)

EPs

  • Love, Lust & Lemonjuice - Half A Cow (1992)
  • Superhero - Half A Cow/Domino (1993)
  • Hot Smoke and Sassafras - Half A Cow/Domino/Shake/100 Guitar Mania (1994)
  • Big City Poontang - Half A Cow (1995)
  • Mike Love Not War - Half A Cow (1996)
  • Impractical Joke - Half A Cow/Domino/Shake (1994)
  • Slight Return EP - Half A Cow (1996)
  • Eighteen In A Week - Half A Cow (1999)[12]

Singles

  • "Don't Want To Be Grant McLennan" - Half A Cow (1991) (7")
  • "Don't Want To Be Grant McLennan" - Shock UK (1992) (7" EP)
  • "Leroy de Foix" - Half A Cow (1992) (promotional 7")
  • "The Outdoor Type" - Domino (1993) (12"/cd)
  • "Desmond" 7 - The Bus Stop Label, USA (1994) (7")
  • "Hot Potato (demo version)" - Blind (1998) (split 7")

References

  1. ^ . http://thequietus.com/articles/04766-smudge-manilow-real-mccoy-wrong-sinatra-reissues-review
  2. ^ "Smudge - Manilow". Tharunka. Vol. 40, , no. 2. New South Wales, Australia. 15 March 1994. p. 43. Retrieved 3 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ "Home Entertainment: Get the tissue-box out". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, , no. 21, 502. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 February 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 3 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ "sounds". Tharunka. Vol. 42, , no. 13. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1996. p. 44. Retrieved 3 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ "Smudge@ Goldmans, Sydney". Oz Music Project. 8 October 1999. Archived from the original on 7 August 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  6. ^ Gyles, Soph. "Her Name in Lights: Into the Light Again". Oz Music Project (Jasper Lee). Archived from the original on 7 August 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  7. ^ Ho, Michelle (30 August 2010). "Smudge - This Smudge is True (2010 LP)". The [AU] Review. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  8. ^ Smudge (Musical group) (2006). "Manilow". Strawberry Hills, NSW, Australia Half A Cow Records. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  9. ^ Smudge (Musical group) (1996). "You me carpark ... now". Half a Cow/Mercury Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. ^ Smudge. "Mo' Poontang". Half A Cow. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  11. ^ Smudge (1998). "Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra". Half A Cow. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  12. ^ Smudge. "Eighteen In A Week". Half A Cow. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

Further references

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