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The Whitlams is an Australian band that formed in late 1992 in Newtown, Sydney, Australia. The initial line-up was that of Tim Freedman, Stevie Plunder and Andy Lewis, who - without a drummer - developed their songs acoustically on Saturday afternoons at the Sandringham Hotel in King Street. The band's name is a tribute to former Australian prime minister, Gough Whitlam.

In early 1996, when the band was enjoying the success of the single "I Make Hamburgers", founding member Stevie Plunder was found dead at the bottom of a cliff on January 25 in New South Wales. After a break of several months, Tim Freedman reformed the band with several new members, and they went on to record the album Eternal Nightcap. This album went on to become very successful- selling over 200,000 units and winning the band three ARIA awards in 1998: Best Independent Album, Song of the Year and Best Group - with the award for the latter, presented by the band's namesake Gough Whitlam. One of the singles from the album, No Aphrodisiac, made it to number one in the 1998 Triple J Hottest 100.

Several of the band's songs were played during the 2000 Sydney Olympics as examples of Australian pop culture.

Their most recent line up consists of Tim Freedman on Piano, Jak Housden on Guitar, Warwick Hornby on Bass Guitar and Terepai Richmond on the drums. Both Tim Freedman and Jak Housden have successful solo careers.

Discography

Studio albums

1. Introducing The Whitlams 1993;

File:Undeniably the whitlams original.jpg 2. Undeniably The Whitlams 1995;

3. Eternal Nightcap 1997; Gold

File:Love this city.jpg 4. Love This City 1999; #3 AUS Platinum x2

5. Torch The Moon 2002; #1 AUS Platinum

Cover Art Not Yet Available 6. Little Cloud and the Black Ice of Manhattan 2006

Reworked albums

File:UNDENIABLY THE WHITLAMS.jpg Undeniably The Whitlams - Reworked 2001;

Live albums

File:Slickstupor.jpg Stupor Ego 1995;

DVD

File:Whitlams years dvd.jpg The Whitlams Years 1993-2004 2004;

Singles

From Undeniably The Whitlams:

  • "Met My Match/Following My Own Tracks" (1996)
  • "I Make Hamburgers" (1996)

From Eternal Nightcap:

From Love This City:

  • "Thankyou (for loving me at my worst)/Chunky Chunky Air Guitar" (2000)
  • "Blow Up The Pokies" (2000)
  • "Made Me Hard" (2001)

From Torch The Moon:

  • "Fall For You" (2002) AUS #21
  • "Best Work" (2002) AUS #35
  • "Royal In The Afternoon" (2003)

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

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