Spdfgh
Spdfgh | |
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| Origin | Sydney, AU |
| Genres | Rock Indie rock |
| Years active | 1990–1997 |
| Labels | Half A Cow Dirt Records |
| Members | Kim Bowers Liz Payne Tania Bowers Melanie Thurgar |
Spdfgh (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈspʌdəˈfʌɡəhə/; the letters are those used for electron subshells) were an all-female rock band from Sydney, Australia in the 1990s. The founding members were
- Kim Bowers (as Wikky Malone) (guitar, vocals)
- Liz Payne (as Rosy Glo, Lou Marvel, Belle) (guitar, vocals)
- Tania Bowers (as Tania May) (bass guitar, vocals)
- Melanie Thurgar (as Finnius) (drums)
The band's name would be familiar to a student of chemistry. The letters (spdfgh...) are used when determining the number of electrons in the shells of an atom (the letters denote the first six states of orbital angular momentum in atomic physics). TV Week magazine called it "the dumbest name in Australian rock".
The original members got started playing together at St. Patrick's College (Campbelltown, south-west of Sydney). In their early days to get noticed they would travel to Sydney, sneak into sound checks of bands they liked and just start playing.
The band had songs included on the soundtracks of the films Love and Other Catastrophes and The Well.
Since breaking up, the members have pursued new projects.
- Kim Bowers recorded some electronic tracks under the name of 'Deep In Sound', which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1999 Australian film, Fresh Air. Most recently she has been working with her sister Candy Bowers on hip hop group / theatrical performers Sista She.
- Tania Bowers went on to Godstar, contributed songs to the 'Fresh Air' soundtrack under the name of 'Sunday', and has since released an album under of the name Via Tania - with help from her husband, sound engineer Casey Rice.
- Payne went on to Rocket and Sonic Emotion Explosion, both with former Gerling guitarist, Brad Herdson. The duo has since renamed themselves to Little Sky and turned into a fully fledged band.
- As of 2009 Thurgar is drumming in Sydney based Hard Rock outfit Death By Proxy.
Discography
- "In Me" on Eddie Magazine compilation CD (1993)
- Nighttime 7" (Dirt Records, 1994)
- Grassroots EP (Dirt Records, 1995)
- "Sweet" on Gay Pride split 7" EP with Chumbawamba and Pansy Division; Rugger Bugger Records (1995)
- Wikky's Ode Single (Half A Cow, 1995)
- Leave Me Like This LP (Half A Cow, 1995)
- 1/2 Small Mercy EP (Half A Cow, 1995)
- Give Me Time Single (Half A Cow, 1995)
- The Pseudo Blues Single (Half A Cow, 1996)
- Hide, as Liz Payne and Spdfgh, on Half A Cow promotional compilation Heard It Through The Bovine