Introduction
The Living End are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1994. Since 2002 the line up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals) and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 1997 after the release of their double A-sided single, "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society", which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart. They have released six studio albums and two reached the No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart: self-titled album (12 October 1998) and State of Emergency (4 February 2006). They have also gained chart success in the United States and United Kingdom.
At ARIA Music Awards ceremonies they have been nominated 27 times and have won five awards: Highest Selling Single for "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society" (1998), Breakthrough Artist – Album and Best Group for The Living End (1999), Best Rock Album for White Noise (2008), and the same category for The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating (2011). Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described the group which "emerged as one of the country's premier rock acts. By blending a range of styles (punk, rockabilly and flat out rock) with great success, The Living End has managed to produce anthemic choruses and memorable songs in abundance". In October 2010 their debut album was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.
Selected general articles
- "Wake Up" is the second single from The Living End's fourth album, State of Emergency. It was released on 18 February 2006, in Australia. The song was both popular on Australian and New Zealand radio stations. It also peaked at number five in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The song was also used on the 40 Hour Famine DVD for 2006.
Wake Up was featured on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2006, reaching #53. This kept safe The Living End's record of featuring in every Hottest 100 countdown since 1997. However, there was no song by The Living End in the Hottest 100 for 2007, although their cover of the Cold Chisel song "Rising Sun" was in the list of songs that listeners could vote for. Read more... - Shift is the seventh album by the Australian rock band The Living End. It was produced by Woody Annison and recorded at Red Door Sounds in Melbourne, Australia. Read more...
- "Roll On" is the second single from The Living End's second album by the same title based on the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. It reached number 15 in the ARIA Charts.
The song was used in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, as well as promotional advertisements for ESPN's X-Games. It was also used by professional wrestler Nigel McGuinness as his entrance music. Read more... - Wunderbar is the eighth album by the Australian rock band The Living End, released on 28 September 2018. It was produced by Tobias Kuhn and is the band's first album recorded in Europe. Read more...
Andrew Douglas Strachan (born 20 August 1974) is an Australian rock musician. In 1994, after growing up in Adelaide, he relocated to Melbourne where in 2000 he became the drummer of alternative rock group, Pollyanna. In 2002, he joined fellow alternative rockers, The Living End, they have issued four Top 5 albums on the ARIA Charts, Modern Artillery (No 3 in 2003), State of Emergency (No. 1 in 2006), White Noise (No. 2 in 2008) and The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating (No. 3 in 2011). Read more...- From Here on In is a singles compilation by Australian punk band The Living End. The new tracks were recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia, and the other tracks were re-mastered at 301 Studios. It included a bonus disc featuring some of the band's best covers.
A DVD comprising a two-hour documentary and all their music videos, From Here on In: The DVD 1997-2004, was also released. Read more...
The discography of The Living End, an Australian punk rock and psychobilly group, consists of seven studio albums, twenty-three singles, six extended plays (EPs), four video albums and three compilation albums. Chris Cheney, Scott Owen and Joe Piripitzi formed The Living End in 1994; their debut release was Hellbound, an eight-track EP, in 1995. The group's first single, "From Here on In", was issued in 1996 from their second EP, It's for Your Own Good, which received airplay on Triple J, an Australian radio station. Soon after, Piripitzi was replaced on drums by Travis Demsey. The band's breakthrough hit occurred in 1997 with "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society", a double A-sided single/EP, which became the highest-selling Australian-made single of the 1990s. It peaked at number four and spent 47 weeks in the ARIA Top 50 Singles chart, and charted in the top 30 of the United States' Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.
In 1998, The Living End signed with Modular Recordings and released their debut album, The Living End. It peaked at number one on the Australian Albums Chart and was certified four times-platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) – indicating shipment of 280,000 copies in Australia. Six tracks from the debut album were issued as singles and, as of September 2015, it remains The Living End's most commercially successful album. Their second album, Roll On (2000), provided the singles, "Pictures in the Mirror" and "Roll On". It peaked at number eight and received a platinum certification. Andy Strachan replaced Dempsey on drums in 2002. Modern Artillery was the band's third album, released in 2003, which peaked at number three. It achieved gold status in Australia, making it their lowest-selling album to date. Read more...- Roll On is the second album by Australian rock band The Living End, released in Australia and New Zealand on EMI in 2000, and internationally on Reprise/Warner Brothers in 2001.
Musically, the album marked a change from the sound of their debut album, The Living End. Roll On had a notably more polished sound (as compared to the more garage-y sound of the previous album). Horn sections featured on numerous songs, such as Uncle Harry and Killing The Right. Whereas the previous album had displayed punk and rockabilly influences (by artists such as Green Day and Stray Cats), Roll On showed more Australian rock influences, particularly artists of the 80s Pub Rock era. The album even garnered comparison, by a few critics, to seminal punk band The Clash's creative breakthrough, London Calling. The album was recorded with producer Nick Launay, who had previously worked with artists such as Silverchair and Midnight Oil. Read more... - "Who's Gonna Save Us?" is the first single from The Living End's third album Modern ARTillery (not including "One Said to the Other" because it was re-recorded for the album). It reached number 37 on the ARIA Singles Chart and also charted in the United States, peaking at number 26 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks.
The song appeared on the soundtrack and in a television commercial for Michael Moore's 2004 film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Read more... - Travis Demsey was the former drummer for The Living End from May 1996 to February 2002. He currently works as a youth worker and is the drummer for the Melbourne band Doubleblack Read more...
- "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society" is the third EP by Australian rock band The Living End. It was the best selling Australian single of the 1990s, and spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the ARIA Top 100. It provided a breakthrough for the band, bringing them to the attention of the Australian Rock scene. Boosted by the success of this EP, they subsequently went into the studio to record their debut full-length album, The Living End on which they re-recorded both of the title songs. Read more...
- "One Said to the Other" is a single released by The Living End on 20 January 2003. It peaked at No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart and reached No. 52 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2003.
"One Said to the Other" and "What Would You Do?" featured on this EP were recorded in 2002, before the Modern ARTillery sessions. This recording was released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. Read more... - "What's on Your Radio" was the first single from Australian rock band The Living End's 4th album State of Emergency. Its release date was 21 November 2005. The single was available for pre-sale at the Coke Live 'n' Local Tour, featuring a different track list. "What's on Your Radio" was voted to number 49 in the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2005.
In the UK, the single was released as a download and limited edition red 7" single. Read more... - The Living End is the debut studio album by Australian punk, rockabilly band The Living End, which was released on 12 October 1998. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne with Lindsay Gravina producing for Modular Recordings. The cover art, as described by front man Chris Cheney, is based on a photograph of a World War I all-female bomb factory. The album reached No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 63 weeks.
The Living End had achieved mainstream success with the extended play, Second Solution / Prisoner of Society released in September 1997. It peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In early 1998 the related single, "Prisoner of Society", was released in the United Kingdom and, the following year, in the United States. Other charting Australian singles are "Save the Day" (September 1998) and "All Torn Down" (December). The sixth album track, "Monday", is The Living End's epitaph to the 1996 Dunblane massacre. In December 1999 The Living End was certified 4× Platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 280,000 units. In October 2010 it was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. As of July 2012 it is the band's most successful album. Read more... - "White Noise" is the first single from The Living End's fifth studio album, White Noise. Released on 5 July 2008, after the "White Noise" track was the most added song on Australian radio in the weeks previous, it went on to top the Australian Airplay Chart. The single was also released exclusively on iTunes and Nokia Music, with respective bonus B-Sides.
The single has now been accredited platinum status in Australia. The song also won the 2009 Song of the Year at the APRA Awards. Read more... - "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society" is the third EP by Australian rock band The Living End. It was the best selling Australian single of the 1990s, and spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the ARIA Top 100. It provided a breakthrough for the band, bringing them to the attention of the Australian Rock scene. Boosted by the success of this EP, they subsequently went into the studio to record their debut full-length album, The Living End on which they re-recorded both of the title songs. Read more...
- "Dirty Man" is the third single from The Living End's second album Roll On. It was released on 22 October 2001. The single was relatively unsuccessful due to relentless touring outside Australia and the car crash of Chris Cheney in September 2001 leading to a lack of promotion. The second track on the single, "Revolution Regained", was written by Cheney and originally performed by the band on Roll On however for the single they included a version recorded by the Dili Allstars (an East Timorese reggae/ska band based in Melbourne). The third track is a cover of the Cole Porter song, "I Get A Kick Out Of You". Read more...
- "Pictures in the Mirror" is the first single off The Living End's second album Roll On, reaching number 18 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Read more...
- State of Emergency is the fourth studio album by Australian punk rock band The Living End. It was released in Australia on 4 February 2006, in New Zealand on 6 February and in Japan in May 2006. The album was released in the United States and Canada on 11 July 2006. It debuted in the number one position on the ARIA charts. The first single off the album was "What's on Your Radio" which was released on 20 November 2005. The follow-up single, "Wake Up" was released on 18 February 2006, and debuted at number 5 on the ARIA charts, making it the highest single debut position for The Living End (not including the double A-side "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society").
The limited edition comes with a DVD, documenting the stages of making the album and shows footage of their performances, including the band as The Longnecks and at Splendour in the Grass. The band also released a live DVD of the State of Emergency Tour, Live at Festival Hall. A limited edition vinyl of the album was released and is limited to 500 copies worldwide. Read more... - Modern Artillery (typeset as MODERN ARTillery) is the third album by the Australian Punk rock band the Living End. It was released twice for 28 October 2003 as an international release date and 2 March 2004 for a United States release date. It was the first album with Andy Strachan as drummer, since Travis Demsey had left after Roll On.
Who's Gonna Save Us? has been released as a single, and End of the World appears on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Underground 2. "Who's Gonna Save Us?" appeared in commercials for Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Read more... - All tracks recorded live at ACDC Lane, Melbourne. Read more...
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Left to right: Chris Cheney, Andy Strachan, Scott Owen
(Leipzig, Germany, November 2009)The Living End, performing in Berkshire, England, August 2009.
Owen plays his double bass while Cheney clambers atop. Strachan is behind his drum kit.
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