![]() ![]() Late that year they toured the US supporting Blink-182. ![]() In November, the group issued a CD EP, Punch in the Face and, in January 1997, performed at Big Day Out. Just after its appearance, Costello was replaced by Lindsay McDougall on lead guitar and backing vocals – Costello left to attend university and become an animal rights activist. In July 1996, Frenzal Rhomb released their second album, Not So Tough Now, which was produced by Tony Cohen ( Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, TISM, Dave Graney), Kalju Tonuma ( Nick Barker, The Mavis's) and Frenzal Rhomb. 1996–2000: Not So Tough Now to A Man's Not a Camel Fat Mike, a member of NOFX, was also the owner of Fat Wreck Chords, and he signed the band to his label, which released the 4 Litres EP in the US. In mid-1995, the group supported NOFX on their national tour. In October 1997, it was retitled Once a Jolly Swagman Always a Jolly Swagman and issued with additional tracks by the US label Liberation Records. The album features live fan favourite "Genius". Perske was replaced by Nat Nykyruj on drums before the album appeared. ![]() In March 1995, Frenzal Rhomb released their first studio album, Coughing Up a Storm, on Shock Records' sub-label Shagpile Records. In October of that year, they released a single, "Sorry About the Ruse", on their own label, How Much Did I Fucking Pay For This Records? The group were the local support act on the Australian leg of separate tours by United States punk rockers Bad Religion, The Offspring, and Blink-182. The E.P featured an alternate cover depicting rabbits on the flipside of the liftout to appease record stores or people who may have been offended by the original artwork. #Metrognome frenzal rhomb seriesThe E.P also features fan favourites "Chemotherapy", and a cover of the TV series theme "Home And Away". One of its tracks, "I Wish I Was as Credible as Roger Climpson" (aka "Roger"), attracted attention of its subject, Roger Climpson – a Seven News anchor on TV – who posed with the group for a photo. The EP was described as having "good songs but it sounds like it was recorded under a doona" and had the group banned from some radio stations and retail outlets. National youth radio station Triple J criticised the group as being immature and told them to "grow up". Its cover had "a graphic drawing of the offending flaccid appendage draped over a sesame seed bun with lashings of bloody sauce." Posters with a similar image that advertised the group had them banned at some venues. In March 1994, the band issued a seven-track EP, Dick Sandwich. They played at the Sydney venue for the Big Day Out in January. By 1993, the group's line-up was Feltham, Whalley, Ben Costello on guitar and Karl Perske on drums. The name is a reference to a band member's pet rat, who in turn was named for the Fresnel rhomb, which is a prism-like device invented by the 19th century French engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel. The band was formed to take part in a battle of the bands and at that stage was not seen as a permanent project. Whalley had commenced a Bachelor of Arts course in philosophy at Sydney University when he formed Frenzal Rhomb as a punk rock band. Feltham and Whalley had been school mates at St Ives High School in St Ives. History 1992–1995: Formation to Coughing Up a Storm įrenzal Rhomb formed in 1992 in the Sydney suburb of Newtown with Alexis 'Lex' Feltham on bass guitar and Jason Whalley on vocals. 1.6 2010–2017: Smoko at the Pet Food Factory and We Lived Like Kings.1.5 2005–2009: Jay and the Doctor and Forever Malcolm Young. ![]()
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