The Fauves are an Australian rock band. Their album Future Spa was nominated for Best Alternative Album in the 1997 ARIA awards but lost to Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples.
In 2007 they played their 1000th gig and in 2008 they played their 20th anniversary gig at The Espy in Melbourne. They have played at the Big Day Out in both 1993 and 1997.
The band was formed in 1988 by four school friends from Mt Eliza High School on the Mornington Penin...
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The Fauves are an Australian rock band. Their album Future Spa was nominated for Best Alternative Album in the 1997 ARIA awards but lost to Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples.
In 2007 they played their 1000th gig and in 2008 they played their 20th anniversary gig at The Espy in Melbourne. They have played at the Big Day Out in both 1993 and 1997.
The band was formed in 1988 by four school friends from Mt Eliza High School on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Victoria. The initial line-up consisted of: Andrew Cox (guitar, vocals), Philip Leonard (guitar, vocals, brass), Andrew 'Jack' Dyer (bass), Adam Newey (drums). The band took its name from the art movement Fauvism, which was characterised by both its intensity and infatuation with colour.
After releasing several EPs and singles, the band came to wider attention when they appeared on the bill of the first Big Day Out national tour in early 1993. In October of that year they signed to Polydor Records, and released their...
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