Cattletruck

Cattletruck
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Pop rock, rock
Years active	1985 (1985)–1988 (1988)
Labels	Regular Records
Past members	Bruce Coombs, Charles Todd, James Martin, Nick Cross, Paul Janovskis, Peter Knight, Steve Colebrook, Philip Viggiano, Tony Dennis

Cattletruck were a short lived Australian Pop rock/rock group formed in 1985. The group released one studio album, Ready to Believe in 1987. ^[1]

History

Cattletruck began as a self-described "irreverent semi-acoustic punkabilly covers outfit", that would play "anywhere, anytime, invited or not" In early 1985 singer/guitarist Paul Janovskis decided to "get serious" and the group independently produced a single "Never Is", which received public radio airplay. This allowed the band to lead support gigs for A-list Australian and International acts. ^[2]

In 1986, they signed with Regular Records and began work on their debut album, with a series of singles and video clips released. ^[2] In December 1987, Ready to Believe was released, which peaked at number 58 on the Australian Charts.

The band ground to a halt amidst bickering, management and financial issues in 1988. ^[2]

Commencing in 2017, more music was released by the group.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [3]
Ready to Believe	Released: November 1987 Label: Regular Records (L 38720) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP	58
Live: Nineteen Eighty Six	Released: 30 November 2017 [4] Label: Laneway Music Formats: digital download, streaming recorded Live at Ormond Hall, 1986	-
Acoustica	Released: 30 November 2017 [5] Label: Laneway Music Formats: digital download, streaming	-
Extended Versions	Released: 16 December 2017 [6] Label: Laneway Music Formats: digital download, streaming	-
Live at the Corner	Released: 18 June 2021 [7] Label: Laneway Music Formats: digital download, streaming	-

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
		AUS [3]
1985	"Never Is"/"Crawfish"	-	non album single
1986	"Change"	81	Ready to Believe
1987	"Leave Me"	39
	"Rain"	56
	"Resurrection Shuffle"	33
1988	"Ready to Believe"	-
	"(It's Not a) Bad Life"	-

Awards and nominations

Countdown Australian Music Awards

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week . The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards. ^{[8] [9]}

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1986	themselves	Most Promising New Talent	Nominated

References

1. "Ready to believe [sound recording] / Cattletruck. Sound; Sound/Recorded music - 1987". Trove. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
2. "Cattletruck Band". Facebook. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 58. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. "Live: Nineteen Eighty Six (DD)". Apple Music. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. "Acoustica (DD)". Apple Music. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
6. "Extended Versions (DD)". Apple Music. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
7. "Live at the Corner (DD)". Apple Music. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
8. "Countdown to the Awards" (Portable document format (PDF)). Countdown Magazine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). March 1987. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
9. "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.