Darren Stanley Hayes is an Australian singer, songwriter, music producer and composer. He was the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden until their disbandment. Their 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at number 1 in Australia, number 2 in the United Kingdom and number 3 in the United States. It spawned the singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", and Australian and US number 1 "Truly Madly Deeply". The duo followed the success of their debut album with Affirmation (1999), which provided additional hits such as Australian and US number 1 "I Knew I Loved You", and Australian number 3 "The Animal Song". Savage Garden parted ways in 2001.
Hilltop Hoods is an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1996 in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the "larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa and Pressure, who were joined by DJ Debris after fellow founder, DJ Next, left in 1999. The group released its first extended play, Back Once Again, in 1997 and have subsequently released eight studio albums, two "restrung" albums and three DVDs.
The Grates were an Australian indie rock band, which formed in Brisbane, Queensland in 2002 with Patience Hodgson on lead vocals, John Patterson on guitars and backing vocals and Alana Skyring on drums. Their first two albums, Gravity Won't Get You High (2006) and Teeth Lost, Hearts Won (2008), both reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 10. The third studio album, Secret Rituals (2011), peaked at No. 11. Their highest charting singles "Science Is Golden" (2006) and "Burn Bridges" (2018) reached the ARIA top 100. A video album, Til Death Do Us Party: Live at the Forum (2007), peaked in the ARIA Top 40 Music DVDs chart. Hodgson and Patterson married in November 2012 and were proprietors of Southside Tea Room in Morningside from 2012 to 2019. The Grates disbanded in 2020.
Kisschasy are an Australian rock band that formed in Melbourne, Victoria in 2002. Their line-up consists of lead vocalist Darren Cordeux, bassist Joel Vanderuit, guitarist Sean Thomas and drummer Karl Ammitzboll. The band released two gold certified studio albums, two extended plays, a documentary DVD and a compilation album in their initial 10-year career, selling in excess of 90,000 records.
United Paper People is the debut album by the Australian band Kisschasy, released on 31 July 2005.
Damien Leo Leith is an Irish-Australian singer–songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest Australian Idol in 2006. Since winning the title, Leith has released nine studio albums, four of which peaked in the top two of the ARIA Charts, including two number ones. He has been awarded seven platinum and one gold certification for albums and singles by ARIA, which equates to sales of just over half a million.
Holly Sarah Throsby is an Australian musician and novelist.
"Do-Do's & Whoa-Oh's" is the first single taken from Australian rock band Kisschasy's debut album, United Paper People (2005). It was released on 4 July 2005 and peaked at number 25 on the Australian Singles Chart. The single was nominated for "Best Breakthrough Artist – Single" in the 2005 ARIA awards. The music video features the band on an ice skating rink, spontaneously appearing and moving around the rink.
"Face Without a Name" is a song by Australian rock group Kisschasy, released as the second single from their debut album, United Paper People (2005). It was released on 24 October 2005 and peaked at number 41 in Australia.
"The Shake" is the third single released from Australian rock band Kisschasy's debut album, United Paper People (2005). It was released on 27 February 2006 and charted at No. 25 in Australia.
"Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" is the first single from Kisschasy's second studio album Hymns for the Nonbeliever. The song was released via digital download and single CD in 2007. Kisschasy songwriter Darren Cordeux said in press release track notes, "It is a song about being happy with who you are and not letting other people's opinions of who you are or what you do affect you. At the end of the day what people think doesn't mean anything at all. People thought the world was flat once."
The discography of Kisschasy, an Australian rock band from Melbourne formed in 2002, consists of three studio albums, two compilation albums, three extended plays, one video album and eleven singles.
"Berlin Chair" is the second single from the album, Sound as Ever by Australian rock band, You Am I. It was released in 1994 and peaked at No. 73 on the Australian ARIA singles chart. "Berlin Chair" was also listed at No. 23 in that year's Triple J Hottest 100, while in the 1998 Hottest 100 of All Time it came in at No. 61 and No. 52 in the 2009 Hottest 100 of All Time. In a phone-in poll in 1999, the song was voted best Australian song of the 1990s.
"Spray on Pants" is the second single from Kisschasy's second studio album Hymns for the Nonbeliever. It was released on 10 November 2007. The song is a take on the perceived emo subculture in Australia, alluding to the very tight black jeans often forming the basis of "emo" fashion. It peaked at #47 on the Australian ARIA Chart.
Now Spring 2007 is a compilation CD released by EMI Music Australia in 2007. It is the 18th CD in the Australian Now! series.
Now Summer 2008 is a compilation album released by EMI Music Australia in 2007. It is the 19th album of the Australian Now! series.
100% Hits: The Best of 2007 is a 2-disc compilation album released by EMI Music Australia and Warner Music Australia. The album was the #10 compilation album on the year-end charts in Australia for the year 2007. It has also been certified platinum in Australia for selling over 70,000 units.
Too B or Not Too B is the second compilation album by Australian alternative rock band Kisschasy, which reached the ARIA Albums Chart. It was released as their second compilation after their Japan-only release Fire in the Breeze in 2004, and directly after their 2007 Live at the Playroom EP, on 10 May 2008. The album contains a total of 16 tracks, taken from a mix of B-sides, songs from their 2004 EPs Darkside / Stay Awake and Cara Sposa and previously unreleased songs.
Written by the singer-guitarist, Darren Cordeux,"Dinosaur," is a song by Australian rock band Kisschasy. It is the third single released, in January 2010, from their third studio album, Seizures, and It reached the top 40 on the ARIA Singles Chart. By the end of that year it was certified gold by ARIA for shipment of 35,000 units.
"I Won't Let You Go" is a song by British singer James Morrison. The song was released as the first single from his third studio album, The Awakening. The song was first released on 25 August 2011, with the first country receiving a release being Belgium. According to Songfacts, Morrison wrote the mid-tempo ballad about Gill, his long-term girlfriend and the mother of his daughter. The song was used as a promo for the 2012 season of Home and Away.
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