Self Righteous Brothers

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Self Righteous Brothers
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Years active2004 (2004)–2005 (2005)
Labels Shock
Past members

Self Righteous Brothers is the mainly acoustic, alternative rock music, side-project of Australian punk rockers, Frenzal Rhomb's lead singer Jason Whalley and guitarist, Lindsay McDougall which formed in 2004. [1] [2] Inspired by American band, the Frogs, their music is humorous and often explicit. They released an album, Love Songs for the Wrong at Heart, in 2004 and was re-released in March 2005 via Shock Records. [3]

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The group's members were called "insensitive" by the South Australian Tourism Commission for the album track, "There's no Town Like Snowtown", which refers to the infamous bodies-in-barrels murders and are associated with the South Australian town of that name. [4] Blair Boyer of Punk Globe Magazine described how, "This song and other irreverent offerings", appear on that album. [4]

dBMagazine' s Simon Foster opined, "they've managed to round up a swag of witty/offensive (take your pick) tunes with some great names and lyrics, a bunch of obscure instruments (Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer anyone?), and chucked them all on the one album [...] Although having a bit of fun, the lads display a surprisingly high amount of musical ability and 'Love Songs...' is great for a laugh... just don't set your expectations too high." [1]

Discography

  1. "Now You're Gone"
  2. "Snowtown (There's no Town Like Snowtown)"
  3. "The Only Gay Soldier"
  4. "Daddy Drinks"
  5. "Ruggedly Beautiful"
  6. "Golden Wedding Anniversary"
  7. "Self-Righteous"
  8. "Sperm in Your Eyes"
  9. "Who Will Buy"
  10. "Brothers in Arms"
  11. "Emosexual"
  12. "Love on the Inside"
  13. "My Love Barks"
  14. "Dead Horse"

Members

Credits: [5]

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References

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