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edit   The Powderfinger Portal Powderfinger is an alternative rock band based in Australia. The band formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1989, and their lineup since 1992 has consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill. Powderfinger became a commercial success with their third studio album Internationalist in 1998. Since then, they have released several hit singles and award-winning works; earning them a total of fifteen ARIA Awards. Numerous Powderfinger albums have reached platinum status multiple times, and rankings in the top 100 of Australian music charts. Odyssey Number Five, Powderfinger's most successful to date, earned over eight platinum certifications and ARIA Awards in five different categories. After the release of their first DVD These Days: Live in Concert and a "best of" release, Powderfinger announced a hiatus in 2005. The announcement of a two month-long nationwide tour with Silverchair entitled the Across the Great Divide tour followed the release of their sixth studio album, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence in June 2007. Across their 15-year career, Powderfinger has been actively involved in philanthropic causes. In 2005, Powderfinger performed at a WaveAid concert in Sydney, to help raise funds for areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Another performance at the Sydney Opera House in October 2007 raised funds for breast cancer victims and their families. The aim of their recent tour was to promote the efforts of Reconciliation Australia, and to promote awareness of the 17-year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. More about Powderfinger... Show new selections (purge) edit   Selected Article Transfusion is the second EP by Australian rock group Powderfinger. It was released on 27 September 1993 by Polydor. The album was the group's first recording with Polydor, as the group had signed with the label due to the success of the prior EP by the band, the eponymous Powderfinger. The EP's song "Reap What You Sow" is the first song by Powderfinger to have a music video recorded for it. The EP received minor chart success, though not achieving a mainstream ARIA Singles Chart position, the EP reached the #1 position on the ARIA Alternative Chart, taking the place of Nirvana's single "Heart Shaped Box". Archive · Read more... edit   Selected Picture Credit: Lllucy John Collins is the bass player in the Australian band Powderfinger. He is one of the founding members of the band, along with guitarist Ian Haug. John formed Drag with fellow Powderfinger member Darren Middleton, as well as performing with Ian Haug and former Powderfinger member Steven Bishop in The Predators. Archive • Read more... edit   Quality Articles Featured articles: Powderfinger · Powderfinger discography · List of Powderfinger awards · Dream Days at the Hotel Existence · Internationalist · Odyssey Number Five · "I Don't Remember" Good articles: "Passenger" · "These Days" · "Sunsets" · "Lost and Running" · "Pick Up the Pace" · Transfusion · Parables for Wooden Ears · Double Allergic · Fingerprints · These Days: Live in Concert · Vulture Street · Bernard Fanning · Jon Coghill · "Nobody Sees" · "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" edit   Did You Know... ...that Powderfinger's "D.A.F." was named after its chord progression, rather than the lyric of its hook, as most songs are? ...that "Living Type" was about Charles Manson's cult victims, not about love or menstruation as had been speculated by some lyrical analysts? ...that the band's first DVD release These Days: Live in Concert was directed by Gregor Jordan, who directed the 2003 film Ned Kelly which Bernard Fanning starred in a minor role? ...that producer Nick DiDia produced the Powderfinger albums Internationalist, Odyssey Number Five and Vulture Street, successfully making him the producer for the band's three most awarded albums? ...that the track "Black Tears" received much criticism about its controversial lyrics relating to the 2004 Palm Island death in custody case? edit   Categories [−] Powderfinger [+] Powderfinger albums [×] Powderfinger members [+] WikiProject Powderfinger [+] Powderfinger side projects [×] Powderfinger songs edit edit   WikiProjects WikiProject Powderfinger WikiProject Australia WikiProject Australian music WikiProject Music WikiProject Alternative music More... edit   Current Open Tasks Create: Automatic (song), Adele Pickvance, Mark McElligott Expand: Tea & Sympathy, Jon Coghill, "Like a Dog" Images: Steven Bishop, Darren Middleton, Drag Polish: "Black Tears", Oi Song Trilogy edit   Related Portals Music of Australia Portal Australia Portal Music AC/DC Led Zeppelin Guitar Rock and Roll Rock music Dream Theater Rush Elvis Presley Progressive rock edit   Wikimedia Powderfinger on Wikibooks  Powderfinger on Wikimedia Commons Powderfinger on Wikinews  Powderfinger on Wikiquote  Powderfinger on Wikisource  Powderfinger on Wikiversity  Powderfinger on Wiktionary  Manuals and books Images and media News Quotations Texts Learning resources Definitions

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