The Hanging Tree (band)

The Hanging Tree was an Australian stoner rock band of the mid to late 1990s.

History

Formed in the early 90s by Daniel Parkinson, The Hanging Tree suffered from the usual lack of a permanent drummer until former Juice member Lucius Borich (son of guitar legend Kevin Borich) moved in to the position and the band began to establish a healthy following and reputation, particularly in their home territory where they could consistently pull impressive crowds, even to 1000-capacity venues such as the Narrabeen Sands. Despite an excellent self-titled album of dark and moody, stoner rock based heavy metal, a Fear Factory support, and a notable live broadcast on Triple J's Australian Music Show, the Hanging Tree found it difficult to make headway beyond their own turf and split up at the end of 1996 when Borich left to pursue a session career in the United States. Some time later the remaining members (minus Mellick and Borich) reformed the band with guitarist Paul Ermer and a new drummer and continued for some 18 months. Once again, however, despite being one of Sydney's more popular live bands The Hanging Tree split. After a break of almost three years, Parkinson and Walters reformed the band with a new line-up and quickly released an EP that hinted at a somewhat different musical direction, a combination of their old style and injections of nu metal and hardcore. This incarnation split in late 2002.

Flynn Gower and Lucius Borich, in 1998, formed rock band Cog.

Daniel Parkinson continuesto work on graphic design through his studio "The Mekanizm", most recently designing the cover and booklet art to Cog's debut album The New Normal. He is currently in a new band, Los Alamos, with drummer Mark Mansfield, and guitarist Benjamin Love.

Emmy Walters formed nu metal band Beacon with Krishna Jones from Juice, Juggernaut and others in 2002.

Releases

*The Hanging Tree (1996)
*Pieces (EP) (2000)
*Peace, Order, Unity (2002)

Band members

1995

*Daniel Parkinson (bass)
*Emmy Walters (vocals)
*Lucius Borich (drums)
*Rohan Mellick (guitar)
*Flynn Gower (guitar)

1996

*Daniel Parkinson (bass)
*Emmy Walters (vocals)
*Jason Bremmell (drums)
*Flynn Gower (guitar)
*Paul Ermer (guitar)

2000

*Daniel Parkinson (bass)
*David Romeo (guitar)
*Emmy Walters (vocals)
*Jason Bremmell (guitar)
*Justin Leef (drums)

External links

* [http://www.danielparkinson.com.au Daniel Parkinson Official Site]
* [http://www.cog.com.au Cog Official Site]
* [http://www.hiphopraprock.com Beacon Official Site]
* [http://www.ozmusicproject.net/band/artist.asp?ID=2089 article on the final Hanging Tree incarnation]