- The Meanies
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Meanies
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Origin = Flagicon|AUSMelbourne , Australia
Genre =Alternative rock
Australian rock
Years_active = 1989–present
Label =Au Go Go Records
Associated_acts = Tomorrow People, The Bakelite Age, Skivvy Concorde, Seaweed Goorillas, Even, The Oxymorons
URL = [http://www.themeanies.net/ Official website]
Current_members = Link
Ringo
Wally Kempton
Past_members = Tas
DDThe Meanies are an Australian indie rock band. They formed in 1989 and after a hiatus in the mid-late 1990s, started gigging again in 1998. They have been playing and recording regularly since then.
In the 1990s they were particularly well-known in the Melbourne music scene, and toured in Australia, Japan, Spain, Germany, and France with acts including Nirvana,
Pearl Jam ,Superchunk , Fugazi, and theBeastie Boys .They recently released a DVD entitled "The Meanies: A Seminal Australian Punk Tale", which features a documentary, 11 video clips and a live concert filmed in 1994. The band toured the east coast of Australia in support of it in August-September 2006.
Original member Dennis DePianto, better known as D.D. Meanie, passed away at St. Vincents Hospital in Melbourne February 14, 2008.
He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, and towards the end of his life he also suffered a short battle with cancer. He was in The Meanies from their inception until 1995.
Guitarist Tas Blizzard died August 1, 2008, as a result of a car accident. His blue Ford station wagon went out of control as he was driving along the Bellarine Peninsula in wet conditions around 3pm Friday, August 1. The car spun into a dam alongside the road and was almost completely submerged. Blizzard was the only person in the car.
Discography
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*Darkside Of My Mind / Meanie Way / You're Pathetic (1990) - Produced by Michael 'Ded' Kennedy and The Meanies
* The Reason Why / Groovie Meanies / Don't Smile (1990) - Produced by Michael 'Ded' Kennedy and The Meanies
*Lyin' / The Meanie Twist / I'm Amazed (1991) - Produced by Michael 'Ded' Kennedy
*Paranoid / What Am I To Do? / Welcome Back To Me (1991) - Produced by Michael 'Ded' Kennedy and The Meanies
*Never / Steve Sex God / Sorry 'Bout The Violence (1991) - Produced by Michael 'Ded' Kennedy
*Probe TV / Record Sale / Macho Wankers (1991)- Produced by A.O'B and The Meanies
*Scum / The Meanie Way / Groovie Meanies (1991) - Produced by Michael 'Ded' Kennedy
*Inside / Steve Sex God / Record Sale (1992)
*Them / Mantra / Goodbye Man (1993)
*Dead Stuff / Cruelty's Fun / Emulator / Lay Your Body Down (1993) - Produced by A.O'B and The Meanies
*Just What You Need / Best Feel Good Movie / Play The Slay Bells (1993) - Produced by A.O'B and The Meanies
*One right To Grieve / Monolith / Song For Suzy (1993)
*Rhyming Logic / Operator / Darkside Of My Mind (1993)
*Conan
*Ten Percent Weird
*Ton Of Bricks
*Long Way To The Top
*Battle of Wax (2007)
*If I Say Uncle (2008)EPs
*Gangrenous (1991)- Produced by A.O'B and The Meanies
*In Search Of... (1992)- Produced by A.O'B and The Meanies
*Six Suitable Tracks
*Secrets Of The Ancients RevealedAlbums
*"Come 'n' See" (1992) - Produced by Michael 'Ded' Kennedy and The Meanies
*"The Meanie of Life" (1992)
*"Televolution"
*"10% Weird" (1994)Videos
*"The Meanies" (Taiyo Films/Madman 2006)
Compilations
Compilations that The Meanies have appeared on.
*"Boogie Wonderland" (1990)
*"Oh God Pt 3 / How 'Bout It Baby" (1990)
*"Lemon" #12 (1991)
*"From Babylon to Brunswick" (1991)
*"Teeth" (1991)
*"Wally's Wild Weekend" (1992)'
*"Crack in the Sun or Fade in the Shade' (1992)
*"Self Mutilation - One, Two, Three, and more" (1993)
*"3RRR Live in Your Lounge Room" (1993)
*"Fuse Box - An Alternative Tribute"
*"eMpTy Records Sampler" (1994)
*"Just Because We Love You" (1995)
*"La 1a Internacional" (1995)
*"Ox-Compilation #20" "Pogo Tribe Detector" (1995)
*"Vulgar Tongue" compilation (1996)
*"eMpTy Sampler II" (1997)
*"Survival from out of Nowhere 2"
*"Happenin' Chick" Fanzine Issue #3 (1998)
*"Punk You!" compilation
*"Bigger Than Tina" (soundtrack)
*"Fuck the Millennium" (2001)
*"Richie Ramone's Army of Rockers" (2002)References
* [http://www.themeanies.net/ The Meanies]
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