The Galvatrons

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Galvatrons

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Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|Australia Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Years_active = 2007 - present
Genre = Rock, Electronica, Powerpop
Label = Warner Music
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/thegalvatrons myspace.com/thegalvatrons]
Current_members = Johnny
Manny
Pete
Pete
Past_members = Carl Tomich

The Galvatrons are a four piece rock band who formed on August 28, 2007, [ [http://www.youtube.com/user/galvatrontv YouTube - galvatrontv's Channel ] ] in Melbourne, Australia. [ [http://www.youtube.com/galvatrontv YouTube - galvatrontv's Channel ] ] Their debut EP, "When We Were Kids" was released by Warner Music Australia on May 3 2008. [ [http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/574537/The_Galvatrons/The_Galvatrons_When_We_Were_Kids_EP_Launch_Tour The Galvatrons - The Galvatrons 'When We Were Kids' EP Launch Tour at The Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne, VIC on Fri, 6 Jun 12:00AM ] ] The title track was the number one most added track on radio in Australia for the week 19 - 26 April 2008. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/sticky-carpet/2008/05/01/1209235014366.html Sticky Carpet - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au ] ] They played the Big Day Out, Meredith and Cherry Rock festivals in summer 2007/2008 [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/sticky-carpet/2008/05/01/1209235014366.html Sticky Carpet - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au ] ] and are touring Australia throughout 2008. They will then play a festival tour in the United Kingdom alongside The Police at London's Hyde Park. [ [http://www.ozmusicscene.com/the-galvatrons-headline-first-national-tour/ The Galvatrons Headline First National Tour ] ] [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/sticky-carpet/2008/05/01/1209235014366.html Sticky Carpet - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au ] ] The Galvatrons cite their influences as Devo, Stan Bush, Australian Crawl, Van Halen, Lion, Cheap Trick, Kim Wilde, Queen, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar, Kenny Loggins, Tears for Fears and Gary Numan. [ [http://www.myspace.com/thegalvatrons MySpace.com - The Galvatrons - Melbourne Rock City, AU - Rock / Electronique - www.myspace.com/thegalvatrons ] ] Lead Singer Johnny told Nollsy of 101.3 Sea FM on the Central Coast that the band got their name from the 1986 animated film

Members

*Johny "Galvatron" - vocals, guitar
*Manny "Maverick" - drums
*Pete "Condor" - bass
*Pete "Gamma" - keyboard [ [http://www.youtube.com/galvatrontv YouTube - galvatrontv's Channel ] ] [ [http://www.backtothetop.com/artists.html back_to_the_top_2006_artists ] ]

Discography

*When We Were Kids (EP)(2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/thegalvatrons The Galvatrons @ MySpace.com]
* [http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist,w_artist,121026 The Galvatrons @ Warnermusic.com.au]