Area-7
{{Short description|Australian alternative rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2014}}
{{Other uses|Area 7 (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Area-7
| image = AREA-7.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Area-7 in 2018
| origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| genre = Pop-punk, third wave ska, ska punk
| years_active = 1994–present
| website = [http://www.myspace.com/area7 Area-7] on Myspace
| current_members = John "Stevo" Stevens
David 'DJ' Jackson
Charles "Chucky T" Thompson
Andy Gardiner
Paul West
Dennis "Ocker" O'Connell
Warren Lenthall
Aaron Schultz
Dean Gilboy
| past_members = Walter Eskdale
Ivan Downey
Rohan Pacey
Alistair "Albags" Shepherd
Toby "Tobias" Dargaville
Chris Meighen
Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan
Matt Sanders
Craig Selak
Dan Morrison (deceased)
}}
Area-7 (also known as Area 7) are an Australian ska punk band. Formed in Melbourne in 1994, they have released four studio albums, No Logic!, Bitter & Twisted, Say It To My Face and Torn Apart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Bitter & Twisted was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album in the World.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2000 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235639/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2000 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}
History
Area-7 was formed in 1994 by members of Madness cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 four members, Ivan Downey, Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar) and Dan Morrison (drums) left the group and began to write their own songs. In 1994, Area-7 self-released a cassette titled Demo Tape 1994 featuring 4 tracks. Alistair Shepherd (sax), Toby Dargaville (trumpet) and Rohan Pacey (bass) joined in 1995 and the same year released their debut studio album No Logic.
In 2000, the group released Bitter & Twisted, which at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album.
In October 2001, the group released Say It to My Face which peaked at number 36 on the ARIA charts.
Whilst AREA-7 has never "officially split", since 2005 the band has been playing "when they feel like it" or as they put it, "for special occasions".{{fact|date=March 2020}}
Drummer and founding member Dan Morrison died on 1 December 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-dan-morrison-of-area-7-20201201|title=R.I.P. Dan Morrison of Area-7|first=Paul|last=Cashmere|date=1 December 2020|website=Noise11.com|accessdate=1 December 2020}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Area%2D7|title=Discography Area-7|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=8 April 2024}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|No Logic
|
|align="center"| — |
| scope="row"|Bitter & Twisted
|
|align="center"| 6 |
| scope="row"|Say It to My Face
|
|align="center"| 36 |
| scope="row"|Torn Apart
|
|align="center"| — |
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| EP details |
| scope="row"| Demo Tape 1994
|
|
|---|
| scope="row"| Road Rage
|
|
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+List of singles, with selected peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"|Chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS {{cite Ryan|page=17}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Bitter Words"
|1998 |59 |rowspan=4|Bitter & Twisted |
| scope="row"|"Second Class Citizen"
|1999 |29 |
| scope="row"|"Start Making Sense"
|rowspan=2|2000 |37 |
| scope="row"|"Bitter Words" / "Himbo"
|67 |
| scope="row"|"Leave Me Alone"
|rowspan=2|2001 |38 |rowspan=3|Say It to My Face |
| scope="row"|"Individuality"
|90 |
| scope="row"|"Nobody Likes a Bogan"
|2002 |46 |
| scope="row"|"Big Issue"
|2004 |92 |Torn Apart |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/area7band Area-7] on Facebook
- {{Discogs artist|Area-7}}
- {{imdb name|id=3174300}}
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Category:Australian punk rock groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1994
Category:1994 establishments in Australia
Category:Third-wave ska groups
Category:Musical groups from Melbourne
Category:Australian ska groups
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