Defryme

{{Short description|Australian band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Defryme

| image = Ryme2.jpg

| caption = Defryme 2019

| image_size =

| alias =

| origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| genre = Hard rock,{{cite book|first= Ian |last= McFarlane |author-link= Ian McFarlane |year= 1999 |title= Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |chapter= Defryme |publisher= Allen & Unwin |isbn= 1-86448-768-2 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040218055551/http://www.whammo.com.au:80/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=270 |archive-date= 18 February 2004 |chapter-url= http://www.whammo.com.au:80/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=270}} funk metal

| years_active =

| label = R Dog, BMG, Epic Theatre

| associated_acts =

| current_members = Quinn Gardener-Kane (vocals)
Geoff Mison (drums)
David Beaton (bass)
Nicholas Von Stav (guitar)

| past_members = John Hall (drums)
Glen Millen (keyboards)
Grant Miller (drums)
Frank Bajsar (sax)
Jade Burton (vocals)
Rob Dexter (guitar)
Andrew Duganzich (guitar/keys)
Michael Richardson (bass)
TJ Regan (guitar

}}

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Defryme are an Australian band from Melbourne, Victoria. They formed in 1989 in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston.{{cite news|pages=74|title=Prime time for Defryme|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74|access-date=28 July 2011|newspaper=Billboard|date=12 Nov 1994}} Their album Purekiller reached #4 on the Australian ARIA album charts in June 1994.{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Defryme&titel=Purekiller&cat=a |title=australian-charts.com > Defryme — Purekiller (album) |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=20 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407163614/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Defryme&titel=Purekiller&cat=a |archive-date=7 April 2016 }} They had four charting singles in Australia, "God Inside A Man" (#51Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:

• Top 50 peaks: {{cite web

|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Defryme

|title=australian-charts.com > Discography Defryme

|publisher=Hung Medien

|access-date=20 February 2016

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407163618/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Defryme

|archive-date=7 April 2016

}}

• Top 100 peaks: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}
• "Pure Killer" (single): {{cite web

|url=http://i.imgur.com/y1vYBnq.jpg

|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 20 Feb 1994

|publisher=ARIA

|access-date=15 March 2016

}}

• "Sanity": {{cite web

|url=http://i.imgur.com/Cpdae8H.jpg

|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – 25 Sep 1994

|publisher=ARIA

|access-date=15 March 2016

}}), "Pure Killer" (#70), their cover of L.L. Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" (#38), and "Sanity" (#70). Defryme reformed in 2010 with the release of the single 'Sup?' and a handful of shows. Defryme re-emerged in 2014 with a string of live shows in Melbourne and Sydney performing the classic "Purekiller" album in entirety and released another single "Audrey". Defryme also recorded a number of songs for "Guitar Gods LIVE @ Pony Music" - a series of Live in the Studio videos filmed for Guitar Gods and Masterpieces TV show.

Enter the end of 2021 which sees a re-birth of DEFRYME with a couple of new members and a re-energised passion for performance. Signed to GOLDEN ROBOT RECORDS with first single release "The Snake" and the return to live performances.