Across 23 years the Fauves have grown to become one of Australia's best-loved bands. After a chance meeting as aid workers in West Africa, they discovered that in a remarkable coincidence that each of them had been voted ‘person most likely to succeed’ in their high school yearbook. Later, after jointly winning the Young Australian of the year Award, they formed the Fauves.
Having released 9 albums they have made their name as Australia's most complete musical act - a veritable national treasure - as people from all walks of life have taken them to their hearts, their homes and often their beds. Their strange but familiar hybrid of classic and modern sounds has inspired a host of imitators and earned them ARIA awards, countless sell out national tours and a documentary that was the highest rating musical program on Australian TV. Having taken their name from the early 20th century art movement Fauvism the band was naturally thrilled to receive an honorary doctorate in French art in Paris during recent turn of the century celebrations.
After meeting at High School the 4 friends soon became a regular fixture on the Melbourne live scene, issuing 2 self-funded EP's before signing with Polydor records in 1993. It was the release of the band's third album, Future Spa, in 1996 that really enabled the band to reach another level of popularity and thereafter followed three years where they saw more of Australia than the Postal Service. Playing nearly 200 shows a year honed their unique stage show to within an inch of its life and delighted audiences from Adelaide to Arnhem Land. During this period a film crew followed the band on its travels and the resulting documentary Fifteen Minutes To Rock aired on national television in late 2000.
The Fauves' appeal has always been difficult to define. Never fitting into any particular genre has afforded them a longevity rare in the music industry while their extra-curricular talents have seen them involved in everything from hosting youth television programs to appearing on the popular TV quiz show Sale Of The Century.
Now they are about to release their mind-blowing twin album project - Japanese Engines/German Engines. Uneasy siblings, the two albums will be released just weeks apart in late 2011/early 2012 and promise to catapult the Fauves back to the top of the charts, where the sheets remain warm from their last visit.
Having released 9 albums they have made their name as Australia's most complete musical act - a veritable national treasure - as people from all walks of life have taken them to their hearts, their homes and often their beds. Their strange but familiar hybrid of classic and modern sounds has inspired a host of imitators and earned them ARIA awards, countless sell out national tours and a documentary that was the highest rating musical program on Australian TV. Having taken their name from the early 20th century art movement Fauvism the band was naturally thrilled to receive an honorary doctorate in French art in Paris during recent turn of the century celebrations.
After meeting at High School the 4 friends soon became a regular fixture on the Melbourne live scene, issuing 2 self-funded EP's before signing with Polydor records in 1993. It was the release of the band's third album, Future Spa, in 1996 that really enabled the band to reach another level of popularity and thereafter followed three years where they saw more of Australia than the Postal Service. Playing nearly 200 shows a year honed their unique stage show to within an inch of its life and delighted audiences from Adelaide to Arnhem Land. During this period a film crew followed the band on its travels and the resulting documentary Fifteen Minutes To Rock aired on national television in late 2000.
The Fauves' appeal has always been difficult to define. Never fitting into any particular genre has afforded them a longevity rare in the music industry while their extra-curricular talents have seen them involved in everything from hosting youth television programs to appearing on the popular TV quiz show Sale Of The Century.
Now they are about to release their mind-blowing twin album project - Japanese Engines/German Engines. Uneasy siblings, the two albums will be released just weeks apart in late 2011/early 2012 and promise to catapult the Fauves back to the top of the charts, where the sheets remain warm from their last visit.
