Panel of Judges
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Panel of Judges | |
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 Panel of Judges at Open Casket EP Launch, 2004 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Chapter Music Gothic Pharaoh Records Mistletone Weather Records |
| Members | Dion Nania Alison Bolger Paul Williams Martin Frawley[1] |
| Past members | Michael Nichols[1] |
| Website | Official Site |
Panel of Judges is an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Dion Nania began the group in 1997 as a solo project, then added Alison Bolger, Michael Nichols and Paul Williams soon afterwards.
Nania, originally from Geelong, had played with the Golden Lifestyle Band; Bolger, originally from Brisbane, had played bass in Clag and Sleepy Township and in looser configurations such as an improvisational group with Mia Schoen and Ellen Turner; Williams had been a member of Perth group Molasses and, in the early days of Panel of Judges was also drumming in Melbourne band Jaguar is Jaguar; and Nichols had been a formative figure in the Hanshalf Trio in Melbourne, Crabstick and Blairmailer in Sydney, and the 'travelling' group Ruff Buff.[citation needed]
Panel of Judges' first release was an EP, Blind as a Bat on Chapter Music in 1998; their debut album Cool Fool was released later that year after which Nichols left and the band continued as a three-piece. They travelled to Europe in 2002, playing in London and Paris, and returned in 2004 to record their second album No Scandal - No Future - In Heaven, the title of which was 'stolen from a card left on Serge Gainsbourg's grave'. They have since toured Japan and New Zealand; their third album, Bad Vibrations was released on Mistletone in late 2008.
Members[edit]
- Dion Nania - guitar, vocals
- Alison Bolger - bass, vocals
- Paul Williams - drums
- Martin Frawley - guitar
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Cool Fool (1999)
- No Scandal - No Future - In Heaven - Independent/MGM (GP4) (20 February 2006)
- Bad Vibrations - Mistletone[2] (MIST025) (22 November 2008)
EPs[edit]
- Blind as a Bat - Chapter Music (CH26) (February 1999)
- Open Casket - Weather Records (WR007) (September 2004)
Singles[edit]
- "Panel"
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mess+Noise Panel Of Judges, Bad Vibrations
- ^ Rolling Stone March 2009 Album Review (p.107)
External links[edit]
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