Flashing OFF the Record

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Friday Flash(back) RE: Regurgitator

Regurgitator for me are in the same classic Aussie music era as former Friday Flash(back) stars Jebediah.

Back in the days of Homebake, the Gurge, Jebediah, Magic Dirt, Powderfinger, Silverchair, PNAU were all kings & queens of this festival/the Aussie music scene.

So to have these two artists release new records so close to each other, for me this is a great nostalgia period for music. Hailing from Brisbane, Queensland, the group formed in 1993.

Lead by Quan Yeomans, Ben Ely and Martin Lee. Their debut studio album, Tu-Plang was iconic in 1996; with Unit the following November, growing new fans, killing the festival scene with tunes like !SFKA.

The album was certified triple platinum, while winning five categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998: Album of the Year, Best Alternative Album, Producer of the Year (for Magoo), Engineer of the Year (Magoo) and Best Cover Art (for The Shits).

Their third album, ...Art came in 1999, lead by the lead single, Happiness (Rotting My Brain).

Of course we all loved their top 20 hit Polyester Girl, which peaked at No. 14 in Australia and No. 16 in New Zealand.

The groups fourth studio album, Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks then landed in 2001. This was their final studio album for Warner before mutually agreeing to terminate their recording agreement.

Regurgitator then went on to issue four more independent studio albums Mish Mash!, Love and Paranoia , Super Happy Fun Times Friends and Dirty Pop Fantasy.

Their ninth studio album Headroxx released in 2018, before the group's spin-off project Regurgitator's Pogogo Show released their debut album of children's music, The Really Really Really Really Boring Album in 2019. So it had been a minute before the crew released Invader. Kicking off This Is Not a Pop Song with Peaches on guest vocals. JK-47 and Tyson Yunkaporta, also feature on the 14 track record.

So if you are new to Regurgitator, or a seasoned fan like me, here are some weekend bangers to get your weekend started!