Bernard Fanning has always been the face, voice of Brisbane's Aussie powerhouse group, Powderfinger.
They formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer Jon Coghill.
Powderfinger's third studio album Internationalist peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in September 1998.
They followed with four more number-one studio albums in a row: Odyssey Number Five (2000), Vulture Street (2003), Dream Days at the Hotel Existence (2007) & Golden Rule (2009).
Their top-ten hit singles are My Happiness (2000), (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind (2003) & Lost and Running (2007).
Powderfinger earned a total of eighteen ARIA Awards, making them the second-most-awarded band, behind Silverchair.
Ten Powderfinger albums & DVDs certified multiple-platinum, with Odyssey Number Five (their most successful album) achieving eightfold platinum certification for shipment of over 560,000 units.
After the release of their first DVD, These Days: Live in Concert (2004), & the compilation album Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000 (2004), the group announced a hiatus in 2005.
The June 2007 announcement of a two-month-long nationwide tour with Silverchair, Across the Great Divide tour, followed the release of Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.
One aim of their Across the Great Divide Tour was to promote the efforts of Reconciliation Australia, and awareness of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children.
In April 2010, Powderfinger announced that they would be breaking up after their Sunsets Farewell Tour, declaring it would be their last, as they had musically said everything they wanted to say.
On 13 November 2010, they played their last concert, signifying their disbandment. In November the following year, rock music journalist Dino Scatena and Powderfinger published a biography, Footprints: the inside story of Australia's best loved band.
During Covid lockdowns, on 23 May 2020, the band reformed for a one-off live-streamed charity performance, One Night Lonely.
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