Grinspoon will be tomorrow's Friday Flash(back) artist. Honestly after last week's 90's OZ fest, Regurgitator & Jebediah earlier, the Friday Flash(back) has brought back all the music I once listened to on Triple J when I first became music mad.
Originally from Lismore, Grinspoon formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums.
That same year, Grinspoon won the Triple J–sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore, with their post-grunge song Sickfest.
The name Grinspoon was taken from Dr. Lester Grinspoon, an associate professor emeritus of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who supported marijuana for medical use.
Grinspoon sound changed to more mainstream rock at the release of their 2002 album, New Detention, gaining fans and peaking at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Charts; similarly, 2007's Alibis & Other Lies also reached No. 2.
The 2004 album, Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills, which peaked at No. 4, won the 2005 Best Rock Album Award at the ARIA Music Awards.
Back in December 2013, the band members announced an indefinite hiatus to pursue individual projects, although they made a return in earnest in 2017.
This May however, the group released the single Unknown Pretenders, which was written in February 2020. At the same time, they announced the release of their eighth studio album Whatever, Whatever. Which was released last Friday.
Grinspoon are Australian icons. The late 90's, early 2000's Grinspoon were huge on the Aussie tour/festival circuit. So sit back, turn the stereo up, it's Grinners o'clock!
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