Butterfingers (Australian band)

Butterfingers
Origin	Brisbane, Australia
Genres	Hip hop, Alternative rock
Years active	2001–2009
Labels	Valley Trash, Festival Mushroom, Warner
Website	http://www.butterfingers.info
Members	Eddie Mark Jacobson Olly Thomas Dave Crane Damien Green

Butterfingers were an Australian hip hop group from Brisbane, Queensland. Most of their releases are on their own label, Valley Trash Records.

The group was formed when lead vocalist 'Evil' Eddie Mark Jacobson booked himself in for a gig at The Zoo, a bar in Brisbane, without a band or any intentions of performing solo. The venue held Jacobson's booking to him and after two weeks of panic and a sloppy debut performance, a backing band was assembled featuring DJ/percussionist Olly Thomas, bassist Dave Crane, and drummer Damien Green.

Their first two singles "Everytime" and "I Love Work", reached No. 38 and No. 15 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003.

Their next single "Yo Mama" also receiving airplay on Triple J with the group's debut album, Breakfast at Fatboys, on its national release, 3 May 2004, awarded Triple J 'Album of the Week'. The album debuted at No. 15 on the ARIA Album charts and was also nominated for the 'Best Independent Release' at the 2004 ARIA Music Awards "Yo Mama" charted at No. 17 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004. In October 2004 Butterfingers scored a Guest Programming spot on rage.

In March 2005 Butterfingers aligned themselves with Festival Mushroom Records through a licensing deal between FMR and Valley Trash, the bands in-house label. Their first (and last) co-release was in June 2005 with the release of the single, "Figjam (Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me)". The song peaked at No. 50 and in October 2005, "Figjam" was nominated for 'Best Urban Release' at the 2005 ARIA Music Awards. "Figjam" and the preceding single, "Jesus I Was Evil" (a Darcy Clay cover) charted at No. 11 and No. 69 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005.

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