Cameron Potts
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Laura Macfarlane and Cameron Potts
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cameron Potts |
| Born |
10 November 1971 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Origin | Perth, Western Australia |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician; Photographer; Author |
| Instruments | Drums; Violin |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Associated acts | Sandro Ninetynine Baseball Crank Peachfuzz Trippin Phil's All Ska's Sea Haggs Manic Pizza Thou Gideon Cuba is Japan |
Cameron Potts (born 10 November 1971 in Subiaco, Western Australia), is a musician based in Melbourne. Since 1999, he has toured regularly to the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Scandinavia and Iceland with both Ninetynine, playing drums, and Baseball, playing violin. His band Cuba Is Japan toured the far east in 2009, playing the Music Terminals Festival in Taiwan with Tricky, Placebo and a number of Australian acts including Mick Turner, The Stabs and The Holy Soul. and a 5 date tour of China supporting Angie Hart. He is not to be confused with Sydney musician Cameron Potts, lead singer and guitarist of Dead Letter Chorus.
Potts is originally from Perth, and from a hip hop background, prior to playing drums in 1988. He played in several bands in Perth, including Thou Gideon and Manic Pizza, before re-locating to Melbourne in 1992. In 1994 Potts joined with Gareth Edwards to form Sandro with Edwards on guitar and vocals and Nick Carroll on bass. Sandro released its first album, Live by Rivers in November 1996, which was followed by tours with Palace Brothers, Dirty Three and Smog later releasingHate Songs in 1997. The album attracted significant national airplay from Triple J, press in Rolling Stone and Juice and national airplay for the "Rainy Season" clip on Rage, Channel V and MTV. After a tour of the United States built around the completion of Sandro's third album, The Flux, Potts left the band playing his last show with them in New York. Returning home, He then went on to join Ninetynine, which was initially established as a solo side project by Sleater Kinney drummer Laura Macfarlane and Rhonda Simmonds. They recorded the band's second album, 767, with Simmonds on bass; Potts and Macfarlane sharing drums, vibraphone, and Casiotone keyboards; and Macfarlane on guitars, vocals, and xylophone. Simmonds left to join Origami and was replaced by Iain McIntyre and Michelle Mansford. A 75 date tour of the USA, Canada and Europe followed, and with this lineup they recorded the album, 180°, in 2000. Mansford left after another long international tour in late 2001 and replaced by Amy Clarke (Formerly of Vivian Girls). The band recorded with Producer Lindsey Gravina (Magic Dirt) releasing The Process in 2002. They also that year released a compilation of rarities and odd 7" B-Sides, Anatomy of Distance. Following this was another long tour of Europe and Japan. Clarke left Ninetynine in 2006 after the issue of 'Worlds of Space, Worlds of Population, Worlds of Robots' and was replaced by Meg Butler, with further touring to the USA, Canada and Mexico, including a recording session at Motown in Detroit.
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