End Of Fashion

End of Fashion
End of Fashion performing live in 2009
Background information
Origin	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres	Pop rock, power pop
Years active	2004–2014
Labels	Capitol/EMI Hello Cleveland! Universal
Associated acts	The Sleepy Jackson She Leaves the Mountain
Members	Justin Burford Rodney Aravena Simon Fasolo
Past members	Malcolm Clark Jonathon Dudman Mareea Paterson Vanessa Thornton Hugh Jennings Nick Jonsson Tom King Mike Hobbs

End of Fashion was an Australian pop rock band from Perth, Western Australia. As of January 2014, the band is on hiatus, with former lead singer and guitarist Justin Burford explaining in a Facebook post: "Triple J [national Australian radio station] ended the career path of End Of Fashion, no question." The group gained mainstream attention with its 2005 single, "O Yeah", that was voted into eighth position of the "Hottest 100" poll, compiled by Australian youth radio station, Triple J. The group has released three studio albums.

The band was originally formed as a side-project by guitarists Burford and Rodney Aravena, together with drummer Malcolm Clark and bassist Jonathon Dudman. After two years, Burford and Aravena split from The Sleepy Jackson to devote their full attention to a band they named "End of Fashion". After a series of bass players and drummers—including Vanessa Thornton from Jebediah, Mike Hobbs, Hugh Jennings from Autopilot, and Nicholas Jonsson—the band settled on the line-up of Hobbs as drummer and Tom King as bass guitarist. The band name also represented the band's modus operandi, as Burford explained:

I want to break down the walls – within that context, that image, we can do anything we want no matter whether it's super cheesy or punk, I want to kill fashion, see the end of it.

In 2003, the band started work on its first recording, the four-track EP, Rough Diamonds, with former Midnight Oil guitarist, Jim Moginie, as producer. The EP was jointly released through independent label Hello Cleveland! (artwork) and major label EMI.

Triple J added both singles, "Anything Goes" and "Rough Diamonds", to high rotation in the first week of the EP's release, and the band then performed sold-out shows during a five-week national tour in support of Little Birdy and Betchadupa. The EP was released in March 2004 and debuted at number 57 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and reached number 81 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2004. The band signed to EMI/Capitol Australia for overseas licensing options in early 2004, before playing SXSW.