The Faith (Australian band)
| The Faith | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sydney |
| Years active | 1987–1989, reformed 2008 |
| Labels | RooArt Survival |
| Website | myspace |
| Members | Alan White Scott Millard Jonathan Purcell Chris Briggs |
| Past members | Alex Ronayne |
The Faith is an Australian rock band first formed in 1987. The members are vocalist Alan White, guitarist Jonathan Purcell, bass player Scott Millard and drummer Chris Briggs. Their music was influenced by bands as diverse as REM, the Cult, Television and the Velvet Underground. They were contemporaries of Died Pretty, Trilobites, Crash Politics, Candy Harlots, Bell Jar and The Screaming Tribesman.
The Faith was formed after Alan White and Chris Briggs wound up their former band Sons of Guns and joined forces with Scott Millard and Jonathan Purcell, both of whom had just finished up with Sydney band the Seamonsters. The Faith debut performance was in late 1987 supporting well-known local band Bell Jar at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney's inner west. They were noticed straight away by their peers and quickly became a part of many local billings and line-ups throughout the next few months.
A new label called RooArt records noticed the band in 1987. The Faith were invited to record a track for RooArt's inaugural Youngblood compilation with leading producer Nick Mainsbridge at Sydney's Paradise Studios.
After many more live dates and touring commitments, The Faith had the chance to return to the studio in December 1988 and record their debut album, Chain of Flowers. Brett Myers, who was better known as the guitarist and songwriter for one Australia's most acclaimed international acts, Died Pretty, took the reins and produced the effort, along with Tony Espie, ARIA award-winning engineer, at Studios 301 in Castlereagh St. Chain of Flowers was released on the Survival Label, home to Screaming Tribesman, in December 1988 with the anticipation it would become an independent hit. The album received enormous amounts of critical praise from street press around the country, however radio failed to latch on and inevitably record sales failed to match the expectations. Although sales were respectable for an Independent release, it wasn't enough to guarantee interest from any of the major labels and the band lost momentum.
In the winter of 1989 and following the release of Chain of Flowers, the band took a forced hiatus as Alan White pursued his film directing career in the United States and at the same time Scott Millard filled in with appearances with the Candy Harlots. The band came together and toured in late 1989 however eventually different visions of the future forced the band to call it quits and no further material was released. The band reformed to record some demo's in 1990 with a new line up. Scott Millard had since moved on. The sessions, with Alex Ronayne on bass, yielded one track "Wild Changes" which was finally mixed some nine years later and released on the 1999 soundtrack of the Australian movie "Erskineville Kings".
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