The Philisteins
| The Philisteins | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Cheesemongers |
| Origin | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Genres | Garage punk |
| Years active | 1985–1992 |
| Labels | Greasy Pop, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Dog Meat, Off the Hip |
| Associated acts | The Freeloaders |
| Past members | Scott Harrison Aydn Hibberd Guy Lucas Charlie Shackloth Konrad Park Mark Coombes Nick Bruer Ian Wettenhall Stewart Tabert |
The Philisteins were a garage punk band formed in Hobart in 1985 as The Cheesemongers with a line-up including Scott Harrison on bass guitar; Aydn Hibberd on guitar, vocals and harmonica; and Guy Lucas on guitar, vocals and organ. In 1986 Konrad Park joined on drums and they adopted a new name, The Philisteins. In 1987 they issued their debut album, Reverberations, and soon after relocated to Adelaide and signed with local label, Greasy Pop Records. In December 1988 they released an eight-track extended play, Bloody Convicts, with Harrison replaced by Ian Wettenhall on bass guitar and Nick Bruer on drums. They followed with a six-track EP, Some Kind of Philisteins, in November 1989, with Bruer replaced by Stewart Tabert. Their full-length album, Lifestyles of the Wretched and Forgettable, appeared in November of the next year on Dog Meat Records and they had moved to Melbourne. By 1992 they disbanded and Lucas, Tabert and Wettenhall formed another group, The Freeloaders. Hibberd was a founding member of indie rock band, Powder Monkeys. In March 1998 Guy Lucas died of a drug overdose. A compilation album, A Savage Affection: 1986–1992, appeared in December 2007.
The Philisteins formed in Hobart in 1985 as a garage punk band with a line-up of Scott Harrison on bass guitar; Aydn Hibberd on guitar, vocals and harmonica; Guy Lucas on guitar, vocals and organ; and Charlie Shackloth on drums. Originally they performed as The Cheesemongers until Shackloth was replaced on drums by Konrad Park in 1986. Their influences were 1960s R&B bands from the United Kingdom and American garage punk groups. The new name was supplied by a friend, Stewart Tabert, who recalled "I was listening to The Damned's The Black Album and [my mother] came in and said 'Will you shut up, you Philistine!' ... and I thought that's not a bad moniker for the band". Early in 1987 the group issued their debut album, Reverberations, as a cassette. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, their "raucous blend of punk/ R&B/psychedelia was soundly despised outside a small cult following". Lucas described Reverberations, "I don't like it at all...it sucks [...] Me and Stewart drank much of the proceeds before we left the state".
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