The Plunderers (band)
| The Plunderers | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| Genres | Power pop |
| Years active | 1984–1992 |
| Labels | Rattlesnake , Green Fez, Citadel, Club/Shock, Half a Cow |
| Associated acts | Go Set Go, Hippy Dribble, Captain Denim, The Whitlams |
| Past members |
Nic Dalton Lindsay Dunbar Stevie Plunder Pete Pillage Andy Waterhole Geoff Milne |
The Plunderers were an Australian power pop band which formed in May 1984 in Canberra. The group's founding mainstays were Nic Dalton on bass guitar and lead vocals and Stevie Plunder (born Anthony Hayes) on lead guitar and vocals. In October 1985 they added Andy Waterhole (aka Andy Lewis) on keyboards, guitar and harmony vocals but he left by June the following year. The group issued three mini-albums, Trust Us (June 1988), Sarah's not Falling in Love (April 1990), and Home Movie (1992); a live album, 13.7.91 Live! Live! Live! (1991); and three albums, No Era Is Safe (1986), Half a Cow (1986), and Banana Smoothie Honey (1992); before disbanding later that year. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described their early sound as "a punky brand of power pop that mixed frantic guitar riffs, sharp harmonies and diamond-hard pop melodies" before starting to "explore a more tripped-out kind of psychedelic revivalism". In 1989 Dalton and Plunder and their drummer, Geoff Milne, formed a side project, Hippy Dribble, playing "tongue-in-cheek, thrashy neo-psychedelic pop". In December 1990 the trio also formed Captain Denim to play "more laid-back songs mostly ... influenced by the likes of Buffalo Springfield, Country & Western and folkrock". Both these groups issued material including a split album, Silver Apples/Fade in 1994. In late 1992 former band mates, Lewis and Plunder, formed The Whitlams with Tim Freedman. Plunder died on 26 January 1996, at the age of 32 years and Lewis died on 12 February 2000, at the age of 33 years.
The Plunderers formed in May 1984 in Canberra with Nic Dalton (initially as Nic Name) on bass guitar and lead vocals; Lindsay Dunbar on drums; and Stevie Plunder (born Anthony Hayes) on lead guitar and vocals. Dalton and Plunder had been members of Go Set Go, a folk-pop band, with Suzie and Jenny Higgie. Suzie later recalled "[d]own at Commonwealth Park there used to be a tunnel with a power point ... My first band with Nic Dalton [later of the Lemonheads] and Stevie Plunder [the Whitlams] wrote most of our songs down there". The Plunderers' early sound was described by Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, as "a punky brand of power pop that mixed frantic guitar riffs, sharp harmonies and diamond-hard pop melodies". Dunbar soon left and the group went into hiatus for six months. In June 1985 Dalton and Plunder were joined by The Gadflys' drummer Pete Pillage (aka Pete Velzen), who also provided lead vocals. This line-up released their debut single, "Strange Affection" on their own label, Rattlesnake Records. It had been recorded in August with the group self-producing at Trafalgar Studios, Dalton was credited as Nic Name. The group moved to Melbourne in October and added Andy Waterhole (aka Andy Lewis) on keyboards, guitar and harmony vocals. They provided two music cassette albums, No Era Is Safe and Half a Cow, on Rattlesnake, both in 1986.
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