Butterfingers (Australian band)
| Butterfingers | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Brisbane, Australia |
| Genres | Hip hop, Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2001–2009 |
| Labels | Valley Trash, Festival Mushroom, Warner |
| Website | http://www.butterfingers.info |
| Members |
Eddie Mark Jacobson Olly Thomas Dave Crane Damien Green |
Butterfingers were an Australian hip hop group from Brisbane, Queensland. Most of their releases are on their own label, Valley Trash Records.
History
The group was formed when lead vocalist 'Evil' Eddie Mark Jacobson booked himself in for a gig at The Zoo, a bar in Brisbane, without a band or any intentions of performing solo. The venue held Jacobson's booking to him and after two weeks of panic and a sloppy debut performance, a backing band was assembled featuring DJ/percussionist Olly Thomas, bassist Dave Crane, and drummer Damien Green.
Their first two singles "Everytime" and "I Love Work", reached No. 38 and No. 15 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003.[1]
Their next single "Yo Mama" also receiving airplay on Triple J with the group's debut album, Breakfast at Fatboys, on its national release, 3 May 2004, awarded Triple J 'Album of the Week'. The album debuted at No. 15 on the ARIA Album charts and was also nominated for the 'Best Independent Release' at the 2004 ARIA Music Awards[2] "Yo Mama" charted at No. 17 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004.[3] In October 2004 Butterfingers scored a Guest Programming spot on rage.[4]
In March 2005 Butterfingers aligned themselves with Festival Mushroom Records through a licensing deal between FMR and Valley Trash, the bands in-house label. Their first (and last) co-release was in June 2005 with the release of the single, "Figjam (Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me)". The song peaked at No. 50[5] and in October 2005, "Figjam" was nominated for 'Best Urban Release' at the 2005 ARIA Music Awards.[2] "Figjam" and the preceding single, "Jesus I Was Evil" (a Darcy Clay cover) charted at No. 11 and No. 69 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005.[6]
The band released a new album, The Deeper You Dig... on 27 May 2006, which peaked at No. 14 on the album chart.[7] A single from the album, "Get Up Outta the Dirt", was released on 3 June 2006. The single peaked at No. 36,[8] and charted at No. 83 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006.[9]
In June 2007 the band won an APRA award - 'Most Performed Urban Work' for "Get Up Outta the Dirt".[10] The group then released "Nothin Much Happens" as a single in October 2007,[11] which landed on Triple J's "hit list" of songs receiving medium to high rotation.[12] A music video was produced for this song and was played on jtv,[13] and on rage,[14] and also Video Hits.
With the band on a presumed hiatus, lead vocalist Eddie Jacobson began performing with Brisbane-based punk band, SpitFireLiar.[15] Jacobson has also gone onto a solo single under the name Evil Eddie, entitled "Queensland".[16][17]
To be honest, I’m really gonna focus on the solo thing as much as possible, the other things are all collaborative; the solo thing is gonna be similar to what Butterfingers has previously sounded like. I was submitting a lot of the music for Butterfingers, I haven’t finished it all yet.— Eddie Jacobson[15]
Jacobson's debut solo album was released in November 2012.[18]
Members
- Dave 'The Chainsaw' Crane - bass guitar, vocals
- Damien Green - drums, vocals
- 'Evil' Eddie Jacobson - vocals, guitar, samples
- Olly Thomas - percussion, samples, vocals
Appearances
- 2002 & 2004 Livid
- 2004 Falls Festival
- 2004, 2005 & 2007 Stonefest
- 2004/05 Woodford Folk Festival
- 2005 Big Day Out
- 2005 Pyramid Rock Festival
- 2005 Come Together Music Festival
- 2005 & 2006 Splendour in the Grass
- 2006 The Great Escape (festival)
- 2006 Rock-It
- 2006 Parklife Festival
- 2006 Push Over Festival
- 2006 Southbound (festival)
- 2007 Festival of the Sun
- 2007 Musicoz Awards
- 2007 Brisbane Valley Fiesta
- 2008 Caxton Street Seafood Festival
- 2008 Conception Day
- 2008 fat as butter festival
- 2008 Here And Now - Brisbane (Australia Day Concert)
- 2009 Sounds of Spring Festival
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart peak positions AUS |
Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA Charts | AIR Charts | |||
| 2004 | Breakfast at Fatboys
|
61 | 2 | |
| 2006 | The Deeper You Dig...
|
14 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart peak positions AUS |
Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA Charts | AIR Charts | Hottest 100 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | "Everytime" | — | 16 | 38 | Breakfast at Fatboys | ||||||||||
| "I Love Work" | — | — | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | "Everybodys Jesus" | — | 7 | 69 | non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Figjam" | 50 | — | 11 | The Deeper You Dig... | |||||||||||
| 2006 | "Get Up Outta the Dirt" | 36 | — | 83 | |||||||||||
| "I Like Em When They're Trouble | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | "Nothin' Much Happens" | — | — | — | non-album single | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Awards and nominations
ARIA Awards
The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually since 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
| Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Breakfast at Fatboys | Best Independent Release[19] | Nominated |
| 2005 | "Figjam" | Best Urban Release[20] | Nominated |
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[21]
| Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Get Up Outta the Dirt" – Eddie Jacobson | Most Performed Urban Work[22] | Won |
References
- ↑ Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
- 1 2 Butterfingers at the ARIA Music Awards website
- ↑ Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004
- ↑ Rage Guest Programmers - Butterfingers (25 September 2004)
- ↑ "Figjam" at Australian-charts.com
- ↑ Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005
- ↑ The Deeper You Dig... at Australian-charts.com
- ↑ "Get Up Outta the Dirt" at Australian-charts.com
- ↑ Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
- ↑ 2007 APRA Award winners
- ↑ "Butterfingers & Warners split". The Scoop. The Blurb Magazine. October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ 2007 Triple J hitlist, access date: 7 January 2008.
- ↑ jtv playlist (October 2007)
- ↑ rage playlist (November 2007)
- 1 2 Millman, Audrey (20 July 2009). "Eddie Jacobson: Butterfingers and beyond". TheDwarf.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ Lendrum, Tony (11 November 2010). "Former Butterfingers front-man Evil Eddie releases new single 'QUEENSLAND'". The AU Review. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ↑ http://www.evileddie.com/
- ↑ Strange, Jason (28 November 2012). "Album Review: Evil Eddie - Welcome To Flavour Country (2012 LP)". The AU Review. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ↑ "2004 Winners - ARIA Music Awards". Australasian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ↑ "2005 Winners - ARIA Music Awards". Australasian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ↑ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ↑ "2007 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 May 2010.