THE BO - WEEVILS

The Bo-Weevils formed early in 1985 in Melbourne with the line up of Steve Anderson on guitar; Ian Hill on vocals, keyboards, and guitar (ex-Fizzpops, Crackajacks, Olympic Sideburns, Big Fans of Jesus); Mark Jenkinson on drums and Neil Rogers on bass guitar. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane described the group as "one of the first Australian bands of the 1980s to play wild, 1960s-inspired garage-punk". The group's work including "Lies", which appeared in August 1986 on Kavern 7 record label's EP, 'The Bo-Weevils', and "That Girl" from their single in November, represented their "garage-punk roots" In September that year they recorded a performance at The Tote Hotel, which was issued as 'Garage Twangin' Retard Rabble Sounds', on cassette later that year. In April 1987 Anderson was replaced by Nino Spadaro on guitar and vocals; and Hill was replaced by Davern White on keyboards, guitar, and vocals (ex-Undecided). The band issued their next EP, 'The Vortex Took Them', in March 1988.

Their debut studio album, 'Where Particular People Congregate', appeared in March 1989 on Mr. Spaceman Records. It was co-produced by the band with Kaj Dahlstrom and recorded the previous year in August and September. It was followed by 'Destroyer Of Worlds' on Rubber Records in May 1990. McFarlane noted the group were now "stretching out under the influence of Green on Red, the Rain Parade and other roots-rock influenced contemporary American outfits".

The Bo-Weevils next albums, 'Reap' (October 1992) and 'Burn' (November 1995), were "straight-ahead, guitar rock releases" After the appearance of a compilation album, 'Trapped in the Garage' (December 1996), Hill rejoined the group for a tour early the next year to promote it. In March 1999 The Bo-Weevils undertook their farewell tour and issued another compilation, 'Get On Down'.

They had a cult following in Australia and Europe during the late 1980s to mid 1990s, and performed local shows as well as tours to Sydney, Adelaide and Wellington. Elements of their sound are similar to other contemporary Australian bands, Died Pretty, Hoodoo Gurus, The Stems and The Church as well as American group, The Dream Syndicate. In 2007 Off the Hip Records issued a 2× CD compilation album, 'The Bo-Weevils Anthology'. The Bo-Weevils reformed for a gig at the Northcote Social Club in November 2015 commemorating the 1994 'Burn' album with a remastered CD edition and addition of vinyl tracks from 'Where Particular People Congregate'.

Members

Ian Hill (vocals, guitar), Steve Anderson (guitar), Davern White (vocals, guitar, organ),
Nino Spadaro (guitar), Neil Rogers (bass), Mark Jenkinson (drums)

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bo-Weevils