In The Beginning... Hippy Dribble was one of the alter-egos of the Plunderers, who were Stevie Plunder [Anthony Hayes] on guitar and vocals, Nic Dalton on bass and vocals and Geoff Milne on drums. The Plunderers first played under the name Hippy Dribble for Geoff's debut show with the band in late 1988 at the Kauri Hotel in Glebe along with the Proton Energy Pills first Sydney show. Geoff was replacing Pete Pillage [Peter Velzen], whose last show (billed as "All Petered Out!") with the band was a couple of weeks later on the 29th December.
They originally formed as a separate entity to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The Woodstock concert by putting on a huge night at the Lansdowne Hotel in August 1989 called the "Love-In Reunion". Hippy Dribble decided to continue as a band proper, separate from their main outfit. Jon Casimir wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald: "What do you do when you write more songs than you could possibly use?'' Overwhelmed by their own songwriting prolificacy, Nic Dalton, Stevie Plunder and Geoff Milne (collectively known as The Plunderers) were recently faced with the choice of either dumping some of their favourite songs from the set or radical surgery. Love In! They opted for the latter and, thanks to modern science, have now become three bands, each with it's own personality". Hippy Dribble released two EPs on Half A Cow records, 'Wild Strawberry' and 'Cheerleader'. In 1992, Dalton joined US band The Lemonheads. Steve Plunder died on 25 January 1996, at the age of 32 years.
Members
Nic Dalton (bass, vocals), Stevie Plunder [Anthony Hayes] (guitar, vocals), Geoff Milne (drums)
References
http://www.halfacow.com.au/artists.php?page=artist_bio&artist=A017
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