FAR OUT CORPORATION

Far Out Corporation was a rock band formed in Brisbane in November 1997. They were led by singer-guitarist Grant McLennan (ex-Go-Betweens). McLennan started the group with Ross MacLennan (no relation) on drums (ex-Turtlebox), bass player Adele Pickvance (ex-Davey Graney Band) and Powderfinger's guitarist Ian Haug. It was a side project for most of its members, other than Ross MacLennan, as they were in other bands which were in hiatus. The group's name is a reference to the rock supergroup, Far Corporation.  Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described them as a "conceptual art group with a pop orientation." Far Out Corporation was initially a one-off group to fulfil a Brisbane music-arts project and the band performed live at one of the six nights of the Occiput Hammerings display early in 1998.

The group then continued to gig at various Brisbane venues. In October 1998 they released their first and only album, 'FOC', which is an initialism of their name. It was produced by Tim Whitten and Far Out Corporation. McFarlane felt the album "successfully blended a pop sensibility with a more cerebral orientation (reminiscent of Underground Lovers, New Order or Velvet Underground)." It provided the CD single, "Don't Blame the Beam". In late 1999 The Go-Betweens unexpectedly reformed and McLennan brought Pickvance into a new Go-Betweens line-up. Far Out Corporation disbanded by 2000. In 2019 Airlock Recordings reissued their 'FOC' album.  Grant McLennan died in 2006.

Members

Grant McLennan (vocals, guitar), Ian Haug (guitar, vocals), Ross MacLennan (drums, guitar),
Adele Pickvance (bass, vocals)

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Out_Corporation