Area-7
Area-7 in 2018
Area-7 in 2018
Background information
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresPop punk, third wave ska, ska punk
Years active1994–present
LabelsZomba, Jive, Shock
MembersJohn "Stevo" Stevens
David 'DJ' Jackson
Charles "Chucky T" Thompson
Andy Gardiner
Paul West
Dennis "Ocker" O'Connell
Warren Lenthall
Aaron Schultz
Dean Gilboy
Past membersWalter Eskdale
Ivan Downey
Rohan Pacey
Alistair "Albags" Shepherd
Toby "Tobias" Dargaville
Chris Meighen
Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan
Matt Sanders
Craig Selak
Dan Morrison (deceased)
WebsiteArea-7 on MySpace

Area-7 (also known as Area 7) are an Australian ska punk band. Formed in Melbourne in 1994, they have released four studio albums, No Logic!, Bitter & Twisted, Say It To My Face and Torn Apart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Bitter & Twisted was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album in the World. .[1]

History

Area-7 was formed in 1994 by members of Madness cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 four members, Ivan Downey, Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar) and Dan Morrison (drums) left the group and began to write their own songs. In 1994, Area-7 self-released a cassette titled Demo Tape 1994 featuring 4 tracks. Alistair Shepherd (sax), Toby Dargaville (trumpet) and Rohan Pacey (bass) joined in 1995 and the same year released their debut studio album No Logic.

In 2000, the group released Bitter & Twisted, which at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album.

In October 2001, the group released Say It to My Face which peaked at number 36 on the ARIA charts.

Whilst AREA-7 has never "officially split", since 2005 the band has been playing "when they feel like it" or as they put it, "for special occasions".

Drummer and founding member Dan Morrison died on 1 December 2020.[2]

Discography

Albums

List of studio albums, with Australian chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
No Logic
  • Released:1995[4]
  • Label: Moon Ska Australia
 -
Bitter & Twisted
  • Released: March 2000
  • Label: Trademark Records (TM007)
 6
Say It to My Face
  • Released: October 2001
  • Label: Trademark Records / Jive Records (TM012)
 36
Torn Apart
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Shock Records (A7003)
 -

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Year EP details
1994 Demo Tape 1994
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Independent
1997 Road Rage
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Independent

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
AUS
[3][5]
1998 "Bitter Words" 59 Bitter & Twisted
1999 "Second Class Citizen" 29
2000 "Start Making Sense" 37
"Bitter Words" / "Himbo" 67
2001 "Leave Me Alone" 38 Say It to My Face
"Individuality" 90
2002 "Nobody Likes a Bogan" 46
2004 "Big Issue" 92 Torn Apart

References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Cashmere, Paul (1 December 2020). "R.I.P. Dan Morrison of Area-7". Noise11.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Area 7 Australian Discography". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Area-7". MySpace. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 17.
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