TUMBLEWEED
The Waterfront Years 1991 - 1993
Label: Aztec Music (Australia)
Catalogue No: (AVSCD055)
Format: Double CD (digipak)
Released: November 2010
Catalogue No: (AVSCD055)
Format: Double CD (digipak)
Released: November 2010
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"With a look and sound that mixed the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers with the Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath, Tarrawanna (near Wollongong, NSW) five-piece Tumbleweed was the ultimate stoner's band for the 1990s". Ian McFarlane from The Encyclopedia Of Rock And Pop
Although often lumped into the 'grunge' movement (a national support to Nirvana's only Australian tour in 1992 only added to this), Tumbleweed's sound was arguably more 'stoner rock', and closer in style to bands like Kyuss and earlier antecedents like Black Sabbath or Australia's Buffalo.
With their high-riffing, fuzz-drenched, wah wah guitar, propulsive beats and and languid vocal melodies - and the hair ... oh, so much hair! - Tumbleweed rose quickly to become one of Australia's most popular bands of the early nineties. Armed with a great image (enhanced by guitarist Lenny's striking artwork) and a swag of memorable tunes, the band also enjoyed success in the UK, Europe and US.
In 1991, Tumbleweed signed to Sydney's Waterfront Records and, in a little over two years, released some classic singles and EP's (including Daddy Long Legs, Sundial, Acid Rain and Stoned) plus a self-titled album - all of which achieved the rare feat of both critical and commercial success.
Aztec have collected all 35 tracks from that fertile period into a 2CD set. Some rarities, such as their first single Captain's Log / Space Friends - produced by Mudhoney's Mark Arm - make their first appearance on CD. This deluxe 2CD release has been digitally remastered and contains two sets of notes - all packaged in an 8 panel digipak with a 28 page booklet packed with lots of rare photos, Lenny's terrific drawings and images of all releases.
Although often lumped into the 'grunge' movement (a national support to Nirvana's only Australian tour in 1992 only added to this), Tumbleweed's sound was arguably more 'stoner rock', and closer in style to bands like Kyuss and earlier antecedents like Black Sabbath or Australia's Buffalo.
With their high-riffing, fuzz-drenched, wah wah guitar, propulsive beats and and languid vocal melodies - and the hair ... oh, so much hair! - Tumbleweed rose quickly to become one of Australia's most popular bands of the early nineties. Armed with a great image (enhanced by guitarist Lenny's striking artwork) and a swag of memorable tunes, the band also enjoyed success in the UK, Europe and US.
In 1991, Tumbleweed signed to Sydney's Waterfront Records and, in a little over two years, released some classic singles and EP's (including Daddy Long Legs, Sundial, Acid Rain and Stoned) plus a self-titled album - all of which achieved the rare feat of both critical and commercial success.
Aztec have collected all 35 tracks from that fertile period into a 2CD set. Some rarities, such as their first single Captain's Log / Space Friends - produced by Mudhoney's Mark Arm - make their first appearance on CD. This deluxe 2CD release has been digitally remastered and contains two sets of notes - all packaged in an 8 panel digipak with a 28 page booklet packed with lots of rare photos, Lenny's terrific drawings and images of all releases.
Tracklisting: Disc 1 Singles, EPs & Rarities (1991-1993)
- Captain's Log
- Space Friends
- Healer
- Stoned
- Holy Moses
- Carousel
- Millennium
- Shakedown
- Fish out of Water
- Come & Get It
- Fritz
- The Sky is High
- Rainbow Waterwillow
- Funky
- Lullaby
- Sundial
- Sweet Young Thing
- Mr. Pharmacist
- Mad, Mad, Mad
- 48 Brain Cells
Tracklisting: Disc 2 Tumbleweed
- Sundial
- Healer
- White Skin Black Soul
- A Darkness at Never Never
- God
- Ocean
- Dandylion Part 1
- Atomic
- Acid Rain
- Starseed
- Dreamchaser
- Dandylion Part 2
- Daddy Long Legs
- Junior
- Trouble Every Day
Tracks 13-15: bonus tracks