Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane currently consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans bassist Ben Ely and drummer Peter Kostic. A blend of rock and electronica the band captured a devout following in 1996 with its debut album titled Tu-Plang.

The band are known for their 3D animated videos created by Quan and his now ex-partner Janet English of Spiderbait. The band have released 6 albums and 5 EPs. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years (19941995) 1.2 Tu Plang (1996) 1.3 Unit (1997 - 1998) 1.4 Lee's departure & end of deal with Warner Music (1999 - 2003) 1.5 Band in a Bubble & Mish Mash! (2004 - 2005) 1.6 Love and Paranoia & Distractions EP 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 EPs 2.3 Singles 2.4 VHS and DVDs 2.5 Music videos 3 Chart positions 3.1 Albums 3.2 EPs 3.3 Singles 4 References 5 External links History Early years (19941995)

Regurgitator was originally a 3-piece indie rock band with Quan Yeomans (guitar and vocals) Ben Ely (bass and vocals) and Martin Lee (drums). The three had purportedly met on a bus in inner Brisbane. At this time all three were already in several bands some containing future members of The Resin Dogs Wolfmother and George. Regurgitator at this time were not considered to be the main focus of any members rather as a side-project to their other bands.

With the emergence of the Brisbane underground scene in the early 1990s major labels such as Warner Music generated interest in increasing its Australian music roster. A&R representative Michael Parisi initially pursued Pangaea a popular and established band in Brisbane's underground that Ben Ely fronted. It wasn't until Parisi was supplied with Pangaea recordings by their manager Paul Curtis that he discovered Regurgitator whose material was also presented to potentially launch the Valve label. Ironically Parisi would push for the less-established band to be signed because "it was the hook that Pangaea for all the excitement it had generated on stage had lacked."1 The band signed with Warner in 1995 and its recordings were licensed to Reprise Records in the USA.

The release of its first self-titled EP led to a stirring of the Brisbane music scene that was well and truly interested by the time of the release of its second EP New which spawned the radio hits "Track 1" and "Blubber Boy." Tu Plang (1996)

Following the success of their first two EP releases the band made an unusual move by traveling to Thailand to record their first full-length album at 'Center Stage Studios' - a famed pop studio in Bangkok. Martin Lee pushed to record in Thailand because it was cheaper than recording in Australia and would keep their record company happy with a bigger profit margin.2 Calling the album Tu-plang ( Thai for 'Jukebox') it largely featured a rock/hip hop infusion which was evident on the third single release "Kong Foo Sing". The band also experimented in a number of genres including techno musak surf rock and dub. Regurgitator had gained notoriety for songs usually written by Yeomans with obscene lyrical content. Amongst these the controversial pop-rock tune "I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am" was attacked by Australian radio identity Alan Jones who campaigned to have it removed from airplay.3 Tu-plang was a smash hit winning Best Alternative release and Best Debut album at the 1996 ARIA Music Awards. Unit (1997 - 1998)

After their recording experience in Thailand the band chose to record in the comfort of their hometown Brisbane. Lee championed the idea of setting up a make-shift studio in a condemned warehouse in Fortitude Valley affectionately named "The Dirty Room" by the band. In contrast with their rock-oriented works of the past the band moved on with a more electronic and pop based sound on their second effort Unit. The band openly acknowledged their stylistic change with the album's opening track ironically titled "I Like Your Old Stuff Better Than Your New Stuff". The band released "Everyday Formula" as the first single with Yeomans and Magoo later admitting it was a conscious decision to ease their fans into the new sound with a heavier track.4 The single made a lacklustre impact compared with the following pop and keyboard style of the following singles which were instant hits. From this album "Polyester Girl" "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" and "Black Bugs" all gained significant amounts of airplay. Unit is Regurgitator's most commercially successful album going platinum three times in Australia. Whilst it no doubt increased the popularity of the band fans of their first generation of work are still divided in their responses to it.567 It is also considered to be ahead of its time due to heavy 1980s referencing well ahead of the popularisation of 1980s aesthetics which occurred post 2000. Unit won 5 ARIA Music Awards in 1998 including best album.

During the UnitShifter tour in late 1997 drummer Martin Lee had failed to appear at a second sold out show at the University of Western Australia. After disappearing from a Perth nightclub he was found the next day unconscious and was taken to hospital where he remained comatose for a week. No-one including Lee once he had recovered had any recollection of the circumstances that had landed him there. Jon Coghill of Brisbane rock band Powderfinger was his fill-in for the rest of the tour. Shane Rudken who had contributed string arrangements on Unit was added as a live session musician on keyboards. Lee's departure & end of deal with Warner Music (1999 - 2003)

After a short break in 1998 working with respective side projects (Quan formed Happyland with Spiderbait's Janet English and Ben Ely reviving Pangaea) the band moved into Wategoes Beachhouse at Byron Bay on the New South Wales coast to begin recording their third album ...Art. Having rebuilt "The Dirty Room" studio with the assumption it would be used for the recording Lee felt undervalued when Yeomans made it clear he needed a change in working environment.8 Since the Unit sessions he had felt excluded from the creative process as his material would rarely be used and he was often replaced by a drum machine in the studio.9 After an extended absence during the album recording and a string of absences on the supporting tour schedule it was announced in late 1999 that Lee would be leaving the group due to 'creative differences'. He was replaced by Front End Loader and Hard-Ons drummer Peter Kostic late 1999. ...art was followed by Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks in 2001 a hip-hop focused album that Yeomans and Ely recorded and produced in London. Despite the latter's musical proximity to Tu-Plang both albums met criticism from many fans who considered them lacking the creativity of the alternative and explicit Regurgitator from the mid-1990s.101112 At the same time the albums did not perform as well as hoped on the charts despite their success in Japan. This led into a turbulent relationship with their label Warner who were unable to grasp the band's lack of motivation and refusal to compromise just for the sake of commercial success.131415 After the fourth album discussions led to a mutual request to end the deal and the compilation album Jingles (along with DVD Infomercials) was released - the title an obvious comment on the parallel of advertising and the focus on singles and their videos. Regurgitator would then go on to independently release further material utilising their manager's Valve Records/MGM distribution setup not resigning to any actual label. Band in a Bubble & Mish Mash! (2004 - 2005) Regurgitator created and participated in the Band in a Bubble project in 2004 a new reality TV-inspired media stunt sponsored and broadcast by Australian music channel Channel V. The band entered a small glass recording studio built in Federation Square in the centre of Melbourne to record their new album. Pedestrians could look into most rooms of the "bubble" and could watch the band work or tune in to a 24 hour digital cable television channel and watch their work on that. Nobody could enter or leave the bubble a la Big Brother. In addition to the three band members their longtime Australian producer Magoo engineer Hugh Webb and Channel V host Jabba were all also locked into the bubble with the band. This project resulted in 2004's Mish Mash!. The first single from Mish Mash! was "The Drop" and the second was "My Friend Robot". In May 2005 they released the "My Ego" single which contains three remixes created by Quan Yeomans in his new home in Hong Kong. They then released the "#*!" (or Pillowhead) EP which contained b-sides from "Mish Mash!". Their album tour included a performance at the world's biggest short film festival Tropfest surrounded by 30000 people. Love and Paranoia & Distractions EP Regurgitator took a break during 2006 with Ben working on his project Jump 2 Light Speed and Quan working on his solo career. The band also licensed their Band in a Bubble concept to Initial TV in the UK. In 2007 Quan released an EP with Sydney based musician Spod called Blox. Their 6th album Love and Paranoia was recorded in Rio De Janeiro Brazil and was released in Australia on September 15 2007. It features 80's style keyboard-driven poprock tunes with new member Seja Vogel on keyboards. The first single from the album titled "Blood and Spunk" received airplay on Triple J. Music videos for "Blood and Spunk" and the second single "Romance of the Damned" have been released. In 2008 Regurgitator released Love and Paranoia in the UK and Asia with a supporting tour. It was the first time in 5 years that the band had toured the UK. It was also their first visit to China where they played alongside New Pants who had supported Regurgitator on their Australian tour in 2007. Simulataneously Ben Ely and Quan Yeomans both launched solo projects with "Ben Ely's Radio 5" becoming his second solo project while Quan's album Quan: The Amateur was his debut solo album which was recorded in Hong Kong where he lived until 2010. Quan played the Big Day Out 2009 tour in support of his album. The group's Warner Music catalogue was finally made available after much delay on iTunes worldwide in August 2009. In September 2009 it was stated on the band's website that the band were talking about recording a new album in 2010. At the beginning of May 2010 Regurgitator announced on the news section of their website that they had begun work on their seventh album. It is also known that they are recording it in the heart of Melbourne. These sessions led to the release of four-track EP "Distractions" that was released September 8 2010 and was followed by a major-city tour of Australia supported by Rat Vs Possum and Laneous & The Family Yah. Seja Vogel is not credited on the EP and did not tour with the band. When "Distractions" was released Yeomans stated that the band would likely no longer release music in album format. Instead they would release songs digitally and consider pressed releases in a compilation-style format when they had enough materialcitation needed. This was supported by the subsequent internet only release of tracks "Born Dumb" and "Evil Eye" via the band's website in November 2010. Discography Albums tu-plang - Warner (May 1996) (album title translates to "juke box" in the Thai language) (#3 Australia #27 NZ) Unit - Warner (November 1997) (#4 Australia #7 NZ) re-released in October 1998 as Unit Re-Booted containing bonus Computer Multimedia (5 music videos from the album) ...art - Warner (August 1999) (#2 Australia #12 NZ) Generic City Pileup Remix album - Japan-only release (November 2000) Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks Warner (July 2001) (#7 Australia) Jingles: The Best Of - Warner (November 2002) Mish Mash! - Valve Records (November 2004) Love and Paranoia - Valve Records (September 2007) EPs Regurgitator (aka Hamburger) (October 1994) (#45 Australia) New (March 1995) (#30 Australia) Generic City Vinyl only (September 2000) Crush The Losers (September 2000) #*! (aka Pretty Girls Swear or Pillowhead) (August 2005) Distractions (September 2010) Singles "Blubber Boy" (1995) "F.S.O." (January 1996) "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am" Vinyl only (1996) "Kong Foo Sing" (March 1996) (#33 Australia) "Miffy's Simplicity" (October 1996) "Everyday Formula" (June 1997) (#41 Australia) "Black Bugs" (August 1997) (#32 Australia #113 UK) "Polyester Girl" (February 1998) (#14 Australia #16 NZ #132 UK) "The Fourth Single from Unit" (September 1998) (#28 Australia) "Happiness (Rotting My Brain)" (June 1999) (#16 NZ #44 Australia) "I Wanna Be a Nudist" (November 1999) "Freshmint!" (March 2000) (#44 Australia) "Crush the Losers" (September 2000) "Fat Cop" (May 2001) (#34 Australia) "Superstraight" (August 2001) "Hullabaloo" (January 2002) "Bong in My Eye" (July 2004) "The Drop" (October 2004) "My Ego" (early 2005) "Pretty Girls Swear" (2005) "Blood and Spunk" (October 2007) "Romance of the Damned" (2008) VHS and DVDs Regurgitated VHS (1996) Regurgitator: Live at the Brisbane Festival Hall VHS (1998) Jingles: Infomercials The Best of Videos DVD (November 2002) Nein Nein Nein Slumber of the Beast DVD (October 2003) Band in a Bubble - The DVD (January 2008) Music videos "I Like it Like That" "Couldn't Do It" "Track 1" "Blubber Boy" "Kong Foo Sing" "F.S.O" "Miffy's Simplicity" "Everyday Formula" "Black Bugs" "Modern Life" "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" "Polyester Girl" "I Like Your Old Remix Better Than Your New Remix" "Happiness" "Freshmint!" "I Wanna Be A Nudist" "Crush the Losers" "Fat Cop" "Super Straight" "Hullabaloo" "C'mon" "Transformers Theme" "Bong In My Eye" "The Drop" "My Friend Robot" "Pretty Girls Swear" "The Game" "Blood and Spunk" "Romance of the Damned" "Destroy this Town" Other "mini videos" exist for other album tracks as seen on "Regurgitated" and "Jingles (Infomercials)". Chart positions Albums Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications (sales thresholds) AUS NZ 1996 tu-plang Released: May 1996 Label: Warner 3 27 AUS: Platinum16 1997 Unit Released: November 1997 Label: Warner 4 7 AUS: 3 x Platinum17 1999 ...art Released: August 1999 Label: Warner 2 12 AUS: Gold18 2001 Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks Released: July 2001 Label: Warner 7 - 2002 Jingles: The Best Of Released: November 2002 Label: Warner - - 2004 Mish Mash! Released: November 2004 Label: Valve Records 52 - 2007 Love and Paranoia Released: September 2007 Label: Valve Records 74 - EPs Year Album details Peak chart positions Tracks AUS 1994 Regurgitator (aka Hamburger) Released: October 1994 45 Like it Like That Couldn't Do It Hang Up Nothing to Say Pretend Friend 1995 New Released: March 1995 30 Track1 Power Tool Blubber Boy Gravey 7' 10 2000 Generic City Vinyl only Released: September 2000 - 2000 Crush The Losers Released: September 2000 - Cruch the Losers injury Time in the Wilderness Physio Comeback (Eye of the Tiger) Return of the Loser (Closing Ceremony After Party Mix) 2005 #*! (aka Pretty Girls Swear or Pillowhead) Released: August 2005 - Pretty Girls Swear Sent By God 2 Get U Off The Rock Pillowhead Orchestra Sent By God (Dub) Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album AUS NZ UK 1995 "Blubber Boy" New - EP 1996 "F.S.O." tu-plang "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am" "Kong Foo Sing" 33 "Miffy's Simplicity" 1997 "Everyday Formula" 41 Unit "Black Bugs" 32 113 1998 "Polyester Girl" 14 16 132 AUS: Gold "! (The Song Formerly Known As) / Modern Life" 28 1999 "Happiness (Rotting My Brain)" 44 16 ...art "I Wanna Be a Nudist" 2000 "Freshmint!" 44 "Crush the Losers" Non-Album Single 2001 "Fat Cop" 34 Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks "Superstraight" 2002 "Hullabaloo" 2004 "Bong in My Eye" Non-Album Single "The Drop" Mish Mash! 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