End of Fashion

End of Fashion
End of Fashion performing live in 2006.
Background information
Origin	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres	Power pop
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Hello Cleveland! (2004) Capitol/EMI (2004–2010) Independent (2010-present)
Associated acts	The Sleepy Jackson, Jebediah
Website	endoffashion.com
Members
Justin Burford Rodney Aravena Simon Fasolo Mike Hobbs
Past members
Malcolm Clark Jonathon Dudman Mareea Paterson Vanessa Thornton Hugh Jennings Nick Jonsson Tom King

End of Fashion are an Australian power pop band from Perth, Western Australia. The band consists of singer and guitarist Justin Burford, guitarist Rodney Aravena, bassist Simon Fasolo, and drummer Mike Hobbs. The group gained mainstream attention with their 2005 single "O Yeah", which reached number 21 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. To date, the group have released two studio albums, two EPs, eight singles, and are currently in the process of recording a new album.

History

The band was originally formed as a side project by guitarists Justin Burford and Rodney Aravena together with drummer Malcolm Clark and bassist Jonathon Dudman. After two years, Justin and Rodney split from The Sleepy Jackson, reformed as End of Fashion and, after a series of bass players and drummers—including Vanessa Thornton from Jebediah, Mike Hobbs, Hugh Jennings (Autopilot), Nicholas Jonsson, and Tom King—the band have settled on their current line-up which sees Mike Hobbs returning to the drums and Simon Fasolo, previously of Perth band Colors, taking over the bass.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003 they started work on their first recording, a four-track EP Rough Diamonds / Anything Goes with former Midnight Oil guitarist Jim Moginie as producer. The EP was released through independent label Hello Cleveland!/EMI.

Radio station Triple J added both singles "Anything Goes" and "Rough Diamonds" to high rotation across the board in the first week of the release of the EP^{[citation needed]} and following sell-out shows during their five week national tour supporting Little Birdy and Betchadupa.^{[citation needed]} Concluding with their own headline shows to overwhelming fan response,^{[citation needed]} commercial stations began follow to suit. The raunchy "Rough Diamonds" video was well-received by Channel V, Video Hits, and ABC TV's Rage.^{[citation needed]} The EP was released in March 2004 and debuted at number 57 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]} The band signed to EMI/Capitol Australia for overseas licensing options in early 2004, before playing SXSW.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 August 2005, End of Fashion released their self-titled debut album, which was recorded in Oxford, Mississippi and produced by Dennis Herring, a veteran who has worked with Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, and Modest Mouse. The album went gold in Australia and New Zealand, and was released in the United States in May 2006.

The band name, which has ambiguous origins, also stands for the band's modus operandi.

I want to break down the walls – within that context, that image, we can do anything we want no matter whether it's super cheesy or punk, I want to kill fashion, see the end of it. – Justin Burford

The band's first single "O Yeah" reached number 21 on the ARIA Singles Chart, number 8 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2005, won two ARIA Awards^{[citation needed]} and was nominated for the prestigious APRA 'Song of the Year'.^{[citation needed]} The fourth single "The Game" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at a career high number 13 in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Their songs have been on the games Thrillville (which featured "She's Love" and "Lock Up your Daughters" on the in-game radio) and FIFA Street 2 (which featured "O Yeah").^{[citation needed]} "The Game" was featured as the theme song for the 2007 NRL season coverage on the Nine Network.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 December 2007 End of Fashion released a new song, "Biscit" [sic] on the band's official website, Facebook, and MySpace pages, having previously released the lyrics on 17 September 2007, and in May 2008, confirmed on their website that their second album, titled Book of Lies, would be released in September 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Whilst End of Fashion released a further two new songs, "Kamikaze" and "Walkaway" on their MySpace page on 27 June 2008, the first single to be released from the album was "Fussy", which reached number 47 on debut.

In an interview with Time Out Sydney in February 2009, Burford revealed that Simon Fasolo had replaced Tom King as the band's bassist. "He's been a really good friend of ours for years and he's been brought into the fold to take Tom's spot who we encouraged to go pursue his own project."

The second single released from the album was "Dying for You". The song was a collaboration between Burford and Julian Hamilton of The Presets.

They got together at the end of 2007 and did some songwriting and "Dying for You" was the last song they had written. It was cool track so we bounced on it and did our thing. There were a couple of other tunes from their writing session, but "Dying for You" was a cut above the rest.

—Rodney Aravena

The third single, "Down or Down", was released digitally-only in March 2009 and received radio coverage. During their 2009 Australian tour in support of Evermore, Burford announced "Force of Habit" would be the fourth single taken from Book of Lies.

End of Fashion are currently working on new songs for their third album, which they started recording by the end of 2009. In 2011 Burford joined the cast of the Australian production of Rock of Ages, in the lead role of Drew Bowie.

Performances

The band has a large festival history, having performed at Homebake, Triple J's Home and Hosed and One Night Stand festivals, the Come Together Music Festival, Southbound in Busselton Western Australia, Falls Festival in Lorne, Victoria and Marion Bay, Tasmania, and also the Big Day Out.^{[citation needed]} They've also made several live appearances on TV shows such as Rove Live, Channel V, and MTV Australia.^{[citation needed]}

End of Fashion have also played the South by Southwest festival twice and have supported Metric in the US and Snow Patrol for a show in Canada.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 they supported fellow Australian band The Living End on their national 'All States of Emergency' tour, and also performed on the Coca Cola Live & Local tour alongside Evermore, The Veronicas, After the Fall, and The Hot Lies.^{[citation needed]} The band then finished the year with performances at Pyramid Rock Festival on Phillip Island, Gloucester Park in Perth, and Beats on the Beach at Byron Bay.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008 the band performed at Churchlands Senior High School after a student won a Perth radio competition.^{[citation needed]}

In the beginning of 2009 (February–March) the band undertook a national tour to promote Book of Lies, which was followed in April–May by a tour in support of Kate Miller-Heidke, and subsequently by a national tour (May–July) supporting Evermore.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

• End of Fashion (2005) – No. 3 Australia (Gold)^{[citation needed]}
• Book of Lies (2008) – No. 26 Australia^{[citation needed]}
• Holiday Trip of a Lifetime (TBA)

EPs

• Rough Diamonds – Hello Cleveland! (1 March 2004) #57 Australia
• Too Careful – Capitol (1 November 2004)

Singles

• "O Yeah" (17 July 2005) #21 Australia^{[citation needed]}
• "Lock Up Your Daughters" (13 November 2005) #45 Australia
• "She's Love" (25 February 2006) #38 Australia
• "The Game" (27 May 2006) #13 Australia
• "Fussy" (30 August 2008) #47 Australia
• "Dying for You" (December 2008)
• "Down or Down" (March 2009)
• "Force of Habit" (2009)
• "Sleep Away" (2012) *Released on SoundCloud/>

Music videos

Year	Single	Album	Director
2004	"Rough Diamonds"	Rough Diamonds / Anything Goes
	"Too Careful"	Too Careful	Adam Howden
2005	"O Yeah"	End of Fashion	Ben Quinn
	"Lock Up Your Daughters"
2006	"She's Love"		Michael Spiccia
	"The Game"		Tom Spark
2008	"Fussy"	Book of Lies	Natasha Pincus
	"Kamikaze"
	"Dying for You"		Steve McCallum

Compilations

• Kiss My WAMi 2006 – "Too Careful" (February 2006)
• Triple J Hottest 100 Vol.13 – "O Yeah" (March 2006)

Awards and nominations

Awards

• 2005 ARIA Awards, Breakthrough Artist – Single for "O Yeah"
• 2005 ARIA Awards, Best Video – "O Yeah" directed by Ben Quinn
• 2006 WAMi Awards, Most Popular Music Video – "O Yeah"
• 2009 WA Screen Award, Best Video – "Dying for You" directed by Steve McCallum

Nominations

• 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards, Spankin' New Aussie Artist
• 2006 The Jack Awards, Best Live Band
• 2006 APRA Song Of The Year, "O Yeah"
• 2006 WAMi Awards, Best Rock Act
• 2006 WAMi Awards, Best Male Vocalist, Justin Burford
• 2006 WAMi Awards, Most Popular Single/EP, "O Yeah"
• 2006 WAMi Awards, Most Popular Album, End of Fashion
• 2006 WAMi Awards, Best Commercial Pop Act

External links

• Official website
• End of Fashion on Facebook
• End of Fashion on Myspace