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{{Short description|1990s Australian rock band}} |
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| name = Kiss My Poodles Donkey |
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| origin = Sydney, Australia |
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| genre = Rock |
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| years_active = {{Start date|1991}}–{{End date|1995}} |
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| label = Hot |
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| past_members = * Richard Berckelman |
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* Dave Bullock |
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* Glenda<!-- last name not shown in sources --> |
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* Doug Ironside |
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* Paul Kidney |
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* Chris Townend |
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* Angela Chenowyth |
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'''Kiss My Poodles Donkey''' were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991. They issued two albums, ''Kiss My Poodles Donkey'' (1991) and ''New Hope for the Dead'' (1993), before disbanding in 1995. |
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== History == |
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Kiss My Poodles Donkey were formed in 1991 in Sydney by Richard Berckelman on drums, Dave Bullock on percussion and samples, Glenda<!-- last name not shown in sources --> on bass guitar, Doug Ironside on guitar, Paul Kidney on vocals and Chris Townend on guitar and vocals.<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Kiss My Poodles Donkey' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803185334/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=991 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=991 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | archive-date = 3 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = usurped }}</ref><ref name="Swift">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kiss-my-poodles-donkey-mn0001835819#biography |title=Kiss My Poodle's Donkey Songs, Albums, Reviews... |first=Brendan |last=Swift |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=15 June 2024 }}</ref> Australian musicologist [[Ian McFarlane]] described their sound, "a curious blend of hard rock, mutant funk, swamp-blues and free-form jazz."<ref name="McFarlane" /> |
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The band's self-titled, six-track debut extended play was issued in late 1991 via Hot.<ref name="McFarlane" /> All of the tracks were written by Townend.<ref name="APRA Get It">{{cite web | publisher = [[APRA AMCOS]] (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) | title = Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Get It Right' | url = https://www.apraamcos.com.au/works-search?works=true&title=Get%20It%20Right&writer=&performer=Kiss%20My%20Poodles%20Donkey | access-date = 15 June 2024 }} '''n.b.''' for other tracks click on Search and filter, then enter another title</ref> McFarlane felt they "developed an adventurousness in the studio that overcame [live performance] restrictions".<ref name="McFarlane" /> In the next year, Glenda was replaced on bass guitar by Angela Chenowyth (ex-Stone Circle).<ref name="Swift" /> |
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The group released their full-length studio album, ''New Hope for the Dead'', in October 1993.<ref name="McFarlane" /> Besides writing all but one track (Prince's "[[Gett Off]]"), Townend produced it at Big Jesus Burger studios, Sydney. According to McFarlane, "[it] was patchy, ranging from noisy hard rock to dreary funk".<ref name="McFarlane" /> Dale Harrison of ''[[Tharunka]]'' caught their performance supporting [[Kim Salmon and the Surrealists]] at the Phonecian Club in February 1995.<ref name="Harrison">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230432891 |title=Mornay: |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=41 |issue=1 |location=Sydney, NSW |date=28 February 1995 |access-date=15 June 2024 |page=34 |via=[[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> He observed, "their sound is such that it is a wholly visceral... Trance like, one has a sense of having travelled unconsciously while listening but no recollection of what has happened".<ref name="Harrison"/> |
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== Side-projects and later work == |
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Townend had formed a rock duo, Crent, as a side-project with guitarist Kent Steedman of [[the Celibate Rifles]], in 1989.<ref name="McFarlane tCR">McFarlane, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040807051648/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=180 'The Celibate Rifles'] entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2024.</ref><ref name="Holmgren tCR">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031006222023/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/celibaterifles.html |title=The Celibate Rifles |first=Magnus |last=Holmgren |publisher=[[Australian Rock Database]] |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/celibaterifles.html |url-status=usurped |access-date=16 June 2024 |archive-date=6 October 2003 }}</ref> The duo released an EP, ''Crent'' (1990), and an album, ''Pink Album'' (1993), before Steedman return to his main band the Celibate Rifles.<ref name="McFarlane tCR" /><ref name="Holmgren tCR" /> In 1994 Townend, on bass guitar, clarinet, percussion and vocals, formed an improvised noise, free-form jazz, ambient band, Whore with Peter Jones on guitar and vocals and Paul Larson on drums.<ref name="McFarlane" /> That group issued a self-titled album in April 1996.<ref name="McFarlane" /> Townend also provided screen music composition for TV and film.<ref name="MMDB">{{cite web | url=http://dbs.pams.com.au/mushroom_music/FMPro?-db=mm_filmwriters.fp3&-format=filmwriters_detail.html&-lay=data_entry&-sortfield=Writer&TV=TV&-max=10&-recid=14&-find= |title=Film & TV Writers: Townend, Christopher |website=Mushroom Music Database |date=20 April 1999 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000519160943/http://dbs.pams.com.au/mushroom_music/FMPro?-db=mm_filmwriters.fp3&-format=filmwriters_detail.html&-lay=data_entry&-sortfield=Writer&TV=TV&-max=10&-recid=14&-find= |archive-date=20 May 2000 | access-date=16 June 2024 }}</ref> |
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Bullock on drums worked for Steedman (guitar, vocals) and [[Alan Dargin]] ([[Didgeridoo|yiḏaki]]) in the 1990s, together with Simon Cox on drums (of [[Died Pretty]]), Nik Rieth on drums (of the Celibate Rifles), to record "Feet Up" for an EP, ''Fine Fellows'' (2019).<ref name="Rieth">{{cite web |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/joy-ride/ |title=Joy Ride in a TARDIS |publisher=[[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] |first=Nik |last=Rieth |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=16 June 2024 }}</ref> In 2009 Kidney formed a progressive rock band, Paul Kidney Experience.<ref name="Prog Archiv">{{cite web |url=https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6617 |title=Paul Kidney Experience Discography and Reviews |website=Prog Archives|date= |access-date=16 June 2024 }}</ref> |
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== Members == |
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* Richard Berckelman – drums |
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* Dave Bullock – percussion, samples |
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* Glenda<!-- last name not shown in source --> – bass guitar |
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* Doug Ironside – guitar |
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* Paul Kidney – vocals |
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* Chris Townend – guitar, vocals, bass guitar |
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* Angela Chenowyth – bass guitar |
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== Discography == |
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=== Studio albums === |
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* ''New Hope for the Dead'' (October 1993) – Hot {{Small|(HOT1048)}} |
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=== Extended plays === |
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* ''Kiss My Poodles Donkey'' (late 1991) – Hot {{Small|(KMPD001)}} |
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== References == |
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