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Michael Spiby formed The Badloves in Melbourne during January 1990. Spiby, John Housden and Stephen O’Prey had all been part of Daryl Braithwaite’s 1989 touring band. A year later, Michael’s brother John left The Badloves to be eventually replaced by Tony Featherstone on Hammond organ and guitar. The band became a popular live attraction courtesy of regular gigs and a fine set of laid-back, 1970s-styled blues, Memphis soul and New Orleans R&B material. The band’s sound was simple, soulful and very funky. The Badloves were immediately labelled as ‘organic’, ‘neo-hippies’ and ‘retro’, which may have been the case, but at least it showed a band working within a rich musical tradition.
The Badloves signed a deal with Mushroom Records at the end of 1992 after label head Michael Gudinski saw them supporting Hall and Oates at the Melbourne Concert Hall. Initially then band’s debut album Get On Board (June 1993) sold moderately, and the first two CD singles ‘Lost’/’Green Limousine’ , ‘Stop’ (March) and ‘I Remember’ (July), were only minor hits. Months of touring and opening for bands like The Sharp, Weddings Parties Anything and Baby Animals did not help sales. The ban...
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Green Limousine
Lost
I Remember
Memphis
Caroline
Slave
Live
Sugar Daddy
Yesterday's Gone
In My Garden
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Get on Board
Holy Roadside
The Mushroom Tapes
Everybody Everywhere
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