Something for Kate

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Something for Kate
Origin Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Post-Grunge
Years active 1994–present
Label(s) Sony BMG
New Found Frequency
Associated acts Scared of Horses, Sandpit
Website Official website
Members
Paul Dempsey
Stephanie Ashworth
Clint Hyndman
Former members
Julian Carroll
Toby Ralph
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Something for Kate is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth. The group was founded in 1994, with Julian Carroll as the original bass player. Something for Kate have widespread popularity in Australia. Their most recent album Desert Lights was released on the 1 July 2006, and debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts and by the end of the month was certified gold. They are one of the most popular and enduring Australian alternative/rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999 their second album, Beautiful Sharks was nominated for two ARIA AWARDS while in 2001 their third album,Echolalia was nominated for six ARIA AWARDS and went on to double platinum sales. In 2003 they were nominated for four ARIA Awards for the fourth album,The Official Fiction which also attained over platinum status -- Something For Kate have a very dedicated fanbase often seen more as a cult following.
In 2007 they released their first 'Best Of' compilation album, titled The Murmur Years - The Best Of Something For Kate 1996-2007]]. in 2008 Paul Dempsey is writing and releasing his first major solo album. (Dempsey released a solo album in 1998 titled Scared of Horses in which he wrote and recorded all the music getting guest vocalists to sing. This album sold out of its pressings and is now extremely hard to find.)

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[edit] Members

Dempsey and Hyndman met at Padua College, Mornington Peninsula. Ashworth joined in 1998 after a distinguished career in the band Sandpit, turning down an offer to play with American band Hole.

Ashworth is the only current non-founding member. Previous bassists include:

  • Julian Carroll 1995-1997 (Carroll played with the band on 2 September 2004 at a special one-off 10-year celebration gig at Melbourne's Prince of Wales.)
  • Toby Ralph 1997-1998

Touring members have included:

  • Wally Gunn - second guitar and keyboards.
  • Phillip 'Pip' Branson - second guitar and violin.
    Ex-member of Sydney band Sidewinder, and currently (2005) playing with band as "Pip Branson Corporation".
  • Simon Burke - keyboards
  • Anthony Petrucci -second guitar

[edit] The band's name

Early on they used the name "El Presidentè", before changing that to "Fish of the Day". The publican at their first gig suggested they change it. The new words were chosen from a shopping list, Kate being Paul Dempsey's Jack Russell terrier. The band's name Something For Kate may be shortened to SFK (and is on the band's official website)

Something for Kate and Paul Dempsey have played secret shows under pseudonyms. Some of the names used include:

[edit] Trivia

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  • Something for Kate is mentioned in Melbourne based comedy trio Tripod's song "When You're a Transformer"
  • Something for Kate recently contributed to "Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel" along with other Australian artists
  • Some for Kate contributed to the 2007 Triple J album "Like a Version: Vol 3" with a cover of The Clash song Rock the Casbah.
  • Something for Kate have toured with David Bowie
  • Something for Kate have been nominated for 13 ARIA AWARDS
  • Something for Kate's third album, Echolalia won the Rolling Stone Readers Poll for Best album, Best band, Best single, Best male vocalist and Best Rock album of 2003 while also topping the Triple J listeners poll for Best album of 2003.
  • Something for Kate's single, Monsters from Echolalia came 2nd in the Triple J Hottest 100 songs of 2003.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

[edit] Singles

From Elsewhere for 8 Minutes:

  • Harpoon/Clint (1998) (Split A-side with Jebediah. Two different versions released, SFK's vinyl, and Jebediah's CD version (Harpoon EP) both with different cover art.

From Beautiful Sharks:

  • "Electricity" (1999)
  • "Hallways" (1999)
  • "Whatever You Want" (1999)
  • "The Astronaut" (2000)

From Echolalia:

  • "Monsters" (2001)
  • "Three Dimensions" (2001)
  • "Twenty Years" (2001)
  • "Say Something" (2002)

From The Official Fiction:

  • "Déjà Vu" (2003)
  • "Song for a Sleepwalker" (2003)
  • "Best Weapon" (2003) (promo only)
  • "Moving Right Along" (2004)

From Desert Lights:

  • "Cigarettes and Suitcases" (2006)
  • "Oh Kamikaze" (2006)
  • "California' (2007)

From The Murmur Years:

  • "The Futurist" (2007) (promo only)

[edit] Complilations

Undone - A Tribute To Duran Duran:

Standing On The Outside - The Songs of Cold Chisel:

  • "When The War Is Over" (2007)

[edit] Videography

All music videos were directed by Bart Boghesi unless otherwise stated.

There have been two official video releases, a VHS only video titled Big Screen Television (also referred to as The World According to Bart) and a DVD titled A Diversion. The DVD features a short film with a soundtrack composed by Paul Dempsey, and 29 live video clips from various concerts.

The film clips from "Subject to Change" to "Whatever you Want", along with a live version of "Truly" (recorded at the UNSW Roundhouse), appear on Big Screen Television.

  • "Subject to Change"
  • "Dean Martin"
  • "Captain" (1997)
  • "Prick" (1997) - Directed by Toby Ralph
  • "Working Against Me" (1998)
  • "Roll Credit" - First appearance of Stephanie Ashworth
  • "Electricity" (1999)
  • "Hallways" (1999)
  • "Whatever You Want" (1999)
  • "The Astronaut" (2000) - Directed by Morgan Christie
  • "Monsters" (2001)
  • "Three Dimensions" (2001)
  • "Twenty Years" (2001)
  • "Say Something" (2002) - Directed by Morgan Christie
  • "You Only Hide" (2002) - Video clip featured on the band's DVD as an extra
  • "Déjà Vu" (2003) - Directed by Grant Marshall
  • "Song For A Sleepwalker" (2003)
  • "Best Weapon" (2003) - This was a "non-commercial single" and the film clip featured the band playing live at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney
  • "Moving Right Along" (2004) - Directed by Rupert Glasson
  • "Cigarettes And Suitcases" (2006) - Directed by Matt Weston of Syndicate Films
  • "Oh Kamikaze" (2006)
  • "California" (2007)
  • "The Futurist" (2007)

[edit] Side Projects

Paul Dempsey released a solo project Scared of Horses: An Empty Flight between the albums Elsewhere for 8 Minutes and Beautiful Sharks, featuring vocals from a number of personalities from different indie bands. He is currently working on a new solo album, but has assured fans that this does not mean the band is breaking up.

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