27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Hottest 100 1998
*** VOTING IS NOW CLOSED *** Triple J's hottest 100 is on again this year, and this time 3 Jebediah songs have been nominated (Benedict, Harpoon and Teflon). That isn't to say you can't vote for any of the others (although Leaving Home and Jerks were last summer), including Something For Kate's version of Harpoon. Follow this link to start voting."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: The Year ahead
Songs are being tested for Jebediah's new album that is hoping to be recorded in Feb/Mar of next year. No details are set yet re: producer or studio. But the rest of '99 will include 3 Australian tours and a substantial amount of time spent touring overseas including Canada and New Zealand (with the Big Day Out).
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Deadset on Video
The film Jebediah made an appearance in is now available for you to own on video. It should be available at your local CD shop.
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Vote on Rage
Rage are banging together a list of most popular vids and online folk get to vote selfsame videos. You can choose from the lists some JJJ dj's have compiled together.(Adam Spencer is the only one who listed Jebediah. he nominated 'military strongmen') To vote, go here."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Hotel-Motel in JJJ Book
JJJ has recently published a book entitled ""Triple J's Internet Music Guide"". The book contains descriptions and ratings over hundreds of internet sites of both Australian and International bands. Hotel-Motel Jebediah is one of only two Jebediah sites to be placed in the book. The site received three and a half stars as well as a reasonably large block quote: ""For the FAQ, lyrics, and even more information on the Jebs, come here. May take a little longer to download than Monument due to its more complex layout. ""This Jebediah site (Hotel Motel) is one of the most comprehensive I have ever seen. It will literally take you half a day to get through it and its most informative. Besides the usual lyrics, news, guestbook, guitar tabs, your dates, videos, pics, FAQ's about the band, discogrpahy etc. this site is updated really frequently and contains a wealth of information about the band. There are cross links to all sorts of other sites (eg. WA music info, other bands that the Jebs really like) and you can even e-mail the band. Check it out!!!"". To order the book on-line, visit Triple J."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: 1999 Perth Band Calendar
Another year, another band calendar. This year however the calendar features a compilation CD including the 12 bands that are included in the calendar. Jebediah is represented by ""Bosco"". For only $20 this is a real bargain! :) For more details visit the Calendar website at www.iinet.net.au/zebstar."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Lust for Live
The latest Triple J live at the Wireless compilation (Volume 4) has just been released and it features Military Strongmen from Jebediah's performance last year. The CD features some of the best performances by local and overseas artists that popped into JJJ.
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Site Updates
Well you've probably noticed the first of many site updates already. But the new title heading and the split screen main page aint the only changes. Almost everything has been revamped for the long hot festival filled summer ahead. So take a look around. There are a lot more cool enhancements coming soon so watch this space! Send feedback my way.
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: Last Gig
Remeber how all your favourite live songs change after they've been recorded? Well Jebediah are offering Perth fans their last chance to hear a collection of material ""pre-record number 2"". Jebediah do one show. On Sunday the 7th of March at the Grosvenor Hotel Backroom. The show is the last before the band head into the studio to record the follow up to Slightly Odway, they do not expect to play in Australia again until July. Special Guests on the show will be announced soon. Tickets will only be on sale on the door, which open at 6pm. Ticket price to be advised."
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: New Site (Official Merchandise)!!!
Coming in the next month will not only be a new look site, but also a whole new URL (this old one will still forward you to the new one). The new site will include a discussion board (to free up the guestbook a little) AND the ability to buy the OFFICIAL Jebediah merchandise (t-shirts, hats) on-line via Hotel-Motel! The merchandise will also include tour t-shirts. Watch this space!"
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: Webcast of Jebs @ BDO
This is just to let you know that the Jebediah performance at the Melbourne BDO is to be webcast (streaming of course) on the following websites. It will also be archived on these sights for 1 month after the show. Participating Sites: Big Day Out, Addicted to Noise, SonicNet Liv,e Concerts.com, SRT"
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: Hottest 100 Results
Well Jebediah certainly didn't disappoint. All 4 of their nomionated songs entered the top 100, and they also posted their highest ranking ever (beating Leaving Home's no. 10 position last year). The results were: Benedict (91), Harpoon by SFK (85), Teflon (42) and Harpoon (7). The complete list can be found at Triple J's website."
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: New Album Details
17/6/99: Jebediah started recording their album at the end of March and finished in record time. The recording took place at Sing, Sing studios in Melbourne with producer Mark Trombino who's credentials include Knapsack, Rocket from the Crypt and Blink 182 (Dude Ranch). Mastering will take place in the next 2 weeks. A single will be released on August 9th followed by the album sometime in October. Video and still images direct from the studios will hit this page in the next week or so.
In a special agreement with Sony and Jebediah's management, the releases from the album (including the new single) will be debuted here before even the radio gets the chance to give them a spin. Details are not confirmed yet but samples of the single should be up a week or two before radio and a good month before store release and album samples should be up (in the form of a daily changing ""song of the day"") within the same sort of time frame.
Another song recorded in the sessions was ""Hungry Like The Wolf"" a Duran Duran cover for the upcoming tribute album that also features Regurgitator, The Living End, Powderfinger and the Kylie Minogue / Ben Lee duet, ""The Reflex"".
The working title for the new album is ""Shit Sandwhich"" this ""probably, definately"" will change before release."
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: ONYA Awards Nomination
17/6/99: Hotel-Motel has been nominated for the ""Best Australian Music Fan Site"" award at the inaugural Australian On-Line Music Awards. Please help me out by voting. (just click the icon and vote for Hotel-Motel Jebediah site in the, ""Best Australian Music Fan Site"" category). Thanks!"
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: Trapdoor Released on Compilation
27/6/99: The Kosovo compilation ""No Boundaries"" is now available. It features Trapdoor and is the first opportunity to hear the songs recorded for the upcoming new album. Visit the Kosovo Website for more information. More details about this release are here in the Discography and a sample of Trapdoor is available in the sounds section. In other compilation news Triple J's 6th installment of the Hottest 100 CD (1998) will be available on July 5th and it will feature the song that made it to number 7 (the highest ranking by a Perth band ever!) - Harpoon. Further details (including coverart) is available on the discography page."
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: Canadian Tour Official and Australian Announcement
26/6/99: Canada here we come! Jebediah will be flying off for Canada for a shot at international fame. The feedback I have received shows positive attitudes already. The tour will commence on the 9th of July in and around Canada and then New Zealand on the way home. Tour dates section contains a final itinerary. Hopefully we will be getting some ""tour diary"" sort of thing happening from someone in the Jeb camp. Then a national Australian tour will commence and this time Jebediah are dragging along Garageland (yay!) and Sugarchild. Tickets available in the coming weeks from the usual outlets."
04-08-1999 00:00:00 :: TRIPLE J - RADIO DEBUT OF ANIMAL
TRAPDOOR ON NET 50
19/7/99: Get up early and tune into Triple J this Friday 23 July @ 8.00AM (regardless of location Eastern or Western Standard Time) to hear Adam Spencer interview Kevin Mitchell live from New Zealand who will be having a chat to Adam and also introducing (as a world first) their first single 'Animal' from their forthcoming album. 'Animal' will be instore Monday 16 August till then vote for it on the NET50. Or you can hear samples and read the lyrics to all the songs directly from this site!
15/7/99: Trapdoor has been rating highly in the Triple J Net 50 of late (it debuted at number 21), and to say that it's not even a single that's a pretty huge feat! This is just a reminder that you can vote for Trapdoor (and all the new stuff when it's released) simply by visiting the Triple J website or by clicking here."
04-08-1999 00:00:00 :: ANIMAL SINGLE ANNOUNCED!
11/7/99: The first single from the up-coming Jebediah album has been announced. The single, ""Animal"" will include 2 b-sides (Less Trusted Pain Remover and Supposed to Say) as well as a CD-Xtra that contains a live clip of Animal filmed at the recent Lookout gig in Scarborough! Thanks to Ben Steele, the official artwork for the single is in the pictures section. All the information on it has been added to the discography and FAQ. Sound samples will be up as soon as I get my hands on a copy."
04-08-1999 00:00:00 :: KISS MY WAMI NOMINATIONS
4/7/99: As Perthites probably already know, July means that this year's WA Music Industry Awards/Festival, the Kiss My Wami's, are fastly approaching. Voting forms have been published in local music press and the website is up and functioning. This year sees over 80 gigs taking place across metro and rural areas, kicking off on Wednesday, July 21st. Due to other tour committments it doesn't look as if Jebediah will be performing this year, but they have been nominated for a few awards. Harpoon has been nominated for ""Most Popular Original Local Music Video"" and Vanessa has been nominated for ""Most Popular Female Original Bass Player"". In other categories Rob Grant (he helped record the b-sides on Jerks of Attention) has been nominated for ""Best Sound Recording Engineer"" and ""Best Record Producer"". As with every other year, a limited edition CD Compilation will be sold with the ""season pass"" tickets. Jebediah will not feature on this years compilation. The festivities close with one last jaunt at the Newport Hotel on Sunday, August 1st."
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: ""Of Someday Shambles"" album name announcement
23/7/99: It has officially been announced, the name of Jebediah's second album is, ""Of Someday Shambles"". Artwork is currently underway by Ben Steele who created almost all of the Jeb's other stuff. More details on the new album can be found on the album watch page that loads automatically along side this one."
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: Kiss My WAMI results
5/8/99: The Kiss my WAMIs have been and gone and the good news is that Jebediah won a cake for ""Most Popular local video clip"" with Harpoon and Vanessa won one for ""Most Popular Original Female Bass Player"". Well done to all this years Kiss My WAMI winners."
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: Animal released
16/8/99: Animal was released in stores today, go out and get yourself a copy!!! Jebediah have been busy at home filming a video clip for the radio favourite. The live vid that has been seen on Rage recently will appear on the single as a CD-Xtra component and will be replaced on TV by this new one in time for the single release. The new vid was shot around Leederville and Fremantle (WA) and is apparently very cool.
5/8/99: Animal's release date is only a few weeks away and is available for voting at the following places:
- Triple J Net 50 site
- Triple J Super Request by phoning: 1800 021 060
- Channel [v] by phoning 1902 220 330
- MTV by phoning 1900 959 333"
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: A new Recovery CD Compilation
21/8/99: A new Recovery CD Compilation entitled ""Ready for Transmission"" was released on August 16th. It contains another live track by Jebediah (Harpoon), other bands you can find on the compilation include You Am I, The Living End, Eskimo Joe, Regurgitator, The Whitlams, The Superjesus, Arkana, Custard and more. In other compilation news Jebediah is featured on the Juice (Magazine) compilation ""The Future of Music"", the song is Trapdoor and a photo of them is on the cover of the CD as well as in this month's Juice magazine with an interview/article."
03-10-1999 00:00:00 :: Animal Vinyl
30/8/99: A vinyl version of Animal will be released next week. The b-side will be the song that up until now has not appeared on an official Jebediah release (it was on the Occassional Course Language Soundtrack): ""Simple"". The two that appeared on the CD version of the single (""Supposed to Say"" and ""The Less Trusted Pain Remover"") will not make an appearance. In more TV appearances, Jebediah should be on Recovery this coming Saturday. An interview was recorded while they were in Melbourne."
03-10-1999 00:00:00 :: ARIA chart, Animal debut
23/8/99: Jebediah's latest single has just entered the charts and is breaking records all over. In Triple J's Net 50 'Animal' debuted at number 5, the second highest debut in the charts history. In the national ARIA singles chart the release got to 16th, Jebediah's highest placing single ever (number 35 was previous best position)! In the Australiasian top 20 Animal is number 3. In Perth, 78 Records sales indicicate Animal is the most popular selling local release this week. In other news the release of ""Of Someday Shambles"" has been delayed till the 1st of November. A second international tour will commence after the Australian album tour, with dates being added to this site in the next couple of days. The tour will take in Canada, New Zealand and Japan. Jebediah will also appear on this weekends Mick Molloy show (Saturday night, Channel 9), which should be very funny indeed!"
25-11-1999 00:00:00 :: JEBEDIAH TO PLAY BIG DAY OUT
25/11/99: Jebediah have been confirmed for 2000's run of Big Day Out shows across Australia. They join Foo Fighters (new announcement!), Spiderbait, Nine Inch Nails and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, among others. As well as the upcoming Homebake shows, Jebediah will be doing a few dates in support of the newly launched ""Feet Touch the Ground"" single with Motor Ace and Violetine. Followed by a tour of New Zealand with Spiderbait. The dates are in the tour section. Also tonight juice.net is hosting an IRC chat on the subject of Jebediah tonight. I will be 1 of four other hosts for the event and you can join in on the action via IRC: Server chat.juice.net port: 6667. The chat commences at 8pm EST (5pm for us west siders), hope to see you there!"
26-11-1999 00:00:00 :: NEW RELEASES
A few new releases to take note of. Homebake is this weekend and as every year they are launching a CD in support. Jebediah have contributed with Supposed to Say. The vinyl release of Of Someday Shambles has just been released.
21-12-1999 00:00:00 :: BIG DAY OUT COMPILATION
With certain other festivals releasing CD compilations, it was an obvious step for the Big Day Out to do the same. A double CD set is out now featuring most of the bands from the Y2K lineup. Jebediah are thus featured. In site news, this will probably be the final update to this page until the new year. For 2000, Hotel-Motel Jebediah will be transformed using graphics created by Ben Steele (jebs artwork creator). Thank you for your continued support. ON behalf of all at Hotel-MOtel Jebediah, have a safe, happy and fun Christmas and new years. See ya in 2000!"
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Feet Touch the Ground
20/11/99: The new Jebediah single, ""Feet Touch the Ground"" is out Monday. I have added the artwork to the picture gallery and a preview is to the right of this news article. The b-sides are ""Work in Progress"" and ""Look that Way"" sound samples will be up the day of release (hopefully). The artwork was created by long term Jebediah cover art designer Ben Steele who is also helping me with the redesign of this site (hence the length of the news page at the moment!)."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Good News Week NIght Lite Appearance
18/11/99: Jebediah will be appearing on ""Good News Week NIght Lite"" tonight (8:30pm Channel 10) to play a song or two (personally i'd like to see brett and paul mcdermott go head to head...). Thank you to everyone who has sent in tabs recently. They will be put up very soon."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: ""Of Someday Shambles"" Chart Success
8/11/99: Congratulations are in order. Jebediah's Of Someday Shambles has debuted at number two in this weeks Album ARIA charts. Behind only Savage Garden and beating out the Whitlams and the Foo Fighters new albums. In other news Feet Touch the Ground, Jebediah's new single, already getting a flogging on Triple J, will be officially in stores on Monday November 22nd. It includes the b-sides, Work in Progress and Look that Way."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Pre-Order Gigs
4/11/99: There seems to have been some confusion as to the playing times for the upcoming pre-order only gigs. Once again, these gigs are exclusivesly for people who already have their tickets from pre-ordering the album. There are no door sales. The gig times are as follows:
Thurs Nov 4th Adelaide Uni Bar - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9.30pm
Sat Nov 6th QUT Campus - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9.30pm
Sun Nov 7th The Globe - Doors 3pm; Band Onstage 4pm
Mon 8th Nov Goldman's - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9.15pm
Tues 9th Nov The Gypsy Bar - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9pm
Thurs 11th Nov Cainbridge Hotel - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9pm
Friday 12th Nov Grosvenor Hotel - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 8.45pm
See ya there!"
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Festival Announcements
7/10/99: Jebediah will be playing in the Perth ""Rock it"" festival. The action will take place at Arena Joondalup between 2 and 10pm, Sunday December 5th. The confirmed lineup so far also includes Powderfinger, Silverchair, Killing Heidi and Test Eagles as well as local favourites Beaverloop. Tickets go on sale Monday October 11th from the usual outlets at the ""Australian price"" of $35 plus booking fee. In other tour news Jebediah will team up with locals Red Jezebel in the Wheatbelt Youth Festival and Careers Expo next Friday, October 15th when they headline a concert at the Merredin Recreation Ground. All ages and side-show attractions will cost $15.19/9/99: That's right, Jebediah have just been confirmed to be playing at BOTH this years Homebake festivals (Gold Coast and Sydney). They will join other ozzy favourites including Silverchair, Something for Kate, Frenzel Rhomb, Eskimo Joe and more. For all the details you can visit the Homebake site at http://www.homebake.com.au. More festival announcements will be in shortly (eg. Big Day Out, Mudslinger)."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100
It's that time of year again. Triple J is calling all voters to their website (you can also vote at any ABC Shop) to vote for their favourite songs of 1999. Jebediah have (once again) made an impact in the nomination arena with Trapdoor, Animal (155) and Feet Touch the Ground (156). In order to get the best result possible we are trying to get everyone to vote for the same song. So vote for ""Animal"" by clicking here. Of course you can vote more than once, so then feel free to vote for the other two songs."
*** VOTING IS NOW CLOSED *** Triple J's hottest 100 is on again this year, and this time 3 Jebediah songs have been nominated (Benedict, Harpoon and Teflon). That isn't to say you can't vote for any of the others (although Leaving Home and Jerks were last summer), including Something For Kate's version of Harpoon. Follow this link to start voting."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: The Year ahead
Songs are being tested for Jebediah's new album that is hoping to be recorded in Feb/Mar of next year. No details are set yet re: producer or studio. But the rest of '99 will include 3 Australian tours and a substantial amount of time spent touring overseas including Canada and New Zealand (with the Big Day Out).
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Deadset on Video
The film Jebediah made an appearance in is now available for you to own on video. It should be available at your local CD shop.
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Vote on Rage
Rage are banging together a list of most popular vids and online folk get to vote selfsame videos. You can choose from the lists some JJJ dj's have compiled together.(Adam Spencer is the only one who listed Jebediah. he nominated 'military strongmen') To vote, go here."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Hotel-Motel in JJJ Book
JJJ has recently published a book entitled ""Triple J's Internet Music Guide"". The book contains descriptions and ratings over hundreds of internet sites of both Australian and International bands. Hotel-Motel Jebediah is one of only two Jebediah sites to be placed in the book. The site received three and a half stars as well as a reasonably large block quote: ""For the FAQ, lyrics, and even more information on the Jebs, come here. May take a little longer to download than Monument due to its more complex layout. ""This Jebediah site (Hotel Motel) is one of the most comprehensive I have ever seen. It will literally take you half a day to get through it and its most informative. Besides the usual lyrics, news, guestbook, guitar tabs, your dates, videos, pics, FAQ's about the band, discogrpahy etc. this site is updated really frequently and contains a wealth of information about the band. There are cross links to all sorts of other sites (eg. WA music info, other bands that the Jebs really like) and you can even e-mail the band. Check it out!!!"". To order the book on-line, visit Triple J."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: 1999 Perth Band Calendar
Another year, another band calendar. This year however the calendar features a compilation CD including the 12 bands that are included in the calendar. Jebediah is represented by ""Bosco"". For only $20 this is a real bargain! :) For more details visit the Calendar website at www.iinet.net.au/zebstar."
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Lust for Live
The latest Triple J live at the Wireless compilation (Volume 4) has just been released and it features Military Strongmen from Jebediah's performance last year. The CD features some of the best performances by local and overseas artists that popped into JJJ.
27-01-1999 00:00:00 :: Site Updates
Well you've probably noticed the first of many site updates already. But the new title heading and the split screen main page aint the only changes. Almost everything has been revamped for the long hot festival filled summer ahead. So take a look around. There are a lot more cool enhancements coming soon so watch this space! Send feedback my way.
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: Last Gig
Remeber how all your favourite live songs change after they've been recorded? Well Jebediah are offering Perth fans their last chance to hear a collection of material ""pre-record number 2"". Jebediah do one show. On Sunday the 7th of March at the Grosvenor Hotel Backroom. The show is the last before the band head into the studio to record the follow up to Slightly Odway, they do not expect to play in Australia again until July. Special Guests on the show will be announced soon. Tickets will only be on sale on the door, which open at 6pm. Ticket price to be advised."
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: New Site (Official Merchandise)!!!
Coming in the next month will not only be a new look site, but also a whole new URL (this old one will still forward you to the new one). The new site will include a discussion board (to free up the guestbook a little) AND the ability to buy the OFFICIAL Jebediah merchandise (t-shirts, hats) on-line via Hotel-Motel! The merchandise will also include tour t-shirts. Watch this space!"
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: Webcast of Jebs @ BDO
This is just to let you know that the Jebediah performance at the Melbourne BDO is to be webcast (streaming of course) on the following websites. It will also be archived on these sights for 1 month after the show. Participating Sites: Big Day Out, Addicted to Noise, SonicNet Liv,e Concerts.com, SRT"
22-02-1999 00:00:00 :: Hottest 100 Results
Well Jebediah certainly didn't disappoint. All 4 of their nomionated songs entered the top 100, and they also posted their highest ranking ever (beating Leaving Home's no. 10 position last year). The results were: Benedict (91), Harpoon by SFK (85), Teflon (42) and Harpoon (7). The complete list can be found at Triple J's website."
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: New Album Details
17/6/99: Jebediah started recording their album at the end of March and finished in record time. The recording took place at Sing, Sing studios in Melbourne with producer Mark Trombino who's credentials include Knapsack, Rocket from the Crypt and Blink 182 (Dude Ranch). Mastering will take place in the next 2 weeks. A single will be released on August 9th followed by the album sometime in October. Video and still images direct from the studios will hit this page in the next week or so.
In a special agreement with Sony and Jebediah's management, the releases from the album (including the new single) will be debuted here before even the radio gets the chance to give them a spin. Details are not confirmed yet but samples of the single should be up a week or two before radio and a good month before store release and album samples should be up (in the form of a daily changing ""song of the day"") within the same sort of time frame.
Another song recorded in the sessions was ""Hungry Like The Wolf"" a Duran Duran cover for the upcoming tribute album that also features Regurgitator, The Living End, Powderfinger and the Kylie Minogue / Ben Lee duet, ""The Reflex"".
The working title for the new album is ""Shit Sandwhich"" this ""probably, definately"" will change before release."
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: ONYA Awards Nomination
17/6/99: Hotel-Motel has been nominated for the ""Best Australian Music Fan Site"" award at the inaugural Australian On-Line Music Awards. Please help me out by voting. (just click the icon and vote for Hotel-Motel Jebediah site in the, ""Best Australian Music Fan Site"" category). Thanks!"
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: Trapdoor Released on Compilation
27/6/99: The Kosovo compilation ""No Boundaries"" is now available. It features Trapdoor and is the first opportunity to hear the songs recorded for the upcoming new album. Visit the Kosovo Website for more information. More details about this release are here in the Discography and a sample of Trapdoor is available in the sounds section. In other compilation news Triple J's 6th installment of the Hottest 100 CD (1998) will be available on July 5th and it will feature the song that made it to number 7 (the highest ranking by a Perth band ever!) - Harpoon. Further details (including coverart) is available on the discography page."
04-07-1999 00:00:00 :: Canadian Tour Official and Australian Announcement
26/6/99: Canada here we come! Jebediah will be flying off for Canada for a shot at international fame. The feedback I have received shows positive attitudes already. The tour will commence on the 9th of July in and around Canada and then New Zealand on the way home. Tour dates section contains a final itinerary. Hopefully we will be getting some ""tour diary"" sort of thing happening from someone in the Jeb camp. Then a national Australian tour will commence and this time Jebediah are dragging along Garageland (yay!) and Sugarchild. Tickets available in the coming weeks from the usual outlets."
04-08-1999 00:00:00 :: TRIPLE J - RADIO DEBUT OF ANIMAL
TRAPDOOR ON NET 50
19/7/99: Get up early and tune into Triple J this Friday 23 July @ 8.00AM (regardless of location Eastern or Western Standard Time) to hear Adam Spencer interview Kevin Mitchell live from New Zealand who will be having a chat to Adam and also introducing (as a world first) their first single 'Animal' from their forthcoming album. 'Animal' will be instore Monday 16 August till then vote for it on the NET50. Or you can hear samples and read the lyrics to all the songs directly from this site!
15/7/99: Trapdoor has been rating highly in the Triple J Net 50 of late (it debuted at number 21), and to say that it's not even a single that's a pretty huge feat! This is just a reminder that you can vote for Trapdoor (and all the new stuff when it's released) simply by visiting the Triple J website or by clicking here."
04-08-1999 00:00:00 :: ANIMAL SINGLE ANNOUNCED!
11/7/99: The first single from the up-coming Jebediah album has been announced. The single, ""Animal"" will include 2 b-sides (Less Trusted Pain Remover and Supposed to Say) as well as a CD-Xtra that contains a live clip of Animal filmed at the recent Lookout gig in Scarborough! Thanks to Ben Steele, the official artwork for the single is in the pictures section. All the information on it has been added to the discography and FAQ. Sound samples will be up as soon as I get my hands on a copy."
04-08-1999 00:00:00 :: KISS MY WAMI NOMINATIONS
4/7/99: As Perthites probably already know, July means that this year's WA Music Industry Awards/Festival, the Kiss My Wami's, are fastly approaching. Voting forms have been published in local music press and the website is up and functioning. This year sees over 80 gigs taking place across metro and rural areas, kicking off on Wednesday, July 21st. Due to other tour committments it doesn't look as if Jebediah will be performing this year, but they have been nominated for a few awards. Harpoon has been nominated for ""Most Popular Original Local Music Video"" and Vanessa has been nominated for ""Most Popular Female Original Bass Player"". In other categories Rob Grant (he helped record the b-sides on Jerks of Attention) has been nominated for ""Best Sound Recording Engineer"" and ""Best Record Producer"". As with every other year, a limited edition CD Compilation will be sold with the ""season pass"" tickets. Jebediah will not feature on this years compilation. The festivities close with one last jaunt at the Newport Hotel on Sunday, August 1st."
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: ""Of Someday Shambles"" album name announcement
23/7/99: It has officially been announced, the name of Jebediah's second album is, ""Of Someday Shambles"". Artwork is currently underway by Ben Steele who created almost all of the Jeb's other stuff. More details on the new album can be found on the album watch page that loads automatically along side this one."
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: Kiss My WAMI results
5/8/99: The Kiss my WAMIs have been and gone and the good news is that Jebediah won a cake for ""Most Popular local video clip"" with Harpoon and Vanessa won one for ""Most Popular Original Female Bass Player"". Well done to all this years Kiss My WAMI winners."
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: Animal released
16/8/99: Animal was released in stores today, go out and get yourself a copy!!! Jebediah have been busy at home filming a video clip for the radio favourite. The live vid that has been seen on Rage recently will appear on the single as a CD-Xtra component and will be replaced on TV by this new one in time for the single release. The new vid was shot around Leederville and Fremantle (WA) and is apparently very cool.
5/8/99: Animal's release date is only a few weeks away and is available for voting at the following places:
- Triple J Net 50 site
- Triple J Super Request by phoning: 1800 021 060
- Channel [v] by phoning 1902 220 330
- MTV by phoning 1900 959 333"
29-08-1999 00:00:00 :: A new Recovery CD Compilation
21/8/99: A new Recovery CD Compilation entitled ""Ready for Transmission"" was released on August 16th. It contains another live track by Jebediah (Harpoon), other bands you can find on the compilation include You Am I, The Living End, Eskimo Joe, Regurgitator, The Whitlams, The Superjesus, Arkana, Custard and more. In other compilation news Jebediah is featured on the Juice (Magazine) compilation ""The Future of Music"", the song is Trapdoor and a photo of them is on the cover of the CD as well as in this month's Juice magazine with an interview/article."
03-10-1999 00:00:00 :: Animal Vinyl
30/8/99: A vinyl version of Animal will be released next week. The b-side will be the song that up until now has not appeared on an official Jebediah release (it was on the Occassional Course Language Soundtrack): ""Simple"". The two that appeared on the CD version of the single (""Supposed to Say"" and ""The Less Trusted Pain Remover"") will not make an appearance. In more TV appearances, Jebediah should be on Recovery this coming Saturday. An interview was recorded while they were in Melbourne."
03-10-1999 00:00:00 :: ARIA chart, Animal debut
23/8/99: Jebediah's latest single has just entered the charts and is breaking records all over. In Triple J's Net 50 'Animal' debuted at number 5, the second highest debut in the charts history. In the national ARIA singles chart the release got to 16th, Jebediah's highest placing single ever (number 35 was previous best position)! In the Australiasian top 20 Animal is number 3. In Perth, 78 Records sales indicicate Animal is the most popular selling local release this week. In other news the release of ""Of Someday Shambles"" has been delayed till the 1st of November. A second international tour will commence after the Australian album tour, with dates being added to this site in the next couple of days. The tour will take in Canada, New Zealand and Japan. Jebediah will also appear on this weekends Mick Molloy show (Saturday night, Channel 9), which should be very funny indeed!"
25-11-1999 00:00:00 :: JEBEDIAH TO PLAY BIG DAY OUT
25/11/99: Jebediah have been confirmed for 2000's run of Big Day Out shows across Australia. They join Foo Fighters (new announcement!), Spiderbait, Nine Inch Nails and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, among others. As well as the upcoming Homebake shows, Jebediah will be doing a few dates in support of the newly launched ""Feet Touch the Ground"" single with Motor Ace and Violetine. Followed by a tour of New Zealand with Spiderbait. The dates are in the tour section. Also tonight juice.net is hosting an IRC chat on the subject of Jebediah tonight. I will be 1 of four other hosts for the event and you can join in on the action via IRC: Server chat.juice.net port: 6667. The chat commences at 8pm EST (5pm for us west siders), hope to see you there!"
26-11-1999 00:00:00 :: NEW RELEASES
A few new releases to take note of. Homebake is this weekend and as every year they are launching a CD in support. Jebediah have contributed with Supposed to Say. The vinyl release of Of Someday Shambles has just been released.
21-12-1999 00:00:00 :: BIG DAY OUT COMPILATION
With certain other festivals releasing CD compilations, it was an obvious step for the Big Day Out to do the same. A double CD set is out now featuring most of the bands from the Y2K lineup. Jebediah are thus featured. In site news, this will probably be the final update to this page until the new year. For 2000, Hotel-Motel Jebediah will be transformed using graphics created by Ben Steele (jebs artwork creator). Thank you for your continued support. ON behalf of all at Hotel-MOtel Jebediah, have a safe, happy and fun Christmas and new years. See ya in 2000!"
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Feet Touch the Ground
20/11/99: The new Jebediah single, ""Feet Touch the Ground"" is out Monday. I have added the artwork to the picture gallery and a preview is to the right of this news article. The b-sides are ""Work in Progress"" and ""Look that Way"" sound samples will be up the day of release (hopefully). The artwork was created by long term Jebediah cover art designer Ben Steele who is also helping me with the redesign of this site (hence the length of the news page at the moment!)."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Good News Week NIght Lite Appearance
18/11/99: Jebediah will be appearing on ""Good News Week NIght Lite"" tonight (8:30pm Channel 10) to play a song or two (personally i'd like to see brett and paul mcdermott go head to head...). Thank you to everyone who has sent in tabs recently. They will be put up very soon."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: ""Of Someday Shambles"" Chart Success
8/11/99: Congratulations are in order. Jebediah's Of Someday Shambles has debuted at number two in this weeks Album ARIA charts. Behind only Savage Garden and beating out the Whitlams and the Foo Fighters new albums. In other news Feet Touch the Ground, Jebediah's new single, already getting a flogging on Triple J, will be officially in stores on Monday November 22nd. It includes the b-sides, Work in Progress and Look that Way."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Pre-Order Gigs
4/11/99: There seems to have been some confusion as to the playing times for the upcoming pre-order only gigs. Once again, these gigs are exclusivesly for people who already have their tickets from pre-ordering the album. There are no door sales. The gig times are as follows:
Thurs Nov 4th Adelaide Uni Bar - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9.30pm
Sat Nov 6th QUT Campus - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9.30pm
Sun Nov 7th The Globe - Doors 3pm; Band Onstage 4pm
Mon 8th Nov Goldman's - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9.15pm
Tues 9th Nov The Gypsy Bar - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9pm
Thurs 11th Nov Cainbridge Hotel - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 9pm
Friday 12th Nov Grosvenor Hotel - Doors 8pm; Band Onstage 8.45pm
See ya there!"
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: Festival Announcements
7/10/99: Jebediah will be playing in the Perth ""Rock it"" festival. The action will take place at Arena Joondalup between 2 and 10pm, Sunday December 5th. The confirmed lineup so far also includes Powderfinger, Silverchair, Killing Heidi and Test Eagles as well as local favourites Beaverloop. Tickets go on sale Monday October 11th from the usual outlets at the ""Australian price"" of $35 plus booking fee. In other tour news Jebediah will team up with locals Red Jezebel in the Wheatbelt Youth Festival and Careers Expo next Friday, October 15th when they headline a concert at the Merredin Recreation Ground. All ages and side-show attractions will cost $15.19/9/99: That's right, Jebediah have just been confirmed to be playing at BOTH this years Homebake festivals (Gold Coast and Sydney). They will join other ozzy favourites including Silverchair, Something for Kate, Frenzel Rhomb, Eskimo Joe and more. For all the details you can visit the Homebake site at http://www.homebake.com.au. More festival announcements will be in shortly (eg. Big Day Out, Mudslinger)."
27-12-1999 00:00:00 :: TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100
It's that time of year again. Triple J is calling all voters to their website (you can also vote at any ABC Shop) to vote for their favourite songs of 1999. Jebediah have (once again) made an impact in the nomination arena with Trapdoor, Animal (155) and Feet Touch the Ground (156). In order to get the best result possible we are trying to get everyone to vote for the same song. So vote for ""Animal"" by clicking here. Of course you can vote more than once, so then feel free to vote for the other two songs."
