Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales; formed… Read Full Bio ↴Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales; formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore, with their post-grunge song "Sickfest". Their name was taken from Dr. Lester Grinspoon an Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who supports marijuana for medical use.
Grinspoon changed their sound to more mainstream rock by their 2002 album, New Detention, gaining fans and peaking at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Charts; similarly 2007's Alibis & Other Lies also reached No. 2. Their 2004 album, Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills, which peaked at No. 4, won the 2005 'Best Rock Album Award' at the ARIA Music Awards.
The band was signed to Universal Records in United States by late 1998, they were promoted by the songs "Champion", which featured in Gran Turismo 3; "Post Enebriated Anxiety", which was on the international version of Guide to Better Living; "Chemical Heart", via the internet; and a cover of the Prong song "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck", from Grinspoon's Pushing Buttons EP, which was included on ECW: Extreme Music.
On 4 December 2013, they announced that they were going on an indefinite hiatus to pursue individual projects.
Grinspoon changed their sound to more mainstream rock by their 2002 album, New Detention, gaining fans and peaking at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Charts; similarly 2007's Alibis & Other Lies also reached No. 2. Their 2004 album, Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills, which peaked at No. 4, won the 2005 'Best Rock Album Award' at the ARIA Music Awards.
The band was signed to Universal Records in United States by late 1998, they were promoted by the songs "Champion", which featured in Gran Turismo 3; "Post Enebriated Anxiety", which was on the international version of Guide to Better Living; "Chemical Heart", via the internet; and a cover of the Prong song "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck", from Grinspoon's Pushing Buttons EP, which was included on ECW: Extreme Music.
On 4 December 2013, they announced that they were going on an indefinite hiatus to pursue individual projects.
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1000 Miles Well, I got drunk and I got stoned Shot my family…
Better Off Alone I never gave a reason Of why I didn't call Now I've…
Bleed You Dry If I could gove you life I would take the…
Champion So you want to be a champion! Let's not beat…
Chemical Heart When Look for a ride and you need to get high…
DCX3 Dead cat three times Bet it's out there on a highway…
Don't Change I'm standing here on the ground The sky above won't fall…
Don't Wanna Be The One I'm an innocent victim, I'm just like you We end up…
Hard Act To Follow You're a hard act to follow Such a fine lookin'…
Hold On Me 1,2,3,4 Oh no its over can I give you a call? We've…
I Was A Kamikaze Pilot Hey! I was a was a kamikaze pilot They gave me a…
Just Ace Since since, since since your gone away I hope that you…
Lost Control Times up, yeah you should've known Pretty little princess pu…
More Than You Are Were you neurotic as a child? Did they come around and…
No Reason If you got the rhyme and you got the reason Somebody…
Post Enebriated Anxiety Looks like dem baddies got bloated Blinking big red sticking…
Ready 1 Walkin' in a rainstorm Suffering the ocean Wishing I was wat…
Secrets Such a pity You left today From the city Of broken waves All…
Sweet As Sugar Yeah i came from the mountains Down to the valley below I…
Take A Long Line (This is it folks, over the top) He was selling postcards…