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September 18th, 2009 sees the long awaited, digitally remastered, re-issue of 1927's ...ISH album. It's been 20 years since the Australian band burst on to the scene with their debut album, selling half a million copies in Australia.
Featuring the hit singles"That's When I Think Of You", "If I Could", You'll Never Know" and "Compulsory Hero" the album's success was also attributed to well crafted music videos and a relentless touring schedule. Starting out playing pubs and bars around Sydney's northern beaches, the band soon performed to arena-sized crowds, even crossing the shores to the UK.
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Short Biography
Proudly presented by the Southbeat Entertainment Group
September 18th, 2009 sees the long awaited, digitally remastered, re-issue of 1927's ...ISH album. It's been 20 years since the Australian band burst on to the scene with their debut album, selling half a million copies in Australia.
Featuring the hit singles"That's When I Think Of You", "If I Could", You'll Never Know" and "Compulsory Hero" the album's success was also attributed to well crafted music videos and a relentless touring schedule. Starting out playing pubs and bars around Sydney's northern beaches, the band soon performed to arena-sized crowds, even crossing the shores to the UK.
A number of Awards were collected along the way including ARIA Awards in 1989 for Breakthrough Artist ALBUM (...ISH) and SINGLE ("That's When I Think Of You"). The video for "Compulsory Hero" won an ARIA award for Best Video, the following year.
Fronted by singer, Eric Weideman, it was founding member and guitarist, Garry Frost who contributed his writing talents to much of the album. Prior to 1927, Garry had a proven track record for penning a hit song or two. As guitarist with 80's Australian rock band Moving Pictures, he wrote "What About Me" which topped the Australian charts (twice!).
The long overdue reissue of the ..ISH album will be hot news for fans having not been able to access the album previously digitally, nor physical in form, for over a decade. The special new package will include lyrics, photos and sleeve notes by the band, and producer, Charles Fisher. The album has been digitally remastered and contains two previously unreleased LIVE tracks.
..ISH is one of the highest selling debut albums ever by an Australian band with their songs, to this day, remaining radio favourites. To celebrate the album's re- release, 1927 will be embarking on a Tour.
In-depth Biography
Soft rock and a fairy-tale story provided the impetus behind 1927's debut ...Ish! -- one of Australia's top selling albums of the '80s.
Former Moving Pictures guitarist and songwriter Gary Frost saw singer Eric Weideman performing the Police's hit "Roxanne" on the "Red Faces" talent segment of popular Melbourne variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday in late 1986. Frost drove from his hometown of Sydney to enlist Weideman as singer for the growing list of songs he had written in his home studio. Frost's brother Bill on bass and James Barton on drums completed the fledgling lineup.
The next year was spent being rejected by every record company in Australia until Charles Fisher (who also worked on Moving Pictures' Days of Innocence album) signed the group to Trafalgar Productions. Released in December 1988 and produced by Fisher, the group's debut ...Ish! reached number one on the Australian national charts in April 1989 and went on to sell more than 400,000 copies. The top five single "That's When I Think of You" (which also appeared in the U.K. charts at number 46) earned the band the 1988 Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) award for Best Debut Single (shared with the Rockmelons' Tales of the City), while ...Ish! scored Best Debut Album. Ex-Moving Pictures' keyboardist Charlie Cole joined the band for the next year of touring. In late 1989 Frost left the band and Weideman took on the bulk of songwriting duties.
The Other Side, (produced by Frost and Fisher), lacked the catchy choruses of ...Ish! and after debuting in Australia at number three quickly fell from the charts. In November 1992 their third album was released, 1927, to little fanfare. By 1993, the band had broken up.
Weideman's debut solo single "Nothing I Can Do" appeared on the band's 1996 release, The Very Best of...1927, as a segue into his solo career. ~ Brendan Swift, Rovi
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