Bio

The story of Wolfmother … so far.

Wolfmother came into the public eye early in 2004 after jamming in anonymity for many years. This Aussie band from Erskineville, Sydney, has since grown exponentially in popularity, with NME recently dubbing them the “Best new Australian band”, and the UK’s Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe featuring their new album as the “Best in the world”!

So who makes up “Wolfmother”? Well, the band is comprised of Myles Heskett, Chris Ross and Andrew Stockdale. Before the band, Myles worked in graphics, Andrew in photography and Chris was a digital designer. What was it that united them? A passsion for creative expression.

After ‘emerging’ from the depths of Australia, the band straight away put together a self-titled EP in late 2004. Six months of intensive touring in their home country and overseas later, the band rented an abandoned Hollywood studio and set about recording their first album – also self-titled (these guys really need to think hard about their next album title!). It took six weeks brainstorming and two of recording, but the band really captured the raw essence of their live performances. Admirably, this was the focus of their sessions – to capture “the perfect feeling” rather than “faultless performance”. After recording, they set about filming a selection of videos in the Californian desert; the same backdrop used in the original Star Trek series!

So then came the first single, a double A side titled Minds Eye/Woman. At this point the band were starting to tour again, gaining rave reviews from the New York Times for their NY gig, and esteemed mag NME giving positive reviews of the UK shows. No rest for the wicked, the band then set off on an extensive your of their home country, and have many shows lined up for the coming months in the US, UK, Canada, Germany and Denmark.

And this is just the beginning of the Wolfmother story. With plaudits flying in left, right and centre, this band is here to stay and will surely go from strength to strength.