No, I'm not doing the same band twice in a row. It turns out there are about eight bands (that I could find) that go or went by the name of "Crow" such as a prog-rock group from the UK, punk rock and visual kei bands from Japan, and a hardcore band from South Korea. Not to mention bands and artists like DJ Crow, Sheryl Crow, Bart Crow Band, The Crows, Counting Crows, The Black Crowes, and Russel Crowe's various bands. The band that caught my eye, however, was an Australian band called Crow.
Friends Peter Fenton and Peter Archer formed the band in 1986 in Canberra, Australia. The two would share guitar, vocal, and songwriting roles. They were joined by Jim Woff on bass and brother John Fenton on drums. The band moved to Sydney and gradually became renowned on the underground circuit for their explosive and confrontational performances.
Crow's first experience with a record label was in 1990 with EP and single releases under Phantom Records, but they were not able to capture the energy of their live set and found no commercial success. The band nearly broke up before Half A Cow Records were able to convince them into a new deal that resulted in their 1993 debut album My Kind of Pain. The album was successful on an underground level and considered one of Australia's greatest rock records of the nineties.
Here is the discography surrounding Crow's debut album:
Sunburnt Throats and Happy Thunderclouds (1990 EP)
Ravine (1992 single)
Crow (1992 EP)
Vermonstress (1992 live recording)
Railhead (1993 single)
My Kind of Pain
The Helicon Days (1994 EP)
If you have any suggestions for where the tour should go next, please give a shout.
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