Not From There
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| Not From There | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Brisbane, Queensland Australia |
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| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock Indie Rock Noise Rock |
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| Years active | 1991–2001 | |
| Label(s) | Infectious Records Festival Mushroom Records Kool Arrow Records |
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| Associated acts |
Slint Sonic Youth Dinosaur Jr Death From Above 1979 Pavement Guided By Voices |
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| Members | ||
| Heinz Riegler Simon Lambert Anthony Hills |
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Not From There are an Australian indie rock band who had mild popularity in the late 90's. They are most well known for their 1998 single, Sich Offnen. Not From There's sound is characterized by grinding basslines, fuzzed-out guitar riffs and the occasional usage of dubs or samples
[edit] History
Not From There was founded in 1991 by Heinz Riegler who whilst in London had met up with two Australian backpackers, Simon Lambert and Anthony Hills and conspired to form a band with them [1]. The name Not From There has interesting story as all three were immigrants who were deported to their home countries at one time or another [2]. The trio then produced an number of EP's and mini-albums until gaining considerable commercial success with their first major label release, Sand On Seven.
[edit] Sand On Seven
The first album produced by Not From There, Sand On Seven, was released in 1998 and met with critical success and moderate commericial success, even going as far as winning Best Alternative Release at the 1998 [[ARIA Music Awards |Aria Awards]] [3] . The first single from the album was Sich Offnen, which is mostly sung in Heinz's native German tongue and was a considerable success on many indie based radio stations, garnering heavy rotation on Triple J, leading it to be 100 in the 1998 Hottest 100. A follow up single was released soon afterwards, Juanita's Cocktail Party and despite have a promotional video made for it, failed to acheive the success that it's preceeder did.
[edit] Lativian Lovers
Not From There soon released their second album, Latvian Lovers, in 2000. The album had a more disco or funk-oreinted feel to it than Sand On Seven and managed to sound more accesible but failed to gain any of the success that the previous album did. The first single released, Frisco Disco, got very limited commercial success but managed to get onto the soundtrack of Australian television drama, The Secret Life Of Us. The band soon broke some months later.
