The Open Season
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| The Open Season | ||
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 From left: Damian Slattery, Stephen McGrath, Jeremy Gryst, Travis Wright
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Adelaide, Australia  |
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| Genre(s) | Rock, Pop, Alternative | |
| Years active | 2004–present | |
| Label(s) | Pee Records | |
| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Stephen McGrath - Vocals / Guitars Jeremy Gryst - Guitars / Vocals Damian Slattery - Bass Guitars Travis Wright - Drums |
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| Former members | ||
| Sam Mehran Ben Mann |
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The Open Season are a South Australian alternative rock band.
Forming in December 2004, they have supported bands such as Motion City Soundtrack, Behind Crimson Eyes, Matchbook Romance, Mere Theory, After The Fall, Lagwagon, Kisschasy, Gyroscope, In The Grey, Forgetting Yesterday, Angela's Dish, Straylight Run, Sunset Avenue, Something With Numbers, Trial Kennedy, Horsell Common, The Hot Lies, and The Getaway Plan.. The Open Season have toured nationally numerous times.
The group is known for combining gutsy Aussie rock vocals and heavy guitar riffs. In 2005 the band signed with label Pee Records and released an EP, Chase. Tracks from the EP have received airplay on Nova FM and Australian national youth radio station Triple J, including being voted by the Australian public as one of the Top 40 charted releases of 2005 on Stuart Harvey's Short Fast Loud on Triple J.
A new release is due for early 2007.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos
The Open Season Demo (2004)
- "Violently"
- "In the End"
- "Page to Page"
- "Hot Pink"
- "Wasted"
- "Hold Me Back"
[edit] EPs
 Pee Records |
- "Never Forget"
- "This Empty Promise"
- "Hot Pink"
- "Again"
- "Page to Page Pt I"
- "Page to Page Pt II"
[edit] Reviews
- "The Open Season really seem to know what they're doing, and what they're doing is leading a substantial change" — Blunt Magazine
- "Aussie patriotic punk rock is an apt title for The Open Season and these guys are leading others into an Australian music battle." — Ralph Magazine
- "Adelaide's The Open Season is finally the band that'll bring out the Aussie patriotic punk in all of us here, and for all of you internationally, brace yourselves for one of the greatest Aussie emotive post hardcore punk releases ever!" — Rating: 100, Meantime Zine
[edit] Trivia
- The Open Season were originally formed in 2003 with Sam (Sam E Danger) Mehran on guitars before he moved to London to form now-defunct Rapcore band Test Icicles.
- The Open Season have been featured on the soundtracks of many extreme sports video segments.
