Jebediah
Jebediah was formed in May 1995 in Perth, Australia's most isolated major city, as far from Australia's other major population centres as it is from the country's Asian neighbours. That isolation has tended to produce curious musical hybrids. Kevin Mitchell (Guitar/Vocals), Chris Daymond (Guitar) and Vanessa Thornton (Bass) met in theatre arts classes at high school. Kevin's older brother Brett had been drumming in local bands for years when he was called in to complete what is now Jebediah.
The group's first rehearsals saw them trashing songs by Archers of Loaf and The Muppets until guitarist Daymond stumbled over the riff to "Superhero 6" opening the floodgates to the group's repertoire of brash but tuneful distorted pop. Their first performance, at their high school ball saw them perform covers of songs by Greenday, Pearl Jam and Nirvana, plus one original. The band name comes from Jebediah Springfield, the founding father of The Simpsons' home town. Jebediah won a national campus band competition with the thirteenth gig of their career together in October 1995. Six months later they signed to Sony subsidiary murmur, home to silverchair and Perth's dirty-pop heroes, Ammonia. They were signed on the strength of their live shows alone. There were no demo recordings.
After establishing themselves on the indie charts with the EP Twitch and a single, " Jerks of Attention," the group's debut album Slighly Odway arrived in September 1997, achieving national Top 10 and platinum sales status. The album was produced by Neill King (The Smiths, Rancid, Madness, Elvis Costello). The album title Slightly Odway is a comment on the slighty odd way they feel they approach life as well as music. In April 1999 they began sessions towards the second album, Of Someday Shambles.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Gum Up The Bearings
Alternative & Indie - Released by Cooking Vinyl Australia on 20 Sep 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Slightly Odway
Pop/Rock - Released by murmur records on 15 Nov 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Of Someday Shambles
Alternative & Indie - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 6 Mar 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gleesides & Sparities
Alternative & Indie - Released by murmur records on 17 Jan 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
OIKS
Alternative & Indie - Released by Cooking Vinyl Australia on 12 Apr 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Jebediah
Alternative & Indie - Released by murmur records on 1 Mar 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Braxton Hicks
Alternative & Indie - Released by Jebediah on 5 Mar 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Twenty
Rock - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 29 May 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Twitch
Alternative & Indie - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 2 Aug 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Motivation
Alternative & Indie - Released by Cooking Vinyl Australia on 14 Feb 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Slip
Alternative & Indie - Released by Cooking Vinyl Australia on 14 Mar 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rubberman
Alternative & Indie - Released by Cooking Vinyl Australia on 15 Nov 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Twenty (Commentary)
Rock - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 29 May 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Military Strongmen
Alternative & Indie - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 7 Nov 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jerks of Attention
Alternative & Indie - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 6 Dec 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo