All Mankind are an Australian rock

Rock music

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/indie rock band from Eastwood

Eastwood, New South Wales

Eastwood is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastwood is located 17 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of the City of Ryde and the City of Parramatta...

 in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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. The group consists of Richard Beeston (vocals, rhythm guitar & keyboard), David Beeston (drums), Daniel Mayes AKA Dorny (guitar) and Gavin Perkins (bass)

Formation

The band originally formed with Richard and Dave Beeston and Perkins who used to perform as an acoustic act called the Richard Beeston Band, where they mostly played own music for high schools and university groups. In 2008 Dorny joined the band as they were looking for a bigger rock-orientated sound. All Mankind took their name from the lyric from Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

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’s song, “Mankind”, taken from the album No Code

No Code

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, the song was sung by Stone Gossard.

All Mankind's sound has been compared to the sound-scapes of bands such as Coldplay, U2, Muse, Keane and The Killers.

Early career

In 2008 All Mankind went into the studio to record their first album ‘Puzzles’ with David Nicholas and Peter Mayes. It was released in May 2008. They later released a digial EP of the same name. The resulting EP was supported by Indie 103.1 FM LA, WRXP New York, Motor FM Germany, KNRK- FM Portland and ABC Australia. The album included songs that are now part of All Mankind's repertoire, "I've Been Looking For This" and "Can You Hear Me."

All Mankind's single "Break The Spell" has received hundreds of spins on radio worldwide including Absolute Radio (UK), ABC Radio (Australia), MotorFM (Germany), KNRK Portland, Indie1031.com, KCMP Minneapolis, WXPN Philadelphia as well as, other stations in Canada, France, Indonesia, Greece, Indonesia, Berlin, Portugal and more.

Music on US TV

All Mankind’s tracks have recently been used throughout prime time US TV Shows and advertising campaigns. The song ‘Open your Eyes’ was chosen to promote the ABC series Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

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. This promotional campaign was aired during network television during the 2010 Oscars ceremony.

The debut single "Break The Spell" is featured in the EA Sports video game FIFA 12

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, released 27 September 2011.

The track “Hollywood Tonight” has been featured numerous times in the MTV

MTV

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 show The Hills

The Hills

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. “I’ve Been Looking For This” and “Open your Eyes” were both used on ESPN

ESPN

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’s coverage of the Australian Tennis Open in 2010.

The single “Can You Hear Me” was featured in the Australian drama series Winners & Losers (NETWORK 7, AUS), and is due to be released in the U.S. 22 August 2011.

Discography

Year	Album	Notes
2008	Puzzles
2011	Simple Desire	The album was produced and mixed by Mike Crossey, (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, The Kooks) at The Motor Museum studios in Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... . The album was mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24_96 Mastering in Germany.