Ground Components
Encyclopedia
Ground Components are an angular soul-punk-rock band formed and based in Melbourne
, Australia
. Formed December 2002, in East Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne.
Their first public performance were in 2002, playing with friends bands and at small house parties. The band then went on to sign with Melbourne Independent record label "Love&Mercy" the following year.
They went on to perform at Meredith Music Festival
, The Big Day Out
, Splendour in the Grass
and Homebake
. And played as support band for Hard Fi, Teenage Fanclub
, Saul Williams
, Spoon, My Morning Jacket
, Muse band , M Ward, Microphones, J Mascis, The Liars, Suicide Girls, The Sleepy Jackson
, Spiderbait
, Powderfinger
. Before touring USA and playing SXSW festival, and the UK in 2004.
Ground Components have collaborated with Melbourne based female MC Macromantics
(Kill Rock Stars, USA). And played as backing band to both Microphones and M Ward. Dallas and Indra also played horns for My Morning Jacket on their most recent tour of Australia.
The band is currently on indefinite hiatus. Dallas Paxton and Indra Adams played on the latest recordings by Dan Kelly, of which Adams is also a member of the live band. Paxton has appeared as a guest member of Midnight Juggeranuts and Architecture In Helsinki at live shows. Adams is founder of Singhala music, a music bookings and online media business. Joe McGuigan is currently performing as Garage Joe, a trio consisting of McGuigan and members of Little Red.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Formed December 2002, in East Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne.
Their first public performance were in 2002, playing with friends bands and at small house parties. The band then went on to sign with Melbourne Independent record label "Love&Mercy" the following year.
They went on to perform at Meredith Music Festival
Meredith Music Festival
The Meredith Music Festival is a three-day outdoor music festival held every December at the Supernatural Amphitheatre, a natural amphitheatre located on private farmland near the town of Meredith in Victoria, Australia...
, The Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
, Splendour in the Grass
Splendour in the Grass
Splendour in the Grass is an annual Australian music festival held in July at Woodford, Queensland, and previously held at Belongil Fields, outside Byron Bay...
and Homebake
Homebake
Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup . The festival was first held on 4 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales...
. And played as support band for Hard Fi, Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub are an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally among Blake, McGinley and Love...
, Saul Williams
Saul Williams
Saul Stacey Williams is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his leading role in the 1998 independent film Slam.-Biography:...
, Spoon, My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket is an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky.The band consists of Jim James , Tom 'Two-Tone Tommy' Blankenship , Patrick Hallahan , Carl Broemel , and Bo Koster .-History:My Morning Jacket was...
, Muse band , M Ward, Microphones, J Mascis, The Liars, Suicide Girls, The Sleepy Jackson
The Sleepy Jackson
The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...
, Spiderbait
Spiderbait
Spiderbait are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Finley in 1989 by bass guitarist Janet English, singer-drummer Mark Maher , and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004 the group's cover version of the 1930s Lead Belly song "Black Betty" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart...
, Powderfinger
Powderfinger
Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
. Before touring USA and playing SXSW festival, and the UK in 2004.
Ground Components have collaborated with Melbourne based female MC Macromantics
Macromantics
Macromantics is the stage name used by the Melbourne-based hip hop artist Romy Hoffman.-Biography:In 1995 Hoffman started performing with her high school classmate Ben Lee's pop/punk band Noise Addict as a 15 year old guitarist."I just did the last tour with them, which was great because I got to...
(Kill Rock Stars, USA). And played as backing band to both Microphones and M Ward. Dallas and Indra also played horns for My Morning Jacket on their most recent tour of Australia.
The band is currently on indefinite hiatus. Dallas Paxton and Indra Adams played on the latest recordings by Dan Kelly, of which Adams is also a member of the live band. Paxton has appeared as a guest member of Midnight Juggeranuts and Architecture In Helsinki at live shows. Adams is founder of Singhala music, a music bookings and online media business. Joe McGuigan is currently performing as Garage Joe, a trio consisting of McGuigan and members of Little Red.
Current Band members
- Indra Adams - Bass guitar, Backing vocals
- Joe McGuigan - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
- Dallas Paxton - Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Backing Vocals
Discography
- Ground Components - Ground Components - 6 track EP - Released October 2003, engineered and mixed by Casey Rice, produced by Casey Rice & Ground Components at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne. Mastered at SAE Mastering, Chicago.
- Ground Components - It All Catches Up With You / One Step Back - 5 Track EP - Released July 2004, engineered and mixed by Casey Rice, produced by Casey Rice & Ground Components at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne. Mastered a Moose Mastering, Melbourne
- Ground Components - On Your Living Room Floor - 4 Track Single - Release SEP 2006, Recorded by Steven Schram at Guruland, produced by Ground Components, mixed by Steve at martin street studios. Mastered at The Exchange (UK) by Mike Marsh.
- Ground Components - An Eye For A Brow, A Tooth For A Pick - 9 Track Album - Release SEP 2006, Recorded by Steven Schram at Guruland, produced by Ground Components, mixed by Steve at martin street studios. Mastered at The Exchange (UK) by Mike Marsh
- Ground Components - Hands In The Air - 3 Track Single - Released April 2007