Non-Intentional Lifeform
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Non-Intentional Lifeform were an Australian band in the late 1990s signed to Roadrunner Records
. Members included Andrew Day (guitar, vocals, trombone, mandolin, didgeridoo
), Declan de Barra
(vocals), Hywel Stoakes (bass) and Adam Pedretti (drums). They had a minor Australian hit with their single "Living or Existing?", which appeared in the popular Australian television series Good Guys Bad Guys
, among others. A video of 'Six O'clock Headshot' from Air Left Vacant appeared on Roadrunner Records 'Drilling The Vein' compilation video. Following the release of the Uisce album, the band toured with Superheist
and split up not long afterwards, with Pedretti joining Killing Heidi
. Andrew Day went on to start an electronic project Nightswimmer and then The Sound Movement whose first album was released on Truck Records
.
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
. Members included Andrew Day (guitar, vocals, trombone, mandolin, didgeridoo
Didgeridoo
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...
), Declan de Barra
Declan de Barra
Declan de Barra is an Irish musician and writer.-Music:de Barra emigrated to Australia in 1998 and started playing in various bands while studying fine art in Perth, Western Australia. He toured the country for a number of years with his group Non-Intentional Lifeform on Dutch label Roadrunner...
(vocals), Hywel Stoakes (bass) and Adam Pedretti (drums). They had a minor Australian hit with their single "Living or Existing?", which appeared in the popular Australian television series Good Guys Bad Guys
Good Guys Bad Guys
Good Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian crime TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. A comedy/drama set in Melbourne....
, among others. A video of 'Six O'clock Headshot' from Air Left Vacant appeared on Roadrunner Records 'Drilling The Vein' compilation video. Following the release of the Uisce album, the band toured with Superheist
Superheist
Superheist was an Australian nu metal band that attained a significant degree of success with a string of EPs and singles and two full-length albums that charted in the Top 40 before suddenly disbanding in 2004.-Formation and early period:...
and split up not long afterwards, with Pedretti joining Killing Heidi
Killing Heidi
Killing Heidi were an Australian rock band from Violet Town, Victoria. The band, which has been on hiatus since 2006, are best known for their multi-platinum album Reflector, released in 2000.-Early years :...
. Andrew Day went on to start an electronic project Nightswimmer and then The Sound Movement whose first album was released on Truck Records
Truck Records
Truck Records was an independent record label based in Oxford, England. It grew out of the Truck Festival, held annually in Steventon, a small village near Oxford...
.