Penelope (Australia band)
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Penelope is a Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 rock band formed in 1996 and dissolved around 2000.

History

Penelope played their first pub gig in December 1996 at the Swanbourne
Swanbourne, Western Australia
-Facilities:Swanbourne includes the 18-hole Cottesloe Golf Club and Swanbourne Beach. Swanbourne is also well-known for having the only nudist beach in Perth. The beach, situated on army land and thus not subject to local council authority, is immediately north of the officially named Swanbourne...

 Hotel to a receptive audience. Thinking they had something worth listening to they entered the 1997 Australian National Campus Band Competition and made it to the state final. "That was when we first really started to take things seriously" drummer Tim Beor explained.

Other achievements of note included: the semi-final of the 1998 Next Big Thing, winning the 1999 WAM Song of the Year
WAM Song of the Year
WAM was originally formed as the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia...

 'Love Category' with "Spanish Fly", and inclusion in the 1999 Eat More Perth Homegrown Calendar (their song "Betty" can be found on the accompanying CD).

Penelope played with many local favourites such as Beaverloop, Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....

, Turnstyle
Turnstyle (band)
Turnstyle were an indie band from Perth in Western Australia.-Biography:Turnstyle formed in January 1995 as a four-piece with Adem Kerimofski , Paul Fanning, Colin Reeves and David Elieff....

, Adam Said Galore
Adam Said Galore
Adam Said Galore is a three piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.- History :The band was formed in 1994, by Andrew Ryan, Simon Struthers, Matt Maguire and Michael Lake, from Perth, Western Australia...

 and Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel is a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Early years:The band competed in the WA final of the Australian National Campus Band Competition at North Perth's Planet Nightclub in 1997...

 and at most of Perth's original music venues. The band had airplay on RTRFM
RTRFM
RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...

, Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

, and 100 FM, all before the release of their first EP titled Eleven.
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