Not from There

Not from There have been formed in London, although, according to the band’s name, non-e of these were residents of England at that time. Austrian guitarist Heinz Riegler got previously shaped the Plastic Dolls with Australian bassist Anthony Hillsides back 1986, but years later on and with Hillsides’ visa going to expire, small had come from it. After conference another Australian, drummer Simon Lambert, who was simply backpacking through the united states at that time, they produced Not following that in 1991. The visas of Hillsides and Lambert both expired quickly thereafter plus they had been deported back again to Australia, forcing Riegler to relocate there to keep with the music group. After documenting some EPs, touring European countries, and briefly tinkering with a proceed to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava, it had been Riegler’s use be deported back again to his house of Austria in 1995. A calendar year afterwards he was back Australia, which time it had been long-term and legal. Finally free from their immigration concerns, they settled right down to record their initial full-length record, Fine sand on Seven, that was released in 1998. The record quickly produced their name and was well-known on Australian radio, despite the fact that the lead one, “Sich Offnen,” was sung in German by Riegler. These were nominated for many ARIA honours and won Greatest Alternative Discharge for the record. They courted controversy using their approval talk and a afterwards press conference, detailing that this unexpected fame and tv appearance wouldn’t make a lot of a notable difference when all three of these had to get their unemployment benefits the very next day. Their second record, Latvian Lovers, premiered in 2001. Though that they had generally attempted a sampler within their music and especially throughout their live shows, their second record was a unique combination of electro and commercial with some disco tossed in. It had been not received aswell as Fine sand on Seven, plus they broke up shortly afterwards. Again proceeding overseas, Lambert became a member of Japan’s Zoobombs, while Riegler briefly became a member of Nightstick and I/O3 aswell as performing single.