Area-7

Area-7 Band
Area-7 Band
	Area-7 in 2018
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Pop punk, third wave ska, ska punk
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Zomba, Jive, Shock
Associated acts	Mad Not Madness
Website	Area-7 on MySpace
Members	John "Stevo" Stevens; David ‘DJ’ Jackson; Charles "Chucky T" Thompson; Andy Gardiner; Paul West; Dennis "Ocker" O’Connell; Warren Lenthall; Dan Morrison; Tim Williams;
Past members	Walter Eskdale; Ivan Downey; Rohan Pacey; Alistair "Albags" Shepherd; Toby "Tobias" Dargaville; Chris Meighen; Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan; Matt Sanders

Area-7 (also known as Area 7) are an Australian ska punk band. Formed in Melbourne in 1994, they have released four studio albums, No Logic!, Bitter & Twisted, Say It To My Face and Torn Apart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Bitter & Twisted was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album.[1]

History

Area-7 formed in 1994 from the ashes of Madness cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 three members, Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar) and Dan Morrison (drums) left the group and began to write their own songs. In 1994, Area-7 self-released a cassette titled Demo Tape 1994 featuring 4 tracks. Alistair Shepherd (sax), Toby Dargaville (trumpet) and Rohan Pacey (bass) joined in 1995 and the same year released their debut studio album No Logic.

In 2000, the group released Bitter & Twisted, which at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album.

In October 2001, the group released Say It to My Face which peaked at number 36 on the ARIA charts.

Whilst AREA-7 has never "officially split", since 2005 the band has been playing "when they feel like it" or as they put it, "for special occasions".

Discography

Albums

List of studio albums, with Australian chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS [2]
No Logic	Released:1995[3] Label: Moon Ska Australia	-
Bitter & Twisted	Released: 2000 Label: Trademark Records (TM007)	-
Say It to My Face	Released: October 2001 Label: Trademark Records / Jive Records (TM012)	36
Torn Apart	Released: 2005 Label: Shock Records (A7003)	-

Extended Plays

List of extended plays
Year	EP details
1994	Demo Tape 1994 Released: 1994 Label: Independent
1997	Road Rage Released: 1997 Label: Independent

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions	Album
Year	Single	AUS [2]	Album
1998	"Bitter Words"	—	Bitter & Twisted
1999	"Second Class Citizen"	29
2000	"Start Making Sense"	37
2000	"Bitter Words" / "Himbo"	—
2001	"Leave Me Alone"	38	Say It to My Face
2001	"Individuality"	90[4]
2002	"Nobody Likes a Bogan"	46
2004	"Big Issue"	—	Torn Apart

References

"ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
"Area 7 Australian Discography". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
"Area-7". MySpace. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
"ARIAnet The ARIA Report!" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 November 2001. Archived from the original on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 11 August 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

External links

Area-7 on Facebook

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[ARIA2000-1] "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[AusCharts-2] "Area 7 Australian Discography". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[3] "Area-7". MySpace. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[4] "ARIAnet The ARIA Report!" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 November 2001. Archived from the original on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 11 August 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)