Mark Seymour

Mark Seymour - Timeline:

1980
H&C born in Melbourne as a brash nouveau-rock experiment with brass and found percussion.

1982
Self –titled album includes dark club classic Talking To A Stranger

1983
The Fireman’s Curse made in Germany with ground breaking Kroutrock producer, Conny Plank

1984
Jaws Of Life consolidates new line-up, more distilled rock style. First of seven versions of classic single, Throw Your Arms Around Me

1985
Live LP, The Way To Go Out.

1986
Breakthrough Human Frailty LP pursues more melodic direction. It reaches Top 10, spawns 4 singles.

1987
What’s A Few Men? Issued in USA as Fate.

1989
Ghost Nation..2 x platinum LP is another Australian classic, nominated for several ARIA’s, later named in Rolling Stone’s top 100 Australian Albums of all time.

1990
Collected works, 1982 – 1990 compilation released with new version of Throw Your Arms Around Me.

1991
H&C nominated for Best Australian Group ARIA

1993
Cut LP revisits percussive feel of earliest work, hits #4, nominated for Best Australian Album ARIA.

1994
Rock album Demon Flower hits another all-time chart high.

1997
Solo debut, King Without A Clue, earns ARIA nominations for Best Male Artist and Best Debut single, for Last Ditch Cabaret.

1998
H&C disband after Juggernaut LP and tour. Mark receives his second Best Male Artist ARIA nomination.

2001
Throw Your Arms Around Me ( now covered by Crowded House & Pearl Jam, to name but a couple ) named in APRA’s Top 30 Australian songs of all time. Mark’s second solo release, dark pop album, One Eyed Man, released and wins Best Adult Contemporary ARIA. Ballad of The One Eyed Man live CD / DVD released.

2003
Natural Selection ( H&C compilation ) released CD and DVD.

2004
Wry suburban drama highlights Mark’s next release, Embedded CD, featuring: In The Kitchen of A Perfect Home, A Shoulder To Cry ON and 43 In The Shade.

2005
Daytime & The Dark, Liberation Blue acoustic album released. Mark re-visits past Hunters & Collectors and solo material, re-working these and recording them in stripped down acoustic format. Hunters & Collectors are inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame. Mutations ( H&C rarities ) released on CD.

2007
Human Frailty CD and new bonus DVD re-release, for it’s 20th anniversary. Mark Seymour releases his fifth solo studio work, “ Westgate “ which is arguably his most raw, dramatic and challenging work since Ghost Nation or Human Frailty.

2011
Mark Seymour’s new album ‘The Undertow’ raises the bar further from Westgate, with more compelling and dramatic lyrical storytelling with a roots and country based feel.

2013 – Mark releases a collection of covers of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Otis Redding and others, titled ‘Seventh Heaven Club’. Hunters & Collectors reform, perform at the AFL Grand Final, and support Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Chart topping Hunters & Collectors tribute album, ‘Crucible’, is released.

2014 – Hunters & Collectors sell out an Australian national tour.

2015 – Mark releases his ninth solo album (his third with The Undertow), ‘Mayday’. It’s his most personal album to date – a record that focuses on the concept of home, be it the rehearsal room to the detention centre and the pub. Frontier Touring presents an evening with Mark Seymour & The Undertow – intimate live dates in August.