Spiderbait

The story of Spiderbait is so fantastical it could only be based in truth:
three friends from a small country town taking on the Australian music
scene on their own terms and emerging triumphant 25 years later, the
friendships unscathed but their band one of the biggest and best on the
national scene.

As brash and confident as they are strange and uncompromising, the three
founding members of Spiderbait – Janet, Whitt and Kram – started humbly in
the rural NSW township of Finley, the fervent music lovers taking
inspiration from everything from Slayer to The Bangles and meshing into one
intoxicating and unique brew.

Racking up pretty much every accolade there is to achieve on the Australian
scene, having taken home numerous ARIA Awards, chalked up a number one
single (their 2004 cover of Leadbelly’s Black Betty - Edit) and even topped
the prestigious triple j Hottest 100 (for Buy Me A Pony, 1996).

Their distinctive music and cheeky arrangements make Spiderbait difficult
to pigeonhole, the rock’n’roll royals’ unique stylings allowing them to
share stadiums with everyone from the Beastie Boys to Cold Chisel and
totally dominate.

There’s no resting on their laurels for the hard-working three-piece. With
plenty more chapters to write in the Spiderbait story, it’s impossible to
know what exactly will happen next, but you know it will be achieved by
three great mates and soundtracked by music that’s catchy & uncompromising.