Dirty Three | |
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 Dirty Three, (from left to right) Warren Ellis, Jim White, Mick Turner MusicfestNW, Portland, Oregon, September 2009. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Instrumental rock, post-rock |
| Years active | 1992–present[1] |
| Labels | Torn & Frayed, Shock, Poon Village, Rough Trade, Drag City, Touch and Go, Bella Union, Anchor & Hope |
| Members | Warren Ellis Jim White Mick Turner |
| Website | dirtythree |
Dirty Three are an Australian instrumental rock band, consisting of Warren Ellis (violin, keyboards), Mick Turner (electric guitar, organ and bass) and Jim White (drums), which formed in 1992.[2] Their 1996 album Horse Stories was voted by Rolling Stone as one of the top three albums of the year.[citation needed] Two of their albums have peaked into the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Ocean Songs (1998) and Toward the Low Sun (2012). During their career they have spent much of their time overseas when not performing together. Turner is based in Melbourne, White lives in New York, and Ellis in Paris. Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane described them as providing a "rumbling, dynamic sound incorporated open-ended, improvisational, electric rock ... minus the jazz-rock histrionics". In October 2010, Ocean Songs was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.[1]
- ^ a b "More than one string to his bow". The Age. January 2006.
- ^ Weiner, J. (12 September 2009). "The Feelies, Dirty Three With Nick Cave Revisit Classic Albums at All Tomorrow's Parties". Rolling Stone.