The Reels | |
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| Origin | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Rock, indie pop, new wave |
| Years active | 1976–1991, 2007–present |
| Labels | Mercury, RCA, K-tel, Regular |
| Past members | Karen Ansel Craig Hooper Stefan Fidock Colin "Polly" Newham Dave Mason John Bliss Paul Abrahams |
The Reels was an Australian rock band which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976. It disbanded in 1991, and reformed in 2007. Its 1981 song "Quasimodo's Dream" was voted one of the top 10 Australian songs of all time by a 100-member panel from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 2001. The Reels had top 10 Australian singles chart successes with covers of Herb Alpert's "This Guy's in Love with You" (No. 7, 1982) and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" (No. 11, 1986). Rock music historian Ian McFarlane described the group as "one of the most original and invigorating pop bands to emerge from the Australian new wave movement of the late 1970s."[1][2]