Hunters & Collectors Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Say Goodbye
2. Throw Your Arms Around Me
3. Dog
4. Everythings On Fire
5. Relief
6. The Finger
7. 99th Home Position
8. Is There Anybody In There
9. Stuck On You
10. This Morning
Other Songs
42 Wheels (3 20)
Alligator Engine (5 56)
Back In The Hole
Back On The Breadline
Blind Eye
Boo Boo Kiss (5 51)
Carry Me
Courtship Of America
Crime Of Passion
Curse (5 45)
Do You See What I See
Easy
Eggheart
Fish Roar (3 17)
Ghost Nation
Grindstone
Hayley's Doorstep (5 37)
Head Above Water
Holy Grail
I Believe
Imaginary Girl
Inside A Fireball
It's Early Days Yet (3 40)
January Rain
Judas Sheep (4 04)
Little Chalkie
Love That I Long For
Run Run Run
Slab
Talking To A Stranger
The 99th Home Position
The Slab
The Way To Go Out (3 23)
Titanic
True Believers
True Tears Of Joy
We The People
Whats A Few Men
When The River Runs Dry
Where Do You Go
World Of Stone (7 31)
Hunters & Collectors are an Australian rock band formed in 1981. Fronted by founding mainstay, singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of pub rock and art-funk. Other mainstays are John Archer on bass guitar, Doug Falconer on drums and percussion. Soon after forming they were joined by Jack Howard on trumpet and keyboards, Jeremy Smith on French horn, guitars and keyboards, and Michael Waters on trombone and keyboards. Also acknowledged as a founder was engineer and art designer Robert Miles. Joining in 1988, Barry Palmer, on lead guitar, remained until they disbanded in 1998. The group reformed in 2013 with the 1998 line-up.
Originally Hunters & Collectors were influenced by Krautrock and productions of Conny Plank, featuring strong percussive influences, noisy guitar, and driving bass lines. Their sound was in the vein of Talking Heads' 1980 album Remain in Light. Hunters & Collectors used Plank to produce two of their early albums, The Fireman's Curse (1983) and The Jaws of Life (1984), but neither charted into the Top 50 of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Their first Top 10 album, Human Frailty (1986), also featured their logo, a H & C symbol, where the "&" consists of twin snakes entwined around a hunting knife, a variation of a caduceus.
Later Top 10 studio albums were Ghost Nation (1989), Cut (1992), and Demon Flower (1994). Their hit singles were "Talking to a Stranger" (1982), "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984), "Say Goodbye" (1986), "When the River Runs Dry" (1989), "True Tears of Joy" (1992), and "Holy Grail" (1993). They became one of the best live acts in Australia and according to musicologist Ian McFarlane, their "great achievement was to lay bare human emotions in the intensely ritualistic milieu of the pub-rock gig".
Members:
Originally Hunters & Collectors were influenced by Krautrock and productions of Conny Plank, featuring strong percussive influences, noisy guitar, and driving bass lines. Their sound was in the vein of Talking Heads' 1980 album Remain in Light. Hunters & Collectors used Plank to produce two of their early albums, The Fireman's Curse (1983) and The Jaws of Life (1984), but neither charted into the Top 50 of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Their first Top 10 album, Human Frailty (1986), also featured their logo, a H & C symbol, where the "&" consists of twin snakes entwined around a hunting knife, a variation of a caduceus.
Later Top 10 studio albums were Ghost Nation (1989), Cut (1992), and Demon Flower (1994). Their hit singles were "Talking to a Stranger" (1982), "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984), "Say Goodbye" (1986), "When the River Runs Dry" (1989), "True Tears of Joy" (1992), and "Holy Grail" (1993). They became one of the best live acts in Australia and according to musicologist Ian McFarlane, their "great achievement was to lay bare human emotions in the intensely ritualistic milieu of the pub-rock gig".
Mark Seymour - lead vocals, guitar (1981-1998, 2009, 2013-present)
Jack Howard - trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals (1981-1998, 2009, 2013-present)
Michael Waters - trombone, keyboards (1981-1998, 2009, 2013-present)
Jeremy Smith - French horn, guitars, keyboards, programming, backing vocals (1981-1998, 2009, 2013-present)
Doug Falconer - drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals (1981-1998, 2009, 2013-present)
John Archer - bass, backing vocals (1981-1998, 2009, 2013-present)
Barry Palmer - guitar (1988-1998, 2009, 2013-present)
Former members
Nigel Crocker - trombone (1981-82)
Geoff Crosby - keyboards (1981-1985)
Andy Lynn - trumpet (1981-1982)
Chris Malherbe - trumpet (1981-1982)
Greg Perano - percussion (1981-1983)
Ray Tosti-Gueira - guitar, backing vocals (1981-1982)
Martin Lubran - guitar (1982-1983)
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genre(s): Rock, pub rock, art-funk
Active From: 1981-1998, 2009, 2013-present