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Wolfmother performing in 2018.
Wolfmother are an Australian
hard rock band formed in
Sydney ,
New South Wales in 2000.
[1] Originally a trio featuring vocalist and guitarist
Andrew Stockdale , bassist and keyboardist
Chris Ross , and drummer Myles Heskett, the group released their
self-titled debut album in Australia in 2005, with all 12 tracks credited equally to all three band members.
[2] Four songs – "
Dimension ", "
Woman ", "
White Unicorn " and "Apple Tree" – had originally been released on the band's
self-titled debut EP the previous year.
[3] When Wolfmother was released internationally in 2006, it also featured "
Love Train ".
[2] In May 2007, the band contributed "Pleased to Meet You" to the
Spider-Man 3 soundtrack .
[4]
Ross and Heskett left Wolfmother in August 2008.
[5] Returning with new members
Ian Peres (bass, keyboards), Aidan Nemeth (rhythm guitar) and Dave Atkins (drums), the band released the single "
Back Round " in March 2009,
[6] followed by their second album
Cosmic Egg in October, the songwriting for which was credited entirely to Stockdale.
[7] In March 2010, the band contributed the song "Fell Down a Hole" to the
Almost Alice soundtrack,
[8] before Atkins announced his departure the following month.
[9]
With Will Rockwell-Scott replacing Atkins, Wolfmother began working on their third album in 2011, although the resulting album
Keep Moving was eventually released in 2013 as Andrew Stockdale's solo debut.
[10] The band returned later in the year as a trio composed of Stockdale, Peres and drummer Vin Steele, and began working on their official third album.
[11]
New Crown was released independently in March 2014, featuring ten songs written by Stockdale.
[12] The band's fourth album
Victorious was released in February 2016, with songwriting again credited to Stockdale alone (with the exception of "Gypsy Caravan", which was co-written by
Spiderbait drummer
Kram ).
[13]
Andrew Stockdale has been credited with writing all of the band's material from
Cosmic Egg onwards.
Original members
Chris Ross and Myles Heskett were credited with co-writing the songs on 2005's
Wolfmother .
Ian Peres joined Wolfmother in 2009 and has performed on every one of their releases from Cosmic Egg .
Aidan Nemeth performed rhythm guitar on 2009's Cosmic Egg .
The band covered
Jimi Hendrix 's "
If 6 Was 9 " and released it as a Cosmic Egg bonus track.
A cover version of
Neil Young 's "
Don't Let It Bring You Down " was also released on Cosmic Egg .
"
Mannish Boy ", originally performed by
Muddy Waters , was another Cosmic Egg bonus track.
Wolfmother contributed a
cover version of
ZZ Top 's "
Cheap Sunglasses " to a tribute album in 2011.
Spiderbait member
Kram co-wrote
Victorious track "Gypsy Caravan".
Victorious bonus track "Wedding" was co-written by
Kadavar drummer Christoph "Tiger" Bartelt.
Key
†
Indicates song released as a single
‡
Indicates song written solely by
Andrew Stockdale
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"Apple Tree" .
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"Back Round" .
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"Baroness" .
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"Best Of A Bad Situation" .
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"California Queen" .
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"Caroline" .
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"City Lights" .
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"Colossal" .
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"Cosmic Egg" .
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"Cosmonaut" .
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"Dimension" .
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"Earths Rotation Around The Sun" .
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"Enemy Is In Your Mind" .
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"Eye Of The Beholder" .
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"Eyes Open" .
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"Far Away" .
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"Feelings" .
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"Fell Down A Hole" .
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"Far Away" .
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"Gypsy Caravan" .
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"Happy Face" .
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"Heavy Weight" .
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"Highway" .
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"How Many Times" .
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"I Ain t Got No" .
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"Recording "I Don't Know Why" " .
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"Recording "If 6 Was 9" " .
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"In The Castle" .
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"In The Morning" .
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"Joker And The Thief" .
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"Love That You Give" .
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"Love Train" .
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"Recording "Lucky Star" " .
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"Song "Mannish Boy" " .
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"Mind s Eye" .
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"Tangerine Dream" .
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"New Crown" .
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"New Moon Rising" .
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"Phoenix" .
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"Pilgrim" .
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"Pleased To Meet You" .
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"Pretty Peggy" .
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"Pyramid" .
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"Radio" .
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"Remove Your Mask" .
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"She Got It" .
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"Simple Life" .
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"Sundial" .
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"Tales From The Forest Of Gnomes" .
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"Tall Ships" .
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"Vagabond" .
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"Victorious" .
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"Violence Of The Sun" .
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"Wedding" .
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"Where Eagles Have Been" .
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"White Feather" .
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"White Unicorn" .
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"Witchcraft" .
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"Woman" .
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