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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 42 Wheels 3 20 Alligator Engine Alligator Engine 5 56 Back In The Hole Back On The Breadline Bettys Worry or the Slab Bettys Worry Or The Slab 3 58 Blind Eye Blind Snake Sundae Blind Snake Sundae 6 10 Boo Boo Kiss Boo Boo Kiss 5 51 Carry Me Carry Me 4 12 Courtship Of America Crime Of Passion Curse Curse 5 45 Do You See What I See Drinking Bomb Drinking Bomb 4 49 Droptank Droptank 4 56 Easy Eggheart Fish Roar Fish Roar 3 17 Ghost Nation Grindstone Hayleys Doorstep Hayleys Doorstep 5 37 Head Above Water Holding Down a D Holding Down A D 3 41 Holy Grail I Believe I Believe 2 56 I Couldnt Give It to You I Couldnt Give It To You 3 31 Imaginary Girl Inside A Fireball Its Early Days Yet Its Early Days Yet 3 40 January Rain Judas Sheep Judas Sheep 4 04 Junket Head Junket Head 5 19 Little Chalkie Little Chalkie 3 26 Loinclothing Loinclothing 5 28 Lumps of Lead Lumps Of Lead 4 09 Mouthtrap Mouthtrap 4 10 Mr Right Mr Right 3 35 Red Lane Red Lane 3 46 Run Run Run Run Run Run 9 12 Scream Who Scream Who 4 13 Skin of Our Teeth Skin Of Our Teeth 8 06 Sway Sway 5 54 Talking To A Stranger Talking To A Stranger 7 31 Tender Kinder Baby Tender Kinder Baby 4 51 The 99th Home Position The Slab The Way to Go out The Way To Go Out 3 23 Titanic Towtruck Towtruck 4 58 True Believers True Tears Of Joy Watcher Watcher 4 42 We The People Whats A Few Men When The River Runs Dry Where Do You Go World of Stone World Of Stone 7 31
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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:
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
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