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Spdfgh were an Australian rock band from the 1990s. The founding members were: Kim Bowers (as Wikky Malone) (guitar, vocals)), Liz Payne (as Rosy Glo, Lou Marvel, Belle) (guitar, vocals)), Tania Bowers (as Tania May) (bass guitar, vocals)), Melanie Thurgar (as Finnius) (drums), and Angela Morosin (vocals).

Name origin

In chemistry, the letters (spdfgh...) are used when determining the number of electrons in the shells of an atom (the letters denote the first six states of orbital angular momentum in atomic physics). TV Week magazine called it "the dumbest name in Australian rock".

History

The original members got started playing together at St. Patrick's College (Campbelltown, southwest of Sydney). A very early gig was the St Patrick's School disco and featured the unreleased "Help! Help! It's a dance party!" The band and Morosin parted company soon after high school. In their early days, to get noticed, they would travel to Sydney, sneak into soundchecks of bands they liked and just start playing. Payne left after the group had recorded Leave Me Like This and Sally Russell (later known as New Buffalo, Sally Seltmann) briefly replaced her on guitar in mid-1995. Russell, still a member of power pop group Lustre 4, had co-written the track "You Made Me" with Tania (later known as Via Tania) for that album. Russell continued her work with Lustre 4 and was replaced in Spdfgh by Christina Hannaford by the time the album was issued. The band had songs included on the soundtracks of the films Love and Other Catastrophes and The Well. Since breaking up, the members have pursued new projects.

Discography

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