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About Me

Disgraceland formed in Brisbane in 1992 and played for about a year before we all went back to our normal lives. In 1998 we got 'the call' - a phone call, nothing weird, and were sent to the studio by a kind benefactor to record a CD of some tunes we wrote. 'The Thundering Skies of Disgraceland' was released independently a few months later. We played some shows, scored a 4-star review in Rolling Stone, then went back to our normal lives. In 2001 our drummer and dear friend Michael Hiron was called to the Big Production House in the Sky. Our normal lives got pretty sad for a long time and we never remarried. In 2006 some darned fool suggested we should do a show, so we did. We're even going to do some more this year.
Up in the video link below our profile we have put up a couple of videos we made way back in 1998. You may notice a tall fellow with a shaved head - that is our old friend Michael Hiron. We are lucky to have these clips as documents of the time we were privileged to share.
We were also lucky enough to have Michael with us for 'Thundering Skies' and are currently in the process of making the olde album available bit by bit through our player. Please see our blog for details.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/1/2006
Band Website: long dead
Band Members: Photos by Steve Barrett - Hilton Hotel, Brisbane 1998
Coojee Timms - guitar, songs & vocals;
Tony Von Wieldt - guitar;
Kym Watling - guitar, songs & vocals;
John Willsteed - bass, songs & guitar;
Su Crowley - vocals, currently retired to motherhood - see myspace.com/mummyanddaddy;
Michael Hiron - air guitar, songs and spiritual guidance
Influences: imaginary friends
Sounds Like: some trucker crying in a beer
Record Label: sticky or it won't work
Type of Label: None

My Blog

WESTERN STARS Troubadour 2nd Feb

Hello, we are most honoured to be part of the inaugural 'Western Stars' with Corn Liquor and Mexico Bender and thank DJ Lori Lee from Robot International for the kind invitation.&nb...
Posted by Disgraceland on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:07:00 PST

Disgraceland and Lovecraft @ Alley Bar Thurs 29th Nov

Hello, we are very pleased to announce that Lovecraft will be supporting us on thursday the 29th November at the Alley Bar, Frew St Milton. Lovecraft are a duo comprising Wendy Seary from ...
Posted by Disgraceland on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:25:00 PST

Brispop

Disgraceland now have a page at www.brispop.com.au which featuresJoanne Bell's photos from our Livespark show at the Powerhouse. Just search on our name or click on the Disgraceland update ...
Posted by Disgraceland on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:19:00 PST

Country Blues: Alley Bar Sun 26th August 5:30 pm

Hello, Disgraceland, Corn Liquor, The Medicine Show and The Black Dogs arepresenting a show called 'Country Blues' on Sunday, the 26th August, atthe Alley Bar at the fabulous fifties-styled Milto...
Posted by Disgraceland on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:15:00 PST

Disgraceland Halfway Live Spark 15th July Powerhouse FREE EVENT

Hello, we are very much looking forward to our afternoon at the Powerhouse with Halfway on Sunday 15th July, from 3-6 pm . It is a Live Spark free event and will be part of this years Queen...
Posted by Disgraceland on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:52:00 PST

Troubadour 9th Jun - Disgraceland, Halfway, Potential Falcon

Hello, We're loading up the truck and heading down to the Valley next Saturday 9th June, to play The Troubadour with Halfway and Potential Falcon. It will be $10 at the door and we'll...
Posted by Disgraceland on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:37:00 PST

Thundering Skies ... at your leisure

Hello, looks like we have enough songs floating around to make another album in the near future. In the meantime, in order to clean out the cupboard, purge and move on, we'd like to sh...
Posted by Disgraceland on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:34:00 PST

winter shows

Not sure if Brisbane will be actually having a winter this year, but we are hoping to take advantange of cooler weather for a couple of midyear shows. This means the boys can drag their su...
Posted by Disgraceland on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:23:00 PST

Resurrected

Well, we did it. We are now resurrected. You could almost feel the blood and flesh returning to the bones. We sang a special tune that our Mick wrote with his lovely friend...
Posted by Disgraceland on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:54:00 PST

Resurrection 25th Nov

Hello lovies, we are gearing up for the resurrection, not this, but next weekend. Cooj has taken to the drums very nicely (almost as if he's been doing it all his life ...), Willy is alter...
Posted by Disgraceland on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:53:00 PST