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Regurgitator
Origin	Brisbane, Australia
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Indie rock Pop
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	East West Records
Associated acts	Happyland
Website	Official website
Members
Quan Yeomans Ben Ely Peter Kostic Seja Vogel
Former members
Martin Lee Shane Rudken (touring)

Regurgitator is an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans, bassist Ben Ely, drummer Peter Kostic and keyboardist Seja Vogel. A blend of rock and electronica, they captured a devout following and have been credited for invigorating the Australian indie pop scene in 1996 with their debut album titled Tu Plang.

The band are popular for their 3D animated videos which were created by Quan and his longtime partner (now ex-partner), Janet English (bassist and vocalist of Spiderbait). Quan and Janet originally worked together under the name of "The Shits" but were forced to change the name to "Happyland" on the release of their first album.

Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 EPs 2.3 VHS and DVDs 2.4 Music videos 3 Chart positions 3.1 Albums 4 External links

Regurgitator were originally a 3 piece indie rock band with Quan Yeomans (guitar and vocals), Ben Ely (bass and vocals) and Martin Lee (drums). The three had purportedly met on a bus in inner Brisbane. At this time, all three were already in several bands, some containing future members of The Resin Dogs. Regurgitator at this time were not considered to be the main focus of any members, and were recognised only when Ely provided Paul Curtis of Consume Management a demo of them while working on one of his other bands, Pangaea. The flip side to the Pangaea demo contained tracks put down with Yeomans and Lee as Regurgitator. The release of their first self-titled EP led to a stirring of the Brisbane music scene that was well and truly interested by the time of the release of their second EP, New, which spawned the radio hits "Track 1" and "Blubber Boy". After smash hit success from their rock and hip hop infused debut Tu-plang which featured the tracks "I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am", "Kong Foo Sing" and "F.S.O", the band moved on with a more electronic and pop based sound on their second effort Unit. Surprisingly, the first single "Everyday Formula", the only song to contain the usual formula of distorted guitars and fast drumming, made a lacklustre impact compared with the following pop and keyboard style of the following singles, which were instant hits. During the tour for Unit, Shane Rudken was added to the band on keyboards. From this album, "Polyester Girl", "! (The Song Formerly Known As)", and "Black Bugs" all gained significant amounts of airplay. Unit is widely regarded as their finest work, although it is ritually dismissed by many fans of their first generation of work. It is also considered to be ahead of its time due to heavy 1980s referencing, well ahead of the popularisation of 1980s aesthetics which occurred post 2000.

...art, Regurgitator's third album, was the last time drummer Martin Lee appeared with the band after some creative difficulties. He was replaced by Front End Loader and Hard-Ons drummer, Peter Kostic late 1999. ...art and its follow up Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks were greeted with harsh criticism and misunderstanding, considered recorded specifically for the commercial industry, radio and television in opposition to the earlier alternative and explicit Regurgitator from the mid-1990's... and paradoxically greeted by that commercial industry as not. Neither release sold as well as their predecessors (except in Japan). This rolled into a more turbulent relationship with their label Warner who were unable to grasp the band's lack of motivation and refusal to compromise just for the sake of commercial success especially in an international (US specific) context. After the fourth album, discussions led to a mutual request to end the deal and to finalise the arrangement the compilation album Jingles (along with DVD Infomercials) was released - the title an obvious comment on the parallel of advertising and the focus on singles and their videos (that bands like Jet took to the extreme with the use of their music in television ads - something Regurgitator had manifestly avoided).

Regurgitator created (with manager Paul Curtis) and participated in the Band in a Bubble project in 2004, a new reality TV-inspired media experiment/stunt sponsored and broadcast by Foxtel and Australian music channel, Channel V. The band entered a small glass recording studio, built in Federation Square in the centre of Melbourne, to record their new album. Pedestrians could look into most rooms of the "bubble" and could watch the band work, or tune in to a 24 hour digital cable television channel and watch their work on that. Nobody could enter or leave the bubble, a la Big Brother. In addition to the three band members, Australian producer Magoo, engineer Hugh and Channel V host Jabba were all also locked into the bubble with the band. This project resulted in 2004's Mish Mash!.

The first single from Mish Mash! was "The Drop" and the second was "My Friend Robot". In May 2005 they released the "My Ego" single, which contains three remixes created by Quan Yeomans in his new home in Hong Kong. They then released the "#?*!" (or Pillowhead) EP which contained b-sides from "Mish Mash!". Their album tour included a performance at the world's biggest short film festival, Tropfest, surrounded by 30,000 people.

Regurgitator were all over the place during 2006, performing sporadic festival appearances while Ben worked on his project Jump 2 Light Speed and Quan worked on his own solo projects. The Band in a Bubble concept was also licensed to Initial TV in the UK, and True in the US.

Their 6th album, Love and Paranoia was recorded in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and was released in Australia on September 15th, 2007. It features 80's style keyboard-driven poprock tunes, with new member Seja Vogel on keyboards. The first single from the album, titled "Blood and Spunk" received airplay on Triple J, and the current single Romance of the Damned is receiving commercial radio airplay.

• tu-plang (1996) (album title translates to "Juke box" in the Thai language)
• Unit (1997)
• ...art (1999)
• Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks (2001)
• Jingles: The Best Of (2002)
• Mish Mash! (2004)
• Love and Paranoia (2007)

• Regurgitator (aka Hamburger) (1994)
• New (1995)
• Miffy's Simplicity (1996)
• Crush The Losers (2000)
• #?*! (aka Pretty Girls Swear or Pillowhead) (2005)

• Regurgitated (1996)
• Regurgitator: Live at the Brisbane Town Hall (1998)
• Jingles: The Best Of (2002)
• Nein Nein Nein Slumber of the Beast (2003)

• "I Like it Like That"
• "Couldn't Do It"
• "Track 1"
• "Blubber Boy"
• "Kong Foo Sing"
• "Miffy's Simplicity"
• "Everyday Formula"
• "Black Bugs"
• "Modern Life"
• "! (The Song Formerly Known As)"
• "Polyester Girl"
• "I Like Your Old Remix Better Than Your New Remix"
• "Happiness"
• "Freshmint!"
• "I Wanna Be A Nudist"
• "Crush the Losers"
• "Fat Cop"
• "Super Straight"
• "Hullabaloo"
• "C'mon"
• "Transformers Theme"
• "Bong In My Eye"
• "The Drop"
• "My Friend Robot"
• "Pretty Girls Swear" (live footage)
• "The Game"
• "Blood and Spunk"

Other "mini videos" exist for other album tracks as seen on "Regurgitated" and "Jingles (Infomercials)".

Year	Album	Chart	Position
1996	Tu Plang	Australia Top 50	No. 3
1997	Unit	Australia Top 50	No. 4
1999	...art	Australia Top 50	No. 2
2001	Eduardo & Rodriguez Wage War On T-Wrecks	Australia Top 50	No. 7
2002	Jingles: The Best Of	Australia Top 50	n/a
2004	Mish Mash!	Australia Top 50	n/a

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• Regurgitator's official website
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