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Wolfmother are an Australian hard rock band formed in 2000 by vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross, and drummer Myles Heskett. They have released three studio albums: Wolfmother (October 2005); Cosmic Egg (October 2009) and New Crown (March 2014). Wolfmother have won national and international awards, including three Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards, three Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards and one Grammy Award. Their self-titled debut album won the 2005 J Award for Best Australian Album. A song from the album, "Woman" was nominated for Single of the Year and Best Breakthrough Artist – Single at the ARIA Awards, eventually losing out to Ben Lee's "Catch My Disease" and End of Fashion's "O Yeah", respectively. The following year, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Breakthrough Album, Best Rock Album, and the band won for Best Group; they also received nominations for Album of the Year (for Wolfmother) and Single of the Year (for "Mind's Eye"). In the same year, Wolfmother received nominations for Spankin' New Aussie Artist, Best New Group and Best Rock Video (for "Mind's Eye") at the MTV Australia Awards and a Jack Award nomination for Best Live Band. Wolfmother were nominated for International Breakthrough Act at the 2007 BRIT Awards, ultimately losing out to American band Orson. At the 2007 Grammy Awards the band won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for their song "Woman". They were the first Australian band in twenty five years to win this award. In the same year, they also received the Jack Award for Best Live Band, and were nominated for four MTV Australia Awards: Best Group, Viewer's Choice Award, Best Rock Video and Video of the Year (the latter two for the song "Joker & the Thief"). The following year, Wolfmother garnered the APRA Award for Most Played Australian Work Overseas, for their song "Woman". The band's second album, Cosmic Egg (2009) received a nomination in 2010 for Album of the Year in Classic Rock magazine's Roll of Honour. (en) |
