THE KILLJOYS (Australia) Ruby 1990

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Biography

by Brendan Swift

First meeting in the band Wild Science, guitarist Craig Pilkington, and singer Anna Burley left the band as it moved towards a hard rock sound. They teamed up as the Killjoys where their pop-folk tendencies found a suitable outlet. Releasing their first EP in 1989, Audrey (which produced the single "Fall Around Me"), the Killjoys then contributed a cover of the Seekers' "Another You" to the various artists tribute album, Used and Recovered (1990). Their debut album, Ruby, won the 1990 Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Award for Best Independent Release and the band signed a new deal with MXL. Craigie-Smith was replaced by Daniel Palamara who was in turn replaced by Michael Hohnen before the band released a new EP, Spin, in November 1991. The Killjoys then traveled to the U.K. to record their second album, A Million Suns, with producer Craig Leon (Ramones, Pogues, Bangles), which was released in March 1993. It spawned the singles "Beauty + Danger" (February


Tracklist

1		One & Only	2:33
2		One More Hour	3:43
3		Fall Around Me
4:09
4		Michael Told Me	3:17
5		I Don't Really Know	2:15
6		Sometimes Blue	3:17
7		Wish	2:58
8		Don't Let Me Down	3:08
9		The Greener Side	3:05
10		I Can't Believe	2:43
11		Shifting Sands	3:35
12		Take Me Down	4:06