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Augie March

Fact Sheet

Musical genre:Rock, Indie  
City  Melbourne, Australia
Years active1996-
Augie March is the name of an Australian Indie Rock band. The group was formed in 1996, in Melbourne, Victoria, by singer/songwriter/guitarist Glenn Richards, drummer David Williams and guitarist Adam Donovan, and was soon joined by bassist Edmond Ammendola.

The group chose the name "Augie March" in reference to the book The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow, attributing to the way in which Bellow's descriptive and poetic language reflected Richards' own songwritting style.

In 1998 the band was signed to Ra records where, over the following year, they released three EP's. The third of these, Waltz, gained the group moderate national attention, as well as a new record deal with BMG. Meanwhile, the band had expanded to include keyboardist Rob Dawsin and were woking on their first full length album.

Sunset Studies was released in 2000 and was met by a rapidly growing fan-base in Australia, and generally good reviews, typically commenting on Richards' unique lyrical style. Sadly however, on January 2, 2001, keyboardist Rob Dawsin was killed in a car accident.

After some time apart, the band reformed, with the addition of a new keyboardist, Kiernan Box. Augie March's second full length album Strange Bird was released in 2002.

While the band have a rapidly growing fanbase in Australia, and to a lesser extent, The United Kingdom, they are yet to have made a significant impact on US charts or album sales.




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