Dirty Three
Founded: 1992
Location: Australia
Dirty Three are an Australian instrumental rock band, consisting of Warren Ellis (violin and bass guitar), Mick Turner (electric and bass guitars) and Jim White (drums), which formed in 1992. Their 1996 album Horse Stories was voted by Rolling Stone as one of the top three albums of the year. Two of their albums have peaked into the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Ocean Songs (1998) and Toward the Low Sun (2012). During their career they have spent much of their time overseas when not performing together. Turner is based in Melbourne, White lives in New York, and Ellis in Paris. Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane described them as providing a "rumbling, dynamic sound incorporated open-ended, improvisational, electric rock ... minus the jazz-rock histrionics". In October 2010, Ocean Songs was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
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Dirty Three are "(a) back, (b) tangled in seaweed, rank with saltwater, and (c) not wasting another minute."
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"Ellis... dropped to his knees and brought the gig to its final, distorted, mind-bending climax."
Live Review: Dirty Three
"This concert will stand as a fitting monument to a group that Australia should be overwhelmingly proud of."
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"When you get home, and then realise you snuck in an extra meal, you've just gotta give the range of tucker on offer the thumbs up as well."
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Well we didn't see that coming.
Live Review: Dirty Three, Mirel Wagner
"In the stunning surrounds of the State Theatre, Ellis, Mick Turner and Jim White were at their visceral and demented best."
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