Panda Band
Indie Rock / Pop
The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Their unique brand of genre jumping music has earned them a reputation amongst local and international musicians alike. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.
They originally existed in the late nineties as Philius Phog until Crosbie went travelling Europe. They reformed and played their first gig as Generic Boy Band (with Crosbie, Namour, Nicotra and Chris Callan in the band) in an opening heat of the National Campus Bands Competition in the latter half of 2003. They failed to make it past the first round.
At the WAMi Weekender in June 2003, they played their first gig as The Panda Band, with late addition Steve Callan on keys, at a showcase which also featured The Nordeens and Ikey Mo at The Carton Hotel in Perth.
Their first single "Eyelashes", received medium airplay on Triple J and FBi Radio, whilst their second single "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" (taken from the EP of the same name) entered the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004, at number 73.
Their first full length album "This Vital Chapter" is to be released in Australia on August 5, 2006, with a special iTunes pre-release on the 25th of July. A national tour followed which saw band take New Rules For Boats around Australia with them. They were also joined at various points by Jump 2 Light Speed and Jeff Strong. Immediately following the album tour, they went on The Sleepy Jackson's Personality - One Was A Bird, One Was A Spider Australian tour. They followed this up in November with an east coast of Australia tour with The Exploders from Melbourne and Perth band The Dirty Secrets. The tour was called The Curse Of The Exploding Panda, which garnered attention from the RSPCA.
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