The Living End

The Living End is an Australian rockabilly band from Melbourne . The group consists of lead vocalist / guitarist Chris Cheney , bassist / backup vocalist Scott Owen anddrummer Andy Strachan .

Biography
Cheney and Owen met each other through their older sisters in their secondary school. Cheney was a big fan of the Stray Cats, and convinced them to Owen as the bassist Lee Rocker to play bass. They started with several drummers a cover band called The Runaway Boys. In 1994 they started to make their own music and changed their name to The Living End. Their drummer was Joe Piripitzi.

Their first breakthrough came after sending a demo to Billie Joe Armstrong, keeping them in the program for the Australian tour of Green Day came. Then she went into the studio to make their first EP. Piripitzi was by Cheney and Owen avenue sent out because they felt that his life was holding the group and was replaced by Travis Demsey. The huge breakthrough came after the release of EP Prisoner of Society / Second Solution The A-Side became the best selling single of the 90s and stayed 47 weeks in the Australian Top 50 stand. She signed to Modular Records in 1998 and spent their first self-titled album .

Their second album, Roll On was released in 2000, a reasonable success and was compared to The Clash . In 2001, Cheney was injured in a car accident, leaving many tours had to be canceled. A year later Demsey left the band because he did not feel like the many revolutions, and he was replaced by Andy Strachan. In 2003 their album Modern Artillery came out. It was heard less punk and more rock. End of the World came into skateboarding game Tony Hawk's Underground 2 .

Their fourth album came out in 2006 and was named the State of Emergency. This was the second album by The Living End, which reached # 1 on the Australian charts. Later that year, Cheney left the band for a while because he felt that his life was not going anywhere and he was in a writer's block. His fellow band members persuaded him not to quit the band and that resulted in their fifth album, released in 2008 calledWhite Noise. That same year, Prisoner of Society part of the popular game Guitar Hero: World Tour . Rather it was a cover of Carry Me Home be heard on Guitar Hero II .

The Living End has changed in recent years a lot of style, and they are of psychobilly more for alternative rock. Outside Australia, they are moderately well known, but in their own country, they are still a big favorite.In 2009, "Prisoner of Society 32nd on the list of best songs of all time according to listeners of radio station Triple J.

Members [ edit ]
Current Former
 * 1994-present: Chris Cheney ( guitar , vocals )
 * 1994-present: Scott Owen ( bass, background vocals)
 * 2002-present: Andy Strachan ( drums )
 * 1996-2002: Travis Demsey (drums)
 * 1994-1996: Joey Piripitzi (drums)

[Discography edit ]
Albums
 * The Living End , 1998
 * Roll On , 2000
 * Modern Artillery , 2003
 * State of Emergency , 2006
 * White Noise , 2008
 * The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating , 2011