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'''Ups and Downs''' is an Australian pop band. Their single "The Living Kind" saw them nominated for the 1987 [[ARIA Awards|ARIA Award]] for [[ARIA Award for Best New Talent|Best New Talent]].
'''Ups and Downs''' is an Australian pop band. Their single "The Living Kind" was nominated for the [[ARIA Award for Best New Talent]] at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1987]].


==History==
Ups and Downs formed in Brisbane in 1983 by brothers Greg and Darren Atkinson with John Flade. Peter Shaw soon joined the line up. After the release of two singles through Basketcase in 1984 they relocated to Sydney, where they built a cult following. In 1986 they released the single "The Living Kind" through True Tone<ref name="McF">{{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Ups and Downs' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=748 |accessdate=25 January 2017 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829235127/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=748 |archivedate=29 August 2004}}</ref> which saw them nominated for an ARIA Award.<ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | title = History | periodical = Australian Recording Industry Association | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1987 }}</ref> In 1987 Trevor O'Neil joined the band. They signed with Mushroom and released their debut album ''Underneath the Watchful Eye'' in 1988. Flade left the band in 1989 and they released one more EP before breaking up in 1990.<ref name="McF"/> In 2007 they played at Pig City, a celebration of Brisbane music and for the 4ZZZ Flashback, a 40th anniversary of the Brisbane radio station.<ref>{{Citation | last = Mengel | first = Noel | author-link = | date = 12 September 2015 | title = Out of the shadows | periodical = Courier Mail }}</ref> They reformed in 2011 for a series of shows<ref>{{Citation | last = Watt | first = Andrew | author-link = | date = 30 September 2011 | title = Fame, fortune elude the band most likely | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/fame-fortune-elude-the-band-most-likely-20110928-1kxs3.html }}</ref> and they released a compilation album of old tracks, ''Out of the Darkness: Sleepless, Singles & Other Stories''.<ref>{{Citation | last = Carozza | first = John | author-link = | date = 26 September 2011 | title = Ups & Downs – Out of the Darkness | periodical = ArtsHub | url = http://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/ups-and-downs-out-of-the-darkness-185762}}</ref>
Ups and Downs formed in Brisbane in 1983 by brothers Greg and Darren Atkinson with John Flade. Peter Shaw soon joined the line up. After the release of two singles through Basketcase in 1984 they relocated to Sydney, where they built a cult following.


In 1986 they released the single "The Living Kind" through True Tone<ref name="McF">{{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Ups and Downs' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=748 |accessdate=25 January 2017 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829235127/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=748 |archivedate=29 August 2004}}</ref> which saw them nominated for an [[ARIA Award]] at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1987]].<ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | title = History | periodical = Australian Recording Industry Association | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1987 }}</ref>
In 2017 they released their album "The Sky's In Love With You" on Basketcase Records, with bass player Alex Ronayne.<ref>{{Citation | last = Innes | first = Matt | author-link = | date = 23 March 2017 | title = 80's Rockers Ups & Downs Are Back With A New Album | periodical = scenestr. | url = http://scenestr.com.au/music/80s-rockers-ups-downs-are-back-with-a-new-album }}</ref>

In 1987 Trevor O'Neil joined the band. They signed with [[Mushroom Records]] and released their debut album ''Underneath the Watchful Eye'' in 1988. Flade left the band in 1989 and they released one more EP before breaking up in 1990.<ref name="McF"/>

In 2007 they played at Pig City, a celebration of Brisbane music and for the 4ZZZ Flashback, a 40th anniversary of the Brisbane radio station.<ref>{{Citation | last = Mengel | first = Noel | author-link = | date = 12 September 2015 | title = Out of the shadows | periodical = Courier Mail }}</ref>

They reformed in 2011 for a series of shows<ref>{{Citation | last = Watt | first = Andrew | author-link = | date = 30 September 2011 | title = Fame, fortune elude the band most likely | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/fame-fortune-elude-the-band-most-likely-20110928-1kxs3.html }}</ref> and they released a compilation album of old tracks, ''Out of the Darkness: Sleepless, Singles & Other Stories''.<ref>{{Citation | last = Carozza | first = John | author-link = | date = 26 September 2011 | title = Ups & Downs – Out of the Darkness | periodical = ArtsHub | url = http://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/ups-and-downs-out-of-the-darkness-185762}}</ref>

In 2017 they released their album "The Sky's In Love With You" on Basketcase Records, with bass player Alex Ronayne.<ref>{{Citation | last = Innes | first = Matt | author-link = | date = 23 March 2017 | title = 80's Rockers Ups & Downs Are Back With a New Album | periodical = scenestr. | url = http://scenestr.com.au/music/80s-rockers-ups-downs-are-back-with-a-new-album }}</ref>

In September 2019, they recorded a cover version of [[The Hummingbirds]]' "Two Weeks With a Good Man in Niagara Falls" for the ''Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 3'' compilation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOSs-7sRTCI|title=Ups and Downs - Two Weeks With a Good Man in Niagara Falls |website=YouTue|date= September 2019|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref> Before re-recording and releasing "Ups and Downs", which was featured on the 1983 cassette ''Darling It's Wonderful''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LseaA_nnFJc|title=The Real World - Ups and Downs |website=YouTube|date=October 2019|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref>


==Band members==
==Band members==
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==Discography==
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
*"Darling It's Wonderful" (1983)<ref>https://thebmg.bandcamp.com/album/darling-its-wonderful</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
*"Living Inside My Head"/"Out of the Darkness" (1984) - Basketcase
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Title
*"Perfect Crime"/"Never Ending" (1985) - Basketcase
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details
*"In the Shadows"/"Wonder"/"Treah" (1986) - Waterfront
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
*"The Living Kind"/"Painted Sad" (1986) - True Tone
|-
*"Lit by the Fuse"/"House Hunting"' (1988) - Mushroom
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name="Kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=318|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
*"Moments Away"/"Pleasant"' (1988) - Mushroom
|-
*"Untie Ian"/"Safer" remix (1991) - Violation
! scope="row"| ''Sleepless''
*''Sleepless'' mini album (1986) - True Tone<ref>{{Citation | last = Harrison | first = John | author-link = | date = 8 September 1986 | title = UP AND DOWNS ARE ON THE WAY UP | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref>
|
*''Rash'' EP (1990) - Volition
* Released: August 1986<ref>{{Citation | last = Harrison | first = John | author-link = | date = 8 September 1986 | title = UP AND DOWNS ARE ON THE WAY UP | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref>
*''Underneath the Watchful Eye'' (1988) - Mushroom
* Label: Truetone Records <small>(830269-1 / 830269-4)</small>
*''Out of the Darkness: Sleepless, Singles & Other Stories'' (2011) - Feel Presents<ref>{{Citation | last = Saunders | first = Stephen | author-link = | date = 15 September 2011 | title = Ups and Downs | periodical = Canberra Times }}</ref>
* Format: [[Vinyl record|LP]], [[Compact Cassette|Cassette]]
*''The Sky's In Love With You'' (2017) - Basketcase
| 84
|-
! scope="row"| ''Underneath the Watchful Eye''
|
* Released: November 1988
* Label: [[Mushroom Records]] <small>(D38951/ C38951)</small>
* Format: [[Compact Disc|CD]], Cassette
| 75
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Sky's in Love With You''
|
* Released: 4 November 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-skys-in-love-with-you/1285762285|title=The Sky's in Love With You (DD)|website=Apple Music|date= November 2017|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref>
* Label: Basketcase
* Format: [[Music download]], [[Media streaming|streaming]]
| -
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:17em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Anthology''
|
* Released: 2001
* Label: Big Heavy Stuff Web Release ‎
* Format: CD
* Note: Limited to 100 copies
|-
! scope="row"| ''Out of the Darkness (Sleepless, Singles & Other Stories)''
|
* Released: July 2011<ref>{{Citation | last = Saunders | first = Stephen | author-link = | date = 15 September 2011 | title = Ups and Downs | periodical = Canberra Times }}</ref>
* Label: Feel Presents ‎<small>(FEEL 010)</small>
* Format: CD, DD
|}

===Extended Plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:17em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Darling It's Wonderful''
|
* Released: 1983
* Label: Ups And Downs
* Format: [[Compact Cassette|Cassette]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''Rash''
|
* Released: 1990
* Label: Volition ‎<small>(VOLT 31)</small>
* Format: [[Compact Disc|CD]], 12" LP
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name="Kent"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Darling It's Wonderful"
| 1983
| —
| ''Darling It's Wonderful''
|-
! scope="row"| "Living Inside My Head"
| 1984
| —
| {{n/a|non album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Perfect Crime"
| 1985
| —
| {{n/a|non album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| "In the Shadows"
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| —
| {{n/a|non album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| "The Living Kind"
| 75
| ''Sleepless''
|-
! scope="row"| "Lit by the Fuse"
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''Underneath the Watchful Eye''
|-
! scope="row"| "Moments Away"
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "Untie Ian"
| 1991
| —
| {{n/a|non album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| "True Love Waste"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LaZKNYYm0|title=Ups and Downs - True Love Waste|website=YouTube|date=16 October 2017|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref>
| 2017
| —
| rowspan="3"| ''The Sky's in Love with You''
|-
! scope="row"| "Disco in My Head"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/disco-in-my-head-edit-single/1342785219|title=Disco in My Head - single|website=Apple Music|date= February 2018|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "Some Sleep"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm2zOsUd2Cs|title=Ups and Downs - Some Sleep (parts 1 & 2)|website=You Tube|date=22 June 2018|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref>
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "The Real World"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-real-world-single/1481138371|title=The Real World - single|website=Apple Music|date= October 2019|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref>
| 2019
| —
| {{n/a|non album single}}
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Australian pop music groups]]
[[Category:Australian pop music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1983]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1983]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1990]]

Revision as of 13:56, 1 August 2020

Ups and Downs
Also known asUps & Downs
Years active1983 - 1990, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2017
MembersDarren Atkinson
Greg Atkinson
John Flade
Trevor O'Neil
Peter Shaw
Alex Ronayne

Ups and Downs is an Australian pop band. Their single "The Living Kind" was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best New Talent at the ARIA Music Awards of 1987.

History

Ups and Downs formed in Brisbane in 1983 by brothers Greg and Darren Atkinson with John Flade. Peter Shaw soon joined the line up. After the release of two singles through Basketcase in 1984 they relocated to Sydney, where they built a cult following.

In 1986 they released the single "The Living Kind" through True Tone[1] which saw them nominated for an ARIA Award at the ARIA Music Awards of 1987.[2]

In 1987 Trevor O'Neil joined the band. They signed with Mushroom Records and released their debut album Underneath the Watchful Eye in 1988. Flade left the band in 1989 and they released one more EP before breaking up in 1990.[1]

In 2007 they played at Pig City, a celebration of Brisbane music and for the 4ZZZ Flashback, a 40th anniversary of the Brisbane radio station.[3]

They reformed in 2011 for a series of shows[4] and they released a compilation album of old tracks, Out of the Darkness: Sleepless, Singles & Other Stories.[5]

In 2017 they released their album "The Sky's In Love With You" on Basketcase Records, with bass player Alex Ronayne.[6]

In September 2019, they recorded a cover version of The Hummingbirds' "Two Weeks With a Good Man in Niagara Falls" for the Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 3 compilation.[7] Before re-recording and releasing "Ups and Downs", which was featured on the 1983 cassette Darling It's Wonderful.[8]

Band members

Members

  • Darren Atkinson - drums, vocals
  • Greg Atkinson - bass, vocals
  • John Flade - guitar
  • Trevor O'Neil - keyboards
  • Peter Shaw - guitar
  • Alex Ronayne - bass

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[9]
Sleepless
  • Released: August 1986[10]
  • Label: Truetone Records (830269-1 / 830269-4)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
 84
Underneath the Watchful Eye 75
The Sky's in Love With You -

Compilation albums

Title Details
Anthology
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Big Heavy Stuff Web Release ‎
  • Format: CD
  • Note: Limited to 100 copies
Out of the Darkness (Sleepless, Singles & Other Stories)
  • Released: July 2011[12]
  • Label: Feel Presents ‎(FEEL 010)
  • Format: CD, DD

Extended Plays

Title Details
Darling It's Wonderful
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Ups And Downs
  • Format: Cassette
Rash
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Volition ‎(VOLT 31)
  • Format: CD, 12" LP

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[9]
"Darling It's Wonderful" 1983 — Darling It's Wonderful
"Living Inside My Head" 1984 — non album single
"Perfect Crime" 1985 — non album single
"In the Shadows" 1986 — non album single
"The Living Kind" 75 Sleepless
"Lit by the Fuse" 1988 — Underneath the Watchful Eye
"Moments Away" —
"Untie Ian" 1991 — non album single
"True Love Waste"[13] 2017 — The Sky's in Love with You
"Disco in My Head"[14] 2018 —
"Some Sleep"[15] —
"The Real World"[16] 2019 — non album single

References

  1. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Ups and Downs'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "History", Australian Recording Industry Association
  3. ^ Mengel, Noel (12 September 2015), "Out of the shadows", Courier Mail
  4. ^ Watt, Andrew (30 September 2011), "Fame, fortune elude the band most likely", Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Carozza, John (26 September 2011), "Ups & Downs – Out of the Darkness", ArtsHub
  6. ^ Innes, Matt (23 March 2017), "80's Rockers Ups & Downs Are Back With a New Album", scenestr.
  7. ^ "Ups and Downs - Two Weeks With a Good Man in Niagara Falls". YouTue. September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. ^ "The Real World - Ups and Downs". YouTube. October 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 318. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  10. ^ Harrison, John (8 September 1986), "UP AND DOWNS ARE ON THE WAY UP", Sydney Morning Herald
  11. ^ "The Sky's in Love With You (DD)". Apple Music. November 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ^ Saunders, Stephen (15 September 2011), "Ups and Downs", Canberra Times
  13. ^ "Ups and Downs - True Love Waste". YouTube. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Disco in My Head - single". Apple Music. February 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Ups and Downs - Some Sleep (parts 1 & 2)". You Tube. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  16. ^ "The Real World - single". Apple Music. October 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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