Tripod (band)
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Tripod | |
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 Tripod promoting 101 Tripod Hits in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Acoustic rock, comedy rock |
| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Website | 3pod.com.au |
Tripod are an Australian musical comedy trio founded by Scod (Scott Edgar), Yon (Simon Hall) and Gatesy (Steven Gates) in 1996. They provide original songs and harmonies, strung together by comic banter.
History[edit]
Live shows[edit]
Tripod began as buskers in Melbourne malls, performing a far-fetched prop act of which no record exists. They emerged as a musical act from the thriving Melbourne live music pub scene of the mid nineties, supporting popular local cover bands in such places as the Station Hotel, The Esplanade, the Central Club, the New Orleans Tavern and the Ritz, St Kilda. They were very much a cover band at first, performing three part harmony versions on hits by the likes of Elvis Costello, Bowie, the Beach Boys and Queen. They garnered a local following via regular residencies at the Commercial Hotel, Yarraville, just after it stopped being a biker bar.
They soon became regulars at the Prince Patrick Hotel in Collingwood, a Melbourne comedy venue, where they honed their skills in residencies and appearances from 1998 through to its demise in 2003.[1]
Tripod are stalwarts of their home festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where they often performed since 1997, when they took their pub act and jammed it into a one-hour festival format at St Martins Youth Arts Centre, in a show entitled Welcome to My Wonderwall. They have appeared on music festival stages including the Falls Festival, the Port Fairy Folk Festival, the Queenscliff Music Festival and the Woodford Folk Festival.
Tripod have appeared internationally, including the Montreal Just For Laughs festival and the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre in New York and Los Angeles. They have played the Edinburgh Fringe numerous times.
They have also toured the Australian rural countryside including long stints with the MICF Roadshow.
Tripod alternate the form of their shows between the song-and-sketch cabaret gig format (such as Self Saucing and Men of Substance) and narrative musicals. Their first "story" show was Tripod Tells the Tale of the Adventures of Tosswinkle the Pirate (not very well), which premiered at the MICF before touring nationally.
Their narrative show, Lady Robots, was first previewed at the 2002 Adelaide Fringe Festival before it was performed at the MICF later that year. The show was a musical comedy telling the story of three men who are hurled into space where they come across a planet populated only by Lady Robots. Tripod performed a re-jigged version of the show, Lady Robots v1.1 at the Athenaeum Theatre at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2005, before a national tour culminating in a hit season at the Sydney Opera House. No recordings are known to exist.
On 30 January 2010, Tripod held the world premiere of their comedic musical Tripod versus the Dragon at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Elana Stone co-starred in the production in the role of "The Dungeon Master"/"Dragon" after Megan Washington, who had been co-writing songs for the production, declined the role due to scheduling conflicts. The production is based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.[2] Tripod went on to perform this show at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Opera House, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010, as well as subsequent seasons in Perth, Brisbane, regional Victoria and the Przeglad Piosenki Aktorskiej festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
In January 2013, Tripod joined forces with Australian performer Eddie Perfect to create Perfect Tripod, a show of classic Australian songs arranged in four-part harmony, inspired by their cover of Meet Me in the Middle of the Air performed on The Sideshow on 13 October 2007. Perfect Tripod toured concert halls throughout the nation and have collaborated with such Australian pop music greats as Gotye and Missy Higgins.
In October 2014, Tripod performed live at the international gaming convention, PAX (Penny Arcade Expo), in Melbourne at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. There they performed a short preview of This Gaming Life, an original collaboration between Tripod, Grammy nominated composer Austin Wintory and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
In 2015 This Gaming Life played to rapturous houses at Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, with a 55 piece orchestra conducted and arranged by Wintory. The show was a full scale two-act orchestral love letter to the culture and relationships of passionate video gamers, and has been described as the "Stand By Me of the gamer generation."[citation needed]
TV[edit]
The band got their first break appearing on Hey Hey It's Saturday's "Red Faces" contest, where they performed a parodic medley of Oasis hits that demonstrated similarities between the songs.[3]
Their first regular TV appearances were on In Melbourne Tonight (IMT) with Frankie J Holden. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s they also showed up regularly on such live TV stalwarts as Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton, Denise with Denise Drysdale and popular Saturday morning live rock show Recovery.
Tripod were a feature act in Network Ten's 2003/2004 sketch comedy television show skitHOUSE, writing and performing sketches and songs as part of the core cast.
They performed on Rove/Rove Live in 1999, 2003, and 2004, and were guest programmers of Rage in 2004.[4]
Tripod were also core cast performers on the 2007 ABC weekly variety program The Sideshow.
The group made frequent musical appearances on Network Ten's Good News Week from 2009 to 2011, and have appeared on various ABC1 programs, including Spicks and Specks (May 2011), and Adam Hills Tonight (May 2013).
They have appeared yearly for almost two decades on the Oxfam Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala.
Radio[edit]
Tripod have appeared as guests throughout their career on popular Australian radio stations.
Their Song-in-an-Hour Challenge (2001–2004) was a popular segment on Triple J's drive-time show with Merrick and Rosso, and later on the Triple J Breakfast show[5] with Wil Anderson and Adam Spencer. In it they had one hour to write and arrange a coherent song based on incoherent listener suggestions and then perform said song to an eager national audience. Tripod often refer to this experience as their songwriting boot camp.
Two CDs containing some of the finest examples of these sessions have been released, each also including recordings taken from live Song-In-An-Hour challenges featured in Tripod's Pod August Nights concerts. In late 2005, they moved to Fox FM where they could be heard on Peter Helliar's weekly Friday morning show, Pete's Show.
Podcast[edit]
On December 24, 2015 Tripod along with host Andrew Pogson started a regular podcast titled Perfectly Good Podcast. Initially started to promote their upcoming 101 Tripod Hits tour, the ongoing series shifted its focus covering any number of topic including current themes or stories from Tripod's 20+ years together. Each podcast centres around a theme in which host Andrew Pogson attempts to keep the members of Tripod to. Tripod also play live or play recordings of their songs which loosely relate to the episode's theme.
| 101 Hits # | Song | From | Episode Song Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Shandy Too Far | Box Set – 1996 | Episode 22 (Live) |
| 2 | Adult Contemporary | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 2 (Live) |
| 3 | Air Guitar | The Sideshow – 2007 | Episode 53 (live) |
| 4 | All I Want | This Gaming Life – 2015 | Episode 33 (Live) – featuring Poggo as electric guitar solo via mouth |
| 5 | Ancestors | 1999 | Episode 7 (Live) – a cappella style |
| 6 | Aquaman | Perfectly Good Songs – 2007 | Episode 27 (Live) – Guitar solo acoustic |
| 7 | Astronaut | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 2 (Live) |
| 8 | Ballad of Ronnie | How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch – 2007 | Episode 27 (Live) |
| 9 | Bard | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 2 (Live) – featuring Yon on Trumpet (with an error and scream), Differences: No Elana Stone |
| 10 | The Blueprint | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 8 (Live) |
| 11 | Boggyman | About an Hour of Song-In-An-Hour...Again – 2003 | Episode 16 (Recording) – Album version |
| 12 | Bubble Helicopter | Tripod Tells the Tale of the Adventures of Tosswinkle the Pirate (Not Very Well) – 2001 | Episode 55 (Live) |
| 13 | Building an Enid | Tripod Tells the Tale of the Adventures of Tosswinkle the Pirate (Not Very Well) – 2001 | |
| 14 | Change a Thing | Monster Beach – 2014 | Episode 28 (Live) |
| 15 | Christ is Born | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 1 (Live) |
| 16 | Climate Change | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 26 (Live) |
| 17 | Cuckold | Open Slather – 2000 | Episode 4 (Live) |
| 18 | DILF | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 15 (live) |
| 19 | Do Go On | This Gaming Life – 2015 | Episode 32 (Live) |
| 20 | Does It Have Guns? | This Gaming Life – 2015 | Episode 13 (Recording) – Demo version with synth orchestra |
| 21 | Don't Feel Bad | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 14 (Live) – Differences: No Elana Stone, Yon sings Elana's parts, No Trumpet |
| 22 | Drive King | Drive King – 1984 | Episode 13 (Recording) |
| Episode 52 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone | |||
| 23 | Enid | Tripod Tells the Tale of the Adventures of Tosswinkle the Pirate (Not Very Well) – 2001 | Episode 33 (Live) – Gatesy accidentally sings one of Yon's part |
| 24 | Fabian | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 45 (Live) – Instrumental only / Jamming with Poggo |
| 25 | Fear of Shorts | Pod August Night – 2006 | Episode 20 (Live) |
| 26 | Fly So High | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 34 (Live) |
| 27 | Gay Bar | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 5 (Live) |
| 28 | Ghost Ship | Tripod Tells the Tale of the Adventures of Tosswinkle the Pirate (Not Very Well) – 2001 | Episode 10 (Live) – Yon struggles to clear his throat, Scod asks if his OK and Gatesy comments that Yon is dying |
| 29 | The Gods Are People Too | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 3 (Live) |
| Episode 44 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on the Blaxophone | |||
| Episode 44.1 (Live) – Rehearsal take, featuring Andrew Pogson on the Blaxophone | |||
| 30 | Gonna Make You Happy Tonight | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 15 (Live) – Different time signature and groove. Improv different game ending |
| 31 | Good Friends | This Gaming Life – 2015 | |
| 32 | Goodbye Little Alarm Clock | About an Hour of Song In An Hour – 2002 | Episode 29 (Live) – A number of mistake due to Tripod not knowing the song very well |
| 33 | Head of Zombie | This Gaming Life – 2015 | |
| 34 | Hey Ho | ca 1650s | Episode 21 (Live) |
| 35 | The Hog Dog Man | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 12 (Recording) – Album version |
| 36 | Hot Girl in the Comic Shop | Live at Woodford – 2008 | Episode 30 (Live) – Differences: Live "Oooo Haaa" |
| 37 | I Always Get Into Stuff | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 53 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| 38 | I Had to Pay My Debt to the Devil | How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch – 2007 | Episode 3 (Live) |
| Episode 24 (Live)[6] | |||
| 39 | I Hate this Place | Monster Beach – 2014 | Episode 31 (Live) |
| 40 | I Hate Your Family | Open Slather (Christmas Edition) – 2000 | Episode 7 (Live) – Differences: Improv Easter theme lyrics, Yon finishes with "anything for love" |
| 41 | I Will Be There | Open Slather – 2000 | Episode 42 (Live) – Differences: No trumpet, Gatesy says wrong line |
| 42 | I Will Still Play | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 14 (Live) |
| Episode 49A (Live) [Patreon exclusive] – No Gatesy, featuring Andrew Pogson doing Blaxophone | |||
| 43 | If I Had a Tattoo | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 20 (Live) – Differences: No repeat of song |
| 44 | IKEA | Open Slather – 2000 | Episode 41 (Live) |
| 45 | In the Countryside | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 5 (Live) |
| 46 | Is it Okay if I Stalk You? | Open Slather – 2000 | Episode 30 (Live) – Differences: Laughing due to Yon noises |
| 47 | Ivory Tower | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 11 (Recording) – Album version |
| Episode 11 (Recording) – Megan Washington's first demo | |||
| Episode 65 (Live) No second verse, No Elana Stone | |||
| 48 | Je Veux Te Dire | Middleborough Road – 2004 | |
| 49 | Jeboticabal | Perfectly Good Songs – 2007 | Episode 4 (Live) – Differences: Yon accidentally says "Aracataca" once |
| 50 | Jokes! Jokes! Jokes! | Assassin's Creed Syndicate – 2015 | Episode 34 (Live) |
| 51 | Kempt | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 4 (Recording) – Album version |
| 52 | Key Party | How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch – 2007 | Episode 5 (Live) |
| Episode 24 (live)[6] | |||
| 53 | King Kong | Songs from Self Saucing – 2006 | Episode 31 (live) – Poggo talks to Yon during middle of the song, no other movies are talked about like in Self Saucing |
| 54 | Krap Karate | Fegh Maha – 2004 | |
| 55 | Let's Take a Walk | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 50 (Live) – featuring MSO strings and Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| 56 | Lingering Dad | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 7 (Live) |
| Episode 39 (live) – Scod narrates over M.A.S.H. theme | |||
| 57 | The Lonesome/Gregarious Cowboy | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 55 (Live) |
| 58 | The Love of 3 Men | The Sideshow – 2007 | Episode 54 (Live) |
| 59 | Love Song | Open Slather – 2000 | |
| 60 | Main Theme from Tosswinkle the Pirate | Tripod Tells the Tale of the Adventures of Tosswinkle the Pirate (Not Very Well) – 2001 | Episode 6 (Live) |
| 61 | Melbourne Girl | Pod August Night – 2006 | Episode 8 (Live) |
| 62 | The Messenger's Dream | Live at Woodford – 2008 | Episode 36 (Live) |
| 63 | Mucus | Open Slather – 2000 | Episode 59 (Live) – Different taking bits to Open Slather version. Reflect on what they use to do. |
| 64 | No Daughter of Mine | Songs from Self Saucing – 2006 | Episode 21 (Live) |
| 65 | Old Money | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 28 (Live) |
| Episode 50 x2 (Live) – featuring MSO strings and Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone | |||
| 66 | On Behalf of All the Geeks | Middleborough Road – 2004 | |
| 67 | On Paper | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | |
| 68 | One More Annoying Couple | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 31 (Live) |
| 69 | The Only Shepherd | Perfectly Good Songs – 2007 | Episode 1 (Live) |
| 70 | Overtune | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 38 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson doing narration |
| 71 | Playing Online | Pod August Night – 2006 | Episode 19 (Live) – Differences: Doesn't have the adjective/acronyms mistake from Pod August Night |
| 72 | Rock Eisteddfod | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 30 (Live) – Scod goes into Chorus and stuffs Yon up plus other Scod base mistakes |
| 73 | Santa Fe | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 8 (Live) |
| 74 | Santa's Papers | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 1 (Live) – Differences: "to a processing center in Indonesia" instead of Nauru |
| 75 | Science Facts are Useful | About an Hour of Song In An Hour – 2002 | |
| 76 | Second Drawer Down | Open Slather – 2000 | Episode 59 (Live) – A number of false starts as Yon decides if he likes what is being sung. Unrehearsed so a number of mistakes. |
| 77 | Shut Down | This Gaming Life – 2015 | Episode 46 (Live) |
| 78 | Skyrim | This Gaming Life – 2015 | |
| 79 | Snapshots[7][8] | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 48 (Live) |
| 80 | Someday the Lord | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 3 (Live) – Differences: "Stand next to Bruce Boxleitner" instead of "Tron", (Say graceful then correct to gracious) |
| Episode 17 (Live) | |||
| 81 | Squares on a Screen | This Gaming Life – 2015 | Episode 29 (Live) |
| 82 | This Stuffing | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 26 (Recording) |
| 83 | Stuntman | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 37 (Live) |
| 84 | Suicide Bomber | Songs from Self Saucing – 2006 | Episode 26 (Live) – Scod stuffs up second chorus and starts over |
| 85 | Taking the Life | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 67 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| 86 | Tall Man | Songs from Self Saucing – 2006 | Episode 37 (Live) |
| 87 | That's Why I'm Sending You | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 20 (Live) |
| Episode 40 (Live) – Upgrade lyrics from predictive text to auto-correct with mistakes | |||
| 88 | Theme from M*A*S*H Guy | Songs from Self Saucing – 2006 | Episode 6 (Live) – Differences: No Yon cleaning his gun with his tongue gag at end |
| 89 | This is My Last Transmission | Lady Robots – 2002 | Episode17 (Live) |
| 90 | Three Seconds of Halo | This Gaming Life – 2015 | Episode 13 (Recording) – Demo version with synth orchestra |
| 91 | Thursday | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 22 (Live) |
| 92 | The Trees | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 1 (Recording) |
| 93 | Triangle of Happiness | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 32 (live) – Differences: Loud Casio beat during song, Solo is Scod doing Casio drum solo |
| 94 | Trying to Impress the Bargirl | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 22 (Live) |
| 95 | Ugly Men | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 21 (Live) |
| 96 | Underground | Assassin's Creed Syndicate – 2015 | Episode 13 (Recording) – Album version |
| Episode 13 (Recording) – Demo version Austin Wintory instrumental | |||
| 97 | Visor King | Perfectly Good Songs – 2007 | Episode 35 (Live) |
| 98 | Waiting for the Game to Load | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 29 (Live) |
| 99 | The Wheel | Live at Woodford – 2008 | Episode 19 (Live) – Differences: What have we learn rant about link clicking |
| 100 | With All Of My Riches | Men of Substance – 2013 | Episode 28 (Live) – Differences: Poggo talks over the ending and outro's the episode |
| 101 | Would You Mind | 1998 |
| Song | From | Episode Song Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| The Star Wars demo | first submitted to Poggo for consideration for a new live show | Episode 2 (Recording) |
| The Rig | This Gaming Life – 2015 | Episode 5 (Live) |
| Episode 40 (Live) | ||
| Theme from How To Train An Attack Dog From Scratch | How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch – 2007 | Episode 6 (Live) – Differences: Scod sings incorrect line in first verse, and corrects himself. |
| Dirty Power | Perfectly Good Songs – 2007 | Episode 9 (Recording) – Album version |
| Homophobic Christmas Tree | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 9 (Recording) – Album version |
| Shiny Chin | Perfectly Good Songs – 2007 | Episode 9 (Recording) – Album version |
| Maryanne | Fegh Maha – 2004 | Episode 10 (Live) |
| Autistic | Songs from Self Saucing – 2006 | Episode 11 (Recording) – Album version |
| Nothing To See Here | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 12 (Recording) – Album version |
| Broken Heart | Double J's Writer's Room | Episode 12 (Recording) |
| Gelatinous Love | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 14 (Live) |
| Surfers Paradise The Musical | About an Hour of Song-In-An-Hour...Again – 2003 | Episode 16 (Recording) – Album version |
| Kevin Bacon | About an Hour of Song-In-An-Hour...Again – 2003 | Episode 16 (Recording) – Album version |
| We'll Make It Work | Lady Robots – 2002 | Episode 18 (Live) |
| Boobs | Middleborough Road – 2004 | Episode 23 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson, Yon stuffs up last verse |
| Blow This Town | Tripod Versus the Dragon – 2010 | Episode 23 (Live) |
| If Billy Bragg | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 25 (Live) – Differences: No trumpet so Yon whistles and also Poggo's phone goes off near the end and everyone cracks up a bit |
| The Little Drummer Boy | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 25 (Live) |
| O Holy Night | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 25 (Live) – Differences: Yon interrupts himself and talks on his verse, this leads to a few stop/starts and tomfoolery |
| Carolina Street Stomp | How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch – 2007 | Episode 39 (Live) |
| Hey You're Good At Shakespeare | Song in an Hour Live on Podcast | Episode 43 (Live) |
| The Play is Shit | Written for a special in honor of Ray Lawler | Episode 44 (Live) |
| Tonight Will Be Fine | Cover of Leonard Cohen song | Episode 45 (Live) |
| In The Still Of The Night | Cover of Fred Parris and The Satins song | Episode 47 (Live) |
| Heartache Tonight | Cover of Eagles song | Episode 49B (Live) – No Yon, featuring Andrew Pogson doing Blaxophone |
| For Those We Love | From Paul McDermott and Gatesy Go Solo | Episode 51 (Live) – featuring Paul McDermott and Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| Throw Your Arms Around Me | Cover of Hunters & Collectors song | Episode 51 (Live) – featuring Paul McDermott and Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| Drive | Written for Book launch of the book "Get Up Mum" by Justin Heazlewood | Episode 52 (Live) |
| More Than This | Cover of Roxy Music song | Episode 54 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| Oasnis Yeah | not recorded | Episode 56 (Live) |
| Molly Meldrum Interview (Countdown) | From Spicks And Specks Reunion Special | Episode 57 (Live) |
| I Just Called To Say I Love You | Cover of Stevie Wonder Song | Episode 57 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on vocals |
| Snake Eater | From Metal Gear Solid 3 | Episode 58 (Live) |
| Compass | From Red Dead Redemption 1 | Episode 58 (Live) |
| Oh Jedi Knight | Holy Night Parody | Episode 60 (Live) |
| Must Be Santa | Cover | Episode 60 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson as the Audience |
| White Christmas | Instrumental | Episode 60 (Live) – featuring Yon on trumpet and Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| The Shit On Our Head | From The Writers Room – Double J | Episode 61 (Live) |
| Love is a Lie | From The Writers Room – Double J | Episode 62 (Live) |
| Not All of Queen Were Gay | not recorded | Episode 63 (Live) |
| I Have To Teach You A Broken Heart | From The Writers Room – Double J | Episode 64 (Live) |
| I Want To Break Free | Queen Cover | Episode 65 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| Autumn Leaves | Nat King Cole Cover | Episode 66 (Live) – featuring Yon on trumpet and Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| You Got To Have Nuts | From a play with a greater cast (not named) | Episode 66 (Live) |
| Everything is Permanently Good Again | From a play with a greater cast (not named) | Episode 68 (Live) |
| Birthday | Pod August Night – 2006 | Episode 69 (Live) |
| Take There spirit | The Dragon | Episode 70 (Live) |
| Holy Night | For the Love of God! – 2008 | Episode 71 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
| Wish You a White Male Christmas | not recorded | Episode 71 (Live) – featuring Andrew Pogson on Blaxophone |
Suggested in Episode 27, and making its first appearance in Episode 28 with Andrew Pogson's submission Tripod asked listeners to submit alternate lyrics for the song Aquaman, and Tripod then played each submission on varies episodes.[9]
| Song | Submitted by | Episode Song Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| Poggin Hood | Andrew Pogson | Episode 28 |
| Maryanne | Tapenwa Mozongo | Episode 31 – Unrehearsed, so some mistakes, no second verse |
| Traitor Jim | Barantis | Episode 32 – Unrehearsed and some lyrics are cut off so some mistakes |
| The Tally Hoes | Marus | Episode 33 – featuring Andrew Pogson, Yon and Poggo talk game talk during acoustic guitar solo |
| Baby Girl | Omre | Episode 35 |
| Social Norm | Jeremy Huges | Episode 36 – featuring Andrew Pogson doing vocal guitar solo |
| Here I Am | Jennifer Whitehouse | Episode 38 |
| Lingering Dad | Nick Chero | Episode 39 – Solo done by trumpet |
| Aquamann | Unknown author but suggested it was Casey Bennetto | Episode 41 – Poggo talks over solo |
| My Best Friend | Tim Alan | Episode 44 – featuring Andrew Pogson doing Blaxophone solo instead of normal guitar solo |
| Aquaman The Tribute | Sergeant Bandit from The Tally Hoes | Episode 45 – featuring Andrew Pogson doing Blaxophone solo instead of normal guitar solo |
Game Music[edit]
In 2023, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical was released, featuring songs co-written by Tripod. The album is nominated for a Grammy Award for the 2024 ceremony.[10]
Recordings[edit]
Tripod's very first record Box Set was released in 1997. It was funded by their winnings from live TV segment Red Faces on Hey Hey It's Saturday
Their album Middleborough Rd, made up of studio recordings of songs they wrote for the sketch TV series SkitHouse, won the ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2005.
Tripod toured with the show Tripod are Self Saucing in 2004, and again at the 2006 MICF. They recorded a live album of the show in April 2006 entitled Songs from Self Saucing, recorded and mixed by regular collaborator Nao Anzai, which was nominated for Best Comedy Release at the 2007 ARIA awards.
Tripod's first DVD was also released in 2006: a live recording of their 2005 show "POD August Nights". The DVD includes numerous special features including a music video for their song "Gonna Make You Happy Tonight" from their 2004 album, Middleborough Rd.
Tripod's 2001 show, Tripod tells the tale of the Adventures of Tosswinkle the Pirate (Not Very Well) was also released on DVD in 2006, following the original 2001 VHS release.
In 2009, Tripod released a DVD of a live performance at the Woodford Folk Festival. This DVD featured never-before-seen bonus footage consisting of a bootleg recording of their 2007 show How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch, a show whose narrative was loosely based around an examination of the fictional history of musical comedy.
Tripod released a Christmas album in 2009, from their Christmas shows, entitled For the Love of God. A toured nationally with the songs, performing in the Sydney Opera House that year.[11]
They released a CD of songs from Tripod versus the Dragon, including extended versions of the songs from an early version of the show, as well as a DVD with numerous easter eggs and special features on 2 March 2011.[12]
Men of Substance, their first full scale studio project since For the Love of God, was produced by longtime friend and collaborator John Castle (Megan Washington, Vance Joy, the Bamboos)
Composition[edit]
Tripod composed the theme song for SBS One's Australian television comedy history show ADbc in 2009.[citation needed]
Albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [13] | ||
| Box Set |
|
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| Open Slather |
|
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| About an Hour of Song-in-an-Hour |
|
65 |
| About an Hour of Song-in-an-Hour ... Again |
|
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| Tripod Live: Feghmaha |
|
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| Middleborough Rd |
|
88 |
| Songs from Self Saucing |
|
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| For the Love of God!: A Tripod Christmas Album |
|
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| Tripod Versus the Dragon (with Elana Stone) |
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| Men of Substance |
|
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| Perfectly Good Songs |
|
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| Perfect Tripod: Australian Songs |
|
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| Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (with Austin Wintory) |
|
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Members[edit]
- Scott "Scod" Edgar – vocals, guitar, keyboard (1996–present)
- Steven "Gatesy" Gates – vocals, guitar (1996–present)
- Simon "Yon" Hall – vocals, trumpet, kazoo, occasional percussion (1996–present)
Awards[edit]
ARIA Music Awards[edit]
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Tripod has won one award from six nominations, all in the category of ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release.[14]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | About an Hour of Song in an Hour | Best Comedy Release | Nominated |
| 2004 | About an Hour of Song in an Hour...Again | Nominated | |
| Live – Fegh Maha | Nominated | ||
| 2005 | Middleborough Rd | Won | |
| 2007 | Songs from Self Saucing | Nominated | |
| 2009 | For the Love of God! | Nominated |
Grammy Awards[edit]
In November 2023, Tripod received a Grammy Award nomination for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, with collaborators Austin Wintory and Montaigne. The ceremony will take place in February 2024.[10]
Other Awards[edit]
- 2003 Australian Comedy Awards: People's Choice Award; Award for Outstanding Comedy Recording (Songs in an Hour)[15]
- 2007 Edinburgh Spirit of the Fringe award.
- 2008 Green Room Award: Best Original Songs in a Cabaret Performance (How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch).[16]
- 2015 ASTRA Award: Most Outstanding Children's Program (Monster Beach)
References[edit]
- ^ The Age newspaper,
- ^ MASS MoCA Event page for Tripod versus the Dragon Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Seven Unusual Things Happening to Tripod, "Everguide.com", 5 April 2013
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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- ^ "Hold onto the edge of your seats! – Get Lifestyle". getlifestyle.com.au. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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