Famous+artists

Famous Melbourne bands and artists and their genres
Here in Melbourne, many, many stars have been born. Growing up here in the Melbourne music scene is an amazing privilege, and so many bands and artists have made the most of it. From Kylie Minogue, to Jet, Melbourne has given birth to many talented artists.

Jet
Jet are a Melbourne based band who have achieved great fame. The band formed at St Bedes College in 2001. They are a rock group whose major songs include Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Rip It Up, Roll Over DJ and She's A Genius. The band has 3 studio albums, Get Born, Shine On, and Shaka Rock. Their first studio album, Get Born, went platinum 10 times! Once in the UK, once in the US and eight times in Australia. They are famous for their rock/alternative music style. They first went international in 2003. In 2007, they headlined the Big Day Out, and were famous there for making a controversy over the flag ban that was in place. The Big Day Out organiser of 2007 had banned the use of the Australian flag as a back drop, because the year before at the Big Day Out, they had problems with groups of people wrapped in Australian flags,caused trouble to ethnic groups. Jet then had their back drop as the Jet symbol in bold letters, but with the pattern of the Australian flag. Nic Cestor of Jet then made the following statement, "I can't tell anyone else what to do but we as a band are very proud to be Australian and we don't want to feel we are not allowed to feel proud". After that, the flag ban was lifted.

Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue is a Melbourne born singer, actor, songwriter, and fashion designer from the Surrey Hills area. She and her two siblings, Danni and Brendan Minogue all went to Camberwell High School at some point in the 70s. In the early stages of her career, as a small time child actor, she appeared in the shows, The Hendersons Kids, Skyways and The Sullivans. She was then a main character in the soap opera Neighbors and was playing the role of a school girl garage mechanic. After this she started her music career signing up to Mushroom records and releasing her first hit, The Locomotion. She has been nominated, and or won over 100 music awards world wide and some of her albums have gone platinum. Some of her better known hits are, Locomotion, Spinning around, I should be so lucky, Where the wild roses grow, (with Nick Cave), Can't get you out of my head, Did it again and many more. This year she was inducted into the ARIA hall of fame by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard. After being diagnosed with, and surviving breast cancer, she is considered a very posisitvie influence for other women and has encouraged them to be checked regularly.

Crowded House
Crowded House are a Melbourne formed rock band, although the lead singer, Neil Finn, was born in New Zealand. He formed the band here in Melbourne, with musicians from New Zealand, Australia and the United State. They are one Australia's most famous bands and have many hit songs that stunned the nation, two of the most famous being "Don't dream its over" and "Better be home soon". They had plans to go on forever as a band, but in 1992, drummer Paul Hester left the band for family reasons, so the band went on hiatus until 2006. Their come-back was due to Paul Hester committing suicide as they performed a tribute to him at the Arias. Shortly after that, the band got back together. Crowded house had been nominated for 26 ARIA awards over the years and have won 11 including The best new talent award for 1987. In 2009, the Australian public voted their song, "Don't dream it's over" at number 50 of Triple J hottest 100 songs of all time. The band members are considered some of the best musicians in Australia, if not the world.

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Here is a list of all heaps of other Melbourne bands http://www.ranker.com/list/melbourne-bands-and-musical-artists-from-here/reference