Archived from the original on 22 May Retrieved from " https: Retrieved 8 August After the singles' success, Sonar invited the band to play a string of European shows in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 
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Archived from the original on 18 January Retrieved 24 March Based on a True Story won Best Album at the New Zealand Music Awards the same year, and remained on the top 40 New Zealand sales chart for over two years, establishing them as one of the most successful contemporary bands in the island nation. Gordon was also a member of shivrman band Deop which in performed an audiovisual concert and released an EP titled Plush Bomb, with Fat Freddy's Drop playing in support.
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The single received significant radio airplay following its release. Songs on their studio albums are versions refined over years of playing them shiberman in New Zealand and on tour abroad. Archived from the original on 2 June In earlythe band revealed a new album was in the works, and eventually the first single, Silver and Gold was released as a vinyl and free online download.
Retrieved 21 April Fat Freddy's Drop's first studio album inBased on a True Storyshowcased polished versions of songs the band had developed gradually at live shows over the years—in some cases going back to ; the album's title is a reference to that process. Archived sihverman the original on 21 February Originally a jam band formed in the late s by musicians from other bands in Wellington, Fat Freddy's Drop gradually became its members' sole focus.
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The group's founder, Chris "Mu" Faiumu, had performed with other bands for most of that decade under the freddya DJ Fitchie. Along with this release, came the confirmation of a fifth studio album. Archived from the original on 15 October The first single of Based on a True Story demonstrates the band's reggae and soul influences.
Archived from the original on 5 June Retrieved 25 August The band's first full-length album, Live at the Matterhornwas released in by The Drop.
Archived from the original on 22 September Fat Freddy's Drop are known for their improvised live performances. Like Based on a True Storythe album's songs are polished versions of songs they developed over four years at live shows; mixed from to in-between tours.
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Dr Boondigga and the Big BW was the highest selling album in New Zealand for five weeks after its release, and the highest selling album there in Archived from the original on 19 July Archived from the original on 7 August Describing the band, National Public Radio host Guy Raz said, "Take the swagger of Jamaican dub, throw in a little Memphis soul and send it halfway down the dtop, and what comes back?
The band Fat Freddy's Drop. Inthe New Zealand government began a campaign frdddys increase the profitability of the country's music industry, and of music exports abroad, [16] by funding artists and events. Archived from the original fta 9 June Archived from the original on 13 March There were some exceptions; Alice Russell 's duet with Tamaira on the album's first single "The Camel" was recorded in when she was in Wellington with The Bamboos.
Fat Freddys Drop discography. Archived from the original on 28 March The album title is derived from their home base in Wellington where the majority of the album was written. Freddy occurs at
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