Dirty Three

Dirty Three are an Australian instrumental rock band, consisting of Warren Ellis (violin and bass guitar), Mick Turner (electric and bass guitars) and Jim White (drums), which formed in 1992.Their 1996 album Horse Stories was voted by Rolling Stone as one of the top three albums of the year. Two of their albums have peaked into the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Ocean Songs (1998) and Toward the Low Sun (2012). During their career they have spent much of their time overseas when not performing together. Turner is based in Melbourne, White lives in New York, and Ellis in Paris. Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane described them as providing a "rumbling, dynamic sound incorporated open-ended, improvisational, electric rock ... minus the jazz-rock histrionics". In October 2010, Ocean Songs was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
Since 1996 Dirty Three's violinist Warren Ellis has been a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Ellis and Mick Turner have each released solo albums. In addition, Turner and Jim White have released several extended plays as The Tren Brothers, and appear as backing musicians on albums by Cat Power, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and PJ Harvey (White drums).
==Links to Peel==
Peel first played Dirty Three on his radio programme in 1994 via their self titled album. However, he never played any of their follow ups until 1998 when he played their 'A Strange Holiday' single. He nominated their single, 'In The Fishtank', which they collaborated with Low, as one of his records of the month for April 2001 (Peel's Record Box).
==Shows Played==
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*24 September 1994: 'Better Go Home Now (CD-Dirty Three)' (Torn & Frayed) John for the first time manages to stop a CD while he's playing it
;1998
*12 October 1998 (BFBS): 'A Strange Holiday (7")' (Narwhal Recordings)
;1999
*28 April 1999: To Aster (EP - Ufkuko) Bella Union
;2000
*24 February 2000: Lullabye For Christie (LP - Whatever You Love You Are) Bella Union
*26 February 2000 (BFBS): 'Some Things I Just Don't Want To Know (CD-Whatever You Love, You Are)' (Bella Union)
*28 March 2000: 'Some Summers They Drop Like Flys (CD-Whatever You Love, You Are)' (Bella Union) (JP: 'Which makes me a vegetable korma.)
;2001
*15 March 2001 (& Low): When I Call Upon Your Seed (12” single – In The Fishtank) Konkurrent
*15 March 2001 (& Low): Down By The River (12” single – In The Fishtank) Konkurrent
*20 March 2001 (& Low): I Hear... Goodnight (CD - In The Fishtank 7) Konkurrent
*29 March 2001 (Radio Eins) (& Low): When I Call Upon Your Seed (12” single – In The Fishtank) Konkurrent
*03 April 2001 (& Low): When I Call Upon Your Seed (12” single – In The Fishtank) Konkurrent
*05 April 2001 (Radio Eins) (& Low): Down By The River (12” single – In The Fishtank) Konkurrent
*08 April 2001 (BBC World Service) (& Low): When I Call Upon Your Seed (12” single – In The Fishtank) Konkurrent
*10 April 2001 (& Low): Invitation Day (12” single – In The Fishtank) Konkurrent
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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