Facts: - years active: 1960 -- 74 , 1983-96 , 2008 - landscape: yes - past members: see members list below - caption: cover by the red onions jazz band , 1965 of the first lp 12 inch vinyl disc - origin: melbourne , australia - label: elwood , swaggie records audio services transcriptions , w & g records - genre: traditional jazz - name: the red onion jazz band - image size: 650px - background: group_or_band - image: cover by the red onions jazz band , 1965.jpg of the first lp 12 inch vinyl disc - associated acts: the yarra yarra band , the loved ones Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the red onion jazz band .
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the red onion jazz band -lrb- c. 1960 -- 2008 -rrb- was a trad jazz band formed in melbourne -lrb- australia -rrb- in the early 1960s and was also known as '' the red onions '' and '' the onions '' .