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Something for Kate
24 Feb 2008, Something For Kate at the Corner Hotel, Richmond, Victoria.
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Post-grunge
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	Sony BMG New Found Frequency
Associated acts	Scared of Horses, Sandpit
Website	Official website
Members
Paul Dempsey Stephanie Ashworth Clint Hyndman
Former members
Julian Carroll Toby Ralph

Something for Kate is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth. The group was founded in 1994, with Julian Carroll as the original bass player. Something for Kate have widespread popularity in Australia.

Introduction

Their most recent album Desert Lights was released on the 1 July 2006, and debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts and by the end of the month was certified gold. They are one of the most popular and enduring Australian alternative/rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999 their second album, Beautiful Sharks was nominated for two ARIA AWARDS while in 2001 their third album, Echolalia was nominated for six ARIA AWARDS and went on to double platinum sales. In 2003 they were nominated for four ARIA Awards for the fourth album,The Official Fiction which also attained over platinum status. Something For Kate have a very dedicated fanbase often seen more as a cult following.
In 2007 they released their first 'Best Of' compilation album, titled The Murmur Years - The Best Of Something For Kate 1996-2007. In 2008 Paul Dempsey is writing and releasing his first major solo album. Dempsey released a solo album in 1998 titled Scared of Horses in which he wrote and recorded all the music getting guest vocalists to sing. This album sold out of its pressings and is now extremely hard to find.

Members

Dempsey and Hyndman met at Padua College, Mornington Peninsula. Ashworth joined in 1998 after a distinguished career in the band Sandpit, turning down an offer to play with American band Hole. Ashworth is the only current non-founding member.

Previous bassists include:

• Julian Carroll 1995-1997 - Carroll played with the band on 2 September 2004 at a special one-off 10-year celebration gig at Melbourne's Prince of Wales Hotel.
• Toby Ralph 1997-1998

Touring members have included:

• Wally Gunn - Second guitar and keyboards.
• Phillip 'Pip' Branson - Second guitar and violin.
  Ex-member of Sydney band Sidewinder, and currently (2005) playing with band as "Pip Branson Corporation".
• Simon Burke - Keyboards.
• Anthony Petrucci - Second guitar.

The band's name

Early on they used the name "El Presidentè", before changing that to "Fish of the Day". The publican at their first gig suggested they change it. The new words were chosen from a shopping list, Kate being Paul Dempsey's Jack Russell terrier. The band's name is shortened to SFK (as per the band's official website).

Something for Kate and Paul Dempsey have played secret shows under pseudonyms. Some of the names used include:

• George Kaplan and the Editors (referencing The Official Fiction).
• Max Planck and the horse he rode in on (referencing The Official Fiction).
• Captain Pinstripe (referencing two of their songs from Elsewhere for 8 Minutes).
• Jerry & the Manmade Sharks (referencing Echolalia and Beautiful Sharks).
• Transparanoia (referencing Desert Lights).

Trivia

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• Something for Kate is mentioned in Melbourne based comedy trio Tripod's song "When You're a Transformer".
• Something for Kate recently contributed to "Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel" along with other Australian artists.
• Something for Kate contributed to the 2007 Triple J album "Like a Version: Vol 3" with a cover of The Clash song Rock the Casbah.
• Something for Kate have toured with David Bowie.
• Something for Kate have been nominated for 13 ARIA AWARDS.
• Something for Kate's third album, Echolalia won the Australian Rolling Stone Readers Poll for Best album, Best band, Best single, Best male vocalist and Best rock album of 2001 while also topping the Triple J listeners poll for Best album of 2001.
• Something for Kate's single, Monsters from Echolalia came 2nd in the Triple J Hottest 100 songs of 2001.

Discography

[] Albums

• Elsewhere for 8 Minutes (1997).
• Beautiful Sharks (1999).
• Q & A with Dean Martin (reissue) (2000).
• Echolalia (2001).
• The Official Fiction (2003) #1 Australia.
• Phantom Limbs:Selected B-Sides (2004).
• Desert Lights (2006) #1 Australia.
• iTunes Originals - Something for Kate (2007).
• The Murmur Years (2007).
• Live at the Corner (2008).

EPs

• Demo Tape.
• ...Answer to Both Your Questions (1996).
• Intermission (1997).

Singles

• "Dean Martin" (1996).

From Elsewhere for 8 Minutes:

• "Captain (Million Miles an Hour)" (1997).
• "Captain (Million Miles an Hour) (Ltd Edition)" (1997).
• "Prick" (1997).
• "Working Against Me" (1998).
• "Roll Credit" (1998).

• Harpoon/Clint (1998) (Split A-side with Jebediah. Two different versions released, SFK's vinyl, and Jebediah's CD version (Harpoon EP) both with different cover art.

From Beautiful Sharks:

• "Electricity" (1999).
• "Hallways" (1999).
• "Whatever You Want" (1999).
• "The Astronaut" (2000).

From Echolalia:

• "Monsters" (2001).
• "Three Dimensions" (2001).
• "Twenty Years" (2001).
• "Say Something" (2002).

From The Official Fiction:

• "Déjà Vu" (2003).
• "Song For A Sleepwalker" (2003).
• "Best Weapon" (2003) (promo only).
• "Moving Right Along" (2004).

From Desert Lights:

• "Cigarettes and Suitcases" (2006).
• "Oh Kamikaze" (2006).
• "California' (2007).

From The Murmur Years:

• "The Futurist" (2007) (promo only).

Complilations

Undone - A Tribute To Duran Duran:

• "Ordinary World" (1999)

Standing On The Outside - The Songs of Cold Chisel:

• "When the War Is Over" (2007).

Videography

All music videos were directed by Bart Boghesi unless otherwise stated.

There have been two official video releases, a VHS only video titled Big Screen Television (also referred to as The World According to Bart) and a DVD titled A Diversion. The DVD features a short film with a soundtrack composed by Paul Dempsey, and 29 live video clips from various concerts.

The film clips from "Subject to Change" to "Whatever you Want", along with a live version of "Truly" (recorded at the UNSW Roundhouse), appear on Big Screen Television.

• "Subject to Change"
• "Dean Martin"
• "Captain" (1997)
• "Prick" (1997) - Directed by Toby Ralph
• "Working Against Me" (1998)
• "Roll Credit" - First appearance of Stephanie Ashworth
• "Electricity" (1999)
• "Hallways" (1999)
• "Whatever You Want" (1999)
• "The Astronaut" (2000) - Directed by Morgan Christie
• "Monsters" (2001)
• "Three Dimensions" (2001)
• "Twenty Years" (2001)
• "Say Something" (2002) - Directed by Morgan Christie
• "You Only Hide" (2002) - Video clip featured on the band's DVD as an extra
• "Déjà Vu" (2003) - Directed by Grant Marshall
• "Song For A Sleepwalker" (2003)
• "Best Weapon" (2003) - This was a "non-commercial single" and the film clip featured the band playing live at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney
• "Moving Right Along" (2004) - Directed by Rupert Glasson
• "Cigarettes And Suitcases" (2006) - Directed by Matt Weston of Syndicate Films
• "Oh Kamikaze" (2006)
• "California" (2007)
• "The Futurist" (2007)

Covered Songs

• Truly by Sub Pop band Hazel
• Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera
• The One I Love by R.E.M.
• I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
• Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie
• Dreamworld by Midnight Oil
• Ordinary World by Duran Duran
• Harpoon by Jebediah
• Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie
• The Killing Moon by Echo & the Bunnymen
• Feel like the Bad Guy Midget
• I Got You Split Enz
• Rock the Casbah from the Clash
• Close To Me by The Cure
• Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
• Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart
• Instant Street by Deus covered by Paul Dempsey solo
• If I can't change your mindby Sugar covered by Paul Dempsey solo
• Refugee by Tom Petty
• Don't get me wrong by The Pretenders covered by Paul Dempsey solo
• Ship of Fools by World Party covered by Paul Dempsey solo
• When the War is Over by Cold Chisel
• Grounded by (band)Pavement
• Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen

Bands that Have Played Support for Them

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• Caustic Soda.
• Death Cab For Cutie.
• Augie March.
• Grant Lee Phillips.
• Art of Fighting.
• Big Heavy Stuff.
• Crooked Fingers.
• Adam said Galore.
• Gelbison.
• Blueline Medic.
• The Working Title.
• Further.
• Alex Lloyd.
• Damn Arms.
• Angus & Julia Stone supported Paul Dempsey Solo show on May 29th, 2006 at The Annandale.
• Deloris.

Bands that they have played support for

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• Silverchair - European tour.
• Powderfinger - In Australia and Europe.
• David Bowie.
• Pavement.
• Swervedriver.
• You Am I.

Side Projects

Paul Dempsey released a solo project Scared of Horses: An Empty Flight between the albums Elsewhere for 8 Minutes and Beautiful Sharks, featuring vocals from a number of personalities from different indie bands. He is currently working on a new solo album, but has assured fans that this does not mean the band is breaking up.

External links

• Official web site
• phantomlimbs.net A Something for Kate Discography & Tour Archive
• SFK For The Novice Something For Kate fansite
• Behave short film

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