Serious Young Insects

Serious Young Insects
Serious Young Insects
Origin	Australia
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	1980–1983
Labels	Native Tongue, Epic Records
Associated acts	Boom Crash Opera, Horsehead (band)

Serious Young Insects were a short lived Australian pop rock band formed in 1980. The group released one studio album and three singles.

History[]

Serious Young Insects formed in 1980 with Peter Farnan on vocals and guitar, Michael Vallance on vocals and bass guitar and Mark White on vocals and drums.^[1] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described Serious Young Insects as a "quirky, three-piece Melbourne new wave band".^[2]

In May 1982, they released the album, Housebreaking, and three singles.^[2]^[1] Lisa Perry of The Canberra Times praised the album "several times I had to check the cover to see if there were not also some session musos or others contributing to the sounds I was hearing. For a three-piece combo, these lads sure make a good sound".^[3] Richard Pleasance, a classically trained guitarist, was a fan and briefly joined the group before it broke up in the following year.^[1]

Discography[]

Albums[]

Title	Details
Housebreaking	Released: May 1982 Label: Native Tongue (ELPS 4294) Formats: Cassette, LP

Singles[]

List of singles, with Australian chart positions
Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
Year	Title	AUS ^[4]	Album
1981	"Trouble Understanding Words"	-	non album single
1982	"Be Patient"	63	Housebreaking
1982	"Faraway Places"	-	Housebreaking

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Holmgren, Magnus; Vallance, Michael. "Serious Young Insects". Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b McFarlane, 'Boom Crash Opera' entry. Archived from the original Archived 1 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
^ Perry, Lisa (17 May 1982). "Rock Music Lads with a Good Sound". The Canberra Times. p. 14. Retrieved 8 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 269. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[HolmgrenSYI-1] Holmgren, Magnus; Vallance, Michael. "Serious Young Insects". Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[McFarlane-2] McFarlane, 'Boom Crash Opera' entry. Archived from the original Archived 1 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[Perry-3] Perry, Lisa (17 May 1982). "Rock Music Lads with a Good Sound". The Canberra Times. p. 14. Retrieved 8 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 269. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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