Spiderbait

The story

Spiderbait is an Australian alternative rock band from Finley, New South Wales, formed in 1989 by bass guitarist and singer Janet English, drummer and singer Kram, and guitarist Whitt. In 2004, the group's cover version of the 1939 Lead Belly song "Black Betty" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. They have five top 20 albums: The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake (1995), Ivy and the Big Apples (1996), Grand Slam (1999), Tonight Alright (2004), and Greatest Hits (2005). The group have won two ARIA Music Awards with the first in 1997 as 'Best Alternative Release' for Ivy and the Big Apples and the second in 2000 as 'Best Cover-Art' for their single "Glockenpop". In November 2013, the band released its first studio album in nine years, Spiderbait. Spiderbait have released seven albums, all achieving gold status or more. At the 2026 ARIA Music Awards, they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

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Records

• Black Betty - Live Betty / Live at the Tivoli, Brisbane, 31 March 2017 · 2024 · Single · live
• Black Betty - Demo Betty · 2024 · Single · demo
• Black Betty (Fuzzy) · 2024 · Single · remix
• Sounds in the Key of J · 2022 · compilation
• Songs for Driving the Tractor or Milking the Cows · 2021 · EP · compilation
• Songs for Driving Between Finley and Jerilderie · 2021 · EP · compilation
• Songs That Don't Sound Like Spiderbait · 2021 · EP · compilation
• Songs to Demolish Your House To · 2021 · EP · compilation
• Songs for Sleeping · 2021 · EP · compilation
• Songs to Dance To · 2021 · EP · compilation
• Songs for Fast Driving · 2021 · EP · compilation
• B‐Sides Collection · 2017 · compilation
• 5 Album Set · 2013 · compilation
• iTunes Originals: Spiderbait · 2005 · compilation
• Greatest Hits · 2005 · compilation
• Spiderbait · 1998 · compilation
• Run · 1993 · EP · live

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Janet English
• Kram
• Damian Whitty
• The Horns of Death
• Mark Maher

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

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Playlists with Spiderbait in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Spiderbait

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Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Spiderbait’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.