Autumn Gray formed in 2005 from the ashes of Jim, Matt and Damien’s previous band, Insert Bold Statement. Jeff,  John and Jimmy joined and suddenly we had a six-piece band, a handful of songs, and a first couple of gigs booked. Not to mention the majority of J’s in the lineup.

This outfit lasted a good while, and we launched our debut EP As of Now – No Guarantees for Later in August 2007 to a packed house at the Rob Roy Hotel in Fitzroy (now the Workers Club). We annexed Greg Foletta into the band during 2009 after realising that his trumpet solos brought the ladies, although he claims it was his wit and charm.

Whilst we were mixing our debut album, bassist Jimmy Allan departed to focus on his own band, Buckley Ward. After scouring the usual places for a suitable replacement, we were lucky enough to come upon James, thus allowing us to maintain the required quota of band-members-whose-names-start-with-J. With the septuplet now structurally complete once more, we launched The Diary of a Falling Man upon the unsuspecting(!) punters at the Evelyn Hotel in July 2010.

A major highlight of our career thus-far came in October 2010 when we performed our album backed by the beautiful Orchestre Nouveau in the stunning confines of the BMW Edge Theatre at Federation Square, Melbourne. This show was recorded purely for our own enjoyment, until we realised it was actually half-decent. It’ll see release in November 2011 as Live at Fed Square.

Never being a band to do things the traditional way, we released the first single from Diary in January 2011 – the Love Handles mini-EP. In 2011 we’ve also made our first steps outside Victoria, with shows in Brisbane and Sydney. We’re currently bunkered down in our Kensington studio recording new material for a 2012 release, and rehearsing for the launch of Live at Fed Square.

So that’s the story so far.

Autumn Gray are:

Jim O‘Neill (vocals / guitar / piano)
John Paterson (vocals / guitar)
Jeff Clementson (keys / piano / samples)
Greg Foletta (trumpet / guitar / backing vocals)
Damien Langley (drums)
James Rogers (bass)
Matthew Watson (guitar)

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