The Spooky Men's Chorale

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Spooky Men's Chorale


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Origin = Flagicon|AUS Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Genre = Folk
Years_active = 2001–present
Label = Independent
URL = [http://www.spookymen.com/ Official website]
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The Spooky Men's Chorale is a group of 15 Australian male singers who reside in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. Their repertoire consists largely of songs either written or arranged by their director Stephen Taberner, on topics ranging from powertools to covers of Queen songs. They also perform traditional Georgian music, a major influence on their compositions, harmonies and vocal style. Having appeared regularly at the National Folk Festival and other similar events in Australia, they toured England and Scotland in August 2006.

The group performs in a humorous, idiosyncratic manner that is informed by archetypical male behaviours and demeanour.

"It is not possible to state when the existence of the Spooky Men first came to light . Early settlers in the Blue Mountains reported attacks on livestock and evidence of scats and the occasional pawprint. It is only in recent years that sceptics have been disabused of the notion that the Spooky Men's Chorale is the stuff of fanciful legend."

[ [http://www.spookymen.com.au/origins.htm The Spooky Men's Chorale - The Origins of the Spookymen ] ]

The Spooky Men's Chorale released their first debut album in January 2005 titled "Tooled Up". [ [http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=7616 Australian Music Online :: Releases :: Tooled Up ] ]

In August 2006 and again in July 2007 The Spooky Men's Chorale toured to the UK performing in numerous locations throughout Britain.

Discography

Albums

* "Tooled Up" (2005)
* "Stop Scratching It" (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.spookymen.com Official website]