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The Reels is an Australian rock–indie pop group which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales, in 1976, disbanded in 1991, and reformed in 2007. Their 1981 song "Quasimodo's Dream" was voted one of the Top 10 Australian songs of all time by a 100-member panel from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 2001. The Reels had top-10 Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart success with covers of Herb Alpert's "This Guy's in Love With You" (No. 7, 1982) and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" (No. 11, 1986). Rock music historian Ian McFarlane described them as "one of the most original and invigorating pop bands to emerge from the Australian New Wave movement of the late 1970s". ==Early years== Native Sons, consisting of John Bliss on drums, Craig Hooper on lead guitar and synthesiser, and Dave Mason on vocals, formed in the country town of Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976.〔Spencer et al, (2007) (NATIVE SONS ) entry. Retrieved 27 February 2010.〕 Mason is the son of NSW parliamentarian, John Mason, who was the state's Liberal Party leader during 1978–1981. Native Sons played in the Dubbo area for two years, mainly covers of current and classic hits. After moving to Sydney in 1978, the band added Paul Abrahams on bass guitar and changed their name to The Brucelanders.〔Spencer et al, (2007) (BRUCELANDERS ) entry. Retrieved 27 February 2010.〕 They developed an original repertoire of fast-paced, quirky pop and ska, and their energetic performances gained them a following on the east coast live music scene. They were given support in Sydney by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)'s rock radio station Double J—which moved to the FM band and became Triple J in 1980. By 1979, The Brucelanders had secured a recording contract with the Australian branch of Mercury Records, changed their name to The Reels with the line-up of Abrahams, Bliss, Hooper, Mason, and Colin Newham on keyboards, saxophone and guitar. They released their debut single, "Love Will Find a Way" in October, which peaked into the top 40 of the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.〔 NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.〕 Their self-titled debut album, ''The Reels'', produced by Mark Opitz (The Angels, Cold Chisel) had appeared in November. With the follow-up single, "Prefab Heart" also appearing in November, combined with the band's distinctive image, they gained increasing attention with their music videos featured on the influential national ABC TV pop show ''Countdown'' from early 1980.〔McFarlane ('The Reels' ) entry. Retrieved 27 February 2010.〕〔Spencer et al, (2007) (REELS, THE ) entry. Retrieved 27 February 2010.〕 In February, The Reels added a sixth member, also a synthesiser player, Karen Ansel (ex-Romantics), and released their third single, "After the News" in July. It marked a transition in their music—their songs took on a more serious lyrical tone—they dispensed with guitars, by using synthesisers as their main instruments,〔 and were one of the first groups to use wireless headsets instead of traditional microphones. During late July, the group undertook the innovative Reels By Rail Tour—using rail transport to destinations in the eastern states. At the end of the year, returning to their origins as a covers band, they released a five-track Christmas EP, ''Five Great Gift Ideas from The Reels'', produced by Bruce Brown and Russell Dunlop, which included Jim Reeves' "According to My Heart", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold".〔 "According to My Heart" featured a folksy music video filmed at the farm of Australian country music star Smokey Dawson.The EP did, however, have one original; "The Bombs Dropped on Xmas", co-written by Mason, Newham and Ansel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Reels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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