Area-7 (also known as Area 7) are an Australian ska punk band. Formed in Melbourne in 1994, they have released four studio albums, No Logic!, Bitter & Twisted, Say It To My Face and Torn Apart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Bitter & Twisted was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album.
History Area-7 was formed in 1994 by members of Madness cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 four members, Ivan Downey, Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar) and Dan Morrison (drums) left the group and began to write their own songs. In 1994, Area-7 self-released a cassette titled Demo Tape 1994 featuring 4 tracks. Alistair Shepherd (sax), Toby Dargaville (trumpet) and Rohan Pacey (bass) joined in 1995 and the same year released their debut studio album No Logic.
In 2000, the group released Bitter & Twisted, which at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album.
In October 2001, the group released Say It to My Face which peaked at number 36 on the ARIA charts.
Whilst AREA-7 has never "officially split", since 2005 the band has been playing "when they feel like it" or as they put it, "for special occasions".
Drummer and founding member Dan Morrison died on 1 December 2020.
Discography Albums + List of studio albums, with selected details and peak chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions AUSNo Logic Released:1995 Label: Moon Ska Australia —Bitter & Twisted Released: March 2000 Label: Trademark (TM007) 6Say It to My Face Released: October 2001 Label: Trademark / Jive (TM012) 36Torn Apart Released: 2005 Label: Shock (A7003) —
Extended plays + List of extended plays Title EP details Demo Tape 1994 Released: 1994 Label: Independent Road Rage Released: 1997 Label: Independent
Singles +List of singles, with selected peak chart positionsTitleYearChart positionsAlbum AUS "Bitter Words"199859Bitter & Twisted"Second Class Citizen"199929"Start Making Sense"200037"Bitter Words" / "Himbo"67"Leave Me Alone"200138Say It to My Face"Individuality"90"Nobody Likes a Bogan"200246"Big Issue"200492Torn Apart
References
External links Area-7 on Facebook