The Chevelles

The Chevelles are a power pop band from Perth, Western Australia. They formed in 1989 and have toured Australia, Europe, the United States and South America.

Biography

Pre-Chevelles

Duane Smith's first band was The Freuds, which he formed with schoolfriend Bruce Abbot and Jeff Halley (of The Kryptonics) in Perth in 1987. Ian Tubbs, the Chevelles drummer and formerly of The Lincolns, also played drums in the Freuds. The band was short-lived, breaking up in 1989 despite having a recording contract on Revolution Records.

At the same time Richard Lane was looking for a new project following the break-up of The Stems. For a period Lane moved to Sydney and tried to put together another Stems-style band, without success. Smith and Halley had befriended Lane during the Freuds' and Stems' concurrent careers. When Lane returned to Perth in 1989 they approached him with the idea of forming a new band. Stems drummer Gary Chambers was included and jamming began late in 1989. However, Chambers lived too far away from Perth and could not sustain his involvement in the new band. His replacement was former Freuds and Rackett drummer Guy Douglas.

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