Tlot Tlot (/tlɒt tlɒt/ or /təˈlɒt təˈlɒt/) were an Australian pop rock band formed in 1986 as Man in the Wood. The original line up was Owen Bolwell on bass guitar and lead vocals, Andrew Briant on lead guitar, and Stanley Paulzen on drums and lead vocals. Briant left in 1991 and the band name was changed to Tlot Tlot. Their 1995 single, "The Girlfriend Song", reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100 and was nominated for Best Pop Release at ARIA Music Awards of 1995. The group issued four albums, A Day at the Bay (1991), Pistolbuttsa'twinkle (1992), The Live Set - Volume 1 (1993) and Fashion Takes a Holiday (1995), before disbanding in 1997.
Tlot Tlot formed in Melbourne in 1986 as alternative rockers, Man in the Wood, with Owen Bolwell on bass guitar and lead vocals, Andrew Briant on lead guitar, and Stanley Paulzen on drums and lead vocals. Their debut release was a 7-inch single, "Rain" in 1989, followed by an eight-track extended play, Thumper, released in 1990, which included "Rain". The single and 12" EP were produced by Aka Setkya and Malcolm Dennis for the Manhole Productions label. All the tracks were co-written by Bolwell and Paulzen. The songs on Thumper were much darker than other Tlot Tlot songs.
I guess sometimes I'm lucky
When I go
For whole days at a time
Without thinking about you
And ask myself why
But then I find I'm traveling,
Traveling down
That same old piece of road
And wind up down by the water
Whatever happened to our walls on the pier?
I cry myself alone
All the way down to the end
I drink my bottle dry
And I heave it across the bay
To the city
Smashin' outside your door
Oh now there goes the Romeo
Hand in hand
With his punk rock Juliet
They remind me of two people
That I'm trying my best to forget
I can hear their sweet nothings
On the wind
As I hurry to get by
Diverting my gaze
To the Oakland Bay Bridge
Whatever happened to our walls on the pier?
I cry myself alone
All the way down to the end
I drink my bottle dry
And I heave it across the bay
To the city
Smashin' outside your door
(Could that be you honey, way over on that other side?
Flashin' a signal to me, down by Pier 39
'Cause if i only knew, I'd jump in that water
And swim right across, drowning in my relief)
Maybe I should be warning them
Should I say, "Don't do something you'll regret.
Now you have no recollection
Of heartbreak you don't have yet."
I could give them an earful
But I know
They must find out on their own
And the thought of that
Is chilling me to the bone
Whatever happened to our walls on the pier?
I cry myself alone
All the way down to the end
I drink my bottle dry
And I heave it across the bay
To the city