Artist
Sick Puppies
Why we feature this artist A heavy trio with room for a vulnerable melody Sick Puppies found a wider audience through a song whose emotional appeal was very different from the attack of their heaviest singles. All the Same placed a recognisably vulnerable melo…
- From
- Australia
- Sound
- Alternative rock, alternative metal, hard rock
- Active
- 1997–present
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The story of Sick Puppies
Why we feature this artist
A heavy trio with room for a vulnerable melody
Sick Puppies found a wider audience through a song whose emotional appeal was very different from the attack of their heaviest singles. All the Same placed a recognisably vulnerable melody over a forceful band sound. The Australian trio's early records repeatedly used that contrast, letting aggression, reassurance and unease occupy the same instrumental space.
The Sydney beginning and the Free Hugs video
The band developed in Sydney around singer and guitarist Shimon Moore and bassist Emma Anzai. Welcome to the Real World appeared in 2001, before a move toward an American recording career brought a larger audience. Mark Goodwin became the drummer in the established international line-up, giving the group a firm rhythmic foundation around Anzai's particularly active bass playing.
All the Same became widely known through its connection with the Free Hugs video in 2006. Dressed Up as Life followed in 2007, including the song and material with a more confrontational edge. The vocal could become rough and forceful, but the melodic shape remained important, making the quieter parts feel like essential components rather than pauses before the next heavy section.
Tri-Polar and the next change
Tri-Polar arrived in 2009, with You're Going Down making the band's aggressive side especially direct. Odd One and Maybe offered other points of entry, giving the album more than one emotional register. The trio format helped expose the individual work of bass, drums and guitar even when the production became dense.
Connect followed in 2013, the final studio album of the Moore-led period. A later line-up brought Bryan Scott into the lead-vocal and guitar role. The distinction matters when moving through the catalogue, but the early records remain a coherent sequence: songs that use a strong rhythmic attack to enlarge an emotional situation, while allowing an unexpectedly clear melody to remain audible inside the pressure.
Essential releases
Welcome to the Real World
The first album documents the Australian chapter before the international breakthrough.
Dressed Up as Life
All the Same places vulnerability and reassurance inside a forceful trio sound.
Tri-Polar
You're Going Down, Odd One and Maybe reveal contrasting emotional registers within the band's approach.