S2 E10 JEFF ALGRA The Engine Room Drummer Seven Stories, The Donkeys, Steve Brown Band. Recorded with T.Bone Burnett, The Waifs, The Borderers, and Many More.

This week’s ‘Engine Room’ guest Jeff Algra, has certainly experienced the great highs and extreme lows of the music industry. During the early 90s Jeff was the drummer in the Australian rock band ‘Seven Stories’, who after gaining a lot of commercial airplay, had a major breakthrough when they were signed by the Sony label (then CBS records) to a five year record deal. The deal with Sony led to the critically acclaimed “Judges and Bagmen” album in 1990. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991 Seven Stories were nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Sleeping Through Another War" (1990). "Sleeping through Another War" and "Walk through Babylon" were released by CBS as singles off the album. The band toured extensively throughout Australia supporting artists such as Midnight Oil, INXS, The Black Sorrows, Hothouse Flowers, Hunters and Collectors and Paul Kelly. High-profile producers T-Bone Burnett and Boom Crash Opera's Richard Pleasance were engaged by Sony for ‘Seven Stories' second album, “Everything You Want (Nothing That You Need”) (1993), which provided another two singles. The band toured Europe and North America to support the album. Seven Stories recorded a JJJ Live at the Wireless and had a string of singles before the whole of Sony was instructed to 'drop everything' and divert all energy to making Mariah Carey number one." Seven Stories subsequently disbanded in 1994. Music: “Walk Through Babylon” · Seven Stories and “Nuclear Medicine” · The Donkeys Links for this interview: “Walk Through Babylon” YouTube  “Nuclear Medicine” YouTube   The Steve Brown Band, Green River (Australian CCRT Tribute), Surfers of the Cosmic Sea, Janda King, Aussie Bob (Bob Dylan Tribute), The Chards, The Iguana Bros, Band It About Facebook YouTube Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music Email: [email protected] #Drummers #Drums #UNESCO #Adelaide #musicindustryinterview  #BandItAbout