The Fauves - Fanpage Home

Last updated 24 August 2009

The Fauves are are a wonderful band that hail from the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. The band is best known for its string of catchy mid-late 1990s pop/rock singles such as Dogs Are The Best People, Self Abuser, Bigger Than Tina, Celebrate the Failure and Give Up Your Day Job. However, the Fauves have actually been around since the late 1980s, and the band is still releasing music today.

On this site you can learn more about The Fauves career, download some obscure mp3s, watch some videos and read interviews with the band.

The Fauves - News

The Fauves' frontman Andrew Cox has penned some words for the new book Your Mother Would Be Proud, A long list of other folks have also contributed to the book, ranging from the man behind Shuddup you face, Joe Dolce, to comedian Greg Fleet and conservative hothead Andrew Bolt. For more information about the book click here.

The Fauves have four gigs coming up in September.

Republic Bar, Hobart, Tasmania - September 12th 2009
Blueprint Festival, Ararat, Victoria - September 19th 2009
Bon Amici Cafe, Toowoomba, Queensland - September 25th 2009
Sounds of Spring festival, RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, Queensland - September 26th, 2009

At the Blueprint festival, the band will be playing an hour long set on the RRR stage, kicking off at 3.15pm. For more info, see the Blueprint Festival website. For more info about the Sounds of Spring festival, click here.

To keep up to date with upcoming Fauves shows, keep an eye on the band's Premier Artists page.

There is an entire Fauves live set up on Moshcam. The set was filmed at the Factory in Sydney in September 2008, to celebrate the launch of the When Good Times Go Good album. The songs in the set are:

Metrosexual
I am not approachable
Fight me I'm 40
Love radar
Baby Dale
Underwhelmed
Sunday Drive
Don't get death threats anymore
Skateboard World Record
Understanding Kyuss
Ocean Hearted
LA 86
Nairobi Nights
Weak Chin
Right Wing Fags
Sunbury 97
Medium Pacer
Give Up Your Day Job
Everybody's Getting a 3 Piece Together
Self Abuser

Older News

The Fauves released their most recent album, When Good Times Go Good, in mid 2008. To hear a few songs from it, visit www.myspace/thefauves. The Fauves also have a facebook page.

I have uploaded links to recent interviews, CD and live reviews to the press clippings page. In one of the interviews, Coxy mentions that he has finishing writing a (currently unpublished) book called I'll Work When I'm Dead, and that he is hard at work writing a TV show.

I recently scoured youtube for Fauves videos, and I've updated the Fauves video page with links to goodies that I unearthed. There are a bunch of music videos, some live clips, and three TV performances. I particularly recommend checking out the Chris Knox / Coxy live on Recovery clip - it's gold.