The Fauves - Video
Last updated January 2012
Documentary
15 Minutes To Rock is an excellent documentary about the Fauves that was made by Vanessa Stuart. It chronicles the Future Spa and Lazy Highways years and was broadcast on SBS in the late 90s. You can watch it on youtube.
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6
Music Videos
- Misguided Modelling Career (early 90s)
- Dwarf on Dwarf (1995)
- Everybody's getting a 3 piece together (1995)
- Dogs are the Best People (1996)
- Self Abuser (1996)
- Surf City Limits (1998)
- Charles Atlas Way (1998)
- Bigger Than Tina (1999)
- Celebrate the Failure (2000)
- Medium Pacer (2000)
- Good Times Coming (2002)
- Ill Work When I'm Dead (2006)
- Underwhelmed (2008)
- Explorers Who Didn't Find Anything (2008)
- Sunday Drive (2008)
TV Performances
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Interview with Coxy & The Doctor / Self Abuser
(1996)
From Channel V's coverage of Homebake 96. Coxy talks about how the kids at his school used to tease him about his name. Also, keep an eye out for the 'I Wank Hard' sticker on his guitar.
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The Fauves on Recovery (1997)
It would appear that the Fauves are guest-hosting Recovery, or something along those lines in this video. Features Coxy talking to David McCormack and Matthew Strong from Custard, and also snippets of the Fauves playing Everybody's Getting A 3 Piece Together and You're the Voice.
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Coxy
and Chris Knox on Recovery
(1997)
Coxy introduces a performance of 'Not Given Lightly' by Chris Knox, joins him for a singalong, and then an interview
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Dogs are the Best People - live on Recovery (1997)
From about 1997. This was rebroadcast on Rage in January 2008.
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Surf City Limits - live on Hey Hey It's Saturday (1998)
This video is about as 'live' as Devo performing Whip it on Countdown :)
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Give Up Your Day Job - live on the Mick Molloy Show (2000)
The Doctor looks rather nervy during this performance - he barely plays a note for the whole song!
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Valerie 3933 - live on Channel V's The Big Schmooze
(2000)
A lovely rendition of Valeria 3933 from Thousand Yard Stare. Be warned, at times there is there is a bit of noise in this clip's audio..
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Pub Rock - Computer Games (MiSex cover) - live on Channel V
(2001)
Fauves side project Pub Rock cover Mi-Sex's Computer Games on Channel V in 2001.
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Pub Rock - Cool World (Mondo Rock cover) - live on Channel V
(2001)
From 2001. -
Daggerman - live at the Union Hotel
(1989)
This is the earliest video of The Fauves known to be in existence. -
Ocean Hearted - live at the Holdfast Hotel,
Adelaide (1999)
An upbeat rendition of this Lazy Highways favourite. Quite nice filming for a home video too. -
Don't Get Death Threats Anymore - live at the Evelyn
Hotel, Fitzroy (2003)
Coxy and Terry get charismatic in another nicely filmed, somewhat strobey home video. There's a couple of small drop outs in the audio, but nothing too major. -
Entire Live Set - When Good Times Go Good Album Launch (Sept
2008)
Songs 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 - Bamptonoid has uploaded a heap of rare Fauves videos, check them out via his profile
- Szabologist has also uploaded a heap of obscure Fauves videos - check them out
- Fauves host Recovery
- Surf City Limits (Channel V)
- First Day on the Run - live at a backyard, September 2009
- Nairobi nights / Day Job (22 Nov 2008) - from the Fauves 20th Anniversary show (bad quality audio)
- Right Wing Fags (Nov 2008) - live at Queen Victoria Market
- First Day on the Run (2008) - live at East Brunswick Club
- Caesar's Surrender (2008) - live at East Brunswick Club
- Underwhelmed (Oct 17, 2008) - live at Shark Bar
- Celebrate the Failure (Oct 17, 2008) - live at Shark Bar
- Going for my Blue Belt (Oct 17, 2008) - bad quality audio