Andrew James Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock band Wolfmother.
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| Birth name | Andrew James Stockdale |
| Born | 20 July 1976 Brisbane, Australia |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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| Website | wolfmother |
Early life
editAndrew James Stockdale was born in Brisbane on 20 July 1976.[1] He was raised in Ashgrove and attended Ashgrove State School, The Gap State High School and Kelvin Grove State College.[1] He briefly lived with his family in the Wimbledon Village area of London, where he attended Wimbledon Middle School, and holds dual Australian and British citizenship due to his father being an English man from Barrow-in-Furness.[2][3]
Career
editWolfmother
editStockdale is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock band Wolfmother, which he founded in 2004. In 2007, he won "Songwriter of the Year" at the APRA Awards along with his bandmates.
On 24 October 2020, Stockdale performed "Joker & the Thief" at the AFL Grand Final.[4][5]
Other work
editAside from his work with Wolfmother, Stockdale was featured on the 2010 single "By the Sword" by Slash, and released a solo album in 2013 called Keep Moving. A second solo effort, Slipstream, was released in 2018.
Artistry
editStockdale's influences most commonly include hard rock and heavy metal guitarists from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Vocally compared to a "cross between Robert Plant and Ozzy Osbourne" by Allmusic,[6] his guitar antics and stage persona are commonly traced to Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.
Equipment
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Stockdale plays Gibson guitars, primarily a 1974 SG standard with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece in vintage sunburst. He has also been seen using a 1961 Reissue Gibson SG. Other times he uses a Gibson Dot Studio ES-335, a white Gibson Flying V and an alpine white Gibson EDS-1275 with golden hardware. For the recording of the Wolfmother album he used a borrowed Gibson ES-355 through a 1960s Marshall. When playing live, he uses a Vox AC30 and a Marshall JMP. In the past Stockdale has been noted to use Orange amplifiers and cabinets. Stockdale also states to use a Fender Stratocaster, though he prefers the Gibson guitars.[citation needed] In recent times he has also started using a Hohner Blues Master Harmonica microphone for some vocals.
Stockdale's current pedalboard consists of a Boss TU-2, Radial Tone Bone, Fulltone Clyde wah, a Fulltone Supa-Trem, an Electro-Harmonix Microsynth, an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser, an AC booster, and a Digitech Whammy I (locked into place and set for a high octave.) All are patched into a true bypass looper/switcher array and are powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2+. [citation needed]
Discography
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- Keep Moving (2013) AUS No. 32
- Slipstream (2018)[7][8]
- with Wolfmother
- Wolfmother (2005)
- Cosmic Egg (2009)
- New Crown (2014)
- Victorious (2016)
- Rock'n'Roll Baby (2019)
- Rock Out (2021)
- Guest appearances
- Slash – Slash on "By the Sword".
- Beck's Record Club – Songs of Leonard Cohen
- RocKwiz, shown on SBS on 3 October 2009. He played the Wolfmother song "New Moon Rising", then the Stevie Nicks/Don Henley song "Leather and Lace" as a duet with Holiday Sidewinder from Bridezilla.
Awards and nominations
editAPRA Awards
editThe APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[9]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2007 | Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett, Chris Ross | Songwriters of the Year[10] | Won |
| "Joker & the Thief" – Stockdale, Heskett, Ross | Song of the Year[11] | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ a b Dalton, Trent (9 February 2007). "Howl at the Moon". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers (News Corporation). Retrieved 29 September 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "RMIT Alumni - Home - RMIT Alumni". Alumni.rmit.edu.au. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Wolfmother: the returning Aussie rockers on riffs, ribs and rock 'n' roll". NME. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ Savage, Nic (24 October 2020). "'Put us to sleep': AFL Grand Final entertainment savaged by fans". news.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Quinn, Karl (24 October 2020). "AFL grand final entertainment disjointed, but a balm all the same". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Thom Jurek (31 January 2006). "Dimensions - Wolfmother | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Login • Instagram". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
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- ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "2007 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Nominations for Song of the Year - 2007". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
Other sources
edit- Browne, Sally, "On Wolf Patrol", The Courier Mail, 23 April 2006.
External links
edit- Wolfmother official website
- Wolfmother label page
- Wolfmother discography at MusicBrainz