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1989	Band forms with original members John Hall, Glenn Millen, Peter Pistichne, Michael Richardson & Quinn Gardener-Kane.
1989	Stitch stays in Hawaii and guitar is filled by Rob Dexter.
1990	Rehearsals begin. Some of the songs are: 'Defryme', 'I know what's goin' down', My Drug', 'Baby Junkie' and 'Power'.
1990	Defryme play first gig at "The Ink Spot" in St.Kilda. The audience are not-so-overwhelmed
1990	Frank Bajar joins Defryme as a Saxophonist
1990	Defryme film a clip for 'Drug In Bound' with Dean Carter.
1990	Jade Burton joins Defryme as a Vocalist
1990	Defryme play the Cadillac Bar with 21 Guns (later Horsehead). Michael Piper and Mark McGahan attend
1990	Defryme are signed to "Go Off Entertainment" Management Group
1990	Defryme demo the songs 'Defryme', 'I know what's goin' down', My Drug', 'Baby Junkie' and 'Power'
1990	Defryme play "The Rosstown Hotel". Ian 'Molly' Meldrum attends. So does 'No Justice' and Juno Roxas, who turn out to be pretty decent guy
1990	Jade Burton leaves the band
1990	Defryme play more shows around Melbourne and begin to develop their reputation for high energy performances
1991	Defryme play Moomba. Some little shit crowd rat sprays fart stench on Quinn's pyjama pants. The pants have to be thrown away. Quinn has a memorial service. He is the only attendee
1991	Frank Bajar leaves the band
1991	Defryme play The Station Hotel in Prahran with 'Gravity' (later Chocolate Starfish). So begins the legendary rotating headline on Wednesday nights featuring Defryme, Horsehead and Gravity
1991	Defryme play The Corner Hotel in Richmond with 'The Combustion' and 'Killing Time'
1991	Defryme play The Central Club in Richmond with 'The Tragically Hip'. So begins Defryme's first exposure to touring around Australia
1991	Defryme play The Prince of Wales Hotel in St.Kilda for Ausmusic Day gig "Young Bloods" and are recorded by Chris Thompson from 3JJJ. Chris promises to play the band's song 'Defryme' the next night on the radio. The song goes for 12 minutes, but Chris keeps his word. Defryme have their first radio play. Bands on the list are: Hummingbirds - Tall Tales and True - Caligula - Underground Lovers - The Fauves - The Sharp - Sex Industries and last, and at the time, the very least, Def Rhyme (spelling mistake and all)
1991	Defryme play The Palace in St.Kilda for the 'Tram Tracks' album launch. 'Charlie Don't Surf' goes down a monster treat for the punters. Quinn crowd surfs wearing jeans with sunflowers embroidered into them
1992	Defryme feature in Melbourne's "Inpress" and "Beat" street mags as one of the new bands to look out for. Simon Higgins writes his first of many interviews with the band. A true believer, Simon really helped us along. Many thanks
1992	Defryme release 'Stylo Curiae', a roughly produced shout to the country that we are here! The record is captured at Hot House Audio in St.Kilda by Woody Annison
1992	Defryme plays The Palace in St.Kilda with 'The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow'. Mr Lifto and The Enigma become quick fans of the band and Joe Lifto shows us his brandings. Really nice guys
1993	'God Inside A Man' Deryme's first official single release in engineered by Mark Dearnley, whose work includes ACDC, Screaming Trees and Mother Love Bone
1993	Defryme supports 'Scatterbrain' along with Candy Harlots
1993	Boggo Road Prison closure gig. Bands in order of appearance: Powder Finger - Defryme - The Living Daylights - Rat Cat - Spy Vs Spy - Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs - Rose Tattoo - The Divinyls
1994	Purekiller album release, First single release, 'Mama Said Knock You Out'
1994	The title song, 'Purekiller' is the second release from the album
1994	'Sanity' is the third release from Purekiller album
1994	Defryme tours with Caligula and The Jayne on the "Turn Up Your Radio" Triple J spectacular. The band gains alot of new fans
1994	Defryme tours with 'Radiohead'. Quinn famously introduces himself to Tom York and, in his eagerness to get off on the right foot, asks Tom how he feels about coming out to a wonderful country like Australia to promote their record 'The Bends'. Tom completely crushes Quinn's spirit by replying, not even deigning to glance at him mind you, "Well...its like... what's the fucken point?". Quinn doesn't understand the defeatist attitude and makes a personal promise to kick Radiohead's ass every show they do together, on an energy level at least. Defryme then gets bumped on the Melbourne leg of the tour, and another band gets the honors
1994	'Assault The Senses' tour with Juice, Scary Mother and The Truth. Our gig at The Phoenician Club in Sydney is our best gig ever. Insane night where we owned the room
1994	South X Southwest Music Conference in Austin TX. Other acts on the week long bill include: Johnny Cash, Thumpasaurus, Frente' and Wil Sexton. Our gig is at 'The Ritz' and we follow Frente'. Bizarre pairing.

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