| Area-7 | |
| Origin: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genre: | Pop-punk, third wave ska, ska punk |
| Years Active: | 1994–present |
| Label: | Zomba, Jive, Shock |
| Website: | Area-7 on Myspace |
| Current Members: | John "Stevo" Stevens David 'DJ' Jackson Charles "Chucky T" Thompson Andy Gardiner Paul West Dennis "Ocker" O'Connell Warren Lenthall Aaron Schultz Dean Gilboy |
| Past Members: | Walter Eskdale Ivan Downey Rohan Pacey Alistair "Albags" Shepherd Toby "Tobias" Dargaville Chris Meighen Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan Matt Sanders Craig Selak Dan Morrison (deceased) |
Area-7 (also known as Area 7) are an Australian ska punk band. Formed in Melbourne in 1994, they have released four studio albums, No Logic!, Bitter & Twisted, Say It To My Face and Torn Apart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Bitter & Twisted was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album in the World.[1]
Area-7 was formed in 1994 by members of Madness cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 four members, Ivan Downey, Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar) and Dan Morrison (drums) left the group and began to write their own songs. In 1994, Area-7 self-released a cassette titled Demo Tape 1994 featuring 4 tracks. Alistair Shepherd (sax), Toby Dargaville (trumpet) and Rohan Pacey (bass) joined in 1995 and the same year released their debut studio album No Logic.
In 2000, the group released Bitter & Twisted, which at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Rock Album.
In October 2001, the group released Say It to My Face which peaked at number 36 on the ARIA charts.
Whilst AREA-7 has never "officially split", since 2005 the band has been playing "when they feel like it" or as they put it, "for special occasions".
Drummer and founding member Dan Morrison died on 1 December 2020.[2]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | |||
| No Logic |
| — | |
| Bitter & Twisted |
| 6 | |
| Say It to My Face |
| 36 | |
| Torn Apart |
| — |
| EP details | ||
| Demo Tape 1994 |
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| Road Rage |
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| Year | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5] | ||||
| "Bitter Words" | 1998 | 59 | Bitter & Twisted | |
| "Second Class Citizen" | 1999 | 29 | ||
| "Start Making Sense" | 2000 | 37 | ||
| "Bitter Words" / "Himbo" | 67 | |||
| "Leave Me Alone" | 2001 | 38 | Say It to My Face | |
| "Individuality" | 90 | |||
| "Nobody Likes a Bogan" | 2002 | 46 | ||
| "Big Issue" | 2004 | 92 | Torn Apart |