| Pillowhead (#*?!) | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Regurgitator |
| Cover: | Pillowhead_by_Regurgitator.png |
| Recorded: | 31 August – 21 September 2004 |
| Venue: | in a bubble at Federation Square, Melbourne |
| Label: | Valve Records |
| Producer: | Magoo |
| Prev Title: | Mish Mash! |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Love and Paranoia |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Pillowhead, also known as #*?!, is an extended play by Australian rock band Regurgitator released in August 2005.[1] The EP was supported by a Regurgitator Lives! tour.[2] [3]
In August 2004, Regurgitator relocated to Federation Square, Melbourne, as part of Foxtel 's Australian music channel, Channel V's Band in a Bubble program, in which the band entered a small glass recording studio while the public could watch the band work, or tune into a 24-hour digital cable television channel.[4] This recording session resulted in the band's fifth studio album Mish Mash!, which was released in November 2004 and peaked at number 52 on the ARIA charts.[5] The session were productive, with the group recording far more material than was required, and it was decided to release the excess material on an EP titled #*?! in August 2005.[6] Band member Peter Kostic explained "#*?! is the stuff that didn't go on the album, because we didn't have room and didn't want to do a double album. We decided to hold onto it and release it later."
Amongst the usual fusion of pop, rock, hip-hop and electronica is a 34-minute ambient piece, "Pillowhead Orchestra"; Kostic said "We did that really late one night in the bubble... It was a Friday or Saturday night and there were a lot of people just hanging around outside. Part of it was to just put on a weird show for them.[7]