Labels:monitor | window OCR: READPOWDERFINGER HAILING FROM BRISBANE AUSTRALIA, POWDERFINGER FIRST GROUPED IN 1990, AND BEGAN HONING ITS CHOPS BY PLAYING COVER SONGS OF CLASSICS BY SUCH ARTISTS AS THE STONES, THE DOoRS, AND LED ZEPPELIN FIRM BELIEVERS IN TAKING BUSINESS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, THE MEMBERS SELF -PROMOTED THEIR OWN SHOWS, THEN USED THEIR PROFITS TO FINANCE SELF-TITLED EP 4 SECOND EP TRANSFORMER, FOLLOWED, AND WON THE BAND AN AUSTRALIAN RECORD CONTRACT POWDERFINGER DEBUT FULL-LENGTH, PARABLES FOR WOODEN EARS, WAS RELEASED IN 7661 AND BECAME LOCAL TOP SELLER, WITH THE SUBSEQUENT TOUR GAINING WIDER RECOGNITION FOR THE GROUP SOPHOMORE ALBUM DOUBLE ALLERGIC BROKE THE BAND FULLY IN AUSTRALIA, SELLING TWO MILLION COPIES AND SETTLING COMFORTABLY IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE CHARTS IN 1998 INTERNATIONALIST WAS RELEA ...
