Flat Stanley

Based in Adelaide, Australia, Flat Stanley released five records during the 1990s, toured nationally and performed with many of the decade’s greats from the US and Australia, including Sonic Youth, Pavement, Beastie Boys, Buffalo Tom, The Grifters and Guided By Voices, as well all the major figures the Australian scene like You Am I, Powderfinger, Bluebottle Kiss and The Mark of Cain.

‘Intravaganza’ debuted at number 1 on SA-FM’s Real South Australian Music Top 10 chart on Monday 10 March 1997 and in 2014 was listed by Rip It Up as one of the Top 25 SA Albums of the past 25 years. Their song ‘Check Out the Selllout’ was listed by FasterLoader as one of the 10 most underrated Australian songs.

Max Mackinnon (guitar, vocals) | Paul Champion (guitar, vocals) | Peter Psaltis (bass, vocals) | Stuart Symons & Dave Osborne (drums)

‘Undoubtedly one of the most promising bands to emerge from the city of churches in years.’ – Rolling Stone, September 1995

‘The Stan were a band in the right time and the entirely wrong place: anywhere else they’d be hailed as an indie rock band on par with Sebadoh, Guided by Voices or Archers of Loaf (the first time I heard ‘All The Nation’s Airports’ I was convinced they were ripping off Flat Stanley), but in South Australia they just sort of petered out in a wash of higher education and proper careers.’ – FasterLouder, 2013

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