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"Joker & the Thief" is a song by Australian rock band Wolfmother. The song serves as the sixth track and sixth single from the band's eponymous debut studio album . It was released in Australia on 28 October 2006 and in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2006. [ 2 ]
Wolfmother was first issued in Australia on 30 October 2005 through Modular Recordings. [5] Prior to its release it was played on high rotation on radio station Triple J, and as a result was the featured album of the week starting 28 October, [6] won both the inaugural J Award [7] and the listener's choice Album of the Year. [5]
On 24 October 2020, Stockdale performed "Joker & the Thief" at the 2020 AFL Grand Final. The band's next self-produced album, Rock Out, was released in November of 2021. On 11 January 2023, Stockdale performed under the name Wolfmother with Dutch band Paceshifters as his backing band in Paradiso, Amsterdam. [106]
Four songs – "Dimension", "Woman", "White Unicorn" and "Apple Tree" – had originally been released on the band's self-titled debut EP the previous year. [3] When Wolfmother was released internationally in 2006, it also featured "Love Train". [2] In May 2007, the band contributed "Pleased to Meet You" to the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack. [4]
Media response to Please Experience Wolfmother Live was mixed. Writing for The Sunday Times online publication PerthNow, Polly Coufos awarded the album three and a half stars out of five, proposing that "[Wolfmother's] brutal sound invokes the gods of metal past, with just enough tongue-in-cheek humour to keep outsiders interested too", praising "Joker & the Thief" as the highlight. [4]
The phrase "New Moon Rising" was first revealed as Wolfmother-related in July 2009, when the band's New Moon Rising Tour was announced. [3] [4] As a song, "New Moon Rising" was first revealed as part of Cosmic Egg's track listing following a listening party in the United States in late-July, where it was shown to be positioned third between "California Queen" and "White Feather". [5]
Stockdale is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock band Wolfmother, which he founded in 2004. In 2007, he won "Songwriter of the Year" at the APRA Awards along with his bandmates. On 24 October 2020, Stockdale performed "Joker & the Thief" at the AFL Grand Final. [4] [5]
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