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{{short description|Australian rock band}}
{{For|the Neil Young song|Powderfinger (song)}}
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| name              = Powderfinger
| image             = Powderfinger performing September 2007 (b).jpg
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| alt               = A stage shot of six men performing: From left, a man seated at keyboards with a microphone, the drummer behind his kit with a drumstick raised in his right hand, a guitarist singing into a microphone, another singer-guitarist highlighted by overhead lighting, a man playing a bass guitar who is mostly obscured behind the lead singer, and the last man at right who is also playing a guitar. In front of the stage are cameramen and audience members. Above is further stage lighting with, at left, a large projected image of the top part of the moon.
| caption           = Powderfinger performing "[[These Days (Powderfinger song)|These Days]]" on the [[Across the Great Divide tour]], September 2007, [[Sydney]].<br />
Left to right: [[Lachy Doley|Lachlan Doley]] (auxiliary musician), [[Jon Coghill]], [[Darren Middleton]], [[Bernard Fanning]], [[John Collins (Australian musician)|John Collins]] (obscured), [[Ian Haug]].
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = Terry, Bruce, Econodogs
| origin            = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[grunge]]}}
| discography       = [[Powderfinger discography]]
| years_active      = 1989–2010; 2020
| label             = Finger, [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], [[Universal Music|Universal]]
| associated_acts   = {{hlist|The Eternal|[[Drag (band)|Drag]]|[[Far Out Corporation]]|[[The Predators (Australian band)|The Predators]]|[[Silverchair]]|[[The Church (band)|The Church]]}}
| website           = {{URL|powderfinger.com}}
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = [[Steven Bishop]]<br />[[John Collins (Australian musician)|John Collins]]<br />[[Ian Haug]]<br />[[Bernard Fanning]]<br />[[Jon Coghill]]<br />[[Darren Middleton]]
}}

'''Powderfinger''' were an Australian [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Brisbane]] in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist [[Bernard Fanning]], guitarists [[Darren Middleton]] and [[Ian Haug]], bass guitarist [[John Collins (Australian musician)|John Collins]] and drummer [[Jon Coghill]]. The group's third studio album ''[[Internationalist (album)|Internationalist]]'' peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]] in September 1998. They followed with four more number-one studio albums in a row: ''[[Odyssey Number Five]]'' (September 2000), ''[[Vulture Street (album)|Vulture Street]]'' (July 2003), ''[[Dream Days at the Hotel Existence]]'' (June 2007) and ''[[Golden Rule (album)|Golden Rule]]'' (November 2009). Their top-ten hit singles are "[[My Happiness (Powderfinger song)|My Happiness]]" (2000), "[[(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind]]" (2003) and "[[Lost and Running]]" (2007). Powderfinger earned a total of eighteen [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Awards]], making them the second-most-awarded band, behind [[Silverchair]]. Ten Powderfinger albums and DVDs certified multiple-[[music recording sales certification|platinum]], with ''Odyssey Number Five—''their most successful album—achieving eightfold platinum certification for shipment of over 560,000 units.

After the release of their first DVD, ''[[These Days: Live in Concert]]'' (September 2004), and the compilation album ''[[Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000]]'' (November 2004), the group announced a hiatus in 2005. The June 2007 announcement of a two-month-long nationwide tour with Silverchair, [[Across the Great Divide tour]], followed the release of ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence''. Powderfinger were also involved in various philanthropic causes. In 2005, they performed at a [[WaveAid]] concert in [[Sydney]], to help raise funds for areas affected by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. Another performance at the [[Sydney Opera House]] in October 2007 raised funds for [[breast cancer awareness|breast cancer]] victims and their families. One aim of their Across the Great Divide Tour was to promote the efforts of [[Reconciliation Australia]], and awareness of the gap in life expectancy between [[Indigenous Australia|Indigenous]] and non-Indigenous children. In April 2010, Powderfinger announced that they would be breaking up after their [[Sunsets Farewell Tour]], declaring it would be their last, as they had musically said everything they wanted to say. On 13 November 2010, they played their last concert, signifying their disbandment. In November the following year, rock music journalist Dino Scatena and Powderfinger published a biography, ''Footprints: the inside story of Australia's best loved band.''

On 23 May 2020, the band reformed for a one-off [[livestream|live-stream]]ed charity performance, ''[[One Night Lonely]]''.<ref name="TheGuardian">{{Cite web |last=Stafford |first=Andrew |date=24 May 2020 |title=Powderfinger One Night Lonely review – first show in a decade a poignant reminder of what we've lost |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/24/powderfinger-one-night-lonely-review-first-show-in-a-decade-a-poignant-reminder-of-what-weve-lost |access-date=29 May 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>

== History ==
===1989–1993: Formation and early releases===
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Powderfinger were formed in 1989<ref name=formed>{{cite web|title=History |url=http://www.hindleysite.com/history/history.htm |access-date=12 July 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022083014/http://www.hindleysite.com/history/history.htm |archive-date=22 October 2007 }}</ref> by [[Steven Bishop]] (ex–the Eternal) on drums, [[John Collins (Australian musician)|John Collins]] (the Eternal) on bass guitar, and Ian Haug (the Vibrants, the Fossils) on guitar and vocals.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="db"/><ref name="h2g2"/> The Eternal, the Vibrants, and the Fossils were other Brisbane-based outfits.<ref name="pch"/> All three members of Powderfinger were students at [[Brisbane Grammar School]]—a private school in [[Spring Hill, Queensland|Spring Hill]]—and they started as a [[cover band]] playing [[pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]] classics by [[the Rolling Stones]], [[the Doors]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], [[Sixto Rodriguez|Rodriguez]], and [[Neil Young]].<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="h2g2"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> The band's name comes from Young's [[Powderfinger (song)|song of the same name]].<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="rockd" /><ref name="AutoF1-2"/> Despite their popularity in Brisbane, when playing a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] gig in [[Newcastle, New South Wales]], in 1990, Powderfinger were booed off stage.<ref name="AutoF1-4"/>

After completing secondary education, Collins and Haug attended the [[University of Queensland]], where the latter met [[Bernard Fanning]] in an economics class – and learned that Fanning had similar interests in music and could sing.<ref name="hindley-bios"/> Fanning took over the role of [[lead singer|lead vocals]] from Haug and also provided guitar and harmonica.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> Late in 1990, Jon Coghill—another university student with Fanning and Haug—replaced Bishop on drums, which was described as a "mutual leaving".<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AutoF1-3"/> Bishop later worked in London-based bands based in [[London]], UK, before returning to Brisbane where he was a member of Moonjuice and then the Haymakers. Powderfinger's final line-up change was in 1992 with the addition of [[Darren Middleton]] (The Pirates) on guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals.<ref name="rockd"/><ref name="amg-bio"/> Powderfinger initially performed cover versions of other artists' songs, but gradually developed by writing and performing their own material.<ref name="rockd"/>

In August 1992, the group self-funded a seven-track [[Powderfinger (EP)|self-titled extended play]], also known as the ''Blue EP'', on their own Finger label, and the album was distributed by MDS.<ref name="h2g2" /><ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> It was produced by Leroy Bath and Ian Taylor, and recorded at Broken Toys Studios, Brisbane.<ref name="SaveSkin"/> The EP has an early version of "[[Save Your Skin]]", co-written by Coghill, Collins, Haug, Middleton, and Fanning;<ref name="APRA Save"/> it was later expanded and released in July 1994 as a [[single (music)|single]] from their debut album, ''[[Parables for Wooden Ears]]''.<ref name="SaveSkin"/> Their second EP, ''[[Transfusion (EP)|Transfusion]]'', was issued in September 1993 and distributed by [[Polydor Records]].<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> At that time, Simon McKenzie of ''Time Off'' noted they were "hoping the major label will put a bit of weight behind the disc, but it's not as though they've signed a record deal or anything".<ref name="McKenzie"/> McKenzie felt the EP showed they were "wanting to get heavier and louder for a long time, but is it also a reaction against the sixties tags they've been stuck with?".<ref name="McKenzie"/> The five tracks include "Reap What You Sow", which reached the No.&nbsp;1 spot on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Alternative Singles Chart]],<ref name="McPherson"/> replacing [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s "[[Heart-Shaped Box]]".<ref name="hindleysite"/> The group recorded their first [[music video]], for "Reap What You Sow"; it was directed by David Barker, who subsequently directed their next seven videos.<ref name="db"/><ref name="Scatena191"/><ref name="ADG2007"/> After the EP's success, the group were signed by Polydor.<ref name="Nimmervoll"/>

===1994–1998: Early albums ===
[[Image:John Collins.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Collins is playing his bass guitar with his left hand on the fret board and right hand with fingers plucking at the strings. His head is bent to his left and down, his fair haired fringe hangs over his eyes. He wears a dark long shirt. A drum kit is beyond him, further to his left. Stage lights shine down from above.|Bass guitarist [[John Collins (Australian musician)|John Collins]], one of the founders of Powderfinger, is shown at the Rock and Soul Revue, Brisbane, in January 2005.]]
In January 1994, Powderfinger performed on the [[Big Day Out]] Tour (see [[Big Day Out lineups by year#1994|1994 line-up]]).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="AutoF1-7"/> On 18 July that year, they released their debut studio album, ''Parables for Wooden Ears'', under Polydor. According to Australian rock music historian [[Ian McFarlane]], it "featured complex, meticulously crafted rock but was somewhat ponderous and sombre, which did little to fulfil the promise displayed on ''Transfusion''".<ref name="McFarlane"/> The album was produced by [[Tony Cohen]] ([[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], [[The Cruel Sea (band)|The Cruel Sea]]),<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> and Fanning later described it as the band's "dark dark days". It received limited radio coverage.<ref name="h2g2"/><ref name="hindleysite"/> Supporting the album's release, the band toured heavily, appearing at the [[Livid (festival)|Livid]] and [[Homebake]] music festivals.<ref name="AutoF1-6"/> Powderfinger supported United States visitors [[Pantera]] on that group's Driven Downunder Tour '94.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Another Australian support act on the tour was Newcastle-formed band [[Silverchair]].<ref name="Silverfinger"/> Three singles were released from Powderfinger's debut album—"[[Tail (song)|Tail]]", "[[Grave Concern]]", and "[[Save Your Skin]]"—but none appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart Top&nbsp;50.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="AutoF1-1"/> Following the album's release and lukewarm reception, in April 1995, the band recorded at Melbourne's Metropolis Studio with [[Magoo (Australian producer)|Lachlan "Magoo" Goold]] ([[Regurgitator]]) and in July released a five-track EP, ''[[Mr Kneebone]]''.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="Magoo"/>

The band's second studio album, ''[[Double Allergic]]'', was issued on 2 September 1996; it peaked at No.&nbsp;4 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified triple&nbsp;[[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] by ARIA for shipment of 210,000 units by 2007.<ref name="AutoF1-1"/><ref name="aria-accred-2007albums"/><ref name="AutoF1-8"/> It was co-produced by [[Tim Whitten]] and the group.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="DoubleAllergic"/> McFarlane felt this album was "more self-assured and textured [it] consolidated the band's position at the forefront of the [[alternative rock]] scene, alongside the likes of [[You Am I]], [[Spiderbait]], Silverchair, Regurgitator and Tumbleweed. [The album] was full of accessible, spirited rock".<ref name="McFarlane"/> Australian rock music journalist [[Ed Nimmervoll]] noted "[it] revealed a significant shift towards accessible rock songs rooted in melodic grooves. Powderfinger's reason to be is to create songs strong enough for the band and audience to play and hear months or years down the line".<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> Four singles were released from the album—"[[Pick You Up]]", "[[D.A.F. (song)|D.A.F.]]", "[[Living Type]]", and "[[Take Me In (Powderfinger song)|Take Me In]]". "Take Me In" was released as a video single featuring several other music videos by the group. FasterLouder, a music review web site, recalled that "when ''Double Allergic'' was released in 1996, it showed the band were here for the long haul to become arguably one of the best of the decade".<ref name="AutoF1-9"/> In 1997 the album was issued in Canada and the group toured North America to promote it.<ref name="McFarlane"/>

===1998–2003: Critical acclaim and chart success===
[[File:IanHaug2007.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Haug is playing his guitar, while leaning forward and to his right. His hair is shoulder-length, he wears a dark shirt and dark pants. Some band and stage equipment is near his feet.|[[Ian Haug]], another founding mainstay, on lead guitar in Sydney in September 2007.]]
On 7 September 1998, Powderfinger released their third studio album, ''[[Internationalist (album)|Internationalist]]'', which peaked at No.&nbsp;1 and spent 101 weeks in the Top&nbsp;50 of the ARIA Albums Chart; it was produced by [[Nick DiDia]] ([[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Pearl Jam]]).<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AutoF1-1"/><ref name="Lawrence"/> [[AllMusic]]'s Jonathan Lewis had mixed feelings about the album. He was enchanted by its lead single, "[[The Day You Come]]"; however, he believed "the rest of the album didn't measure up" except for "some fine tracks" in "Don't Wanna Be Left Out" and "Already Gone".<ref name="Lewis"/> Nevertheless, by 2007 the album had shipped over 350,000 copies and was certified five times platinum domestically,<ref name="db"/><ref name="aria-accred-2007albums"/> and it had reached European audiences.<ref name="AutoF1-11"/> ''Internationalist'' was the first Powderfinger album to win any [[ARIA Music Awards]].<ref name=ARIAawardlist/> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1999|1999 ceremony]] it won "Album of the Year", "Best Rock Album", and "Best Cover Art" (by Kevin Wilkins), and "The Day You Come" won "Single of the Year".<ref name=ARIAawardlist/><ref name="AutoF1-12"/> "[[Passenger (Powderfinger song)|Passenger]]", another single from ''Internationalist'', was nominated for three additional categories in the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2000|following year]].<ref name=ARIAawardlist/> The band was both praised and criticised for their political views on ''Internationalist''. In a November 1998 interview with Benedict Watts of ''Juice Magazine'', Haug said that political messages in "The Day You Come" were not something they were just preaching about, but rather were something they saw as a responsibility.<ref name="AutoF1-13"/>

Powderfinger's fourth studio album, ''[[Odyssey Number Five]]'', was released on 4 September 2000, and also peaked at No.&nbsp;1.<ref name="AutoF1-1"/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s Marc Weingarten provided a positive review and found the group "prove that there's still terrain left to be explored [in] guitar rock ... melancholy is the default mode ... [they] can be as prim as [[Travis (band)|Travis]] or as mock-grandiose as [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]".<ref name="Weingarten"/> However, Allmusic's Dean Carlson was more negative, seeing the album as "little more than a slightly off-base perspective into the world of mid-90s American [[grunge]]".<ref name="Carlson"/> ''Odyssey Number Five'' is Powderfinger's most commercially successful album, shipping 560,000 copies and certified eight&nbsp;times platinum by 2004.<ref name="aria-accred-2004albums" /> It also appeared on the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand]] Albums Chart at No.&nbsp;15.<ref name="NZ Charts"/> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2001]], the group won "Album of the Year", "Highest Selling Album", "Best Rock Album", "Best Cover Art" (by Wilkins), and "Best Group".<ref name=ARIAawardlist/><ref name="AutoF1-17"/>

Two of ''Odyssey Number Five''{{'}}s tracks featured on film soundtracks: "[[These Days (Powderfinger song)|These Days]]", written for ''[[Two Hands (1999 film)|Two Hands]]'' (1999),<ref name="AutoF1-14"/> and "[[My Kind of Scene]]" in ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' (2000).<ref name="AutoF1-15"/> Singles from the album are "My Kind of Scene", "[[My Happiness (Powderfinger song)|My Happiness]]", "[[Like a Dog (song)|Like a Dog]]", and the [[A-side and B-side#Double A-side|double A-side]] "[[The Metre/Waiting for the Sun|The Metre" / "Waiting for the Sun]]". "My Happiness", which peaked at No.&nbsp;4 in Australia and No.&nbsp;7 in New Zealand, is the group's highest-charting single in both countries.<ref name="AutoF1-1"/><ref name="NZ Charts"/> At the ARIA Awards ceremony, "My Happiness" won "Single of the Year",<ref name="AutoF1-18"/> and other songs were nominated in various categories.<ref name=ARIAawardlist/> Their tracks received votes from national radio station [[Triple J]]'s listeners on annual [[Triple J Hottest 100|Hottest 100]] lists: "These Days" (#1), "Already Gone" (#25), "[[Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray|Good-Day Ray]]" (#68), and "Passenger" (#100) were ranked in [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1999|1999]], and "My Happiness" (#1) and "My Kind of Scene" (#3) in [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2000|2000]].<ref name="Triple J Hottest 100"/> In 2009, "These Days" was voted at No.&nbsp;21 and "My Happiness" at No.&nbsp;27 in the Hottest 100 of all time, placing them as second- and fourth-highest Australian tracks after the [[Hilltop Hoods]]' "[[The Nosebleed Section]]" and [[Hunters & Collectors]]' "[[Throw Your Arms Around Me]]", respectively.<ref name="AutoF1-19"/>

===2003–2005: Rock resurgence===
[[File:Jon Coghill (4308453805).jpg|thumb|alt=Coghill is playing his drum kit, his right arm is crooked, holding a drumstick and hitting the drum rim situated slightly to his left. His left arm and most of his lower body is obscured by the rest of the kit. He stares off to his right with his lightly bearded chin slightly raised. He is dressed in a pale blue sleeveless shirt and similar coloured pants. In front and above his kit are microphones and band equipment. Behind him is a large graphic design, consisting of red-orange lights and black dots.|Coghill on drums, in Melbourne, January 2010. He joined in 1990.<ref name="McFarlane"/>]]
Powderfinger's ''[[Vulture Street (album)|Vulture Street]]'' was released on 4 July 2003, and became their third album to peak at No.&nbsp;1 in Australia,<ref name="AutoF1-1"/> while in New Zealand it reached No.&nbsp;17.<ref name="NZ Charts"/> Recorded in January and February 2003, it was named for the location of the band's first recording room in [[West End, Queensland|West End]], Brisbane. ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''{{'}}s music critic [[Bernard Zuel]] approved of "a rawer, louder, but by no means unrefined, album" with "a real energy here that has some connections to early Powderfinger, but bears the mark of a superior intellect"; he felt it had Haug and Middleton "dominating in a way they had not since their 1994 debut" album.<ref name="SMGVulture"/> Simon Evans of [[musicOMH]] described the group as having "opted for a visceral live feel, adding a real punch to songs".<ref name="AutoF1-20"/> Middleton explained that the band's aim was to "get a sound in the songs that was reminiscent of things we grew up loving, which was [[David Bowie|Bowie]], [[Led Zeppelin|Zeppelin]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ... that sort of thing; all based in the 70s. We wanted to sonically have that as well, so it's a very old-school-sounding record. It's all the old amps, we used old guitars and [[tape recorder|recorded to tape]], of course. It's fairly organic in that sense".<ref name="Lawrence"/> ''Vulture Street'' won four ARIA Awards in [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003|2003]]: "Album of the Year", "Best Group", "Best Rock Album", and "Best Cover Art" (by Steven Gorrow, Revolution Design).<ref name=ARIAawardlist/> Singles issued from the album are: "[[(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind]]", "[[Since You've Been Gone (Powderfinger song)|Since You've Been Gone]]", "[[Love Your Way]]", and "[[Sunsets (song)|Sunsets]]". Tracks were also nominated for awards in 2003 and [[ARIA Music Awards of 2004|2004]].<ref name=ARIAawardlist/>

In September 2004 the group issued their first live album, ''[[These Days: Live in Concert]]'', initially as a [[compact disc|CD]], and followed in October with a two-disc [[DVD]]. One single, "[[Stumblin']]", which had appeared on ''Vulture Street'', was issued as a live version. In late October they released a compilation album, ''[[Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000]]'', which included many of their singles from the first four albums as well as non-singles "Thrilloilogy" and "Belter", and a re-release of "These Days". "These Days", although never officially released as a single, was ranked at No.&nbsp;1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 poll of 1999.<ref name="Triple J Hottest 100"/> The album also included two new songs: "[[Bless My Soul]]" and "Process This", although only "Bless My Soul" was released as a single. Following the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], Powderfinger appeared at the [[WaveAid]] fundraising concert in January 2005 in Sydney, to raise funds for aid organisations working in the disaster-affected areas.<ref name="waveaid-review"/> Fanning, as a member of [[The Wrights (Australian band)|The Wrights]], sang lead vocals on "[[Evie (song)|Evie, part 2]]" at the concert.<ref name="AutoF1-21"/> The Wrights released a studio version in March as a single with some of the proceeds going to tsunami relief efforts.<ref name="AutoF1-21"/>

===2005–2006: Side projects===
[[File:Darren Middleton (4309194080).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Middleton is playing his guitar with his left hand on the fret board and right hand on the strings. His knees are flexed, he wears dark glasses, dark pants and a dark shirt. His stage pass dangles from the end of the guitar. His hair is brown and hangs partly into his eyes. He wears a wide ring on his right hand's fourth finger. There is band equipment nearby.|left|[[Darren Middleton]] on guitar in January 2010 at [[Big Day Out]], Melbourne. He joined in 1992 and formed a side project, [[Drag (band)|Drag]], in 2001. During Powderfinger's 2005–07 hiatus, Drag regrouped.]]
After the WaveAid concert, from early 2005, Powderfinger had a period of hiatus. During the separation, most band members pursued other musical projects; on the personal front, Haug and Middleton each had children, and Fanning met his future wife.<ref name="AutoF1-22"/><ref name="Christie"/> Middleton's side project, [[Drag (band)|Drag]], had issued an EP, ''[[Gas Food Lodging (EP)|Gas Food Lodging]]'', in 2002.<ref name="DragMSN"/> Zombos Reviews found the EP was "full of well-written jangly pop, and has some rather nice ballads".<ref name="Zombos"/> Their debut album, ''[[The Way Out (Drag album)|The Way Out]]'', recorded in March 2005 and released on 10 July,<ref name=AMOInterview/><ref name="DP"/> was "a tad disappointing [compared with the EP] ... mostly mid-tempo pop-rock songs, mixed with some slower, pretty ballads. Everything's tastefully arranged, and there's always nice melodies and harmonies".<ref name="Zombos"/> Collins and Haug formed [[The Predators (Australian band)|The Predators]] with Powderfinger's former drummer, Steven Bishop, now on drums and lead vocals. The group released a six-track EP, ''[[Pick Up the Pace]]'', in July 2006 and undertook a short tour around Australia.<ref name="AutoF1-23"/>

In October 2005 Fanning issued his debut solo album, ''[[Tea & Sympathy (Bernard Fanning album)|Tea & Sympathy]]'',<ref name=AMOTnS/><ref name="AutoF1-24"/> which reached No.&nbsp;1 in Australia and No.&nbsp;11 in New Zealand.<ref name="AUS Charts BF"/> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2006]], Fanning won in four categories including "Album of the Year" for ''Tea & Sympathy'' and "Best Video" for its lead single, "[[Wish You Well (Bernard Fanning song)|Wish You Well]]".<ref name="bernie-arias"/> "Wish You Well" was ranked at No.&nbsp;1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 poll in 2005.<ref name="AutoF1-26"/> At the end of 2006, Fanning toured in support of the album's release in the United Kingdom and North America; at its conclusion, Powderfinger resumed from their hiatus.<ref name="BF Solo"/><ref name="Connors"/> Fanning compared his solo work to Powderfinger recordings, saying, "when a problem came up in the studio, especially guitar-wise, I've always had Darren and Ian to call on. They could usually come up with something good. But I played all the guitar on it, and my abilities are fairly limited" and that "Powderfinger is my real job and I'm looking forward to doing it again".<ref name="Connors"/>

===2007–2008: Return from hiatus===
[[Image:Powderfinger performing September 2007 (c).jpg|thumb|alt=A wide shot of a stage with only four musicians visible: each is playing a type of guitar. A drum kit is mid-stage but the Coghill is obscured by lighting and equipment. The audience are across the front, below stage, some have one fist raised. A photographer is centred, front of stage, another is further to the right with a camera pointing at the band, a third cameraman is at left pointing into the crowd. Behind the group on the left is a large screen which depicts various words including "Fight clouds baby blue despair skin red lies lost stars ith empty rocket paint love g". Overhead lights shine down on the performers. To the right is a large sign with white writing "bring your living room to life" on red-orange background.|A performance of "[[I Don't Remember]]" on the [[Across the Great Divide tour]]. Middleton, Fanning, Collins and Haug are visible, Coghill is obscured.]]
Powderfinger started recording their sixth studio album, ''[[Dream Days at the Hotel Existence]]'', in January 2007; it was released on 2 June. Debuting at No.&nbsp;1 on the [[ARIA Albums Chart]]—their fourth to do so consecutively<ref name="AutoF1-1"/>—it broke the Australian digital sales record with over 3,000 copies sold online.<ref name="AutoF1-27"/> In general, reviewers did not rate it as highly as its predecessor ''Vulture Street'', with Cameron Adams of the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' HiT describing it as "No radical reinvention, no huge change in direction ... In a word: consistent".<ref name="CAdams"/> Zuel described it as "Powderfinger's first dull album" but the band as "the biggest rock band in the country."<ref name="SMH-Dream Days"/> "[[Lost and Running]]", their first single for three years, had been issued in May, and reached No.&nbsp;5.<ref name="AutoF1-1"/> A second single, "[[I Don't Remember]]", appeared in August. One song from the album, "[[Black Tears]]", was amended following concerns that it could prejudice a trial over the [[2004 Palm Island death in custody]] case. Fanning stated that an alternative version would be on the album as a result of the concerns.<ref name="AutoF1-29"/> On 18 August that year, Powderfinger performed a concert in [[Karratha, Western Australia|Karratha]] as part of Triple J's AWOL Series.<ref name="AutoF1-34"/> The band was supported by [[The Grates]] and Muph N Plutonic, and various local acts.<ref name="AutoF1-35"/> While in Karratha, Fanning and Coghill visited Gumala Mirnuwarni, a local school in Roebourne that encourages children to stay in school.<ref name="AutoF1-36"/>

In June 2007 Powderfinger and [[Silverchair]] announced the nine-week [[Across the Great Divide tour]] to promote reconciliation with [[Indigenous Australians]].<ref name="AutoF1-51"/> From August to October that year the two groups toured all state capital cities as well as fourteen Australian regional centres, and included four performances in New Zealand.<ref name="SoundBuzz"/> They performed 34 concerts in 26 towns across Australia, with an estimated total of 220,000 people in attendance.<ref name="SoundBuzz"/><ref name="AutoF1-55"/> On 1 December, a triple-DVD set was released with the [[Across the Great Divide tour (DVD)|same title as the tour]], with the Melbourne performances for both bands and backstage footage from the tour.<ref name="SoundBuzz"/><ref name="AutoF1-55"/><ref name="AutoF1-54"/> The schedule consisted of three main parts, beginning with a supporting artist performing one set, followed by Silverchair and then Powderfinger playing the final set. The two bands united on stage during only three performances throughout the tour, including [[Daniel Johns]] (Silverchair) and Fanning sharing lead vocals on a cover version of [[The Who]]'s "[[Substitute (The Who song)|Substitute]]" at one show in Sydney and two in Melbourne.<ref name="SoundBuzz"/><ref name="Savage"/>

''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'' was the recipient of the ARIA Award for "Best Cover Art" in [[ARIA Music Awards of 2007|2007]].<ref name=ARIAawardlist/><ref name="AutoF1-30"/> It was also nominated for "Album of the Year", "Best Rock Album", and "Best Group", while "Lost and Running" received nominations for "Single of the Year" and "Best Video".<ref name=ARIAawardlist/><ref name="AutoF1-31"/> Powderfinger failed to win any of these awards, with tour mates Silverchair's ''[[Young Modern]]'' and "[[Straight Lines (song)|Straight Lines]]" obtaining all five.<ref name=ARIAawardlist/><ref name=SilverchairARIAawardlist/><ref name="AutoF1-32"/> On 28 October at the ceremony, Powderfinger performed "Lost and Running".<ref name="AutoF1-33"/> The third single from ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'', "[[Nobody Sees]]", was released in December 2007.<ref name="AutoF1-56"/> On 27 September 2008, Powderfinger performed "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" and [[AC/DC]]'s "[[Long Way to the Top]]" at the [[2008 AFL Grand Final|AFL Grand Final]].<ref name="AutoF1-37"/> Their song "Drifting Further Away" featured on ''Grey's Anatomy''{{'}}s fifth season in episode&nbsp;13, "[[Grey's Anatomy (season 5)#Episodes|Stairway to Heaven]]", which aired on 21 January 2009.<ref name="NME Video"/><ref name="Bebo Video"/>

===2009–2010: ''Golden Rule'' and disbandment===
[[File:PowderfingerNov2010.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Powderfinger are on stage, with Coghill at left on drums, then Middleton on guitar, Fanning mid-stage singing into a microphone, Collins on his bass guitar and Haug at extreme right.|Powderfinger performing on their [[Sunsets Farewell Tour]], 6 November 2010, Sydney. They played their final show at the River Stage in Brisbane one week later in front of 10,000 fans. The last song was "These Days"; the group disbanded after the tour.<ref name="AutoF1-42"/>]]
From mid-June 2009 Powderfinger worked with DiDia producing their seventh studio album, ''[[Golden Rule (album)|Golden Rule]]'', which was issued on 13 November. The album peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on the ARIA albums chart, becoming their fifth studio album in a row to do so.<ref name="AutoF1-1"/> The album's lead single, "[[All of the Dreamers]]", was released in September.<ref name="AutoF1-38"/><ref name="heraldsun.com.au"/> "Burn Your Name", the second single, followed in December. That same month the band performed at the 2009 [[Homebake]] festival after a 10-year absence.<ref name="Homebake2009"/> In late January they toured on the 2010 Big Day Out. The third single from the album, "Sail the Widest Stretch", appeared in April.<ref name="AutoF1-39"/>

Also in April 2010, Powderfinger announced that after 21 years the group would disband following their [[Sunsets Farewell Tour]] in September and October that year:<ref name="breakup"/><ref name="AutoF1-40"/><ref name="powderfinger.com"/>

{{blockquote|text=With the completion of our last album, ''Golden Rule'', we feel that we have said all that we want to say as a musical group. We firmly believe that it is our most complete and satisfying album and can't think of a better way to farewell our fans than with music that we all believe in and also with, hopefully, our best tour to date.|sign=Bernard Fanning on behalf of Powderfinger|source=Powderfinger Official Website, April 2010<ref name="powderfinger.com"/>}}

[[File:Jetstar Airbus A320-200 Powderfinger logojet Gilbert.jpg|thumb|alt=Left side on view of an aeroplane. It is basically silver in colour with the standard logo of the airline. Added to the side of the plane is a large print of 'Powderfinger' in black-bordered yellow to orange-brown colouring. It spans the distance from where the wings join to just before the rear doorway. To the right and just below the band's name, in smaller lettering, is the word 'Sunsets', coloured mostly in brown. Either side of the runway are grassed areas, beyond the jet are buildings – mostly obscured.|A [[Jetstar]] [[Airbus A320]] with Powderfinger logo at [[Newcastle Airport, New South Wales|Newcastle Airport]] in September 2010. It was used on the [[Sunsets Farewell Tour]].]]
Coghill told ''Australian Times'' that the final tour is "going to be great fun, but it's also going to be sad".<ref name="AutoF1-41"/> He confirmed that he had no plans to start a new band or for a solo project. Instead he intended to finish his degree, "[o]nce I'm done with that, I might put the feelers out and see what's happening. I don't think I'd be doing anything solo, but I might look to join other bands, just to have a chance to keep playing. I'm just not keen to be off touring the world anymore".<ref name="AutoF1-41"/> Powderfinger played their final show at the River Stage in Brisbane on 13 November 2010 in front of 10,000 fans; the last song they performed was "These Days".<ref name="AutoF1-42"/> On 25 January 2011 the band issued a previously unreleased track, "I'm on Your Side", as a fundraiser for the Premier's Flood Appeal as a result of [[2010–2011 Queensland floods|major flooding in Queensland]] from December the previous year into January. The song was available via the band's website with all proceeds going towards the cause. On 8 November 2011, the group released a second compilation album, ''[[Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011]]'', containing two new tracks. There was also a 2-disc release, ''Fingerprints & Footprints – The Ultimate Collection'', combining both ''Fingerprints'' and ''Footprints'' in one set.<ref name="AutoF1-43"/> Also in November, Dino Scatena, together with the band, published a biography, ''Footprints: the inside story of Australia's best loved band''.<ref name="Scatena2"/> Scatena, a rock music journalist, had started writing the book in October of the previous year, during the Sunsets Farewell Tour.<ref name="Scatena2"/>

===2010–present: Afterwards===
Former Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning worked on his second solo album ''[[Departures (album)|Departures]]'' during late 2012 in Los Angeles, with [[Joe Chiccarelli]] producing.<ref name="McCabe2012"/> It was released in June the following year and peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.<ref name="AUSCharts Fanning"/> Middleton had relocated to Melbourne and worked with Red Door Sounds' Paul Annison, producer of [[Children Collide]]'s album ''[[Monument (Children Collide album)|Monument]]'' (April 2012). In December that year Middleton revealed that "I’m halfway through a new record".<ref name="Egging"/> Middleton's album, ''Translations'', was released independently in November 2013.<ref name="Translations"/> Around the same time Coghill was working as a journalist on the Gold Coast, while Collins was "developing business projects in Queensland".<ref name="Zuel 13 Nov"/>

In January 2013 Haug produced the second album, ''Sins of a Li'l Later Kiss'', by Brisbane-based folk duo Cole and Van Dijk.<ref name="ColeVanDijk"/> He then joined [[The Church (band)|the Church]], replacing [[Marty Willson-Piper]], and featured on their 2014 album ''[[Further/Deeper]]''.

On 23 May 2020, Powderfinger reformed for a one-off live-streamed [[YouTube]] charity performance titled ''[[One Night Lonely]]'', with all proceeds going to [[Beyond Blue]] and Support Act.<ref name="TheGuardian"/> On 25 May, an EP of the performance was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/one-night-lonely/1514512509|title=One Night Lonely|website=Apple Music|date=25 May 2020|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>

On 31 August 2020, Powderfinger confirmed the release of a compilation album of unreleased songs titled ''[[Unreleased (1998–2010)]]'', released on 27 November 2020. It was preceded by the single "Day by Day", released on 18 September.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/music-news/powderfinger-new-album-2020/12605624|title=Powderfinger will release a new album of unreleased songs in 2020|website=ABC|date=31 August 2020 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=brownypaul|date=2020-09-17|title=Powderfinger Drop First New Song in 10 Years 'Day By Day'|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2020/09/18/powderfinger-new-song-day-by-day/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Wall of Sound|language=en-US}}</ref>

On 13 November 2020, Powderfinger released "Daybreak", the second single preceding the release of the album.

== Musical style ==
Powderfinger's musical style includes hard rock and alternative music and, according to McFarlane, "the band made its mark with an earthy, blues-based sound that combined soaring, 1970s-influenced riff-rock with 1990s studio technology. With the added textures of folk, country and a soulful groove, the band was able to head in any direction".<ref name="McFarlane"/> Nimmervoll acclaimed them as "one of Australia's most popular radio-friendly rock bands" which "produced music the rest of Australia embraced".<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> McFarlane was partially disappointed with their debut 1994 album ''Parables for Wooden Ears'' compared to their earlier EP ''Transfusion''.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Their 1996 album, ''Double Allergic'', was "more self-assured and textured" and "consolidated the band's position at the forefront of the alternative rock scene".<ref name="McFarlane"/> It "revealed a significant shift towards accessible rock songs rooted in melodic grooves" according to Nimmervoll.<ref name="Nimmervoll"/>

In a November 2007 interview with [[Paul Cashmere]] of the website Undercover, Middleton stated that a couple of songs they had initially written for ''Vulture Street'' "were just too ''Odyssey Number Five'' based", and that the first track, "Rockin' Rocks", was "probably the start of where we were heading with the album".<ref name="cashmere-interview"/> Cashmere stated that the album was "the toughest [he has] heard Powderfinger sound".<ref name="cashmere-interview"/> Zuel reviewed two of Powderfinger's more recent albums, and described ''Vulture Street'' as "a rawer, louder" album in comparison to ''Odyssey Number Five''; it highlighted Fanning's "talent as a lyricist" and he stated that it featured guitarists Haug and Middleton "dominating in a way they haven't since their 1994 debut".<ref name="SMGVulture"/> Zuel also stated that there is a "real energy here that has some connections to early Powderfinger," and described "On My Mind" as having "[[AC/DC]] meatiness", and "Love Your Way" as "acoustic tumbling into weaving [[Led Zeppelin|Zeppelin]] lines".<ref name="SMGVulture"/> In his review of ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'', Zuel described it as "[having] high-gloss and muscular framework," and stated that that was what "American radio considers serious rock."<ref name="SMH-Dream Days"/>

{{blockquote|1=Compared with the relatively lean, agile sound they've perfected up to now, this is Powderfinger as the footballer who in the off-season spends his time in the gym and emerges buff and beefy. The problem is he has bulk but has traded in his nimbleness.|2=Bernard Zuel|3=''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 1 June 2007<ref name="SMH-Dream Days" />}}

Clayton Bolger of [[AllMusic]] stated in his review of ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'' that Powderfinger "largely revisit the sound of their ''Internationalist'' album, leaving behind much of the glam and swagger of 2003's ''Vulture Street''".<ref name="Bolger"/> He commented on Fanning's "commanding and distinctive vocals", the "twin-guitar attack" of Middleton and Haug, Collins' "innovative basslines", and the "powerhouse drum work" of Coghill.<ref name="Bolger"/> Nimmervoll described ''Golden Rule'' as "Powderfinger back to its essence. They’d experimented with the sound, tried different things with the songwriting process and recorded in America with different producers. [It] was recorded at home, the band reunited with American Nick DiDia, who had previously worked with the band during the "classic" era, producing ''Internationalist'', ''Odyssey Number 5'' and ''Vulture Street''. They also wrote the songs as a team, with Bernard responsible for the bulk of the lyrics. The album was recorded in the same spirit, as close to the live sound as a studio album could be".<ref name="Nimmervoll"/>

== Philanthropy ==
[[Image:Powderfinger performing September 2007 (e).jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Frontline of Powderfinger are shown in side profile across a stage, with Fanning closest to viewer. He is pointing into the audience with his right fore-finger, while singing into the microphone held in his left hand. Just beyond him, Collins is stooped low over his bass guitar with his long hair fallen forward. Haug is further along and plays his guitar while standing more upright, his shoulder length hair partly obscures his face. Stage equipment is in front of the three men.|The [[Across the Great Divide tour|Across the Great Divide Tour]] by Powderfinger and [[Silverchair]] promoted [[Reconciliation Australia]]'s efforts in the [[Indigenous Australia|Indigenous]] community. [[Bernard Fanning]], Powderfinger's lead singer, is at front left, pointing into the audience. Collins and Haug are beyond him.]]
Powderfinger were active in supporting causes or opposing actions taken in charitable, philanthropic, disaster, and political circumstances. In 1996, when [[Crowded House]] decided to break up, they organised a farewell concert as a charity event for the [[Sydney Children's Hospital]] on 24 November.<ref name="AutoF1-44"/> They approached Powderfinger and fellow Australian acts [[Custard (band)|Custard]] and [[You Am I]] to also appear on the steps of the [[Sydney Opera House]].<ref name="AutoF1-45"/> The charity event, which was recorded and later released as a live album titled ''[[Farewell to the World]]'', was claimed to have the largest Australian live concert audience, with estimates of between 100,000 and 250,000 people.<ref name="AutoF1-46"/><ref name="sss"/> In the wake of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], Powderfinger performed at the [[WaveAid]] fundraising concert in Sydney in January 2005.<ref name="waveaid-review"/> The disaster killed more than 225,000 people from 11 countries in the area.<ref name="AutoF1-47"/> The total profit from the funds raised from ticket sales and donations was A$2,300,000, however most of this money was spent in the administrative stream with little reaching those affected.<ref name="AutoF1-48"/>

The song "[[Black Tears]]" from the album ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'' originally had the lyric "An island watchhouse bed, a black man's lying dead",<ref name="blacktears-perthnow"/> which sparked fears that it might prejudice the trial of the former Senior Sergeant [[Chris Hurley (police officer)|Chris Hurley]] over the [[2004 Palm Island death in custody]] case.<ref name="couriermail"/> The band claimed that the song's lyrics primarily dealt with the climbing of [[Uluru]] by tourists despite requests from the Indigenous people of the area to respect their sacred sites and not climb.<ref name="AutoF1-49"/> The original version of the song was retracted from the album, and replaced with an alternative version with the criticised material removed.<ref name="AutoF1-50"/> The legal team for Hurley, who was charged with manslaughter over the death of [[Mulrunji]] in 2004, had referred the song to the [[Attorney-General of Queensland]], [[Kerry Shine]], in their attempt at altering the track.<ref name="theaustralian"/> One of Hurley's lawyers, Glen Cranny, stated that "the content and proposed timing of the song's release raises some serious concerns regarding Mr Hurley's trial".<ref name="couriermail"/> Powderfinger's band manager, [[Paul Piticco]], stated that Fanning had confirmed that a line in the song was related to the case. However, he added that the lyric in question could refer to "a watchhouse in [[The Bahamas]] or something".<ref name="theaustralian"/>

In June 2007, Powderfinger and Silverchair announced their combined Across the Great Divide Tour,<ref name="AutoF1-51"/> which promoted [[Reconciliation Australia]], a foundation helping to improve the welfare of the Indigenous people of Australia, and to "show [that] both bands are behind the idea of reconciliation".<ref name="AutoF1-51"/> Reconciliation Australia increased the awareness of the 17-year difference in life expectancy between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous children of Australia.<ref name="AutoF1-52"/> In October that year, during [[Breast Cancer Awareness Month]], Powderfinger performed another concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.<ref name="AutoF1-57"/> This concert was for invitees only – breast cancer patients, survivors, and their families were eligible to attend.<ref name="AutoF1-58"/> Powderfinger performed alongside Silverchair, [[Missy Higgins]], and other artists to an audience of 700.<ref name="AutoF1-59"/> The concert was filmed and later broadcast as a [[The MAX Sessions|''MAX Session'']] on [[Foxtel]] channel MAX on 3 November.<ref name="AutoF1-60"/>

For the Sunsets Farewell Tour in September 2010, the band promoted another Indigenous cause, the Yalari organisation.<ref name="AutoF1-61"/> The organisation provides Indigenous children with opportunities to get a proper education. In January 2011, following the [[2010–2011 Queensland floods|Queensland flood disaster]], [undercover.fm] reported that Powderfinger would not reform for a benefit concert, but the band instead donated a never-before-released track, "I'm on Your Side", to help raise money for the victims.<ref name="AutoF1-62"/>

== Personnel ==
[[Image:Powderfinger performing September 2007 (d).jpg|thumb|alt=Middleton is singing and playing guitar, Fanning has his right knee bent and lifted, Collins is bent low over his bass guitar and Haug is at right on guitar. Coghill is not visible|Powderfinger performing on the Across the Great Divide Tour in September 2007. Left to right: Middleton, Fanning, Collins, Haug.]]

=== Final lineup ===

* [[Ian Haug]] – lead guitar, backing vocals <small>(1989–2010; 2020)</small> lead vocals <small>(1989)</small>
* [[John Collins (Australian musician)|John Collins]] – bass guitar <small>(1989–2010; 2020)</small>
* [[Bernard Fanning]] – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, harmonica <small>(1989–2010; 2020)</small>
* [[Jon Coghill]] – drums, percussion <small>(1992–2010; 2020)</small>
* [[Darren Middleton]] – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals <small>(1992–2010; 2020)</small>

=== Other members ===

* Steven Bishop – drums, percussion <small>(1989–1992)</small>

Powderfinger have collaborated with various artists throughout their career: Pianist [[Benmont Tench]] played on ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence''.<ref name="AutoF1-63"/> For touring or session work, auxiliary musicians used include Cameron McKenzie playing guitar as a touring musician filling in for an injured Darren Middleton on both Internationalist national tour and Double Allergic national tour, Alex Pertout on percussion, Duane Billings on percussion, and [[Lachy Doley|Lachlan Doley]] on keyboards. For their second album, ''Double Allergic'', the group enlisted [[Tim Whitten]] as producer. The group approached American expatriate [[Nick DiDia]] as their producer for ''Internationalist'', and recorded with him at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne.<ref name="AutoF1-64"/> DiDia also produced the two albums which followed. In 2007, [[Rob Schnapf]], producer for [[Beck]], was asked to produce ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'' in Los Angeles.<ref name="AutoF1-65"/> DiDia returned for ''Golden Rule''. Powderfinger's first music video, for the song "Reap What You Sow" in 1993, was directed by David Barker, an award-winning director.<ref name="ADG2007"/> Film companies who directed other videos for the group include Fifty Fifty Films<ref name="fifty"/> and Head Pictures.<ref name="AutoF1-67"/>

== Awards and accolades ==

{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Powderfinger}}
Powderfinger was highly successful in the Australian recording industry, being a recipient of the industry's flagship awards, the ARIA Music Awards, 18 times from 47 nominations—the third-highest tally, behind Silverchair's 21 wins from 49 nominations and [[John Farnham]]'s 20 wins from 56 nominations.<ref name=ARIAawardlist/><ref name=SilverchairARIAawardlist/> Powderfinger's most successful year was [[ARIA Music Awards of 2001|2001]] when they won six awards from eight nominations for ''Odyssey Number Five'' and its related singles.<ref name=ARIAawardlist/><ref name="AutoF1-17"/><ref name="AutoF1-18"/> "These Days" and "My Happiness" were ranked at No.&nbsp;1 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100]] lists in [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1999|1999]] and [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2000|2000]], respectively, and 21 other Powderfinger tracks have ranked on lists in other years.<ref name="Triple J Hottest 100"/>

In 2009, as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, Powderfinger were announced as one of the [[Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for their role as "Influential Artists".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1996]], they performed "Pick You Up"; in 2019, Dan Condon of [[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] rated this as one of the "7 great performances from the history of the ARIA Awards."<ref name="Condon">{{cite web | url = https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/aria-awards-musical-highlights/11738898 | title = 7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads | last = Condon | first = Dan | publisher = [[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] | date = 26 November 2019 | access-date = 24 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Powderfinger: Pick You Up {{!}} 1996 ARIA Awards | date=9 September 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj6hwR07aDM |access-date=2023-09-01 |language=en}}</ref>

== Discography ==
{{Main list|Powderfinger discography}}

* ''[[Parables for Wooden Ears]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Double Allergic]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Internationalist (album)|Internationalist]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Odyssey Number Five]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Vulture Street (album)|Vulture Street]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Dream Days at the Hotel Existence]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Golden Rule (album)|Golden Rule]]'' (2009)

== See also ==
{{Portal|Music|Australia}}
* [[Music of Australia]]
* [[Popular entertainment in Brisbane]]

== References ==
{{Refbegin}}
'''General'''
* {{Cite encyclopedia | last = McFarlane | first = Ian | author-link = Ian McFarlane | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | title = Whammo Homepage | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | archive-date = 5 April 2004 | access-date = 10 April 2012 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | isbn = 1-86508-072-1}} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
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<ref name="h2g2">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026114049/http://www.h2g2.com/entry/A695531 |url=https://www.h2g2.com/entry/A695531 |title=Powderfinger – The Band |last=Moxon |first=Mark |archive-date=26 October 2012 |access-date=8 February 2013 |date=29 April 2002 |publisher=h2g2 ([[BBC]]) |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="pch">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/history.html | url = http://210.1.195.196/music/ozmusic-central/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/history.htm | title = Band History | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 8 February 2013 | publisher = Ozmusic Central}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="rockd">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013090227/http://www.rockdetector.com/artist%2C6959.sm%3Bjsessionid%3DEAFDD28E94BFB39BE30184BC24855E3D.rd1 |url=http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,6959.sm;jsessionid=EAFDD28E94BFB39BE30184BC24855E3D.rd1 |title=Powderfinger Biography |access-date=24 October 2007 |date=25 September 2006 |publisher=Rockdetector |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Gary |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-2">{{cite news | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl33.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl33.html | title = Internationalists | work = Juice Magazine | publisher = Ozmusic Central | date = November 2001 | last = Munro | first = Kelsey | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 8 February 2013}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-4">{{cite news | title = 'My Happiness' Review | last = Watson | first = Chad | work = [[The Newcastle Herald]]  | date = 10 August 2000 | page = 46}}</ref>

<ref name="hindley-bios">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117053615/http://www.hindleysite.com/bios/bios.htm |url=http://www.hindleysite.com/bios/bios.htm#Bernard%20Fanning |title=Biographies |publisher=Hindley Site (Kerry T, Jaxster, Leah) |date=29 January 2006 |archive-date=17 November 2012 |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

<ref name="Holmgren">{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623021559/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/p/powderfinger.html |url=http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/p/powderfinger.html |publisher=[[Australian Rock Database]]. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) |title=Powderfinger |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |archive-date=23 June 2006 |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-3">{{cite news | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/article2.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/article2.html | title = Powder Pick Up to Cure All Your Allergies | work = Concrete Press | publisher = Ozmusic Central | date = 14 May 1996 | last = Budden | first = Matt | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 8 February 2013}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="amg-bio">{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EHHnpedT?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/powderfinger-mn0000855034 |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p199806 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Powderfinger – Music Biography |last=Nimmervoll |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Nimmervoll |publisher=[[AllMusic]] ([[Rovi Corporation]]) |archive-date=8 February 2013 |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="SaveSkin">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/song_file/%5Esave.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/song_file/%5Esave.html | title = Song File – 'Save Your Skin' | publisher = Ozmusic Central | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 9 February 2013}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="APRA Save">{{cite web |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) |title='Save Your Skin' at APRA search engine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225001300/http://apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Save%20Your%20Skin |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Save%20Your%20Skin |archive-date=25 February 2013 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }} Note: User may have to enter a title e.g. Save Your Skin</ref>

<ref name="McKenzie">{{cite news | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/article3.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/article3.html | title = The Evolution and Distribution of ''Transfusion'' | work = Time Off | publisher = Ozmusic Central | date = 22 September 1993 | last = McKenzie | first = Simon | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 10 February 2013}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="Scatena191">Scatena, pp. 191, 206, 257, 296.</ref>

<ref name="ADG2007">{{cite web | url = http://www.if.com.au/News/View.aspx?newsid=430 | title = Australian Directors Guild announces 2007 ADG winners | date = 15 October 2007 | access-date = 19 October 2007 | publisher = InFilm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071025234110/http://www.if.com.au/News/View.aspx?newsid=430 | archive-date = 25 October 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-7">{{cite web | url = http://www.bigdayout.com/history/pastlineups.php#1994 | title = Big Day Out Lineups History | publisher = [[Big Day Out]] | access-date = 23 November 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071030035145/http://www.bigdayout.com/history/pastlineups.php#1994 | archive-date = 30 October 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-6">{{cite news | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl14.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl14.html | title = Make mine a double | last = Lawrence | first = Angie | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 9 February 2013 | year = 1996 | work = [[Rave (magazine)|Rave]]| publisher = Ozmusic Central }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="Silverfinger">{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926032440/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/powderfinger-silverchair-tour/story-e6frexl9-1111113733201 |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/powderfinger-silverchair-tour/story-e6frexl9-1111113733201 |title=Powderfinger Silverchair Tour |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |publisher=[[News Limited]] ([[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]) |date=12 June 2007 |archive-date=26 September 2012 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-1">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930013141/http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Powderfinger |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Powderfinger |title=Discography Powderfinger |publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) |last=Hung |first=Steffen |archive-date=30 September 2012 |access-date=4 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Magoo">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/discog/mrknee.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/discog/mrknee.html | title = Discography – EPs – ''Mr Kneebone'' | publisher = Ozmusic Central | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 9 February 2013}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="aria-accred-2007albums">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405021039/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm |title=2007 Album Accreditations |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |archive-date=5 April 2013 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-8">{{cite news | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/article7.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/article7.html | title = I Is not Me | access-date = 9 February 2013 | last = Blythe | first = Peter | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | date = 29 October 1996 | work = [[Drum Media]] | publisher = Ozmusic Central}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="DoubleAllergic">{{cite web | url = http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=1238 | title = Releases :: ''Double Allergic'' – Powderfinger | publisher = [[Australian Music Online]] | access-date = 9 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070906093337/http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=1238 |archive-date = 6 September 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-9">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207194339/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/2598/ |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/2598/ |title=Powderfinger – ''Double Allergic'' |last=Booksandmusic |publisher=FasterLouder ([[Sound Alliance]]) |date=8 July 2005 |archive-date=7 February 2012 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Lawrence">{{cite web | last = Lawrence | first = Greg | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040409171128/http://www.whammo.com.au/browse.asp?SectionID=227 | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/browse.asp?SectionID=227 | title = Powderfinger – The WHAMMO Interview | date = 8 July 2003 | publisher = Worldwide Home of Australasian Music and More Online (WHAMMO) | archive-date = 9 April 2004 | access-date = 9 February 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Lewis">{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EIht8EEW?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/internationalist-mw0000541167 |url={{AllMusic | class = album | id=r379254  |pure_url=yes }} |title=''Internationalist'' – Powderfinger |publisher=[[Allmusic]] ([[Rovi Corporation]]) |archive-date=9 February 2013 |access-date=9 February 2013 |last=Lewis |first=Jonathan |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-11">{{cite news | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl16.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl16.html | title = Day Dream Believers | last = Six | first = Nicola | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 9 February 2013 | date = 19 November 1998 | work = Pulse Magazine. [[The Courier Mail]] | publisher = Ozmusic Central}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name=ARIAawardlist>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search?q=Powderfinger |title=Winners by Year – 26th ARIA Awards 2012 – Search Results 'Powderfinger' |publisher=[[Australian Record Industry Association]] |access-date=9 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209061236/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search?q=Powderfinger |archive-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-12">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208133810/http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1999-aria.htm |url=http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1999-aria.htm |title=Australia 1999 ARIA Awards |publisher=AllDownUnder.com |archive-date=8 February 2012 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-13">{{cite news | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070712012000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23164/20070712-1120/www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl37.html | url = http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/text/articl37.html | title = The Beckoning Finger | date = November 1998 | work = Juice Magazine | publisher = Ozmusic Central | archive-date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 9 February 2013 | last = Watts | first = Benedict | issue = 70}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="Weingarten">{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602192239/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,280590,00.html |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,280590,00.html |title=''Odyssey Number Five'' Review |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |last=Weingarten |first=Marc |date=30 March 2001 |archive-date=2 June 2013 |access-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Carlson">{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EJRzu7tO?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/odyssey-number-five-mw0000000182 |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r524182 |pure_url=yes}} |title=''Odyssey Number Five'' – Powderfinger – Review |publisher=[[Allmusic]] ([[Rovi Corporation]]) |last=Carlson |first=Dean |archive-date=9 February 2013 |access-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="aria-accred-2004albums">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409080109/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2004.htm |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2004.htm |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |archive-date=9 April 2013 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="NZ Charts">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019054058/http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Powderfinger |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Powderfinger |title=Discography Powderfinger |publisher=New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) |last=Hung |first=Steffen |archive-date=19 October 2012 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-17">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208133815/http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/2001-aria.htm |url=http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/2001-aria.htm |title=2001 ARIA Award Winners |publisher=AllDownUnder.com |archive-date=8 February 2012 |access-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-14">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226204923/http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=10528 |url=http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=10528 |title=''Two Hands'' (1999) |publisher=Soundtrack Collector |archive-date=26 December 2013 |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-15">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207071959/http://www.hindleysite.com/songs/mykindascene.htm |url=http://www.hindleysite.com/songs/mykindascene.htm |title=My Kind of Scene |publisher=Hindley Site (Kerry T, Jaxster, Leah) |archive-date=7 February 2012 |access-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-18">{{cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2001 |title=ARIA Awards 2001 | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] | access-date = 12 November 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235727/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2001 | archive-date = 26 September 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="Triple J Hottest 100">National radio station [[Triple J]]'s listeners have voted for Powderfinger's tracks on annual [[Triple J Hottest 100|Hottest 100]] lists:
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 1996|1996]]: "[[Pick You Up]]" No.&nbsp;6, "[[D.A.F. (song)|D.A.F.]]" No.&nbsp;18, "[[Living Type]]" No.&nbsp;32. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELYWZg5I?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1996.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1996.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 1996
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 1997|1997]]: "JC" No.&nbsp;66. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELYg9xHa?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1997.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1997.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 1997
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 1998|1998]]: "[[The Day You Come]]" No.&nbsp;8, "[[Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray|Don't Wanna Be Left Out]]" No.&nbsp;46. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELe579e0?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1998.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1998.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 1998
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 1999|1999]]: "[[These Days (Powderfinger song)|These Days]]" No.&nbsp;1, "[[Already Gone (Powderfinger song)|Already Gone]]" No.&nbsp;25, "Good Day Ray" No.&nbsp;68, "[[Passenger (Powderfinger song)|Passenger]]" No.&nbsp;100. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELevkUZN?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1999.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1999.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 1999
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 2000|2000]]: "[[My Happiness (Powderfinger song)|My Happiness]]" No.&nbsp;1, "[[My Kind of Scene|Not My Kind of Scene]]" No.&nbsp;3. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELf5jUOg?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2000.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2000.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 2000
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 2003|2003]]: "[[(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind]]" No.&nbsp;4, "[[Sunsets (song)|Sunsets]]" No.&nbsp;6, "[[Love Your Way]]" No.&nbsp;10, "Rockin' Rocks" No.&nbsp;76, "[[Stumblin']]" No.&nbsp;77. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELfNIe3F?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2003.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2003.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 2003
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 2004|2004]]: "[[Bless My Soul]]" No.&nbsp;9, "Process This" No.&nbsp;68. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELgAshMm?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2004.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2004.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 2004
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 2007|2007]]: "[[Lost and Running]]" No.&nbsp;15, "[[I Don't Remember]]" No.&nbsp;66. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELgT5rZq?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2007.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2007.htm
 |title       = Hottest 100 History 2007
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 2009|2009]]: "[[All of the Dreamers]]" No.&nbsp;49. {{cite web
 |archive-url  = https://www.webcitation.org/6ELgnBBCR?url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/09/countdown/cd_list.htm
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/09/countdown/cd_list.htm
 |title       = Countdown
 |publisher   = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
 |archive-date = 11 February 2013
 |access-date  = 11 February 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}
</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-19">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125081806/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_list.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_list.htm |title=Hottest 100 of All Time 2009 |publisher=[[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) |archive-date=25 January 2013 |access-date=13 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="SMGVulture">{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023091243/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/10/1057783275797.html |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/10/1057783275797.html |title=Powderfinger, ''Vulture Street'' |last=Zuel |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Zuel |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |archive-date=23 October 2012 |access-date=10 February 2013 |date=11 July 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-20">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019211850/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/powderfinger.htm |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/powderfinger.htm |title=Powderfinger&nbsp;– ''Vulture Street'' (V2) |work=[[musicOMH]] |archive-date=19 October 2012 |access-date=10 February 2013 |date=20 October 2003 |last=Evans |first=Simon |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="waveaid-review">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129143630/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/1673/ |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/1673/ |title=WaveAid @ Sydney Cricket Ground |last=Luke |publisher=FasterLouder ([[Sound Alliance]]) |archive-date=29 January 2014 |access-date=13 February 2013 |date=30 January 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-21">{{cite web | url = http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=3923 | title = The Wrights | publisher = Australian Music Online | author = [[EMI]] | access-date = 3 December 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070906105411/http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=3923 | archive-date = 6 September 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="AutoF1-22">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729122637/http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/marie-claire/news-events/reviews/article/-/5886195/dream-team/ |url=http://au.blogs.yahoo.com/marie-claire/1621/dream-team/ |title=Dream Team |work=[[Marie Claire]] |publisher=Pacific Magazines. [[Yahoo!7]] |archive-date=29 July 2012 |access-date=10 February 2013 |date=6 June 2007 |last=Parry |first=Jessica |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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<ref name="AutoF1-27">{{cite web | url = http://www.powderfinger.com/newsletters/newsletter_13-06-2007.htm | title = Another record and a chance to win tickets to see Powderfinger live on TV and Nova | publisher = Powderfinger Official Website | access-date = 25 October 2007 | date = 13 June 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071022215813/http://www.powderfinger.com/newsletters/newsletter_13-06-2007.htm | archive-date = 22 October 2007}}</ref>

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