Grinspoon’s Phil Jamieson goes solo: ‘All these alt-90s kids with their adult contemporary hoo-ha!’

After Daniel Johns, Chris Cheney and Luke Steele, the singer is the latest frontman of Aussie 90s rock to release his own debut album in 2022. Just don’t let the self-deprecation fool you

Early last Sunday the veteran Australian pop-metal band Grinspoon fronted up to Byron Bay for one of the most contentious Splendour in the Grass festivals in memory. Singer Phil Jamieson says he became “a platypus” – the rarest sighting possible. “I spent 90 minutes on the grounds, and 60 of that was on stage. I drove in, in my own car, got up on stage and left,” he says.

When Jamieson says the event was “a little bit tricky”, he is being diplomatic. “I was just ducking and weaving, getting up to do the best job I could possibly do. It was hectic but I just kept my eye on the prize. We got it across the line, I think. But if you went there as an 18-year-old and that was your first festival experience, you would be battle-hardened.”

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