Album · Frenzal Rhomb
Meet the Family by Frenzal Rhomb
Meet the Family is an album by Frenzal Rhomb, released in 1997. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Mum Changed The Locks”, on 1 list with a best position of #54.
Meet the Family was Frenzal Rhomb's 1997 album on Liberation Records, the Sydney punks' follow-up to Not So Tough Now, and it's about as subtle as a whoopee cushion at a funeral. Jason Whalley yelps up front, the one constant through every line-up shuffle the band would go through; Lindsay McDougall had joined on guitar the year before, and Lex Feltham and Nat Nykyruj round out the gang.
The pop-punk here is fast, tuneful and gleefully juvenile, with the song titles doing half the work: "Mum Changed the Locks" and "Mr. Charisma" were the ones rock radio grabbed. It set the table for A Man's Not a Camel, the record that finally took them into the ARIA top 20.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Meet the Family on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum Changed The Locks | 1 | #54 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Mr. Charisma | 1 | #72 | – | 1998 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.