Tu‐Plang… by Regurgitator

Tu-Plang, Regurgitator's debut album, hit Australian shops in May 1996, its title borrowed from the Thai word for jukebox, which suits a record built to be played loud and often. The Brisbane trio had been going since late 1993: Quan Yeomans singing and playing guitar and keyboards, Ben Ely on bass, keyboards and vocals, and Martin Lee on drums.

Radio mostly left it alone, and it sold well anyway, with "Kong Foo Sing" among the songs doing the talking. At the 1996 ARIA Music Awards it took home Best Alternative Album and Breakthrough Artist - Album, and Reprise gave it an American release on 22 April 1997. Unit followed later that year, and in 2012 the band dusted off both records in full for the RetroTech tour.

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