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Amyl and the Sniffers
Band Melbourne Australia Formed 2016 Australian rock’n’roll/punk band
Amyl and the Sniffers formed in 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. Amyl and the Sniffers has 19 chart appearances on 15 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2021–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “U Should Not Be Doing That”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted Amyl and the Sniffers most often is KXT (Dallas–Fort Worth, TX), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2024.
Amyl and the Sniffers play pub rock and punk the way it's meant to be played: loud, sweaty, fast and with a grin. The Melbourne band formed in 2016 around vocalist Amy Taylor, a force of nature who snarls and struts through every song, with Declan Mehrtens on guitar and Bryce Wilson on drums. They named themselves after the Aussie slang for poppers, and Taylor has said the band works about the same way: a thirty-second rush and then a headache.
People reach for the '70s when they describe them, Iggy and the Stooges and the Damned especially, and the comparison holds. But Taylor's list of influences runs from Minor Threat and AC/DC to Sleaford Mods, Dolly Parton and Cardi B, and you can hear a modern swagger under the old-school riffs.
After their self-titled debut in 2019, Comfort to Me landed in 2021, with the tight, pummelling "Hertz" and "Security". Cartoon Darkness, in 2024, kept the pressure on with "U Should Not Be Doing That", "Jerkin'" and "Big Dreams". Along the way they have picked up nine ARIA nominations and taken home three trophies, Best Group in 2022 among them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Amyl and the Sniffers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U Should Not Be Doing That | 7 | #12 | – | 2024 | |
| 2 | Chewing Gum | 3 | #15 | – | 2024 | |
| 3 | Hertz | 3 | #28 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Capital | 1 | #32 | – | 2023 | |
| 5 | Guided By Angels | 1 | #23 | – | 2021 | |
| 6 | Jerkin' | 1 | #32 | – | 2024 | |
| 7 | Do It Do It | 1 | #187 | – | 2025 | |
| 8 | Big Dreams | 1 | #62 | – | 2025 | |
| 9 | Security | 1 | #745 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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