Artist · chart history
Area 7
Band Melbourne Australia Formed 1994 Australian ska-punk band
Area 7 formed in 1994 in Melbourne, Australia. Area 7 has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1999–2002. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Second Class Citizen”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #49. The station that charted Area 7 most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1999.
Area 7 blew out of Melbourne in 1994 playing ska punk at full tilt, all rapid-fire upstrokes and choruses built for a sweaty moshpit to shout back. Toby Dargaville, Alistair Shepherd, Dugald McNaughtan and Rohan Pacey are among the names on the roll, and across four studio albums, No Logic!, Bitter & Twisted, then Say It To My Face and finally Torn Apart, they never slowed down long enough to get serious.
Bitter & Twisted, their 2000 album, is the one that got them noticed: it was nominated for Best Rock Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000. "Second Class Citizen" and "Start Making Sense" came off it, both bouncing along on that ska-punk mix of skank and sneer. Say It to My Face followed in 2001 with "Nobody Likes a Bogan", a title that sums up the band's humor: loud, rude and impossible to take offense at.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Area 7 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Second Class Citizen | 1 | #49 | – | 1999 | |
| 2 | Nobody Likes a Bogan | 1 | #65 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | Start Making Sense | 1 | #91 | – | 2000 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 65 | Nobody Likes a Bogan | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 |
| 2000 | 91 | Start Making Sense | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 |
| 1999 | 49 | Second Class Citizen | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 |
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