Artist · chart history
Cog
Band Bondi Australia Formed 1998 Australian progressive rock band
Cog formed in 1998 in Bondi, Australia. Cog has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2005–2008. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bird of Feather”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #31. The station that charted Cog most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Cog came out of Bondi, Australia, in 1998, with Flynn Gower on guitar and lead vocals, Lucius Borich on drums and, from 2000, Luke Gower on bass. They play the kind of big, knotty, heavy rock that sits where progressive metal and alternative rock overlap: long builds, lurching rhythms, and choruses that roll in like a weather front.
The influences they own up to tell you how wide the net was cast. Tool, Isis, Deftones and Helmet account for the weight and the math, but Nina Simone, Bob Marley and Leftfield are on the list too, and you can hear that in the way the grooves breathe instead of just pummeling.
Their debut album, The New Normal, arrived in 2005 and was nominated for Triple J's J Award that year, carrying "My Enemy" and "Run" onto the countdowns. Sharing Space followed in 2008 with "Bird of Feather", "What If" and "Are You Interested?".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Cog on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bird of Feather | 1 | #31 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | My Enemy | 1 | #32 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | What If | 1 | #47 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | Run | 1 | #71 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Are You Interested? | 1 | #97 | – | 2008 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 31 | Bird of Feather | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2008 | 97 | Are You Interested? | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2007 | 47 | What If | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 |
| 2005 | 32 | My Enemy | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 |
| 2005 | 71 | Run | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 |
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