Artist · chart history
Gyroscope
Band Perth Australia Formed 1997 Australian rock band
Gyroscope formed in 1997 in Perth, Australia. Gyroscope has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2003–2010. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Snakeskin”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #16. The station that charted Gyroscope most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Gyroscope started out in Perth in 1997 as Gyroscope Sunday, and it took them seven years of grinding before their first major-label album, Sound Shattering Sound, landed in June 2004. Daniel Sanders sings and plays guitar, Zoran Trivic plays guitar, Brad Campbell plays bass, and Rob Nassif drums, and from "Doctor, Doctor" and "Safe Forever" onward they've specialized in wiry, hard-charging alternative rock with hooks sharp enough to draw blood.
Are You Involved? in September 2005 raised the stakes, debuting at No. 20, and its double A-side single "Fast Girl" and "Beware Wolf" put both songs into Triple J's Hottest 100 that year. Then came the big one. Breed Obsession, out in March 2008, went all the way to No. 1 on the ARIA albums chart and earned a nomination for Best Rock Album at that year's ARIA Awards. "Snakeskin" is its jagged, snapping weapon of choice, with "1981" and the anthem "Australia" behind it.
Cohesion followed in April 2010, reaching number three, with "Some of the Places I Know" and "Baby, I'm Gettin' Better" as its singles, the sound of a band that had fought its way up the ladder and saw no reason to ease off.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Gyroscope on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snakeskin | 1 | #16 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | Fast Girl | 1 | #29 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | Baby, I'm Gettin' Better | 1 | #40 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Beware Wolf | 1 | #62 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | 1981 | 1 | #85 | – | 2008 | |
| 6 | Doctor, Doctor | 1 | #92 | – | 2003 | |
| 7 | Safe Forever | 1 | #97 | – | 2004 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 40 | Baby, I'm Gettin' Better | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
| 2008 | 85 | 1981 | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2007 | 16 | Snakeskin | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 |
| 2005 | 29 | Fast Girl | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 |
| 2005 | 62 | Beware Wolf | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 |
| 2004 | 97 | Safe Forever | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 |
| 2003 | 92 | Doctor, Doctor | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 |
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