Artist · chart history
The Panics
Band Perth Australia Formed 2002 Australian band
The Panics formed in 2002 in Perth, Australia. The Panics has 1 chart appearance on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2007. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Don't Fight It”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #10. The station that charted The Panics most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
The Panics go back to the schoolyard in Kalamunda, out on the edge of Perth, where Jae Laffer (still going by his real first name, Justin, back then) met Drew Wootton on their very first day. The pair recruited Drew's kid brother Myles to play the drums, with Paul Otway taking the bass and Jules Douglas handling slide guitar, keys and some of the singing, and Douglas's slide and keys gave the band more shading than the average guitar outfit. They have since moved their base to Melbourne.
Their break came from an unlikely direction. Happy Mondays' Gaz Whelan and Pete Carroll, in town for the Big Day Out, caught them at the Inglewood Hotel, and the Panics became the very first act signed to the British label LittleBIGMAN Records.
They have also recorded for Dew Process, and Cruel Guards, in 2004, is the album that carries "Don't Fight It", the song that stuck: it was still turning up on rock radio's countdowns three years after it came out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Panics on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Fight It | 1 | #10 | – | 2007 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | Don't Fight It | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 |
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