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“Greg! The Stop Sign!!” by TISM
From the album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons (1995)
“Greg! The Stop Sign!!” by TISM appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. It was first released in 1995 on the album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons. Its best result is #10 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #126 alternative song of 1995.
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"Greg! The Stop Sign!!" was the third single TISM pulled from Machiavelli and the Four Seasons, out in August 1995, and it's a road-safety campaign turned into a rock song: the Australian band built it on the TAC's run of speeding commercials and name-checked the Victorian road safety authority along the way. The parts were salvaged from all over. The bridge comes from "Consumption Tax", cut during the 1992 Beasts of Suburban sessions, and the solo reworks the intro riff of the Shadows' "FBI".
The band produced it themselves, with Laurence Maddy recording and mixing, and it earned an ARIA nomination for Best Independent Release. In 2022 a limited 12-inch dug up early versions from January 1994, which ran on the riff from "The Ballad of Paul Keating" instead.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 10 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
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