Six Mile High (or 6 Mile High) were a Western Australian rock band originally named Yummy Fur.[1] Formed in Perth in 1991 by Travis Calley on keyboards, programming and saxophone, Kiriakos Lucas on guitar, and Julian Ralls on guitar, together with the three Mazandarani brothers, Andrei on vocals and programming, Anton on drums and percussion, and Jerome on bass guitar.[1][2] They changed their name when they signed with Sony and then relocated to Melbourne.[3]

Six Mile High
Also known asYummy Fur, 6 Mile High
OriginPerth, Western Australia
GenresRock
Years active1991–98
Labels
  • Salmonberry Records
  • EMI
  • Sony
Past members
  • Travis Calley
  • Kiriakos Lucas
  • Andrei Mazandarani
  • Anton Mazandarani
  • Jerome Mazandarani
  • Julian Ralls

In 1996 they left Sony, went back to being Yummy Fur[1] and released an album, One of These Things Is not Like the Other, in the following year.[3] Two of Six Mile High's singles, "Homebaker" and "Hallowed Ground", were engineered by Chris Dickie, who earned a nomination for Engineer of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 1996 for these and "Restoration" by Header.[4] The group disbanded in 1998.

Members

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  • Travis Calley (keyboards, programming, saxophone)
  • Kiriakos Lucas (guitar)
  • Andrei Mazandarani (vocals, programming)
  • Anton Mazandarani (drums, percussion)
  • Jerome Mazandarani (bass)
  • Julian Ralls (guitar)

Discography

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Six Mile High

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List of singles as Six Mile High, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
[5]
"Homebaker" 1995 84
"Hallowed Ground" 1996

Yummy Fur

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  • Fir'ther EP (1993) – Salmonberry Records
  • Initiations (1994)
  • One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other (1997) – Offworld Sounds

References

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  1. ^ a b c Drummond, Mark (17 October 1996), "Forget Blur Vs Oasis...", The West Australian
  2. ^ Wooller, Retna (19 November 2018). "Warwick-raised, London-based Curtin Uni drop out Jerome Mazandarani sells his latest anime series to Netflix". PerthNow. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b Jansen, Ara (31 July 1997), "Yummy Sweet as Record Link Sours", The West Australian
  4. ^ "Winners by Year 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 255.