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The Cruel Sea

Rock

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Listen to Better Get a Lawyer by The Cruel Sea, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Listen to Straight Into The Sun by The Cruel Sea
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More albums from The Cruel Sea

Listen to We Don't Work, We Play Music by The Cruel Sea
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Listen to Where There's Smoke by The Cruel Sea
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Listen to Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea
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Listen to The Honeymoon Is Over (30th Anniversary Edition) by The Cruel Sea
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Listen to This Is Not the Way Home by The Cruel Sea
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Listen to Down Below by The Cruel Sea
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About The Cruel Sea

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Hometown
Sydney, Australia
Formed
1988
Genre
Rock
Stoking the combined moodiness of spaghetti-western soundtracks, roadhouse blues, rustic honkytonk, and vintage surf rock, The Cruel Sea began life in 1987 as a purely instrumental affair. Soon the Sydney ensemble tapped deep-voiced Tex Perkins from underground supergroup The Beasts of Bourbon to moonlight on vocals. Perkins lent his brooding swagger to half the songs on 1989’s debut Down Below, while the wordless “Reckless Eyeballin’” became the theme song of long-running TV show Blue Heelers. Equal parts growling and prowling, the title track of 1993’s The Honeymoon Is Over won two ARIA awards alone, while lead single “Black Stick” became a Top 40 hit in Australia. By that point Perkins had become a full-time member, chewing through the palpable instrumental scenery on songs like “Better Get a Lawyer.” The 2001 swansong, Where There’s Smoke, saw the band mellow and smooth out their sound while deepening their longstanding country and soul influences.
Members of The Cruel Sea include, or have included, Tex Perkins.

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