page_title: The Living End
section_title: The Longnecks to Modern ARTillery (2002–2005)
hierarchical_section_title: The Living End / History / The Longnecks to Modern ARTillery (2002–2005)
caption_attribution_description: English: Leadsinger of the band The Living End, Chris Cheney. Dansk: Chris Cheney, forsanger for bandet The Living End.
context_page_description: The Living End are an Australian punk rock band from Melbourne, formed in 1994. Since 2002 the line up consists of Chris Cheney, Scott Owen and Andy Strachan. The band rose to fame in 1997 after the release of their EP Second Solution / Prisoner of Society, which peaked at No. 4 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. They have released eight studio albums, two of which reached the No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart: The Living End and State of Emergency. They have also achieved chart success in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
  The Band was nominated 27 times and won five awards at the Australian ARIA Music Awards ceremonies: "Highest Selling Single" for Second Solution / Prisoner of Society, "Breakthrough Artist – Album" and "Best Group" for The Living End, "Best Rock Album" for White Noise and The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating. In October 2010 their debut album was listed in the book "100 Best Australian Albums".
  Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described the group as "one of Australia’s premier rock acts. By blending a range of styles with great success, The Living End has managed to produce anthemic choruses and memorable songs in abundance".
context_section_description: In February 2002, The Living End's line up changed as Demsey left and was replaced on drums in April by Andy Strachan (ex-Pollyanna). Dempsey wanted to spend more time with his family, and had a dislike of heavy touring; in August that year he joined Fez Perez, and later joined a punk, folk rock group, The Currency. The Living End developed a side project, The Longnecks, to test out Strachan and new material for their third album, Modern ARTillery, without attracting wide public attention. The name is a reference to longneck beer bottles. The Longnecks name was re-used by the band to try out potential material for later albums. They have also played under other names: Glen Waverley & The Mentones, The Dovetones, Roller Toasters, Doncaster & The Dandenongs and Redwings; at various venues in regional Victoria.
  In mid-2002 The Living End recorded four tracks, including "One Said to the Other", which were released as an EP in January the following year and reached the top 20 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Two of its tracks were re-recorded in Los Angeles with Mark Trombino (Blink-182, Jebediah) producing, together with new material for Modern ARTillery, which appeared on 28 October 2003. It peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart, top 50 in New Zealand, and top 40 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart. "Who's Gonna Save Us?" was issued a month earlier, as the lead single, which reached top 40 in Australia, top 30 in New Zealand and on Billboard's Alternative Songs Chart. They followed with heavy touring (including Big Day Out) promoting their releases.
  On 27 September 2004 the band released a compilation album, From Here on In: The Singles 1997-2004, early versions included a bonus disc, Under the Covers, which had six cover versions of other artist's tracks. The CD featured two new tracks: "I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got" and "Bringing It All Back Home". They also issued a compilation DVD, From Here on In: The DVD 1997–2004, which collated their music video clips and live performances of the groups at festivals: Splendour in the Grass and Big Day Out in Sydney, and from Summer Sonic in Japan. The DVD also documented the band's history by interviews and home footage.
caption: Chris Cheney fronting The Living End at Nibe Festival 2009, in Denmark. He founded the band in 1994 as their singer-songwriter and lead guitarist.[3] In September 2001 he had been injured in a car accident and was hospitalised for two months.[24] In October 2006 he told other group members that he wanted to quit – he had writer's block – however, he returned to songwriting and performing with the band by April 2007.[27]
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