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Moler

Moler, previously called Snuff, are an Australian indie power pop band which formed in 1993 as a three-piece with founding mainstays Helen Cattanach on bass guitar and lead vocals and Julien Poulson on lead guitar. They had a changing line-up of drummers and sometimes worked as a four-piece with a keyboardist. Their sole studio album during their first incarnation, Golden Duck, was released in October 1997 via Infectious/Mushroom with Lindsay Gravina producing. They also issued eight extended plays (EPs) before they disbanded in 2001. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, Golden Duck was nominated for the Best Rock Album. In November they opened the Mushroom 25 Live concert. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "[they] built-up a buzz around the [local] independent scene with [their] mix of noisy guitar fuzz, hard-driving beats, strident pop melodies and Cattanach's alternately sweet'n'purring and aggressive vocals." Moler reformed in 2018, released another EP and performed periodically thereafter. In March 2026, Moler released their second studio album 69.

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Moler, previously called Snuff, are an Australian indie power pop band which formed in 1993 as a three-piece with founding mainstays Helen Cattanach on bass guitar and lead vocals and Julien Poulson on lead guitar. They had a changing line-up of drummers and sometimes worked as a four-piece with a keyboardist. Their sole studio album during their first incarnation, Golden Duck, was released in October 1997 via Infectious/Mushroom with Lindsay Gravina producing. They also issued eight extended plays (EPs) before they disbanded in 2001. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, Golden Duck was nominated for the Best Rock Album. In November they opened the Mushroom 25 Live concert. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "[they] built-up a buzz around the [local] independent scene with [their] mix of noisy guitar fuzz, hard-driving beats, strident pop melodies and Cattanach's alternately sweet'n'purring and aggressive vocals." Moler reformed in 2018, released another EP and performed periodically thereafter. In March 2026, Moler released their second studio album 69.

Key claims

  1. date of formation: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of formation: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 2019 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of formation is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "1997". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "2019". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  8. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1379010673

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