THE LIVING END DISCOGRAPHY & VIDEOS

1.The Living End (1998)
2. Roll On (2000)
3.Modern Artillery (2003)
4.State of Emergency (2006)
5.White Noise (2008)
6.The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating (2011)







The Living End 
Released October 12, 1998, Length 47:05, Label Modular/EMI

1.Prisoner of Society 3:52
2.Growing Up (Falling Down) 3:56

3.Second Solution 3:00

4.West End Riot 3:54

5.Bloody Mary 3:45

6.Monday 3:32

7.All Torn Down 4:09

8.Save the Day 2:56

9.Trapped 3:26

10.Have They Forgotten 3:13

11.Fly Away 2:53

12.I Want a Day 2:29

13.Sleep on It 2:58

14.Closing In 3:03

The Living End is the self-titled debut studio album by Australian punk/rockabilly band The Living End. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia. The cover art, as described by frontman Chris Cheney, is taken from a photograph of the inside of a World War I all-female bomb factory.

The Living End achieved mainstream success with one of the singles "Prisoner of Society", and supported The Offspring on the Americana tour. ARIA publicised that The Living End had officially achieved 5x Platinum status in Australia in November 2007. It is still to date the band's most successful release. In October 2010, The Living End, was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.

The 6th track "Monday" is the band's epitaph to the 1996 Dunblane massacre.

Roll On

Released March 27, 2001, Length 47:57, Label EMI/Reprise

1.Roll On 3:09
2.Pictures in the Mirror 3:18

3.Riot On Broadway 2:56

4.Staring At the Light 4:08

5.Carry Me Home 3:12

6.Don't Shut the Gate 3:04

7.Dirty Man 3:36

8.Blood On Your Hands 4:14

9.Revolution Regained 2:46

10.Silent Victory 3:35

11.Read About It 3:16

12.Killing the Right 4:21

13.Astoria Paranoia 3:05

14.Uncle Harry– 3:24

15.Prisoner of Society (Live) (US bonus track)  4:37

Roll On is the second album by Australian rock band The Living End, released in Australia and New Zealand on EMI in 2000, and internationally on Reprise/Warner Brothers in 2001.

Musically, the album marked a change from the sound of their debut album, The Living End. Roll On had a notably more polished sound (as compared to the more garage-y sound of the previous album). Horn sections featured on numerous songs, such as Uncle Harry and Killing The Right. Whereas the previous album had displayed punk and rockabilly influences (by artists such as Green Day and Stray Cats), Roll On showed more Australian rock influences, particularly artists of the 80s Pub Rock era. The album even garnered comparison, by a few critics, to seminal punk band The Clash's creative breakthrough, London Calling. The album was recorded with producer Nick Launay, who had previously worked with artists such as Silverchair and Midnight Oil.

It also marked the last major work featuring drummer Travis Demsey. In the downtime following the album's release and subsequent tour, he would leave the band, to be replaced by Andy Strachan.

ARIA publicised that Roll On had officially achieved 2x Platinum status in Australia in November 2007. This was a great achievement as all of their other album releases were simultaneously awarded a higher accreditation. These new figures, however, indicated that sales of Roll On had been topped by the band's fourth studio release, State Of Emergency. This now means that the Roll On album now takes the position as the band's third most successful release.

The song 'Carry Me Home' from the album was also featured in the video game Guitar Hero II as a playable song.

Modern Artillery

Released October 28, 2003, Length 49:35, Label EMI/ Reprise

1.What Would You Do? 1:28
2.One Said to the Other 2:46

3.Who's Gonna Save Us? 3:21

4.End of the World 3:36

5.Jimmy 3:29

6.Tabloid Magazine 3:21

7.In the End 4:16

8.Maitland Street 4:07

9.Putting You Down 3:47

10.Short Notice 2:43

11.So What? 2:58

12.Rising Up from the Ashes" - 3:16

13.Hold Up 2:28

14.The Room 8:07

Modern Artillery (typeset as MODERN ARTillery) is the third album by the Australian Punk rock band the Living End. It was released twice for 28 October 2003 as an international release date and 2 March 2004 for a United States release date. It was the first album with Andy Strachan as drummer, since Travis Demsey had left after Roll On.

Who's Gonna Save Us? has been released as a single, and End of the World appears on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Underground 2. "Who's Gonna Save Us?" appeared in commercials for Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

ARIA publicised that Modern ARTillery had officially achieved Platinum status in Australia in November 2007. This was a great achievement as all of their other album releases were simultaneously awarded a higher accreditation.

State of Emergency

Released February 4, 2006, Length 51:45, Label EMI

1.Til the End 4:27
2.Long Live the Weekend 2:54

3.No Way Out 2:40

4.We Want More 3:41

5.Wake Up 4:31

6.What's on Your Radio 3:02

7.Nothing Lasts Forever 4:52

8.One Step Behind 4:20

9.Reborn 3:49

10.Order of the Day 3:38

11.Nowhere Town 4:06

12.State of Emergency 2:58

13.Black Cat 3:45

14.Into the Red 3:08

State of Emergency is the fourth studio album by Australian punk rock band The Living End. It was released in Australia on 4 February 2006, in New Zealand on 6 February and in Japan in May 2006. The album was released in the United States and Canada on 11 July 2006. It debuted in the number one position on the ARIA charts. The first single off the album was "What's on Your Radio" which was released on 20 November 2005. The follow-up single, "Wake Up" was released on 18 February 2006, and debuted at number 5 on the ARIA charts, making it the highest single debut position for The Living End (not including the double A-side "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society").

The limited edition comes with a DVD, documenting the stages of making the album and shows footage of their performances, including the band as The Longnecks and at Splendour in the Grass. The band also released a live DVD of the State of Emergency Tour, Live at Festival Hall. A limited edition vinyl of the album was released and is limited to 500 copies worldwide.

ARIA publicized that State of Emergency had officially achieved 2x Platinum status in Australia in November 2007. This was a great achievement as all of their other album releases were simultaneously awarded a higher accreditation. The album is now their second highest selling behind the efforts of their record-breaking debut.

Before recording

In December 2005, The Living End, as The Longnecks, played gigs in Sydney featuring tracks from the album. This was to test out audience reactions to new songs in order to ready themselves for the Big Day Out. Tracks were also given a live airing in festivals of late 2005 and early 2006, such as the 2005 Homebake festival at The Domain, Sydney.

The Living End played at Splendour in the Grass, a music festival in Byron Bay the day before they were due to start recording State of Emergency. 301 Studios was literally across the road from where they were playing. Band members decided that if they got positive reactions during their performance, they'd do well producing the record and be in the right frame of mind to do so.

White Noise

Released July 19, 2008, Length 44:26, Label Dew Process

1.How Do We Know?  4:14
2.Raise the Alarm 3:37

3.White Noise 3:44

4.Moment in the Sun  4:22

5.Waiting for the Silence  5:01

6.Make the Call  4:00

7.Loaded Gun  4:57

8.Kid  3:33

9.21st Century 3:28

10.Hey Hey Disbeliever 3:37

11.Sum of Us 3:49

White Noise is the ARIA Award–winning fifth studio album by Australian punk rock band The Living End, released in Australia on 19 July 2008. It was their first album released by their new record label Dew Process. It was also released with a limited edition bonus DVD, which was recorded at ACDC Lane, Melbourne, featuring six live songs, four of which were songs from White Noise. The album debuted at number two on the Australian Album Chart, achieving a Gold certification in its first week. It has since gone on to achieve a Platinum accreditation.

The album was nominated for Best Rock Album & Album of the Year at the 2008 ARIA Awards, winning the ARIA Award for Best Rock Album 2008.

Background

Pre-recording

After a live show in late 2006, the band was placed on hiatus due to the fatigue of lead vocalist Chris Cheney. Cheney took a number of months off, doing yoga for relaxation and consequently, inspiration. White Noise got its first real kick-start when he came up with the guitar riff from the first track "How Do We Know?", saying he "took it to the guys and they said ‘That's the direction, write another 12 of those'". Cheney has said the brief departure "was the turmoil that had to happen", but he "was back on track".

In February 2008, The Living End, under the alias of The Longnecks, played a small tour across Victoria to road-test songs they had written for their fifth studio album. They played a handful of dates and used the audience's reaction to the new material as a guide to which songs sounded better in a live environment

Recording and production

The Living End's new label suggested and assigned producer John Agnello, who has formerly done work with Sonic Youth and The Hold Steady. Band manager Rae Harvey selected Brendan O'Brien to mix and master the album. O'Brien begun work with The Living End literally a day after completing production on AC/DC's latest album Black Ice, and is notable for his work with high profile bands such as Pearl Jam. These two were selected to help replicate their live sound inside a studio. The album was recorded by producer Agnello in April 2008, in New Jersey, United States.

Promotion

Only four days after the mastering of the album was completed, The Living End released a taster track titled "How Do We Know", which was posted on the Triple J website for download on 23 May 2008, available for one week only. Also as a promotion for the album a "White Noise Gizmo" was made available through the Nova Radio Station webpage, which Windows Vista users were able to download a taster of the album. This allowed two tracks a day to be heard from 14 July to 18 July.

The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating

Released July 22, 2011, Length 40:09, Label Dew Process

1.In the Morning 3:17
2.Heatwave 3:08

3.Machine Gun 3:29

4.For Another Day 3:15

5.Song for the Lonely 3:16

6.Ride the Wave Boy 3:52

7.Resist 4:42

8.Away from the City3:43

9.United 3:34

10.Universe 3:45

11.The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating 4:08

The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating is the sixth album by Australian rock band The Living End, released on 22 July 2011 on Dew Process.The album was produced by Nick DiDia.


Composition and recording
In early 2010, Chris Cheney went to New York for three months to begin writing songs for the album. While in New York, he met up with The Hold Steady singer Craig Finn, who he met through John Agnello who had produced the band's previous album, White Noise. With Finn, he cowrote the song "The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating". Cheney said that for the new album he "wanted to meet different people and gather some fresh resources and influences to hopefully take my writing and add a different element".

Later in the year, the band regrouped to begin rehearsals in a South Melbourne recording studio. The band performed as The Safety Matches to road test new material. Cheney said that they had performed "a week's worth of gigs playing only new songs to see which ones would sink or swim" and that they had recorded fewer studio demos than for previous albums. They then went into the studio to record the album.They spent four or five weeks in Byron Bayand a further two to three weeks recording in Melbourne.

Cheney said that the album took "like a year and a half of writing" and that they always seem to "go through 30-40 songs" in rehearsal. He said that during writing the album they had "amassed something in the vicinity of 40-plus songs to choose from". During the writing stage he said he would be "working on 30 songs at the same time." When asked in a live webchat on what was different about this album, he replied, "I believe that there was a sense of not being able to top what we achieved with White Noise, so I was determined we'd create the best songs we've written. We ended up with more songs and at the end of it we went through every tune and picked the best ones that fit together."

Scott Owen has said that for the album they "have taken a lot of inspiration from U2 and INXS, particularly the ‘dancey’ rock stuff. Rage Against The Machine as well. Something that those three bands share is the ability to get on a groove and stay on it, letting it pulsate and grow in a tribal sort of way, making it quite transfixing without changing the basic formula of each song."

Recording of the album, with Nick DiDia, who came out from Atlanta to produce the album, was completed in May 2011 after which it was sent to Brendan O'Brien for mixing.

Music and lyrics

Chris Cheney has said that for the album, the "aim has been to construct something more direct, simple and therefore tougher and bigger sounding than anything we've done before." He also said that the band "spent a lot of time experimenting with the parts of the songs to achieve this. Also and most importantly this will be an album, not just a bunch of songs."

The album's producer, Nick DiDia, suggested to the band that keeping the songs slower would increase their impact. "He taught us that in slowing the tempo down it makes the song have so much more impact and be so much more direct", said Cheney. "There was an openness and air surrounding the tunes that we didn't want to clutter up playing it too fast or trying to be too fancy with our parts."

Musically, Cheney has said that he used various effects to get a broader sound; "I have used more effects on this record vs others. There was the chorus peddle [sic] which gave songs an '80s flavour we were excited about. The good thing about a new guitar peddle [sic] is when it influences your writing. it's important for our songs to grow and sonically there's a broader spectrum now."

Cheney said that the album title "doesn’t mean anything, but it certainly suggests a theme. Everything must rejuvenate, everything goes in cycles, and we are all going through the same thing, really. It doesn't make exact sense, which is why I kind of like it"

For the first time, with the new album to promote, the band has hired a second guitarist to play live with them. When asked about this, Cheney said, "the songs on the new album aren't more complex but we felt there were some sounds and elements missing from our live show that are on our records. We plan to use him for some of the songs but not all, the idea is that it creates a fuller sound and you will hear parts of our record that have not been executed on stage. It will free me up to play some parts that have been missing from our gigs."

Release and reception

The title track and lead single was premiered on triple J Breakfast on 3 June 2011. The single was then made available to stream on the band's official website. "Machine Gun" was also made available to download via the band's Facebook page. The whole album was made available to stream to members of the band's mailing list for 24 hours on 18 July 2011.

The album debuted at number three on the ARIA Album Chart. It received four and a half stars from Rolling Stone, saying it would "be fitting if this became the Living End's defining record". The album was Radar's record of the week.

However, Doug Wallen of The Vine was not so glowing. Labelling the work a 'buffed clean record deprived of heft and depth', he criticises Cheney's lyrics, stating that they are generic and clichéd. Citing a 'radio gloss' on the songs, he feels that the record lacks the 'the boiling blood of the best anti-establishment music'.

THE LIVING END ****

The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals) and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in the late 1990s after the release of their double A-side single, Second Solution / Prisoner of Society.

They have released five studio albums and one singles compilation in Australia; three of which have reached the #1 spot on the Australian Album Chart. They have also gained notable success in the United States and Europe. The band are annually adding to their collection of Jack Awards, consistently winning awards for Best Drummer, Best Male Performer, and Best Band.

History

Beginnings (1994-1996)

The Living End were formed in 1994 by Chris Cheney and Scott Owen, who met through their older sisters while attending Wheelers Hill Secondary College in Melbourne. Cheney was a big fan of rockabilly group Stray Cats and this prompted Scott Owen, who originally played piano, to switch to double bass. He was taught by Maddie O'Reiden, a classical upright bass tutor. The pair formed a cover band, Runaway Boys, named after a song from the Stray Cats' debut album. The band played in Melbourne's rockabilly music scene. While Cheney and Owen persevered, the band went through several drummers while still in school.

However, by 1994 Chris and Scott were writing their own material and they decided to change their name to The Living End, a reference to the film Rock Around the Clock. The group went through a procession of drummers, including Alex Sarris, before settling on Joe Piripitzi. Sarris played for several months, but was unable to remain in the band, as a result of irreconsilible creative differences with frontman Cheney. However, Cheney considered Joe an ideal drummer because of his charismatic appearance.

The Living End got their first big break in 1995 when, after sending a t-shirt and a demo tape to Billie Joe Armstrong, they landed a support slot in Green Day's upcoming Australian tour. After the tour, the group went into the studio to record their debut EP Hellbound which received moderate support from community radio stations.

In November 1995, the band went back into the studio to record their second EP It's For Your Own Good which they released several months later. This recording yielded their first major radio airplay with the song "From Here On In", which was placed on high rotation on the youth radio network Triple J. Shortly after the release of the second EP, drummer Joe Piripitzi was fired as his lifestyle choices were said to be holding back the band, being replaced with Travis Demsey. Demsey was soon playing with the band at major festivals such as Pushover and the Falls Festival, and was considered to drum very much in the style of Keith Moon.

After a year touring Australia, The Living End again headed into the studio to record something new to sell at their live shows. The result was the Second Solution / Prisoner of Society double A-side single.

Breakout (1997-1998)

Second Solution / Prisoner of Society quickly became a national hit, with the double A-side becoming the highest selling Australian single of the 1990s and peaking for several weeks at No.4 and receiving the 1998 ARIA Award for Highest Selling Single. It lasted a record-breaking 47 weeks on the ARIA Top 50 singles charts. It was later featured in the game Guitar Hero World Tour.

The Living End (1998-1999)

The band signed on to Modular Recordings for the release of their debut self titled album. The album was an instant hit with Australian audiences. The Living End became the second (now third) highest-selling debut rock album in Australian music history. It charted at #1, and is now 5x Platinum. During this period six singles were released including the previously stated double A-side, and in addition "Tainted Love", a live cover, was released as a radio-only single on Triple J.

The Living End were awarded two more ARIA awards in 1999 for Best Group, and Best New Artist.

Roll On (2000-2001)

The Roll On album in 2000 was a more creative work, but did not manage to achieve the status of their earlier album. Cheney later stated that he was trying to prove to critics that The Living End were not a band simply defined by their hit "Prisoner of Society", and the album showed this by displaying other influences, as well as their traditional fast-paced rockabilly music. The album even garnered comparison, by a few critics, to seminal punk band The Clash's creative breakthrough, London Calling.Much of the style was comparable to 1980s hard rock and pub rock, as well as many tracks being obscure mixes of many ideas, resulting in 'procrastinating' structures. This defined the album's creativity.

During this period, relative success was achieved in addition in the US, with the band receiving America-wide coverage by playing on both Conan O'Brian and David Letterman's major late-night variety shows. The album included "Carry me Home", which was included in the Guitar Hero II soundtrack.

However, singles and success for Roll On was limited because of a twist of fate. In 2001, the band hit a quiet period after Chris Cheney was in a car accident on the Great Ocean Road, rendering him unable to play for a significant period of time. He had been on the road to the house of a member of fellow Australian band Bodyjar.

The Longnecks (2002)

In early 2002, Travis Demsey left the band shortly after Chris's recovery, so he could spend more time with his family, supported by a developed dislike of heavy touring. However, the dilemma was overcome when Andy Strachan was accepted as the new drummer. The Longnecks were formed to test out Andy Strachan and new material to be on the Modern ARTillery album, without attracting too much public attention. The name is a reference to 'Longneck' beer bottles, as can be heard on the band's Podcast on iTunes. Travis Demsey now plays drums in a punk/folk rock band called 'The Currency'. The Longnecks name has since been used by the band to try out potentially new album material for both State of Emergency and the band's fifth album,White Noise.

The band has also played under many different names such as Glen Waverley & The Mentones, The Dovetones, Roller Toasters, Doncaster & The Dandenongs and Redwings at various venues in regional Victoria.

Modern ARTillery (2002-2004)

At this time the band made a comeback, releasing "One Said to the Other" in late 2002 (originally released as an EP then later re-recorded for the album) and "Who's Gonna Save Us?" in 2003, and getting air play once again. This was followed by heavy touring (including Big Day Out) and the release of Modern ARTillery.

The Modern ARTillery album in 2003 was a return to musical simplicity in most tracks (the rock anthem "The Room" being an exception), but was certainly of a different style to the 'punkabilly' of the self-titled album, and the jazzy rockabilly of Hellboundand It's For Your Own Good. Instead, punk pop, computer-generated sounds, country music, and 1960s style rock'n'roll had their share on Modern ARTillery, among other styles.

Because of the quiet period, their return was initially received with much hype compared to Roll On, with "One Said To the Other" becoming a top 20 hit, the album debuting at #3, and the promotion of three singles and one radio release. However, the long run saw their stylistic change to be less popular, with overall sales of albums and singles being comparatively less than that of the self-titled album and Roll On.

From Here on In (2004-2005)

In late 2004, the band released a singles collection, From Here on In, as well as a DVD, which included a collection of their music video clips and a "supergig" of the band's most famous songs performed in Australia at Splendour In The Grass and Big Day Out in Sydney, and from Summersonic festival in Japan. The DVD also featured the band's history, documented in interviews and home footage. The CD featured two new tracks: "I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got" and "Bringing It All Back Home". Some editions were released with the bonus 'Under The Covers' CD, which featured six covers from various parts of their career.

State of Emergency (2005-2007)

The album's tracks are even simpler than Modern ARTillery's tracks, but with a more raw sound, so as to assimilate even further with the early releases and the self-titled album; also being aware that they sound best live and raw. Nevertheless, the new styles and other styles experienced in Modern ARTillery remain in State of Emergency to a small extent; arguably most dominantly pop punk, rockabilly now being a less met blend of The Living End's 'punkabilly' style.The Living End's fourth album, titled State of Emergency, was recorded in Byron Bay with Nick Launay, following the band's appearance at the Splendour in the Grass festival. The recording and the artwork was completed in mid December 2005, and the album was released on 4 February 2006, debuting at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.The Living End again played gigs under the name The Longnecks before recording the album, to test out new material.

The single "What's on Your Radio?" was released on 20 November 2005, and debuted at #9 on the ARIA singles chart. The second single, "Wake Up", was released on 19 February and went straight to number #5. The third single from the album, "Long Live the Weekend", was released 20 May, but did not enter the top 20, whilst the other two singles had entered the top 10. The fourth single, "Nothing Lasts Forever", was released in Australia on 19 August and was not as successful as the first two. Nevertheless, State of Emergency continues to hold onto its position as a generally very successful album, enhanced by the great success of the first two singles. The album was also nominated for the 2006 J Award.

The album was released in the United States through Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's Adeline Records along with Eastwest Records on 11 July 2006 and Canada on 18 July 2006. Further releases in support of the album was the DVD Live At Festival Hall on 30 September, which captured a Melbourne performance of the State of Emergency Tour, featuring many songs from the album, and many classics.

In 2006 the band took 4 Jack Awards; Best Live Band, Best Live TV Performance, Best Performer (Chris) and Best Drummer (Andy). This means that The Living End has being awarded the most Jack Awards each year and overall so far.

During the 2006 State of Emergency tour, the Living End's show in Milwaukee was cancelled, so it was rescheduled on 2 December as a supporting act for +44.

On 6 October, Chris Cheney left the band because he felt enormously burnt out, and was sick of the constant touring, as well as experiencing writers block. Chris felt that his life was going nowhere and that he needed to get away from the band, and gain experience in other areas of life. This information was kept confidential until 2008.

2007 saw Chris Cheney isolated from his band mates trying to write the follow up to "State of Emergency". He was disappointed with the results so he took up yoga, spent time painting and being around his baby daughter whilst taking a break from music for the first time in 10 years. During this period the band released a radio-only single, the Cold Chisel cover "Rising Sun", available on the Standing on the Outside Cold Chisel tribute album. After Chris was convinced not to leave the band they played The Great Escape in May and re-started work on their fifth studio album, though they toured the UK in August, releasing State of Emergency there on 13 August through Deck Cheese Records.

White Noise (2008-2009)

Two new songs were debuted at the EG Awards in Melbourne, "Raise the Alarm" and "How Do We Know". These tracks were well received by the audience who witnessed the performance, although a few days after the performance Chris Cheney sent an email to everyone in The Living End mailing list talking about the EG Awards show and expressing how far away these new tracks are from being recorded. He also stated that they were only a week or so old. The band announced a short tour under their pre-release alias The Longnecks to try out new songs before they went into the studio. The new material played during these gigs are said by Cheney to be the most exciting of their career, saying "there is a heaviness and depth to the new stuff that we simply haven't had before".

The first track released from the album was the title track, "White Noise". The song, "How Do We Know", was simultaneously released as a radio-only track on Triple J, but was also heard on such radio stations as Nova 969. These two complimenting tracks came together to form the first single from the album. The White Noise/How Do We Know? double A-side single was released both physically and digitally on 5 July 2008.

The Living End released their fifth studio album, White Noise, on 19 July 2008. Recording of the album took place at Water Music Studios in Hoboken, New Jersey, on the week beginning 31 March. The producer was John Agnello, whom Cheney felt "[could] capture the energy and attack we are after". Brendan O'Brien mixed the record at Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

The White Noise album had almost a year and a half of solid writing behind it, with the end result revealing "more of a hard rock influence." The band self proclaimed the album as "the best thing we've ever done."

The band launched the album on 19 July 2008, with an in-store appearance at the Virgin Megastore in Sydney. The band spent almost 2 hours signing copies of the album for fans. In support of the album, the band made many television appearances in Australia, including their performance on 5 October at the 2008 NRL Grand Final at ANZ Stadium. White Noise was awarded the ARIA for Best Rock Album of 2008, over such competition as Gyroscope and Faker.

On 25 September 2008, "Moment in the Sun" was released to Australian radio as the second single from White Noise. It was physically and digitally released on 25 October 2008.

On 22 December 2008, "Raise the Alarm" was released to Australian radio as the third single from White Noise. A music video has been released containing footage of live performances during the white noise tour and some others.

In February 2009, the band made a secret appearance in Melbourne supporting the Stray Cats on their Farewell Tour.

On 27 February 2009, tickets were released for the Raise the Alarm Tour which happened in May.

Next album (2010-present)

During September and October 2010, The Living End performed a few secret shows under the alias "Safety Matches", testing new material, much like what they did under The Longnecks, the new album is planned to be out March/April 2011. The main songs they played were "United", "Universe", "Black and White", "The Beginning Is Just The End Repeating Itself", "Postcard American Town" and "Heatwave"

In the January edition of The Living End's News, Chris says, "Having spent all of 2010 writing album 6 we have amassed something in the vicinity of 40+ songs to choose from... There are some really different ideas kicking around this time but the emphasis has been on creating a cohesive album that is heavy, melodic and overall very anthemic."

Musical style and influences

The Living End consider themselves to be a rock 'n' roll band based on punk ethics, citing the Clash, Iggy Pop, The Who and The Jam as influences and bands with whom they share the same ideals, making a social commentary on what's going on around them. They have also been compared favorably to 1990s punk revivalists Rancid. However, the band do not consider themselves a punk band, more a rock 'n' roll band who are influenced by punk.

Chris Cheney regards 1950s rock 'n' roll as his greatest influence and first musical love which, along with 1980s rockabilly revival band Stray Cats, the band's sound was based on. They also regard Australian pub rock as an important influence on the band, something the members grew up with and appreciated. Other rockabilly influences include Reverend Horton Heat and Eddie Cochran.

Scott Owen has said that his favorite bands include Stray Cats, Reverend Horton Heat, Midnight Oil, The Clash, The Jam, Green Day, Sublime, Bodyjar, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Rancid, The Beatles and Supergrass. He regards Lee Rocker of Stray Cats as the main musical influence of his, mimicking his right hand movements on the upright bass when he first learnt how to play.

Amongst other bands, ex-Sum 41 guitarist Dave Baksh has suggested that it would be great if he could tour with The Living End, saying that they're all "really good musicians"