3556 BendigoSender is a 4 piece rock act from Bendigo in Central Victoria and has been described as being somewhere between Muse, silverchair, Foo Fighters and Incubus, with influences from Zep to Deftones.
It all started in Bendigo in 1995 when 4 high school friends started jamming to the likes of Nirvana & silverchair. After performing at various school functions and local concerts, Bohdan Dower, tried his hand at creating his own material and found he had the flair for writing songs - the first being penned at only 14 years of age. Over the next couple of years under the name Zenyth the band slowly built a repertoire of new, original material and Zenyth began developing a loyal following of fans. Regular gigs throughout Victoria saw them perform with the likes of Killing Heidi, 28 Days, Magic Dirt and Something For Kate.
In the years leading up to 2000, the band took out several ‘battle of the bands’ competitions including the State Final in the 1999 Rock Eisteddfod, leading to a performance at Melbourne’s National Tennis Centre, an event televised nationally on Channel 10,
2000 saw more competition appearances including the massive Push On 2000 final at Melbourne’s Luna Park, plus performances at the launch of National Youth Week at The Chapel in Prahran and at The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
In 2001 the band released their debut EP Threedoublefivesix which was produced, recorded, engineered and funded by the band, which lead to them breaking more ground with live performances across the state. Threedoublefivesix went to a second pressing and has since sold out – it now becomes a collector’s item as “Zenyth’s” one and only CD release.
Whilst still playing live under the now retired moniker of Zenyth, the band took out the title to the
2002 National MusicOz Competition, winning recording time at Sony Music Studios in Sydney, recording 2 songs under the esteemed guidance of Paul McKercher - one of this country’s most respected engineers.
With a tremendous catalogue of songs and a name change to Sender, the band signed to Sony Music Australia in Jan 2003, and headed into Melbourne’s Birdland Studios to record a 5 track EP with producer Lindsay Gravina (The Living End / Magic Dirt) The tracks were then mixed by Rick Will (Incubus, Ben Harper, Sandrine, Lo-Tel) and Roger Sommers (Allanis Morisette, Rage Against The Machine, K. D. Lang) resulting in an outstanding debut 5 track self titled EP “Sender” released in May 2004.
The next 4 months saw continuous national “across the board” TV and radio airplay for the lead track “You’re on Fire” on Video Hits, So Fresh, MMM, NOVA, MTV and Channel [V] plus full regional coverage, followed by national supports of Hoobastank, Killing Heidi and The Screaming Jets, Switchfoot and Tenacious D completing nearly 60 gigs in 2004 with sales of the EP exceeding 5,500.
The beginning of 2005 Sender demoed 15 new songs for Sony and after much discussion with the label, the band ask to be released from their contract which Sony agreed to was finalised in Dec 05.
After taking some time out in 2006 Sender have been producing their 1st album “No Way Out” due for release in 2009.
Sender Are:
Bohdan Dower Guitar/Vocals James Addlem Guitar
Michael Fitt Bass Tom Mewett Drums
It all started in Bendigo in 1995 when 4 high school friends started jamming to the likes of Nirvana & silverchair. After performing at various school functions and local concerts, Bohdan Dower, tried his hand at creating his own material and found he had the flair for writing songs - the first being penned at only 14 years of age. Over the next couple of years under the name Zenyth the band slowly built a repertoire of new, original material and Zenyth began developing a loyal following of fans. Regular gigs throughout Victoria saw them perform with the likes of Killing Heidi, 28 Days, Magic Dirt and Something For Kate.
In the years leading up to 2000, the band took out several ‘battle of the bands’ competitions including the State Final in the 1999 Rock Eisteddfod, leading to a performance at Melbourne’s National Tennis Centre, an event televised nationally on Channel 10,
2000 saw more competition appearances including the massive Push On 2000 final at Melbourne’s Luna Park, plus performances at the launch of National Youth Week at The Chapel in Prahran and at The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
In 2001 the band released their debut EP Threedoublefivesix which was produced, recorded, engineered and funded by the band, which lead to them breaking more ground with live performances across the state. Threedoublefivesix went to a second pressing and has since sold out – it now becomes a collector’s item as “Zenyth’s” one and only CD release.
Whilst still playing live under the now retired moniker of Zenyth, the band took out the title to the
2002 National MusicOz Competition, winning recording time at Sony Music Studios in Sydney, recording 2 songs under the esteemed guidance of Paul McKercher - one of this country’s most respected engineers.
With a tremendous catalogue of songs and a name change to Sender, the band signed to Sony Music Australia in Jan 2003, and headed into Melbourne’s Birdland Studios to record a 5 track EP with producer Lindsay Gravina (The Living End / Magic Dirt) The tracks were then mixed by Rick Will (Incubus, Ben Harper, Sandrine, Lo-Tel) and Roger Sommers (Allanis Morisette, Rage Against The Machine, K. D. Lang) resulting in an outstanding debut 5 track self titled EP “Sender” released in May 2004.
The next 4 months saw continuous national “across the board” TV and radio airplay for the lead track “You’re on Fire” on Video Hits, So Fresh, MMM, NOVA, MTV and Channel [V] plus full regional coverage, followed by national supports of Hoobastank, Killing Heidi and The Screaming Jets, Switchfoot and Tenacious D completing nearly 60 gigs in 2004 with sales of the EP exceeding 5,500.
The beginning of 2005 Sender demoed 15 new songs for Sony and after much discussion with the label, the band ask to be released from their contract which Sony agreed to was finalised in Dec 05.
After taking some time out in 2006 Sender have been producing their 1st album “No Way Out” due for release in 2009.
Sender Are:
Bohdan Dower Guitar/Vocals James Addlem Guitar
Michael Fitt Bass Tom Mewett Drums
Booking: Fresh Artist Management
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