Fruit (band)

Fruit was originally formed in 1995 by a chance meeting following a request for two groups of three to perform together at a local show in Adelaide:

Group 1: Jenna Bonavita, Mel Watson, Catherine Oates

Group 2: Miranda Bradley, Sam Lohs, Susie Keynes

The six members decided to rehearse together to do an encore performance at the end of their shows. It was later decided that they would combine their talents into one band, which became known as Fruit. All the members had known each other from various bands that they had been part of:

Emerald Sun: Mel Watson, Jenna Bonavita, Daniel Schultze, Yanya Boston

Breathe: Sam Lohs, Adam Budgen (future sound engineer for the band)

Fresh Air: Catherine Oates, Jenna Bonavita, Padma Newsome, Dylan Woolcock, Quentin Grant

Kai's Dilemma: Miranda Bradley, Susie Keynes, Clive Conway, Ashley Shepherd

Fruit's first studio release was the award-winning 1996 self-titled release "Fruit", which was then followed by the much acclaimed "Skin". Their first live album, Shift Live, was released in 1999, which contained songs from their first two albums, as well as previously unreleased songs.

The band returned with their third studio record, Here For Days, in 2001. It was recorded with UK producer Paul Gomersall (who has worked with George Michael, Phil Collins, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Guns N' Roses), climbed to the No. 3 spot in the Australian Independent Charts. Their second live album, Live at the Basement, was released in 2002, and contained a number of new and old songs. The album won the Best Live Album award at the Australian Live Music Awards in 2003.

2005 saw the release of the album Burn. The album was produced by the Grammy nominated David Ivory, and was recorded in Philadelphia. In late 2006 after a Fall tour of the North America the band went on an indefinite hiatus; Susie Keynes has been quoted as saying that Fruit is 'off the road for the time being'.[1] The three head members of the band have ventures into new careers whilst dabbling in music. Susie is now Doctor Susie Keynes MD, Mel, the Director on an Aged Care Day Care Centre on Whidby Island off the coast of Seattle and Sam an accomplished home painter and part-time musician.

Fruit – selections from

1. "Mama Mama"
2. "Burn"
3. "Peace"
4. "Skin"
5. "Wait On"
6. "Wind Blows"

Burn (2005)

1. "A Thousand Days" (Lohs)
2. "Latitude" (Keynes)
3. "Jennifer says" (Watson)
4. "No regrets" (Watson)
5. "Almost lost my way" (Keynes)
6. "If only for the sun" (Lohs)
7. "if" (Watson)
8. "Burn" (Watson)
9. "Peace" (Keynes)
10. "Wait on" (Lohs)
11. "In between" (Watson)
12. "Weather girl" (Lohs)
13. "Cherish" (Susie Keynes tribute to Vicki Nottage)
14. "All this time" (Lohs)
15. "One fine day" (Keynes)

Fruit The Trio Album – Live at the Church (2003)

1. "If Only for the Sun" (Lohs)
2. "Alameda" (Watson)
3. "Intro Chat"
4. "Peace" (Keynes)
5. "Weather Girl" (Lohs)
6. "Intro to Narrow
7. "Narrow" (Watson)
8. "The Gift" (Keynes)
9. "Nothing But Blood" (Lohs)
10. "Thankyou Chat"
11. "Love You So" (Watson)
12. "Wind Blows" (Keynes)
13. "Alter Ego" (Lohs)
14. "Shift" (Keynes)
15. "Burn" (Watson)

Live at the Basement (2002)

1. "Wind Blows" (Keynes)
2. "All This Time" (Lohs)
3. "Alameda" (Watson)
4. "Nothing But Blood" (Lohs)
5. "Dreaming" (Keynes)
6. "Mamma Mamma" (Watson)
7. "Island" (Lohs)
8. "Human Condition" (Watson)
9. "Sunsets & Hurricanes" (Watson)
10. "Wild Angel" (Keynes)
11. "Skin" (Lohs)

Here For Days (2001)

1. "Sleeping in the Daytime"
2. "Wind Blows"
3. "Burnt and Crispy"
4. "Romantic Sentimentalist"
5. "Alameda"
6. "Wounded Child"
7. "Yeah Yeah"
8. "Cossip Queen"
9. "6 Thousand, 4 Hundred & 20 Something"
10. "Mamma Mamma"
11. "Wild Angel"
12. "New York Buildings"
13. "Tales And Truth"

U.S. Limited Release Fruit EP (2000)

1. "Company & Crowds"
2. "Nothing Higher"
3. "Shift"
4. "Gossip Queen"
5. "Island"

Shift, Recorded Live

1. "Magic (Live at JJJ)"
2. "Breathe Me"
3. "Alter Ego"
4. "This Life"
5. "Shift (Live at JJJ)"
6. "Nothing but Blood"
7. "The Gift"
8. "Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Twenty Something"
9. "Body Breakdown"
10. "Little Things"
11. "One Bite"
12. "Turning to Blue"
13. "Forever Young"
14. "Time to Go"

Skin (1997)

1. "Body Breakdown"
2. "Little Things"
3. "Game of Love"
4. "One Bite"
5. "Stay"
6. "The Gift"
7. "Skin"
8. "Guardian of Sin"
9. "Cool Desire"
10. "Perpetual Dreaming" (Bonavita)
11. "Time to Go"
12. "Body Breakdown (Remix)"

Fruit (Self-titled, 1996)

1. "Tin Can" (Lohs)
2. "Been There, Done That" (Bradley)
3. "Rings Around Me" (Keynes)
4. "Writing on the Wall" (Bradley)
5. "Luscious" (Lohs/Watson)
6. "Sugar Plum" (Watson)
7. "Dreaming" (Keynes)
8. "Turning To Blue" (Lohs)
9. "Forever Young" (Watson)
10. "Finally" (Watson)

We Trip Over Things (2006)

1. "Not a Lullabye"
2. "One Minute"
3. "Radiant"
4. "Skin on Bone"
5. "So Much More"
6. "We Trip Over Things"
7. "Salt"
8. "Weather Girl"
9. "Wait On"

Six Degrees (1998)

1. "Alter Ego"
2. "Violetta"
3. "Starfish Park"
4. "Tiffas Song"
5. "Rush"
6. "All The Lies"
7. "If Only for the Sun"
8. "No Violins"
9. "Brave"
10. "Six Degrees"
11. "Token"

In Between (2003)

1. "Nineteen Seconds"
2. "In Between"
3. "Sailaway"
4. "Come On"
5. "Jennifer Says"
6. "Love You So"
7. "Observer"
8. "If"
9. "24 7"
10. "Lives for a Lie"
11. "Sunsets And Hurricanes"

Vox Humana (2001)

1. "Horn Addiction"
2. "Family"
3. "Illusion"
4. "Remedy"
5. "Magic – Slow Version"
6. "Where Will We Go"
7. "Space Machine"
8. "Organic"
9. "Narrow"
10. "Wired"
11. "Blind"
12. "Think of Me"

Kiss For Her Fears (2002)

1. "These Things"
2. "Sometime"
3. "Inside My Mind"
4. "Kiss For Her Tears"
5. "Bedroom"
6. "Washaway"
7. "Roses"
8. "Ridgeway"
9. "Common Ground"
10. "Round the Bend"
11. "Hilltops"