Here is a band with a sound
that is refreshingly different. Savage Garden is at the forefront of a
musical movement currently surging away from guitar and angst-driven alternarock
into a world that is unashamedly pop.
The pair met 4 years ago
doing time on the local bar scene in Brisbane, Australia. The story goes
like this: Daniel advertises for a singer. Darren answers the call. They
click. They leave the band and, deciding to collaborate on their mutual
musical vision, go into hibernation, writing songs and sending out demo
tapes at a feverish pace. "We connected right from the start," recalls
Darren, "We were both so determined, so ambitious that meeting seemed almost
like coming home."
"I Want You," the pulsing
80's Europop-influenced first single became a huge hit in their own country
as the highest-selling Australian single for 1996. The follow-up second
single, "To the Moon & Back," quickly went to Number 1, surpassing
the sales of the previous debut single. Suddenly an international deal
with Columbia Records materialized. As Darren explains, "it seems like
only yesterday I was sitting there praying for this. It has literally come
from nowhere. If I sat and really thought about this I'd probably go crazy.
We are just holding on for the ride, and so far the ride has been amazing."
"We understand that we have
had a couple of hits in our home town and it's only now that we're venturing
out into the world. I think we realized from an early stage that this career
is not predictable. You never know where you'll be tomorrow and there are
no guarantees that we will achieve all the goals we have set out. We have
had some amazing breaks and good fortune. All we can do now is continue
to write songs and do what we do
