Bass player Janet English grew up in the Riverina town of Finley, New South Wales. At school, she excelled as a gymnast as well as at hockey, mime, theatre and art, before forming Spiderbait in 1991 with singing drummer Mark Maher (better known as Kram) and guitarist Damian Whitty (Whitt).The three-piece thrash pop group are one of Australia's most distinctive and popular bands of the '90s and 2000s, a group that almost has to be seen live to appreciate their uniqueness. She was also in Happyland a punk rock duo formed in Brisbane in 1997 as a side project by English on bass guitar and lead vocals and her then-boyfriend, Quan Yeomans on lead guitar and vocals (from Regurgitator). They were originally named The Shampoodles, but decided on Happyland. Their only album, 'Welcome to Happyland', was released on 25 August 1998, via the Polydor Australia label, which reached #18 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It provided the single, "Don't You Know Who I Am?" (July 1998), which peaked at #24 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
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