One Dollar Short were an Australian punk rock band formed in 1998 in Terrigal, New South Wales. They are best known for their debut studio album Eight Days Away, which peaked at number 7 on the ARIA charts in 2002.
History One Dollar Short were formed by Michael Smith (drums), Trent Crawford (guitar), Tim Flaherty (guitar and backing vocals), Adam Check (bass) and Scott E. Woods (vocals) in 1998. In 1999, they released their debut EP From the Start on Mushroom Distribution Services.
In March 2001, the band released the EP Board Game, which peaked at number 37 on the ARIA Chart. This was followed by the EP Press and Hold in August 2001, which peaked at number 23 on the ARIA Chart. Flaherty then left to form another Central Coast-based pop-punk band, Best Kept Secret. He was replaced on guitar briefly by Michael Kemp, who departed the band in mid-2001.
In April 2002, the band released "Is This the Part?", the lead single from their debut album Eight Days Away which was released in May 2002. "10 Years" was released in July 2002 as the album's second single. All three released made the ARIA top 100.
In June 2003, the band released "Keep Sake", which peaked at number 52 on the ARIA Chart.
In July 2004, the band released their second studio album, Receiving Transmission, was released along with single, "Some Assembly Required" In early 2005, the band went on hiatus.
In 2011, the band reunited to play their first show in six years at Gosford's Coaster Festival on 17 September.
Discography Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions AUSPeaks in Australia: All top 50 peaks: Peaks 51–100: Eight Days Away Released: 13 May 2002 Label: Rapido (335082) Format: CD, DD 7 Receiving Transmission Released: 12 July 2004 Label: Rapido (338082) Format: CD, DD 55
Compilation albums + List of compilation, with selected details Title Album details Unforgotten Songs Released: March 2020 Label: People of Punk Rock Records (POPR-G001) Format: DD, streaming
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions AUS From the Start Released: 16 October 1999 Label: Mushroom Distribution Services (ODS 001) Format: CD, DD — Board Game Released: 26 March 2001 Label: Rapido / Festival Mushroom Records (020152) Format: CD, DD 39 Press and Hold Released: 20 August 2001 Label: Rapido / Festival Mushroom Records (020482) Format: CD, DD 23 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumAUS "Is This the Part?" 2002 39Eight Days Away "10 Years" 63 "Keepsake" 2003 52 "Some Assembly Required" 2004 — Receiving Transmission "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
Other appearances + List of other appearances Title Year Album "Murder on the Dancefloor" 2002 Triple M Musical Challenge 3 – Third Time Lucky!
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