{{Short description|Australian musical group}} {{About||the headland|Broken Head, New South Wales|the Acid Drinkers album|Broken Head (album)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Broken Head | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | genre = Dub | years_active = {{start date|1996}}–present | label = Valve/East West | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | current_members = * Ben Ely * Skritch * Guy Webster | past_members = }}
'''Broken Head''' (also styled as '''Brokenhead''') is a dub band from Brisbane, Queensland, which was formed after a six-hour jam session in 1996 by Regurgitator's Ben Ely on bass guitar, Skritch from Gota Cola on drums and Guy Webster on guitar.<ref>{{Cite news |work=Northern Territory News |date=10 November 2000 |title=Groove to 'divine dub' |first=Camden |last=Smith}}</ref><ref name="Rave Nov06">{{cite news | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302162627/http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1939/81/ | url = http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1939/81/ | title = Broken Head | work = Rave Magazine | publisher = Brisbane Street Press | archivedate = 2 March 2012 | date = 27 November 2006 | accessdate = 31 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |work=The Courier-Mail |date=24 December 1999 |title=Brokenhead aim to chill, mon |first=Debra |last=Aldred}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |work=The Courier-Mail |date=3 November 2000 |title=Dub be good to me |first=Noel |last=Mengel}}</ref>
The group issued their debut album, ''Locarno'', on 1 September 2000 via Valve Records/East West as a single CD and also as an extended edition including a bonus disc, ''Remember to Breathe'', of live material.<ref name="Locarno 2">{{cite web | url = https://consumevalve.bandcamp.com/album/broken-head-locarno | title = Broken Head – ''Locarno'' | publisher = Consume/Valve Records | accessdate = 31 March 2017 }}</ref> It was co-produced by Ely, Skritch and Webster with Magoo (Regurgitator).
Soon after the group was put "on ice for most of the last few years while the individual members pursued other projects" until November 2006.<ref name="Rave Nov06"/> Webster explained, "It was something we always understood with this band, that there will be times when it will have to be more infrequent. We always agreed, this is a band that we're going to be playing in for the rest of our lives, so we’ll always be around."<ref name="Rave Nov06"/>
==Members==
* Ben Ely (Regurgitator, Pangaea, The Stalkers, Jump 2 Light Speed) * Skritch (The Long Johns, Tex Perkins' Dark Horses, Gota Cola, Mary Trembles) * Guy Webster (The Fabulous Nobodies)
==Discography==
* ''Locarno'' (2000) - Valve/East West<ref>{{Cite news |work=Newcastle Herald |date=5 October 2000 |title=Review of ''Locarno'' |first=Chad |last=Watson}}</ref>
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Category:Musical groups from Brisbane Category:Musical groups established in 1996