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The Porkers Also known as The Pork Hunts Origin Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Genres Ska punk Years active 1987–present Labels Sound System, MoonSka Members Pete Porker Bigfil Past members Donny Anarchy Tomi Kefichek Richard Puxty David Kelly Robert Tickle Tony Collins Shane Simmonds Kim Pink Ian Dunn John McIvor Paul Woseen Chris Fegan Dave Power Martin McLaughlin Ben Coles Ben Holland Rob Parkes Fred Feletti David Gale Website theporkers.com.au

**The Porkers** are an Australian [ska punk](/source/Ska_punk) band from [Newcastle, New South Wales](/source/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales), Australia.

Formed in 1987 as **The Pork Hunts**, the band was eventually forced to change its name to the less offensive-sounding The Porkers in 1990 after their regular Newcastle venue refused to present them under their old name. Because of this, their first release was the 1990 [EP](/source/Extended_play) entitled *Tired of Being Pork Hunts*, which reached No. 6 on the Australian independent charts.[1]

In 1994, their debut album *Grunt!* received rave reviews and entered the American market through [Moon Ska Records](/source/Moon_Ska_Records). The album was a mixture of studio and live tracks, and included covers of [Devo](/source/Devo)'s *[Mongoloid](/source/Mongoloid_(song))* and [Radio Birdman](/source/Radio_Birdman)'s *Aloha Steve and Danno*.

The Porkers have toured extensively throughout Australia, [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), the [United States](/source/United_States), [Germany](/source/Germany) and [Japan](/source/Japan) (a live album recorded in Japan was released in 2004). In Australia, they have supported groups such as [No Doubt](/source/No_Doubt), [Fishbone](/source/Fishbone), the [Mighty Mighty Bosstones](/source/Mighty_Mighty_Bosstones) and [Rancid](/source/Rancid_(band)).

After over twenty years, there have been numerous changes in The Porkers’ line-up, but two of the original members are still in the band: frontman Pete Porker, and Bigfil on saxophone.

After a five-year hiatus (2009-2014), The Porkers returned in 2014 with a fresh line-up after being invited to play the Soundwave festival tour by A.J. Maddah. They opened the main stage in every city.

In 2018, Pete Porker suffered a stroke, but shortly thereafter resumed duties on stage with the band.

## Discography

- *Tired of Being Pork Hunts* - EP (1990)

- *Grunt!* (1994)

- *Not Bad, Pretty Good, Not Bad* (1996)

- *Hit the Ground Running* - EP (1996)

- *X-Factor* - EP (1997)

- *Chemical Imbalance* - EP (1997)

- *Hot Dog Daiquiri* (1998)

- *Perfect Teeth* - EP (1998)

- *Too Big For Your Boots*- EP (2000)

- *Time Will Tell* (2000)

- *The Porkers vs Salmonelladub* - EP (2001)

- *Buds for Brains* - EP (2002)

- *Now Hear This* - EP (2004)

- *Live at Nakanoshima* (2005)

- *This is The Porkers* (2007)

- *Persistence is Futile* - DVD (2009)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Pete Porker. ["The Porkers Story"](http://www.theporkers.com/PorkersOnline/history.html). *Theporkers.com*.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.theporkers.com.au)

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