PGF

ORIGINS: Sydney, NSW

GENRE: Grunge, Alternative

YEARS ACTIVE: 1995-2001

 

MEMBERS:

• Jason Tansley - Vocals, Guitar
• Mat Tansley - Drums
  
• Dylan - Guitar (1995, 1998), Bass (1996-1997, 1998-2001)
• Ashley Moors - Guitar (1995)
  
• Wilton - Bass (1998)
  

RELEASES: 

 

• Self-Titled (1996) 
• 1. Fly
• 2. Feral
• 3. Small
  

Compilation-only Tracks

•  'Green Scone'  (from Exposed compilation, 1998)

SUMMARY: Standing for 'Puss Gone Feral', PGF was formed in the garage by brothers Jason and Mat and their friend Dylan after the demise of a previous band, Sunbud. After a year of practice, the band began playing live shows. Dylan swapped to bass for most of the band's run, with a brief interlude with Wilton (of Purr and Tripitaka) on bass.

 

SHOWS: 

• Feedback, Newtown - Sunday, 24th November, 1996
  
• Lewisham Hotel, Sydney - Thursday, 19th March, 1998
  
• The Agincourt, Sydney - Thursday, 16th April, 1998 
• The Agincourt, Sydney - Friday, 29th May, 1998
• Iron Duke, Alexandria - Sunday, 11th April, 1999 
• Caringbah Bizzos, Caringbah - Saturday, 3rd October, 1999
• Northpoint Tavern, North Sydney - Friday, 17th March, 2000
  
• Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills - Friday, 21st July, 2000

ORAL HISTORY: 

MAT: PGF originally stood for 'Puss Gone Feral', as in 'pussy cat', not oozing bodily fluid of grossness. After not long it was just PGF because it meant nothing to us, and no one could be bothered coming up with a better name. Occasionally we would change it when playing live and announce ourselves as 'People Getting Funky', 'Please Get Fucked', 'Ploughing Grain Fields' and others I can't recall.

Mat Tansley (Drums), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

ASHLEY: We had Sunbud the punk band, out Bankstown way. Then we wanted to do noise rock, I switched to second guitar, and we got a different drummer - Mat. We played one gig at Feedback with Tweezer then I figured they were better as a three piece and I went back to bass and started the band Swut.

Ashley Moors (Guitar), Noise Levels correspondence, 2025

MAT: Our first live show was at Feedback Niteclub supporting Purr and Bent in 1996. We weren't nearly as ambitious as we could or should have been. We did a play a bunch of shows but we never actively sought out shows. We had friends in lots of bands that were fans of our music and we inevitably got asked to play shows on a sporadic basis. Could be three shows in ten days and then none for months. It never bothered us much, we were in a band for fun.

Mat Tansley (Drums), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

MAT: What we did, to be a bit original, was come up with a logo with no name or lettering on it. We put that on our demo cover - the spine and back had our name on it but the cover was minimalist, just that symbol.  

Mat Tansley (Drums), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

 

MAT: We never officially called it quits - we just had increasingly longer breaks ranging from weeks to months then years. When we first started we had two guitars and no bass. By the time we were gigging one of our guitarists sacrificed himself and switched to bass. A couple of years later Wilton (who was the drummer from Purr and bassist from Tripitaka) joined us for a short period on bass so Dylan could go back to guitar. But it turned out that Wilton wasn't a fit and Dylan went back to bass, and we stayed a three piece from then on.

Mat Tansley (Drums), Noise Levels correspondence, 2024

RELATED BANDS: Purr, Tripitaka, Swut, Sunbud, Tarmac