Vanilla Chainsaws by Steve Gardner - Noise For Heroes
Made for rock’n’roll
Discography
10 Records
01T.S. (Was It Really Me) / Everything 7" (1987)
Credits & release details +
Members
- Simon Drew : Vocals, Guitar
- Mark Alexander: Guitar
- Cameron Lee: Bass
- Peter Kelly: Drums
Production & release
Produced by John Bee
Reference : Phantom - PH23
02Like You / On Slaught 7" (1988)
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Members
- Simon Drew : Vocals, Guitar
- Mark Alexander: Guitar
- Cameron Lee: Bass
- Peter Kelly: Drums
Production & release
Produced by John Bee at Rich Studios, Sydney Nov/Dec ‘87
Reference : Phantom - PH28
Wine Dark Sea / The Journey (1988)
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Production & release
Reference : Phantom - PH32DJ
Promo for radio & jukebox only - Red vinyl - only 500 made.
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04Wine Dark Sea (1988)
Tracks
- Years Go By
- To The Shore
- Journey
- Wine Dark Sea
- Face A New Day
Credits & release details +
Members
- Simon Drew : Vocals
- Mark Alexander: Guitar
- Cameron Lee: Bass / Vocals
- Duilio Hernandez: Drums / Vocals
Production & release
Produced by John Bee
Recorded at Blue Harbour Studios / Rich Studios May/June 88.
Reference : Phantom - PHMLP-3
First 500 on burgundy-coloured vinyl !
05Assorted Desecrations And Magnificent Mutations (1988)
Tracks
- Average Inadequacy (machinations)
- Ten Years On (The Dagoes)
Credits & release details +
Production & release
Other Bands :
- Shrinking Violets : Love To Rule (Sunnyboys)
- The Mark Of Cain : Seein’ Double (Shy Imposters)
- The Hummingbirds : Leilani (Le Hoodoo Gurus)
- Shrinking Violets : Take me Away (The Kelpies)
- The Hummingbirds : It’s Just That I Miss You (Flaming Hands)
- The Mark Of Cain : Journey By Sledge (The Visitors)
- The Deadly Hume : I hate You (Sardine V)
This record was given away in conjunction with Phantom Records tenth Anniversary birthday gig - Oct. 14, 1988.
Reference : Phantom - PHLP-4
06Vanilla Chainsaws - LP (1989)
Tracks
- T.S. (Was It Really me)
- Years Go By
- To The Shore
- On Slaught
- Journey
- Like You
- Wine Dark Sea
- 24 Hours
- Face A New Day
- Everything
Credits & release details +
Members
- Simon Drew : Vocals, Guitar
- Mark Alexander: Guitar
- Cameron Lee: Bass
- Duilio Hernandez: Drums on 2,3,5,7,9
- Peter L.W. Kelly: Drums on 1,4,6,8,10
Production & release
This includes all the Phantom releases, plus an extra track “24 Hours” recorded live during ’live-to-air’ broadcast on 2JJJ-FM, Sydney.
First pressing comes with a free 7" : So Old / Change Things (recorded live on 2-tracks cassete). Engneered by John Bee.
Produced by John Bee, exept 8
Reference : Glitterhouse - GR0053 on label & GR0051 on side !!!
07Thousand (1989)
Tracks
- Four Years
- Run To Me
- Long Way
- When Liberty Smiles
- Question Of Degree
- Thousand
Credits & release details +
Members
- Simon Drew : Vocals, Bass
- Mark Alexander: Guitar
- Bill Wash: Drums
Production & release
Not Produced by John Bee, recorded on Christmas 1989.
Reference : Glitterhouse - GR0083
08Red Lights (1991)
Tracks
- Red Lights
- All The Away
- Walk Away
- Liberty (Full version)
Sleep
Bonus Tracks :
- T.S. (Was It Really Me)
- Everything
- Like You
- Onslaught
- Walk Away (Pete’s Vocals)
- India [Psychedelic Furs]
Credits & release details +
Members
- Simon Drew : Vocals, Guitar (Bass on 11)
- Mark Alexander: Guitar
- Peter L.W Kelly : Drums, Trumpet, Backing vocals
- Peter D.J. Kelly : Bass
- Cameron Lee : Bass on 6,7,8,9
- Bill Walsh : Drums on 11
Production & release
Produced by John Bee and Vanilla Chainsaws, exept 11
Reference : Phantom Records - PHMCD-17
09Watching Me (1992)
Tracks
- Watching Me
- Head Above The Clouds
- Skinflower
- Landslide
- Like You
Credits & release details +
Members
- Simon Drew : Demented Howls & Distortion
- Mark Alexander: cat Strangling Noise Merchant
- Cameron Lee : Gutcruncher & Screaming
- Gerard Presland : Sonic Thunderclaps
Production & release
Produced by Tony Cohen
Reference : Polygram - ID-0005-2
10The Worst Place In The World (1994)
Tracks
- Wasteland
- What’s Going On
- Safe
- Dogs Bone
- The Lodger (CD only)
- Quitar Lavando La Puta (CD only)
- Long Time (CD only)
- Cathode Ray
Credits & release details +
Members
- Simon Drew : Vocals, Guitar
- Mark Alexander: Guitar
- Rudy Morabito : Bass
- Peter Kelly : Drums
Production & release
Produced by John Bee and Vanilla Chainsaws
Recorded at Charing Cross Studios, Feb 1994.
Reference : Corrosion Records - CORMLP-001
Verified research · 15 September 2026
Catalogue update
2 new entries
01Living Down the Hype — EMI Studio 301 Sessions 1986
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Production & release
First recordings by the classic line-up, released 10 November 2023 in a 300-copy CD edition.
02Moonlight Sessions
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Production & release
Seven-track set released 24 November 2023 by Laneway Music; a Das Boot CDr edition is also documented.