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{{Short description|Australian alternative rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2014}}
{{Other uses|Area 7 (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Area-7
| image           = AREA-7.jpg
| image_size      =
| caption         = Area-7 in 2018
| origin          = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], Australia
| genre           = [[Pop-punk]], [[third wave ska]], [[ska punk]]
| years_active    = 1994–present
| label           = [[Zomba Music Group|Zomba]], [[Jive Records|Jive]], [[Shock Records|Shock]]
| website         = [http://www.myspace.com/area7 Area-7] on [[Myspace]]
| current_members = John "Stevo" Stevens<br />David 'DJ' Jackson<br />Charles "Chucky T" Thompson<br />Andy Gardiner<br />Paul West<br />Dennis "Ocker" O'Connell<br />Warren Lenthall<br />Aaron Schultz<br />Dean Gilboy
| past_members    = Walter Eskdale<br />Ivan Downey<br />Rohan Pacey<br />Alistair "Albags" Shepherd<br />Toby "Tobias" Dargaville<br />Chris Meighen<br/>Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan<br/>Matt Sanders<br />Craig Selak<br />Dan Morrison (deceased)
}}

'''Area-7''' (also known as '''Area 7''') are an Australian ska punk band. Formed in [[Melbourne]] in 1994, they have released four studio albums, ''No Logic!'', ''[[Bitter & Twisted (album)|Bitter & Twisted]]'',  ''[[Say It To My Face (album)|Say It To My Face]]'' and  ''[[Torn Apart (album)|Torn Apart]]''. At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2000]], ''Bitter & Twisted'' was nominated for [[ARIA Award for Best Rock Album|ARIA Award for Best Rock Album]].<ref name="ARIA2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2000 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |accessdate=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235639/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2000 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History ==
Area-7 was formed in 1994 by members of [[Madness (band)|Madness]] cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 four members, Ivan Downey, Dugald "Doogs" McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar) and Dan Morrison (drums) left the group and began to write their own songs. In 1994, Area-7 self-released a cassette titled ''Demo Tape 1994'' featuring 4 tracks. Alistair Shepherd (sax), Toby Dargaville (trumpet) and Rohan Pacey (bass) joined in 1995 and the same year released their debut studio album ''No Logic''. 

In 2000, the group released ''[[Bitter & Twisted (album)|Bitter & Twisted]]'', which at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2000]] was nominated for [[ARIA Award for Best Rock Album]].

In October 2001, the group released ''[[Say It to My Face (album)|Say It to My Face]]'' which peaked at number 36 on the [[ARIA charts]].

Whilst AREA-7 has never "officially split", since 2005 the band has been playing "when they feel like it" or as they put it, "for special occasions".{{fact|date=March 2020}} 

Drummer and founding member Dan Morrison died on 1 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-dan-morrison-of-area-7-20201201|title=R.I.P. Dan Morrison of Area-7|first=Paul|last=Cashmere|date=1 December 2020|website=Noise11.com|accessdate=1 December 2020}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
|-
!scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Area%2D7|title=Discography Area-7|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''No Logic''
|
* Released:1995<ref>{{cite web|title=Area-7|url=http://www.myspace.com/area7|website=[[Myspace]]|accessdate=11 August 2015}}</ref>
* Label: Moon Ska Australia 
|align="center"| —
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Bitter & Twisted (album)|Bitter & Twisted]]''
|
* Released: March 2000
* Label: Trademark (TM007)
|align="center"| 6
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Say It to My Face (album)|Say It to My Face]]''
|
* Released: October 2001
* Label: Trademark / [[Jive Records|Jive]] (TM012)
|align="center"| 36
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Torn Apart (album)|Torn Apart]]''
|
* Released: 2005
* Label: Shock (A7003)
|align="center"| —
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| EP details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Demo Tape 1994''
|
* Released: 1994
* Label: Independent
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Road Rage (EP)|Road Rage]]''
|
* Released: 1997
* Label: Independent
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+List of singles, with selected peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year
! scope="col" colspan="1"|Chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name=aus2>{{cite Ryan|page=17}}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row"|"Bitter Words"
|1998
|59
|rowspan=4|''Bitter & Twisted''
|-
!scope="row"|"Second Class Citizen"
|1999
|29
|-
!scope="row"|"Start Making Sense"
|rowspan=2|2000
|37
|-
!scope="row"|"Bitter Words" / "Himbo"
|67
|-
!scope="row"|"Leave Me Alone"
|rowspan=2|2001
|38
|rowspan=3|''Say It to My Face''
|-
!scope="row"|"Individuality"
|90
|-
!scope="row"|"Nobody Likes a Bogan"
|2002
|46
|-
!scope="row"|"Big Issue"
|2004
|92
|''Torn Apart''
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.facebook.com/area7band Area-7] on [[Facebook]]
* {{Discogs artist|Area-7}}
* {{imdb name|id=3174300}}

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[[Category:Australian punk rock groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Third-wave ska groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Australian ska groups]]

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