The Situations are a four piece band from Auckland, New Zealand.

History

With borrowed gear from the Music Department at their school, Rosehill College, Papakura, Sth Auckland, school chums Brad, Glen, Samuel and Stuart formed a band in 2002, calling themselves Devil Gate Drive.

In 2004, the band released a triple A-side single, Teenage Frustration, which received encouraging reviews and airplay on B-Net stations with a clip for the single Teenage Frustration also receiving airtime on NZ music TV channels C4 and Juice. To support the release, they embarked on a tour of New Zealand, playing 41 show in only 26 days. Following the tour the band changed their name to The Situations, the name we know and love today.

October 2005 saw the band travel to Australia where they played a run of shows in Melbourne. They made such an impression that they were offered the oppurtunity to head back a few months later in 2006 to play support for The White Stripes in Sydney and Melbourne.

Over the course of 2005 and 2006 they released another two singles, 3 Songs by the Situations, and Fashion Girl and late 2006 their first full length album was released in New Zealand. Titled Situations Get The Basics, the album has also been signed up to be released in Europe in August 2007.

They are currently busy recording a new body of work.

Members

• Samuel Kett - Bass, vocals
• Stu Kett - Drums, vocals
• Brad Walkington - Guitar
• Glen Casey - Guitar, keyboards, vocals

Discography

• Teenage Frustration - 2004
• 3 Songs by the Situations - 2005
• Fashion Girl - 2006
• Situations Get The Basics - 2006