if this album didn't elevate Skunkhour to their deserved position of Australia's best funk-rock band. They achieve a harder edge and energy in these songs, without sacrificing the groove". In November 2001, six months after the album's release, Skunkhour disbanded, frustrated by a lack of support from Universal, which was experiencing upheavals in Australia. Aya told Ritchie Yorke of The Sunday Mail that the difficulties with the label meant the band was unable to maximise its opportunities. He said: "We decided that we'd rather move on now and look at some other possibilities while we're still drawing big crowds ... Unfortunately, the last album was only heard on Triple J and some community stations, so we didn't really reach the mainstream with it. This was despite our hopes that the album might have taken us to another level. It was given great reviews and we really thought the music got us back in touch with the fans. But overall, we just wanted to go out on a high. We didn't want to overstay our welcome". Sutherland told The Daily Telegraphs Matthew Frilingos that the group had achieved several of its goals: "We definitely imagined that we'd tour overseas and sell records overseas and we did that. We've been treated really well by record companies and also treated fairly poorly. We've seen the whole gamut. We've been hit by a little bit of bad luck. There's been major restructuring of two record companies we've been with and with that, a broom goes through a whole lot of projects and we were caught in the wash a couple of times". Four tracks by Skunkhour were listed on the annual Triple J's Hottest 100 during the band's 10-year career: in 1995, "Up to Our Necks in It" reached No. 55, "Weightlessness" reached No. 93 in 1997, "Home" reached No. 82 in 1999, and "Kick in the Door" reached No. 83 in 2000. Revivals In October 2009 Skunkhour announced that they were reuniting for a nine-gig partial tour of Australian in December. In mid-November 2012 they performed a one-off 20th anniversary gig at The Standard Hotel, Sydney. Subsequent performances have included the 2013 Apollo Bay Music festival in March; 2014 Byron Bay Bluesfest in April; and a performance of their debut album, Skunkhour at the 2014 Queenscliff Music Festival in November. The band reassembled to play their debut album Skunkhour in full, plus a