The group had a year-long hiatus from April 1998 . After reconvening in 1999 they recorded '' Mumbo Jumbo '' ( March 2000 ) . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 it was nominated for Best Adult Alternative Album . Tumbleweed disbanded in 2001 . In 2009 Tumbleweed reformed with their early line up of Jay Curley on bass guitar , his brother Lenny Curley on guitar , Paul Hausmeister on guitar , Richie Lewis on lead vocals , and Steve O'Brien on drums . Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described the group as the " ultimate stoner 's band for the 1990s . From within a post-psychedelic underground haze that evoked the spirit of 1969 , they came on with lashings of fuzz-drenched wah wah guitar riffs , hard-driving beats , languid vocal melodies and more hair than any band had a right to possess ! " Tumbleweed were formed in October 1990 in Tarrawanna , a northern suburb of the sea-side city of Wollongong after the demise of the The Proton Energy Pills . The three Curley brothers : Dave on lead vocals , Jay on bass guitar , Lenny on guitar & Richie Lewis on drums . Their initial line up only lasted a few months , they recorded a 7 " single , " Captain 's Log " , which was produced by Mudhoney 's Mark Arm , in December 1990 and released in August the next year on Waterfront Records . McFarlane noted that it was " a distorted slice of voodoo acid-rock " . . Australian musicologist , Ian McFarlane , described Tumbleweed as the " ultimate stoner 's band for the 1990s . From within a post-psychedelic underground haze that evoked the spirit of 1969 , they came on with lashings of fuzz-drenched wah wah guitar riffs , hard-driving beats , languid vocal melodies and more hair than any band had a right to possess ! " By the time " Captain 's Log " was released Paul Hausmeister ( ex-Unheard ) had joined on lead guitar before Dave was replaced on vocals by Richie Lewis , and Steve O'Brien ( also ex-Unheard ) took over the drums . The new line up issued a second single , " Stoned/Holy Moses " , in January 1992 and that month they supported United States grunge group , Nirvana , for the first gig on their Australian tour . They soon followed with a three-track extended play , '' Tumbleweed '' in April . The two releases were combined into a compilation five-track EP , '' Theatre of Gnomes '' , also issued in April . In August they provided another five-track EP , '' Weedseed '' , which was recorded by John Hresc and mixed by Doug Colson
ARIA Music Awards of 2000
ARIA Music Awards of 2000
Tumbleweed (band)