Berkfinger is currently focusing on other projects, including moving his recording gear to Berlin to finish the recordings that he has been working on in the various incarnations of studios that he has built over the years." On 2 November 2011 the band posted on their Facebook page that the band had broken up. Creative individuals tend to have more than one project and Philadelphia Grand Jury is just one of Berkfinger's musical personas. No need to make it a bigger deal than it is. "Philadelphia Grand Jury are on something of a hiatus. When FasterLouder sought a follow-up, they were met with the following statement in regards to the band's current status. In March 2011, news surfaced that the band had abandoned work on the follow up to Hope is for Hopers.
Patten finished touring with the band in January 2011.
In October 2010, the band announced that Welch had left the band, as the 'rigours of the road have proved too arduous for the 55-year-old drummer.' Welch's replacement was Berlin-based/Brisbane-born Sullivan "Susie Dreamboat" Patten (of I Heart Hiroshima), who performed with the band on their tour of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. Īt the fourth annual AIR Awards, held on 22 November 2009, Philadelphia Grand Jury won an award for "Best Independent Single or EP" with their single "Going to the Casino". Williams' position was temporarily filled by Ivan Lisyak, aka 'Emergency Ivan,' before a permanent replacement – American session musician, Calvin Welch ( Earth, Wind and Fire, Sonny Stitt) – joined the band. Williams departed from the group in September 2009. The band's debut album, Hope Is for Hopers, was released on 25 September 2009, reaching No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart. In June 2009, the band released "Going to the Casino (Tomorrow Night)" where it received significant play on Triple J and featured on the television mini-series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, also appearing on the soundtrack album.
In May 2009, the band signed a joint venture deal with Boomtown Records. Subsequent bands included Malcolm X & the Black Auditorium and Berkfinger and The Sweats, the latter combining to form Philadelphia Grand Jury in early 2008. Biography 2001-2009: Hope Is for Hopers īeeson originally formed a band called Johnson in 2001 with his friend Berckelman, before creating the indie band label Motherlovin' Records in 2004.
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