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Ten Australian greats are honoured by stamps commemorating their greatest hit singles in a series set called Rock Australia, released on March 20, 2001. Artists honoured include:
Cold Chisel for Khe Sanh (1978)
Men At Work for Down Under (1981)
Midnight Oil for Power and The Passion (1983)
INXS for Original Sin (1984)
John Farnham for You're The Voice (1988)
Crowded House for Don't Dream It's Over (1988)
Yothu Yindi for Treaty (1991)
Silverchair for Tomorrow (1994)
Kylie Minogue for Confide In Me (1994)
Savage Garden for Truly Madly Deeply (1997)
A preview of the Savage Garden stamp had been released by Australia Post (Stamp bulletin magazine) as a part of Rock Australia collection. It is to commemorate the sales that Savage Garden's single Truly Madly Deeply achieved.
October 5th 2001 - Savage Garden officially call it quits
After 20 million album sales and two US Number One hits, Australian musical duo Savage Garden have called it quits.
Lead singer, Darren Hayes, confirmed the split during an interview with Australian journalist, Cameron Adams. 'It's amicable and it is a decision that has been coming for a long time', Hayes says. Since the end of the bands recent world tour, there has been much speculation as to the future of the musical partnership. During the promotion of their most recent album, AFFIRMATION, Daniel Jones had taken a back seat in the public promotion and contact with the media. 'It was a tough time, because I was dealing with the fact that Daniel no longer wanted to be a public person. He actually expressed a desire to leave the band shortly after AFFIRMATION was recorded'.
'We had a talk', says Hayes, 'and we agreed that he would stay on with me to see the world tour out, but that the band would break after that'. 'Initially the decision was a difficult one, I couldn't understand why Dan would want to walk away from something so successful. We talked a lot during the 8 month world tour and eventually we both just realized that we were going in completely different directions. He really didn't want to be a celebrity, he is a very private person, and he found the constant travel grueling. That made being a duo very difficult to explain to the media and fans. He encouraged me to continue making music and he began to take a back seat in the studio experimenting with other artists'.
Darren and Daniel had this message for the Savage Garden fans: 'We are extremely grateful to our fans all around the world for their incredible support over the years. The success of Savage Garden and our time together has been an amazing experience.. one that we will never forget. We just hope that you all understand our individual needs to continue growing'.
"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living."
- Daniel Jones
