According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane , there are “some parallels to be drawn with another teenage band”, silverchair , “although Lee preferred to see Noise Addict as infinitely more ‘punk rock’.” Their single, “I Wish I Was Him” (October 1993), was “a wry semi-acoustic ode to Lemonheads’” leader, Evan Dando . It attracted the attention of Mike D from the Beastie Boys , who arranged for the band to sign with their label, Grand Royal . They supported two more US bands, Pavement and Fugazi , and then played a run of all-ages gigs.
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