Biography
The most recognized of Bill Direen’s many underground projects, The Builders recordings are as varied as they are numerous, and litter his discography (often with infuriating spelling variations – The Bilders, Bildirene, Die Bilder etc).
Check Direen’s Main Entry for more detail.
Allen Meek passed away in 2022.
Members
- Bill Direen (Guitar/Vocals, Above Ground, Feast of Frogs, Six Impossible Things, Soluble Fish, The Builders, The Vacuum, Vacuum Blue Ladder)
- Campbell Mclay (Bass, Bill Direen, Builders, Dillinger’s Brain, Offtopsthehead, Scorched Earth Policy, The Bottletops, The Mammy Whammy Tata Band, The Riptoids, Toerag)
- Malcolm Grant (Drums, Minisnap, Six Impossible Things, Trillionaires, Bill Direen, Lyndon and the Liars, Minisnap, Six Impossible Things, The Bats, The Builders, The Percy Taiwan Band, The Vacuum, The World, Trillionaires)
- Chris Knox (Vocals, Chris Knox and the Nothing, Knoxious, Right Left And Centre, Tall Dwarfs, The Jessels, Bill Direen, Chris Knox and the Nothing, Knoxious, Right Left And Centre, Tall Dwarfs, The Axemen, The Builders, The Enemy, The Jessels, Toy Love)
- Mike Dooley (Drums, $100 Band, Toy Love, Bill Direen, Jay Clarkson and the Containers, Pop Art Toasters, Snapper, The Beaters, The Builders, The Dri Horrors, The Enemy, The Hundred Dollar Band, The Snares, Toy Love)
- Greig Bainbridge (Bass/Vocals/Percussion, Bill Direen, Chameleon, The Builders, The Haemogoblins, Tinnitus)
- Eddie Ohlson (Drums, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- John McDermott (Drums, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Stuart Page (Drums, Buildermash, Builders, Shaft, The Axemen, The Rainy Days, Above Ground, Bill Direen, Buildermash, Shaft, The Axemen, The Builders, The Rainy Days)
- Tony Green (Drums, Bill Direen, The Builders, The Haemogoblins)
- Allen Meek (Guitar, Bill Direen, The Builders, The Vacuum, The World, Victor Dimisich Band)
- Karl Holdorf (Trombone/Vocals, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Chris Todd (Trumpet, Bill Direen, Coalition Broadcasting Corporation, The Builders)
- Jay Clarkson (Vocals, Bill Direen, Breathing Cage, Expendables, Jay Clarkson & The Containers, Playthings, The Builders, The Matches, The Pikelettes, They Were Expendable)
- John Christoffels (Bass, Dark Matter, Hiding from Stan, Les Baxters, Little Dead Things, The Renderers, The Terminals, Vague Secrets, Bill Direen, Brother Love, Dark Matter, Dissolve, Hiding from Stan, Les Baxters, Little Dead Things, Minus 2, Space Dust, The After Dinner Mints, The Bats, The Builders, The Renderers, The Terminals, Trillionaires, Vague Secrets)
- Greg Bates (Drums, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Paul Logan (Guitar, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Paul Girl (Guitar, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Carol Direen (Vocals, Above Ground, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Maryrose Wilkinson (Vocals, Bill Direen, The Builders, The Renderers)
- David Edmundson (Saxophone, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Tania Pekelharina (Vocals, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Rob Thorne (Guitar, Bill Direen, Black Pudding, Brickshithouse, Foisemaster, Man Alone, The Bilders, The Builders, The Neckstretchers)
- Steve Wolf (Saxophone, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Alastair Galbraith (Violin, $100 Band, A Handful Of Dust, Bill Direen, Cobweb Iris, Lame & Sorry, Plagal Grind, The Builders, The Rip)
- Victoria Singh (Vocals, Bill Direen, Buffalo Bunny, Dr Versuvs And The Uranus Moon Children, Satina Saturnina, The Builders)
- Stephen Kilroy (Piano, Bill Direen, Chug, The Builders)
- Derek Champion (Drums, Bill Direen, Harmony Sold Her Dragon, Nasty On, Satina Saturnina, The Builders)
- Brett Cross (Bass, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Andrew Maitai (Drums, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Andrew McCully (Keyboards, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Nikola Kapetanovic (Guitar/Loops, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Richard Anderton (Percussion/Vocals, Bill Direen, The Builders)
- Stu Porter (Drums, Bill Direen, The Builders)
Discography
- Solomon’s Ball 7″ EP (1981, Self-Released)
- High Thirties Piano 7″ EP (1982, Self-Released)
- Schwimmin In Der See 7″ EP (1982 As Die Bilder, Flying Nun Records Records, FN006)
- Beatin Hearts (1983, Flying Nun Records Records, JAN8)
- Let’s Play (1985, South Indies, SINZ 11)
- C0NCH3 (1985, South Indies, PRA2301)
- Ginger Jar 7″ Single (1986, South Indies, SNGL001)
- Cup 12″ Mini Album (1987, South Indies, SOIN5377)
- Divina Comedia (1988 Compilation, South Indies, SOIN 477)
- We Are The Coolest Cats in the World (1989, South Indies, SOIN BILT 5)
- Alien 7″ Single (1991, Hecuba Records, HEX03)
- Volume 1: Max Quitz (1993 Compilation, Flying Nun Records Records, FN274)
- Cut (1994, IMD, IMDCD 10030)
- Volume 2: Beatin Hearts (1993 Compilation, Flying Nun Records Records, FN275)
- Volume 4: Pyx (1995 Compilation, Flying Nun Records Records, FN277)
- Untitled 7″ Lathe (2012, OnceC Records, onec023)
- The Utopians 7″ (2014, Smartguy Records, smart035)
- Bilders Tour Europe (Live Tapes) (2017, Self-Released)