Editing Models (band) (section)

{{Short description|Australian rock band}}
{{For|the English punk band|The Models}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name = Models
| background = group_or_band
| image = Models-sean-kelly-onstage.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = [[Sean Kelly (Australian musician)|Sean Kelly]] of Models onstage at Wolfgang's nightclub, [[San Francisco]], [[California]] – 1986
| alias = 
| origin = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
| genre = [[Post-punk]],<ref name="Sutton">{{cite web|first= Michael |last= Sutton |title= Models – Artist Biography |publisher= [[AllMusic]]. [[All Media Network]] |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/models-mn0000567277/biography |access-date= 27 August 2016}}</ref> [[New wave music|new wave]]<ref name="Sutton"/>
| years_active = 1978–1988, 2000–2001, 2006, 2008, 2010–present 
| label = {{flatlist|
*[[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]
*[[Festival Records|Festival]]
*[[A&M Records|A&M]]
*[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
*Champignon
* [[Shock Records|Shock]]
}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* Teenage Radio Stars
* [[JAB]]
* [[The Swingers]]
* [[I'm Talking]]
* [[Absent Friends (band)|Absent Friends]]
* [[The Dukes (Australian band)|The Dukes]]
}}
| website = https://modelsband.com 
| current_members = [[Sean Kelly (Australian musician)|Sean Kelly]]<br />[[Andrew Duffield (musician)|Andrew Duffield]]<br />Mark Ferrie<br />Ash Davies
| past_members = [[Models (band)#Members|See members list below]]
}}

'''Models''' (also sometimes known as '''The Models'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurials.com/download_files/M_Ferrie.pdf |title=Mark Ferrie Biography : Music CV |publisher=Mercurials.com |access-date=2014-06-29}}</ref>) are an Australian [[rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Melbourne, Victoria]] in August 1978. They went into hiatus in 1988, but re-formed in 2000, 2006 and 2008 to perform reunion concerts. The band began regularly performing again from 2010 onwards. "[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight (song)|Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]", their only No.&nbsp;1 hit, appeared on the Australian singles charts in July 1985. The related album, ''[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight (album)|Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]'', peaked at No.&nbsp;3 on the Australian albums charts after its release in August. ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' appeared on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart, with the single, "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", peaking at No.&nbsp;37 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart. An earlier song from the same album, "[[Barbados (Models song)|Barbados]]", had peaked at No.&nbsp;2 on the Australian singles chart.

Models early line-up included [[Andrew Duffield (musician)|Andrew Duffield]] on [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], Mark Ferrie on [[bass guitar]], Janis Freidenfelds (a.k.a. Johnny Crash) on [[drum kit|drums]] and [[percussion instrument|percussion]], and [[Sean Kelly (Australian musician)|Sean Kelly]] on [[vocals]] and [[lead guitar]]. A later line-up was mainstay Kelly on guitar, [[James Freud]] on vocals and bass, [[Roger Mason (musician)|Roger Mason]] on keyboards, Barton Price on drums, and [[James Valentine (Australian musician)|James Valentine]] on [[saxophone]]. [[Backing singer]]s in the group included [[Zan Abeyratne]] and [[Kate Ceberano]] (both from [[I'm Talking]]) and Canadian-born [[Wendy Matthews]]. In early 1989, Duffield, Kelly, Matthews and Valentine were members of [[Absent Friends (band)|Absent Friends]]. On 27 October 2010, Models were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] by Matthews.