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===1993–1995: Early years===
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Regurgitator was originally a 3-piece [[indie rock]] [[rock band|band]] with Quan Yeomans (guitar and vocals), Ben Ely (bass and vocals) and Martin Lee (drums).<ref>{{cite web|title=REgurgitatOR|url=http://www.myspace.com/regurgitators|work=Myspace|publisher=Myspace LLC|access-date=2 September 2012|author=REgurgitatOR|date=28 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="The Music July 2023"/> The three had purportedly met on a bus in inner Brisbane. At this time, all three were already in several bands - Pangaea, Zooerastia, Precision Oiler, Brazilia among others. Regurgitator at this time was not considered to be the main focus of any members, rather as a side-project to their other bands.

[[File:Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely (right and middle) of the Australian band Regurgitator relaxing with a friend during the Cow Bay Festival in 1995.jpg|thumb|Ely and Yeomans (middle and right), prior to the band's performance at the Cow Bay Festival in 1995.]]

The band released its [[Regurgitator (EP)|debut self-titled EP]] in October 1994. With the emergence of Brisbane's underground music scene in the early 1990s, major labels, such as [[Warner Music Group]], took the initiative to expand its Australian music roster. A&R representative Michael Parisi initially pursued [[Pangaea (band)|Pangaea]], a popular and established band in Brisbane's underground that Ben Ely fronted. It wasn't until Parisi was supplied with Pangaea recordings by their manager Paul Curtis that he discovered Regurgitator, whose material was also presented as part of a potential Valve label P&D deal. Ironically, Parisi would push for the less-established band to be signed because "it was the hook that Pangaea, for all the excitement [it] had generated on stage, had lacked."<ref>"Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden" By Andrew Stafford, Published by University of Queensland Press, 2004, p.274</ref>

The band signed with Warner early in 1995, who re-released its debut EP in February 1995, which charted at number 45 on the ARIA singles chart. Regurgitator quickly released another EP, titled ''[[New (EP)|New]]'', which featured radio hits "Track 1" and "[[Blubber Boy]]". ''New'' peaked at number 30 on the ARIA singles chart.