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Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members (James Ash and Steve Davis) met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many projects, most notably as dance act Union State. Davis still contributes to the band and is still an active part of the songwriting process. The band's name comes from the film Rogue Trader.

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Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members (James Ash and Steve Davis) met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many projects, most notably as dance act Union State. Davis still contributes to the band and is still an active part of the songwriting process. The band's name comes from the film Rogue Trader.
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* AntiLoveSong: Better In The Dark,
* BreakUpSong: I Never Liked You, We're Coming Home

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* DrugsAreBad: "What You're On"
* GreatestHits: The Sound Of Drums is the collection of these.
* GreenEyedMonster: "On Your Way To The Disco"
* InterCourseWithYou: Most of their songs.
* InDaClub: "Candy Coloured Lights" and On Your Way To The Disco
* LoveWillLeadYouBack: "rescue me", "In love again",
* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Rescue Me"
* ObsessionSong: "World Go Round", Believer,

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* %%* InDaClub: "Candy Coloured Lights" and On Your Way To The Disco
* %%* LoveWillLeadYouBack: "rescue me", "In love again",
* %%* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Rescue Me"
* %%* ObsessionSong: "World Go Round", Believer,



* ProtestSong: "Speak and Destroy" and "Calling All Lovers".
* PissTakeRap: "Way To Go!"
* RockStarSong: "Way To Go!", "Speak and Destroy", "Fashion."
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: "I Never Liked You", "We're Coming Home".
* SillyLoveSongs: "Childlike"
* SpokenWordInMusic: "White Lightning"
* {{Yandere}}: "Voodoo Doll", "Believer", "White Lightning"

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* %%* ProtestSong: "Speak and Destroy" and "Calling All Lovers".
* %%* PissTakeRap: "Way To Go!"
* %%* RockStarSong: "Way To Go!", "Speak and Destroy", "Fashion."
* %%* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: "I Never Liked You", "We're Coming Home".
* %%* SillyLoveSongs: "Childlike"
* %%* SpokenWordInMusic: "White Lightning"
* %%* {{Yandere}}: "Voodoo Doll", "Believer", "White Lightning"
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The Rogue Traders have enjoyed major success, with over a dozen internationally recognized hit singles, including "Voodoo Child", "In Love Again" and "Watching You". The group's third studio album Better in the Dark was released in Australia on 13 October 2007.

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The Rogue Traders have enjoyed major success, with over a dozen internationally recognized hit singles, including "Voodoo Child", "In Love Again" and "Watching You". The group's third studio album Better ''Better in the Dark Dark'' was released in Australia on 13 October 2007.
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* Their song "Voodoo Child" was featured in ''Series/Doctor Who'' Episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound Of Drums]]"

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* Their song "Voodoo Child" was featured in ''Series/Doctor Who'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' Episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound Of Drums]]"
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* Their song "Voodoo Child" was featured in ''Series/Doctor Who'' Episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound Of Drums]]"
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* AlbumTitleDrop: In Voodoo Child

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* AlbumTitleDrop: In Voodoo Child''So here it comes, the sound of drums'' in ''Voodoo Child''.



* GreatestHits: The Sound Of Drums

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* GreatestHits: The Sound Of DrumsDrums is the collection of these.
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Australian multi purpose band, part D J part rock band. Invented by [[StageName James Ash]] and his wife Melinda Appleby. They also have a main collaborator Steve Davies.
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* SignatureSong: "Voodoo Doll", and "Way To Go!" were both these when they came out.
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* ProtestSong: "Speak and Destroy" and "Calling All Lovers".

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* PissTakeRap: "Way To Go!"


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* DrugsAreBad: "What You're On"


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* InDaClub: "Candy Coloured Lights" and On Your Way To The Disco


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* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Rescue Me"


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Australian multi purpose band, part D J part rock band. Invented by [[StageName James Ash]] and his wife Melinda Appleby. They also have a main collaborator Steve Davies.

Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members (James Ash and Steve Davis) met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many projects, most notably as dance act Union State. Davis still contributes to the band and is still an active part of the songwriting process. The band's name comes from the film Rogue Trader.

The Rogue Traders have enjoyed major success, with over a dozen internationally recognized hit singles, including "Voodoo Child", "In Love Again" and "Watching You". The group's third studio album Better in the Dark was released in Australia on 13 October 2007.

To date, Rogue Traders have been nominated for 10 ARIA Awards, three MTV AVMA Award, one The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, one Inside Film Award and five APRA Awards

On 25 June 2008, it was announced that lead singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte had quit the band to focus on acting and a solo career. In July 2008 it was reported that Bassingthwaighte's bandmate and boyfriend Cameron Mcglinchey had also left the band.

On 13 August 2009, Ash revealed that Tim Henwood had returned to the band and Danny Spencer had left the band.

On 14 November 2009, Mindi Jackson was revealed as the new lead singer to replace Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

Not to be confused with the tabletop game ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader''.

!Discography:
* We Know What You're Up To (2003)
* Here Come the Drums (2005)
* Better in the Dark (2007)
* Night of the Living Drums (2011)
* Sound Of Drums (2011)

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* AlbumTitleDrop: In Voodoo Child
* AntiLoveSong: Better In The Dark,
* BreakUpSong: I Never Liked You, We're Coming Home
* DarkerAndEdgier: Better In The Dark was more rock guitars, more darker riffs, darker subjects (A ProtestSong and AntiLoveSong present)
* GreatestHits: The Sound Of Drums
* GreenEyedMonster: "On Your Way To The Disco"
* InterCourseWithYou: Most of their songs.
* LoveWillLeadYouBack: "rescue me", "In love again",
* ObsessionSong: "World Go Round", Believer,
* NewSoundAlbum: Here Comes the Drums, with the Nat Bass female vocalist element and the rock element. Voodoo Doll marked the move away for Rogue Traders from standard dance music to a more electro-punk sound. According to band member James Ash.
* ProtestSong: "Speak and Destroy" and "Calling All Lovers".
* RockStarSong: "Way To Go!", "Speak and Destroy", "Fashion."
* SillyLoveSongs: "Childlike"
* {{Yandere}}: "Voodoo Doll", "Believer", "White Lightning"
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