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The Jungle Giants are an Australian four-piece indie pop band, which formed in 2011 in Brisbane, Queensland. The band consists of Sam Hales - Vocals/Guitar, Cesira Aitken - Lead Guitar, Andrew Dooris - Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals and Keelan Bijker - Drums. In 2011, the band were signed by record label Create/Control. The label had this to say about The Jungle Giants: "Brisbane’s The Jungle Giants have been on a roll since their single ‘Mr Polite’ took over the airways and YouTube in 2011. The last 12 months have seen them hit the road playing countless shows across Australia.".

Biography
Three members of The Jungle giants attended the same high school in Brisbane. Singer-guitarist Hales, lead Guitarist Aitken and bassist Dooris were in opposing bands in their early years, and it wasn't until university that they came together to create The Jungle Giants. Soon after, Keelan Bijker signed on as drummer. Lead man Sam Hales spent 6 months working two jobs in order to fund their debut self titled EP which was released with local producer Yanto Browning in March 2011. The EP contained lead single Mr. Polite which has now reached almost 200,000 views on YouTube.

Fast forward a year and a half and The Jungle Giants were releasing their second EP, She's a Riot. The five track EP, released via Create/Control on July 27, 2012, drew on life experiences and told stories of friendships and relationships in Hales' life.

In early 2013, The Jungle Giants toured with indie giants Two Door Cinema Club playing a series of concerts throughout Australia along with The Vaccines.

On January 26, 2013, She's A Riot ranked 83rd on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012 ranking higher than the likes of Two Door Cinema Club and Snakadaktal.

The band are currently working on their first full album which is set to be released in late 2013.

Band members

 * Sam Hales - Vocals/Guitar


 * Cesira Aitken - Lead Guitar


 * Andrew Dooris - Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals


 * Keelan Bijker - Drums

EPs

 * The Jungle Giant - Yanto Browning (March 2011)
 * She's A Riot - Create/Control (July 27, 2012)