All Mankind

Formation

The band originally formed with Richard and Dave Beeston and Perkins who used to perform as an acoustic act called the Richard Beeston Band, where they mostly played their own music for high schools and university groups. In 2008 Dorny joined the band as they were looking for a bigger rock-orientated sound. All Mankind took their name from the lyric from Pearl Jam’s song, “Mankind”, sung by Stone Gossard, in the album No Code.

All Mankind's sound has been compared to the sound-scapes of bands such as U2, Coldplay, Muse, Keane, Snow Patrol, The Killers and fellow Australian rock band Powderfinger.

Early career

In 2008 All Mankind went into the studio to record their first album ‘Puzzles’ with David Nicholas and Peter Mayes. It was released in May 2008. They later released a digital EP of the same name. The resulting EP was supported by Indie 103.1 FM LA, WRXP New York, Motor FM Germany, KNRK- FM Portland and ABC Australia. The album included songs that are now part of All Mankind's repertoire, "I've Been Looking For This" and "Can You Hear Me".

2011: Simple Desire

In 2011, All Mankind released their album Simple Desire. The lead single from the album, "Break The Spell", received hundreds of spins on radio worldwide including Absolute Radio (UK), ABC Radio (Australia), MotorFM (Germany), KNRK Portland, Indie1031.com, KCMP Minneapolis, WXPN Philadelphia as well as, other stations in Canada, France, Indonesia, Greece, Indonesia, Berlin, Portugal and more, as well as being featured on the soundtrack for EA Sports game, FIFA 12. Subsequent single releases for "Can You Hear Me?" and "Simple Desire" followed.

2012-present: after Simple Desire

Shortly after the release of Simple Desire, in April 2012, the band released a three-track EP, "Pieces of the Puzzle". This collected two songs from their 2008 debut album ("Pretenders" and "I Am Only") with the new song "This Is A Miracle". In September 2013, in advance of their Worth The Risk tour and the associated EP, they released another single, "Losing Myself".

On 27 January 2016, more than two years after their last new material, All Mankind announced on Facebook that the lyric video for their next single would be posted online in the coming days. On 29 January, they uploaded the video for "Welcome Home".