2016–2017: Giddy Up and Big Attraction The band was formed by housemates Amy Taylor, Bryce Wilson, Declan Mehrtens, and Calum Newton in
Balaclava, Melbourne. The four wrote, recorded, and released their first EP,
Giddy Up, in a span of 12 hours. Newton left the band to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Gus Romer in early 2017. A second EP,
Big Attraction, was released in 2017.
2018–present: Amyl and the Sniffers, Comfort to Me, and Cartoon Darkness In 2018, the band went into the studio to record their debut album with
producer and former
Add N to (X) drummer
Ross Orton. The result was
Amyl and the Sniffers, released on 24 May 2019. It received generally positive reviews, including a 7.2 from
Pitchfork and
AllMusic. In light of the album's release,
Happy Mag placed the band at No. 9 on their list of "The 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now", praising Taylor for being "one of hardest rocking people on the face of the planet." At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2019,
Amyl and the Sniffers won the
ARIA Award for Best Rock Album. Later in July, the band released another single, "Security". Three days prior to the release of the album the band released a final single, "
Hertz", alongside a complementary music video. The full
Comfort to Me album was initially scheduled for release in early October 2021, but it was pushed up and released on 10 September. The album was recorded at Sound Park, in Melbourne. In June and July 2022, the band opened for
Weezer,
Fall Out Boy, and
Green Day on the European leg of the
Hella Mega Tour. In April 2023, the band toured with
the Smashing Pumpkins and
Jane's Addiction. In March 2024, Amyl and the Sniffers announced a US headline tour set for July and August 2024, in addition to their US shows as support for
Foo Fighters. In May 2024, the band released the single "
U Should Not Be Doing That", the first single from their upcoming album. after which they announced a UK and European Headline tour set for November 2024. On 21 August 2024, the group announced that their third album,
Cartoon Darkness, would be released on 25 October 2024. The single and music video for "Chewing Gum" was released on the same day. "Big Dreams", the album's third single, was released on 25 September 2024. On 21 October 2024, the group released the album's fourth single, "Jerkin'". The music video was released through the band's website due to graphic full frontal nudity throughout the video. A censored version was released on
YouTube. The band placed in the
Triple J Hottest 100 for the first time in 2024, with "Jerkin'" at #32 and "U Should Not Be Doing That" at #34. In 2025, the band opened three concerts for
The Offspring in Brazil, while also playing a standalone in São Paulo. From mid-November to mid-December 2025, the band was the main supporting act for
AC/DC's Australian leg of the
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