sounds like chicken began in 1999 when nathanael kitingan (nat kitingan) met nyall dawson at monash university in melbourne. nat and nyall attempted to start an unnamed musical project with hugh ogilvy (also from monash university) featuring nyall on electric violin, hugh on guitar and nat on drums. this trio did not get off the ground and so brothers joel and elliot dawson joined to form sounds like chicken, a ska project taking influences from voodoo glow skulls, the o.c. supertones, the insyderz and five iron frenzy. this early lineup was nyall (vocals), nat (bass/vocals), elliot (drums), joel (sax) and hugh (guitar).