Rogue Traders are an Australian rock band consisting of James Ash (keyboards), Danny Spencer (guitars), Cameron McGlinchey (drums) and Natalie Bassingthwaighte (lead vocals). 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 came from the movie Rogue Trader.

The Rogue Traders are best known for their hits "Voodoo Child", "In Love Again" & "Watching You". The group's third studio album Better in the Dark was released in Australia on October 13th.

In 2003 Rogue Traders (James Ash, Steve Davis) released their debut album We Know What You're Up To. Their debut single did not enter the Top one hundred, but reached number sixteen on the ARIA Top forty Club Chart.

The second single released from the album, "Give in to Me", was a minor Australian ARIAnet top one hundred chart single peaking at number sixty-seven. Their third single was a lot more successful. They remixed/covered INXS's "Need You Tonight", renaming it "One Of My Kind". The track peaked at number ten in Australia -- giving them the recognition they needed. A fourth single, "Stay?", gave them another minor top one hundred chart single peaking at number sixty.

The Rogue Traders returned in 2005, with their new album Here Come the Drums, a new record contract with Sony BMG along with new band member Natalie Bassingthwaighte. The first single "Voodoo Child", reached number four in Australia, number seven in New Zealand and number three in the UK. The second single from the album, "Way to Go!" reached number seven in Australia, while "Watching You", which was their second single to reach the top five, peaked at number five in Australia.

In June 2006, the Rogue Traders announced they were releasing their second album Here Come The Drums again, as a Limited Edition two CD remix set. The second CD contained remixes from all their smash singles and the album included new artwork. It was released on June 10, the same day of their fourth single "We're Coming Home". On June 18, 2006, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and James Ash announced on Video Hits that the band are currently in the process of writing their third studio recorded album.

Rogue Traders were also a surprise inclusion to the 2006 season of Big Brother Australia. Entering the house and playing a "concert" for housemates. The event was also streamed to Big Brother audiences from the programs website.

'Better In The Dark' is the third, much anticipated, album from Rogue Traders. Building on the foundations laid by their 4xplatinum second album, 'Here Come The Drums', this is a more exciting and adventurous record, encompassing big guitar riffs, orchestral arrangements, fast energetic punk, futuristic grooves and songs that are "Kylie meets Trent Reznor on a good day!"

It was announced on the 2nd August that the first new single off the new album would be "Don't You Wanna Feel" and would be released on the 29th September. On the 8th August, it was revealed that their 3rd studio album would be called "Better in the Dark" and released on 13th October. It is to be released in two forms; the standard form and a limited CD/DVD edition.

"Don't You Wanna Feel" premiered at 7am on Friday 7th September on Nova radio station. Following that, on 13th September, "Don't You Wanna Feel" reached a peek of number 2 on the Hot 30 Countdown, less than a week after its debut on radio. The following week, it reached number 1 on the Hot 30 Countdown. "Don't You Wanna Feel" is already proving a great success for the Rogue Traders 3rd studio album, continuing to reach number 1. One week after the singles release, it debuted on the Aria singles charts at number 10, and on the Aria dance charts at number 1.

The new album, Better in the Dark, was released in Australia on October 13, with international imports available later the following week.

On 8 November 2007, James Ash confirmed on the official forum that the new single from Better in the Dark would be I Never Liked You.

The third single from the Rogue Traders album Better In The Dark will be "What You're On", and goes to radio 15 March 2008. It will be released on April 19