Glenn Bidmead
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Glenn Keith Bidmead is a Sydney-based singer, songwriter, guitarist, performer, producer and sound engineer. Glenn is currently the lead singer and guitarist with Australian rock band Matt Finish
. With partner Steve Glover, he was a founding member of Australian rock band LemonJuice, which enjoyed several years of success in Japan and South Korea.
in Darlinghurst, Sydney. He started playing the guitar at age nine and during his high school years performed in covers bands on weekends with his brother Paul, a drummer and vocalist.
Among the hit songs that LemonJuice released in Asia were Walk On The Wire, You Know I Know, One And One Is Three and Colour Combination.
, manager of Savage Garden
. Later that year, his debut album "Seven Seconds" was produced in Sydney by Charles Fisher
and mixed in Los Angeles by sound engineer Chris Lord-Alge
.
Bidmead's first single, "Find Love" was released by Warner Music in Australia in 1999, with music video directed by New York-based filmmaker Adolfo Doring
, renowned for his video for the Savage Garden
hit "Truly Madly Deeply
".
In 2000, Bidmead released a second single "A World Away" through Roadshow
/Warner Music.
Bidmead's independent solo albums are "Red Dirt Road", "Songs in Black and White" and "The Acoustic Sessions" EP.
Bidmead is a member of the country rock band Kerosene
with drummer Kere Buchanan. Buchanan has performed with Marcia Hines
, Margaret Urlich
, Wendy Matthews
, Rick Price
, Tina Arena
and Kasey Chambers
. Kerosene's debut album, Art of Survival, is out now through Hardrush Music.
Bidmead was the producer and co-songwriter of Australian Urdu
duo Raasta. He produced Raasta's debut album in 2007, which is due for release in India and Pakistan in 2009.
Bidmead has composed with Foreigner
guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones
in New York City, as well as other artists such as The Veronicas
.
and bass player Harry "The Doctor" Brus
. The band is are currently touring Australia and recording new material at Unity Gain Studios in Sydney.
Matt Finish
Matt Finish are an Australian rock band formed by singer-songwriter/guitarist Matt Moffitt and drummer/composer/producer John Prior in mid 1979....
. With partner Steve Glover, he was a founding member of Australian rock band LemonJuice, which enjoyed several years of success in Japan and South Korea.
Early years
Bidmead was born at St Margarets HospitalSt Margaret's Hospital, Sydney
-History:The hospital was founded by Getrude Abbott in 1893. It was located on Elizabeth Street in Strawberry Hills, and known as the St Margaret's Maternity Home. It was founded "to provide shelter and care for unmarried girls of the comparatively respectable class"...
in Darlinghurst, Sydney. He started playing the guitar at age nine and during his high school years performed in covers bands on weekends with his brother Paul, a drummer and vocalist.
LemonJuice
In 1988, Bidmead moved to Brisbane, Queensland where he met songwriter Steve Glover and formed the band LemonJuice, which released the album "Squeezed" in 1996 and "Twentieth Century Decadence" in 1997. After several successful years performing to Asian audiences, Glover left the band to pursue a solo songwriting career in his hometown of Brisbane.Among the hit songs that LemonJuice released in Asia were Walk On The Wire, You Know I Know, One And One Is Three and Colour Combination.
Solo career
Bidmead continued as a solo artist and in 1998 signed a recording and publishing contract with JWM and Roughcut Music's John WoodruffJohn Woodruff
John Youie Woodruff was an American athlete and winner of the 800 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics....
, manager of Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...
. Later that year, his debut album "Seven Seconds" was produced in Sydney by Charles Fisher
Charles Fisher
Charles Fisher was a politician and jurist of New Brunswick, Canada. Fisher was a leading Reformer of his day who headed the first responsible government in New Brunswick from 1854 to 1861....
and mixed in Los Angeles by sound engineer Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
.
Bidmead's first single, "Find Love" was released by Warner Music in Australia in 1999, with music video directed by New York-based filmmaker Adolfo Doring
Adolfo Doring
Adolfo Doring is an award-winning American documentary filmmaker and director of music videos.-Video career:Doring came to New York City in the mid-eighties to study Sociology at Columbia University, then interned for Rock and Roll photographer Joel Brodsky...
, renowned for his video for the Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...
hit "Truly Madly Deeply
Truly Madly Deeply
"Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop band Savage Garden, released as a single in March 1997. Written by band-mates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together long before recording began on their debut album....
".
In 2000, Bidmead released a second single "A World Away" through Roadshow
RoadShow
RoadShow , formerly known as "資訊娛樂共同睇" [paraphrased as Integrated View of Information and Entertainment]) is the first "Multi-Media On Board" service on transit vehicles in the world. It was launched by Kowloon Motor Bus Company on 26 November 2000...
/Warner Music.
Bidmead's independent solo albums are "Red Dirt Road", "Songs in Black and White" and "The Acoustic Sessions" EP.
Contemporary works
For the past few years, Bidmead has been working with ex-Chocolate Starfish lead singer, Adam Thompson and his Muso Magic programme. This songwriting-based music workshop is conducted for high school students, corporate groups and indigenous communities in outback Australia as well as countries like India and Fiji.Bidmead is a member of the country rock band Kerosene
Kerosene
Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin or paraffin oil in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland and South Africa, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros...
with drummer Kere Buchanan. Buchanan has performed with Marcia Hines
Marcia Hines
Marcia Elaine Hines, AM is a vocalist, actress and TV personality who achieved success in her adopted homeland of Australia. Hines made her debut, at the age of sixteen, in the Australian version of the stage musical Hair and followed with the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar...
, Margaret Urlich
Margaret urlich
Margaret Urlich is an ARIA Award-winning musician based in New South Wales. Urlich came to Sydney, Australia, in 1988 to pursue her singing career. Her debut solo album, Safety in Numbers, was highly successful winning Breakthrough Artist - Album at that years ARIA Awards, as was the follow-up...
, Wendy Matthews
Wendy Matthews
Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
, Rick Price
Rick Price
Rick Price is an Australian singer and songwriter.-Early life:Price was born in Beaudesert, a small country town near Brisbane, Queensland. He began playing music at the age of nine appearing with his family band "Union Beau". "It was kinda weird I guess...
, Tina Arena
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
and Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.-Solo success:...
. Kerosene's debut album, Art of Survival, is out now through Hardrush Music.
Bidmead was the producer and co-songwriter of Australian Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
duo Raasta. He produced Raasta's debut album in 2007, which is due for release in India and Pakistan in 2009.
Bidmead has composed with Foreigner
Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm...
guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones
Mick Jones (Foreigner)
Michael Leslie "Mick" Jones is an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founding member of the rock band Foreigner.-Life and career:...
in New York City, as well as other artists such as The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....
.
Matt Finish
In March 2009, Bidmead became the lead singer and guitarist in Matt Finish with drummer and founding member John PriorJohn Prior (musician)
John David Prior is an Australian drummer, composer and producer recognized for his work with Matt Finish, Adrian Belew , Mick Taylor , Roy Buchanan, Champion Jack Dupree, New Theatre, Coca-Cola, The Great Outdoors, iOTA, Wicked Beat Sound System, Kevin Borich and Dale Barlow.Sydney Morning Herald...
and bass player Harry "The Doctor" Brus
Harry Brus
Harry Brus is an Australian bass player and guitarist, best known for his work with Matt Finish, Kevin Borich, Renée Geyer, Australian Crawl, Leo Sayer, Marcia Hines, Jimmy Barnes, Ross Wilson and Billy Thorpe....
. The band is are currently touring Australia and recording new material at Unity Gain Studios in Sydney.
Albums
- Squeezed (1996)
- Twentieth Century Decadence (1997)
- Seven Seconds (1999)
- The Acoustic Sessions (2002)
- The Acoustic Hearts Downtown (2004)
- Songs in Black & White (2005)
- Red Dirt Road (2006)
- The Art of Survival (2006)