Louis Tillett
Encyclopedia
Louis Tillett is an Australia
n singer-songwriter
, keyboard player
and saxophonist
. He was the frontman in Australian bands The Wet Taxis, Paris Green
and The Aspersion Caste. He has also worked as a backing musician with Catfish
, former The Saints
guitar
ist Ed Kuepper
's group The Laughing Clowns
, the New Christs
and Tex Perkins
.
The Wet Taxis, helming from Sydney, first toured Melbourne in February 1984. Hailed as sporting an American garage-style psychedelic sound, they covered bands such as MC5
, Moving Sidewalks
and Unrelated Segments
.
The band were described by Sydney Morning Herald as one "of the most popular bands in the Australia's indie scene" in an article reminiscing over their then record label, the Britain-based Australian independent label Hot Records.
In March 1984, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on the release of an acoustic-based three-track single (EP), "Carnival of Souls", by No Dance. Each track was contributed by one of the members of the group: Tillett, Damien Lovelock
of The Celibate Rifles
and Brett Myers
of Died Pretty
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, keyboard player
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and saxophonist
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
. He was the frontman in Australian bands The Wet Taxis, Paris Green
Paris Green
Paris Green is an inorganic compound more precisely known as copper acetoarsenite. It is a highly toxic emerald-green crystalline powder that has been used as a rodenticide and insecticide, and also as a pigment, despite its toxicity. It is also used as a blue colorant for fireworks...
and The Aspersion Caste. He has also worked as a backing musician with Catfish
Catfish
Catfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores...
, former The Saints
The Saints (band)
The Saints are an Australian rock band, which formed in Brisbane in 1974 as punk rockers. Founders were Chris Bailey , Ivor Hay , and Ed Kuepper . Alongside mainstay Bailey, the group has had numerous line-ups...
guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the seminal punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns and later the grunge-like The Aints...
's group The Laughing Clowns
The Laughing Clowns
Laughing Clowns, commonly misspelled as The Laughing Clowns are a jazz-influenced post punk band who formed in Sydney in 1979. In five short years, the band released three LPs; two mini albums; various singles and a batch of odds and sods compilations...
, the New Christs
New Christs
The New Christs are an Australian rock and roll band, led by Rob Younger, with various lineups through the 80s, 90s, Noughties. Younger was the singer in the influential Australian band Radio Birdman....
and Tex Perkins
Tex Perkins
Tex Perkins is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many...
.
The Wet Taxis, helming from Sydney, first toured Melbourne in February 1984. Hailed as sporting an American garage-style psychedelic sound, they covered bands such as MC5
MC5
The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...
, Moving Sidewalks
Moving Sidewalks
The Moving Sidewalks was a 1960s American psychedelic blues-rock band, most notable for giving future ZZ Top guitarist, Billy Gibbons, his start in the music business...
and Unrelated Segments
Unrelated Segments
The Unrelated Segments were a Taylor, Michigan-based teen rocker group formed in late 1966 around the nucleus of singer Ron Stults and lead guitarist Rory Mack, who together previously teamed in the short-lived Village Beaus...
.
The band were described by Sydney Morning Herald as one "of the most popular bands in the Australia's indie scene" in an article reminiscing over their then record label, the Britain-based Australian independent label Hot Records.
In March 1984, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on the release of an acoustic-based three-track single (EP), "Carnival of Souls", by No Dance. Each track was contributed by one of the members of the group: Tillett, Damien Lovelock
Damien Lovelock
Damien "Damo" Lovelock is an Australian musician who is also a sports broadcaster and writer.-Music career:Lovelock first came to fame as the lead singer and songwriter for the Sydney hard rock band The Celibate Rifles.-Sports:...
of The Celibate Rifles
The Celibate Rifles
The Celibate Rifles are a punk rock band from Sydney, Australia.The band was formed in 1979 and released their first album Sideroxylon in April 1983 on the Hot Records label...
and Brett Myers
Brett Myers
Brett Allen Myers is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently playing for the Houston Astros.-High school career:...
of Died Pretty
Died Pretty
Died Pretty, sometimes The Died Pretty, were an Australian alternative rock band founded by mainstays, Ron Peno as lead singer and Brett Myers as lead guitarist and backing vocalist, in Sydney in 1983 – briefly as Final Solution. Their music started from a base of early electric Bob Dylan with...
.
With The Wet Taxis
- From the Archives (1983)
- Sailors Dream (1987, singleSingle (music)In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
)
Solo
- Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (1987)
- A Cast of Aspersions (1990)
- Letters to a Dream (1992)
- Cry Against the Faith (1998)
- Learning to Die (2001)
- The Hanged Man (2005)
- Soliloquy (2006)
With Charlie Owen
- The Ugly Truth (1993)
- Midnight Rain (1995)
- Headin' South (1996) - track from Storming The Citadel tribute