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Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

is an Australian rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

musician, he started his career in 1974 in Hobart, Tasmania and has performed as a solo artist, in bands as a member or has led bands named after himself. Some backing bands recorded their own material under alternate names, Professor Ratbaggy

Professor Ratbaggy

Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. Sometimes thought of as a side-project of iconic Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, the band is in fact its own entity: Kelly is one of the four members .The band's name is derived from the 1960s Australian TV...

and Stardust Five

Stardust Five

Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...

, with Kelly as an individual member. As of June 2008, Paul Kelly's current band members are Peter Luscombe on drums

Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

, Bill McDonald on bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

/backing vocals

Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

, his nephew Dan Kelly

Dan Kelly (musician)

Daniel "Dan" Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the second oldest of six children and the nephew of Paul Kelly. He grew up in Queensland and learnt the guitar at thirteen, studying Environmental Science at University, in Brisbane, in 1990...

on lead guitar

Lead guitar

Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

/backing vocals, Ashley Naylor

Ashley Naylor

Ashley Naylor is an Australian musician, best known for his guitar and vocals in Melbourne-based band Even.In 1987 at the age seventeen, Naylor fronted an indie rock band called The Swarm. He occasionally played guitar with Melbourne band Pray TV on studio recordings and also live...

on guitar and Cameron Bruce on keyboards

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...

Paul Kelly

Active: 1974–present

Instruments: vocals, rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

, electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

, piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

, keyboards

Musical keyboard

A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...

, harmonica

Harmonica

The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

Short bio: Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

performed solo from 1974–1976, he joined the Debutantes in Melbourne in 1976 and then became a member of The High Rise Bombers.

Release contributions: Entire Paul Kelly discography

Paul Kelly discography

The discography of Paul Kelly, an Australian rock artist, includes solo releases, those from various bands that Paul Kelly has led, and material from the related projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five which contain the same personnel as his bands...

Peter Luscombe

Active: 1996–present

Instruments: drums

Drum kit

Short bio: Peter Luscombe was on original member of the Tinsley Waterhouse Band in 1981. He joined The Black Sorrows

The Black Sorrows

The Black Sorrows are an Australian band founded by Joe Camilleri, the group's only constant member. Founded in 1983, The Black Sorrows are still active today, and are best remembered for their top 40 Australian hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Hold On To Me", "Chained To The...

in 1985, during which time he also performed with Joe Camilleri

Joe Camilleri

Joseph Vincent "Joe" Camilleri, aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and saxophonist. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows...

's other band, The Revelators. He briefly performed for The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones were an Australian rock band formed in 1965 in Melbourne following the British Invasion. The line-up of Gavin Anderson on drums, Ian Clyne on organ and piano, Gerry Humphrys on vocals and harmonica, Rob Lovett on guitar, and Kim Lynch on bass guitar recorded their early hits...

standing in for drummer, Gavin Anderson, for their 1987 reformation tour. In 1992 he performed in the Chris Wilson band before going on to record David McComb

David McComb

David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

's first and final solo album and tour Europe with his band the Red Ponies. He also performed as part of the Vika Bull Band

Vika and Linda

Vika and Linda Bull are a sister vocal duo who came to prominence after being asked to sing backing vocals in Joe Camilleri's band The Black Sorrows.-Biography:...

. In 1994 he joined, Rebecca's Empire

Rebecca's Empire

Rebecca's Empire were an indie pop-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They released two full-length albums and two EPs in a six-year career lasting from 1994 to 2000.-History:...

, a band based around lead singer and guitarist Rebecca Barnard, who had previously worked with Stephen Cummings, the Black Sorrows and Chris Wilson, despite a two year hiatus in 1996 (due to Barnard's pregnancy & birth) the band did not disband until 1999. Luscombe has also performed as part of Stephen Cummings

Stephen Cummings

Stephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...

backing band, first contributing to his 1986 album, This Wonderful Life touring and appearing on Cummings' subsequent solo albums. Luscombe also performs with Melbourne trio The Casuals, together with Steve Hadley (bass) and Bruce Haymes (keyboards). The Casuals formed the basis of Professor Ratbaggy

Professor Ratbaggy

. He is a member of Bill MacDonald's group, Four Hours Sleep. He is also the drummer for the resident house band on the SBS

Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...

TV series, RocKwiz
RocKwiz
RocKwiz is an Australian television quiz show series, focused on rock music, and broadcast on SBS One. It premiered in 2005.-Summary:The forty minute program airs on Saturday at 9:20 pm, and is hosted by Julia Zemiro. It is shot in The Gershwin Room at St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel, commonly...

.

Release contributions:

1982: Tinsley Waterhouse Band - After the Mud
1985: The Black Sorrows
The Black Sorrows
The Black Sorrows are an Australian band founded by Joe Camilleri, the group's only constant member. Founded in 1983, The Black Sorrows are still active today, and are best remembered for their top 40 Australian hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Hold On To Me", "Chained To The...

- A Place In The World
1987: Kids in the Kitchen
Kids in the Kitchen
Kids in the Kitchen was a band from Melbourne, Australia that enjoyed considerable local success during the 1980s. The band stood squarely within the New Romantic movement that dominated mid-1980s pop, showing influences of "New-Rom" groups such as Ultravox in its use of synthesisers, its...

- Terrain
1987: The Black Sorrows - Dear Children
1987: Stephen Cummings
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...

- Lovetown
1988: Tess McKenna - March
1988: The Black Sorrows - Hold on to Me
1988: The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones were an Australian rock band formed in 1965 in Melbourne following the British Invasion. The line-up of Gavin Anderson on drums, Ian Clyne on organ and piano, Gerry Humphrys on vocals and harmonica, Rob Lovett on guitar, and Kim Lynch on bass guitar recorded their early hits...

- Live on Blueberry Hill
1988: Stephen Cummings - A New Kind of Blue
1989: Ross Wilson - Dark Side of The Man
1990: Steve Hoy - Life Next Door
1990: The Black Sorrows - Harley and Rose
1991: The Revelators - Amazing Stories
1992: Barefoot - Anchor
1992: Chris Wilson - Landlocked
1992: Steve Grace - Liberty Road
1992: The Black Sorrows - Better Times
1992: Stephen Cummings - Unguided Tour
1993: Shane Howard
Shane Howard
Shane Michael Howard is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist, he was the mainstay of folk rock group Goanna which had hits with "Solid Rock" and "Let the Franklin Flow". After their disbandment in 1985 he pursued a solo career....

- Time Will Tell
1993: Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....

- Bitch Epic
1994: David McComb
David McComb
David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

- Love Of Will
Love of Will
Love of Will is the debut album by David McComb, released in March, 1994. The album was recorded and mixed between June and August, 1993, at Platinum Studios with additional mixing at Metropolis and Sing Sing Studios...
1994: Shane Howard - Live
1994: Kate Ceberano
Kate Ceberano
Kate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...

- Kate Ceberano and Friends
1995: Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

- Deeper Water
Deeper Water
Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and was released in September, 1995 on Mushroom Records in Australia.The album peaked at #40 on the Australian album charts and resulted in a second consecutive nomination for 'Best Male Artist' at the 1995 ARIA Awards.-Track listing:All songs written...
1996: Tiddas
Tiddas
Tiddas are a three piece all-girl folk band from Victoria, Australia.-Biography:Originally the three women, Amy Saunders , Lou Bennett and Sally Dastey combined their vocal talents as backing singers for Aboriginal band Djaambi, led by Saunder's brother Richard Frankland in 1990...

- Tiddas
1996: Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy
How to Make Gravy
How to Make Gravy is a four-track EP by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996 on White Label Records in Australia....
1996: Four Hours Sleep - More of Her
1996: Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire were an indie pop-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They released two full-length albums and two EPs in a six-year career lasting from 1994 to 2000.-History:...

- Way of All Things
1998: Paul Kelly - Words and Music
Words and Music (Paul Kelly album)
Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States...
1998: Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn, ONZM is an award-winning New Zealand musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash...

- The Islander
1998: Chris Wilson - The Long Weekend
1998: The Black Sorrows - Beat Club
1999: Deadstar - Somewhere Over The Radio
1999: Lisa Miller - As Far as a Life Goes
1999: Renee Geyer
Renée Geyer
Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and...

- Sweet Life
1999: Rebecca's Empire - Welcome
1999: Stephen Cummings - Spiritual Bum
1999: Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. Sometimes thought of as a side-project of iconic Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, the band is in fact its own entity: Kelly is one of the four members .The band's name is derived from the 1960s Australian TV...

- Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy (album)
Professor Ratbaggy is the debut eponymous album by Australian rock/pop band Professor Ratbaggy and originally released on EMI Records in 1999...
2001: Stephen Cummings - Skeleton Key
2001: 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:...

- Barricades & Brickwalls
Barricades & Brickwalls
- Charts :...
2001: Paul Kelly - Nothing But A Dream
Nothing But A Dream
...nothing but a dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001.It was released on EMI Records in Australia. It was subsequently released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier EP, Roll on Summer.-Track listing:All tracks...
2002: Kutcha Edwards - Cooinda
2002: Archie Roach
Archie Roach
Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...

- Sensual Being
2003: Stephen Cummings - Firecracker
2003: Ross Wilson - Country and Wilson
2004: Paul Kelly - Ways and Means
2005: Stephen Cummings - Love-O-Meter
2006: Four Hours Sleep - Love Specifics
2006: Stardust Five
Stardust Five
Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...

- Stardust Five
Stardust Five (album)
Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake .It was released on EMI Music in Australia and Capitol Records in the United States...
2007: Paul Kelly - Stolen Apples
Stolen Apples (album)
Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album is Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout....

Bill McDonald

Active: 2002–present

Instruments: bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, backing vocals

Short Bio: In 1972 at the age of fourteen Bill McDonald learnt how to play bass guitar in order to join a high school rock band. In the late 1970s he formed a Melbourne band, McDonald's Farm (which also featured Peter Luscombe). In 1982 he joined the Hot Half Hour, a 16-piece instrumental big band. In the early 1980s he began his musical relationship with Stephen Cummings

Stephen Cummings

, performing and contributing to a number of Cummings' albums. During the 1980s he performed with various bands, including Waddya Want (1986), The Index (1987) Max Q (1989), Triple Peaks(1991) and Collosus (1991). In 1991 he joined Deborah Conway

Deborah Conway

Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....

and the Mothers of Pearl, her touring band. In 1994 he joined Frente!

Frente!

Frente! are an Australian alternative rock group, formed in 1991. The original lineup featured singer Angie Hart, founder and guitarist Simon Austin, bassist Tim O'Connor , and drummer Mark Picton...

replacing the previous bassist, Tim O'Connor, remaining with band until they disbanded in 1996. During 1995 he made the experimental Ultrasound album, together with Conway, Paul Hester

Paul Hester

Paul Newell Hester was an Australian musician and television personality; he was the drummer for the related bands Split Enz and Crowded House.-The early years:...

and Will Zygier. In 1996 he released his own album More of Her, under the name, Four Hours Sleep, for which he wrote, with Stephen Cummings, he also arranged and recorded the material. MacDonald then joined Rebecca's Empire

Rebecca's Empire

Rebecca's Empire were an indie pop-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They released two full-length albums and two EPs in a six-year career lasting from 1994 to 2000.-History:...

in 1996 replacing their previous bass player, Michael den Elzen

Michael den Elzen

Michael den Elzen is a musician and music producer based in Melbourne, Australia. He has performed for over 25 years with many well-known Australian and New Zealand artists, principally as a guitarist, and has contributed music for several Australian movie soundtracks.-Early career:Den Elzen spent...

, playing with the band until they broke up in June, 2000. He joined Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (musician)

's band in 2002 touring and performing on Kelly's albums. In 2005 together with Kelly and other members of Kelly's band formed Stardust Five

Stardust Five

. He released his second album, with Four Hours Sleep, Love Specifics, again co-written with Stephen Cummings (aside from one song co-written with Paul Kelly), with Peter Luscombe on drums and Dan Luscombe on guitar and featuring vocal performances by Cummings, Angie Hart

Angie Hart

Angie Hart is an Australian pop singer best known for her role as lead vocalist in the band Frente!.Hart was a founding member of Frente! in 1989. She is renowned for her delicate songcraft, lyrics, and her breathy vocals....

(Frente!), Kelly and Ollie Olsen

Ollie Olsen

Ollie Olsen 1958, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian composer, synthesist and sound designer who has been producing and performing rock, electronic and experimental music for the past thirty years...

. He also played with the Countdown Spectacular's house band. McDonald lives in the inner-west with Sharman Williamson and their two daughters.

Release contributions:

1988: David Chesworth
David Chesworth
David Chesworth is an award-winning Australian-based composer and installation artist. Known for his experimental, and at times minimalist music, he has worked in rock groups, classical ensembles, theatre, opera...

- Tantrum
1989: Max Q - Max Q
1990: Andrew Pendlebury - Zing Went The Strings
1992: Stephen Cummings
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...

- Unguided Tour
1993: Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....

- Bitch Epic
1994: My Friend The Chocolate Cake
My Friend The Chocolate Cake
My Friend The Chocolate Cake is an Australian musical group based in Melbourne. They have recorded seven albums since being founded in 1989 by David Bridie and Helen Mountfort, members of Not Drowning, Waving...

- Brood
1994: Stephen Cummings - Falling Swinger
1994: Deborah Conway - Epic Theatre
1995: Ultrasound - Ultrasound
1995: Kerri Simpson and Veve - The Arousing
1996: Kerri Simpson and Veve - Speak
1996: Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry
Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...

- Man
1996: Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

- How to Make Gravy
How to Make Gravy
How to Make Gravy is a four-track EP by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996 on White Label Records in Australia....
1996: Frente!
Frente!
Frente! are an Australian alternative rock group, formed in 1991. The original lineup featured singer Angie Hart, founder and guitarist Simon Austin, bassist Tim O'Connor , and drummer Mark Picton...

- Shape
1996: Stephen Cummings - Escapist
1996: Four Hours Sleep - More of Her
1996: Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire were an indie pop-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They released two full-length albums and two EPs in a six-year career lasting from 1994 to 2000.-History:...

- Way of All Things
1997: Stephen Cummings - Puppet Pauper Pirate Poet Pawn and King
1999: Vika and Linda
Vika and Linda
Vika and Linda Bull are a sister vocal duo who came to prominence after being asked to sing backing vocals in Joe Camilleri's band The Black Sorrows.-Biography:...

- Two Wings
1999: Rebecca's Empire - Welcome
1999: Stephen Cummings - Spiritual Bum
2000: Vika and Linda - Live and Acoustic
2000: David Bridie
David Bridie
David Bridie is a musician from Melbourne, Australia. Bridie first rose to prominence as a member of Not Drowning, Waving, which he started in the early 1980s with guitarist John Phillips. They released four albums on Australian independent labels to some level of critical acclaim and very limited...

- Act of Free Choice
2001: Stephen Cummings - Skeleton Key
2001: Kerri Simpson - Vodou Songs of the Spirits
2002: Kutcha Edwards - Cooinda
2002: Vika and Linda - Love Is Mighty Close To You
2003: Stephen Cummings - Firecracker
2003: Tess McKenna - Boom Bam
2004: Paul Kelly - Ways and Means
2005: Stephen Cummings - Love-O-Meter
2006: Four Hours Sleep - Love Specifics
2006: Stardust Five
Stardust Five
Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...

- Stardust Five
Stardust Five (album)
Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake .It was released on EMI Music in Australia and Capitol Records in the United States...
2007: Paul Kelly - Stolen Apples
Stolen Apples (album)
Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album is Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout....
2007: Stephen Cummings - Space Travel
2008: Stephen Cummings - Happiest Man Alive

Dan Kelly

Active: 2002–2008

Instruments: guitar, backing vocals

Short bio: Dan Kelly

Dan Kelly (musician)

is the second oldest of six children, the nephew of Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (musician)

. He grew up in Queensland and learnt the guitar at thirteen, studying Environmental Science at University, in Brisbane, in 1990. He formed his first band, Nord, and moved to Melbourne in 1996, where in 2000 he started playing solo shows, under the name Dank Alley, not wanting to trade on his famous uncle’s name. In 2003 he released his first solo EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, Man O Mercy. The next year he formed a new band, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, with Gareth Liddiard (The Drones

The Drones

The Drones are an Australian rock group who rose to prominence during the early 2000s. They are influenced by a variety of bands and soloists including Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, Bad Brains, Suicide, Green on Red, The Birthday Party, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone.- The Sound...

), Christian Strybosch (The Drones) and Tom Carlyon (The Devestations), with Liddiard and Carlyon travelling to Europe with their respective other projects Aaron Cupples, Dan Luscombe and Lewis Boyes joined the Alpha Males in 2005. In 2007, he disbanded the Alpha Males to allow the individual members to focus on other projects. He has left the Paul Kelly band in order to focus on his new music with the Ukeladies.

Release contributions:

2003: Dan Kelly (solo) - Man O Mercy
2004: Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males - Sing the Tabloid Blues
The Tabloid Blues
The Tabloid Blues is the debut album by Australian act Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males.The album was released on 15 March 2004 on In-Fidelity Records and distributed by Shock records....
2004: Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

- Ways and Means
2005: Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males - Pirate Radio
2006: Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males - Drowning in the Fountain of Youth
Drowning in the Fountain of Youth
Drowning in the Fountain of Youth is the second album by Australian act Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males. The album received very positive reviews within the Melbourne music scene, even being considered the Album of 2006 by Melbourne Street Magazine Inpress...
2006: Stardust Five
Stardust Five
Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...

- Stardust Five
Stardust Five (album)
Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake .It was released on EMI Music in Australia and Capitol Records in the United States...
2007: Paul Kelly - Stolen Apples

Ashley Naylor

Active: 2006–present

Instruments: guitar

Short bio: In 1987 at age seventeen, Ashley Naylor

Ashley Naylor

fronted an indie rock band, Swarm. He formed Even

Even (band)

Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ashley Naylor, with Matthew Cotter on drums and Wally Kempton on bass and backing vocals...

in March, 1994 with fellow ex-Swarm Matthew Cotter, together with bass player Wally Kempton (The Meanies

The Meanies

The Meanies are an indie Australian punk rock band, formed in 1989. The current band members include Link Meanie , Ringo Meanie and Wally Meanie . The Meanies had a hiatus in the mid-late 1990s, but began performing again in 1998...

). In 1995 Naylor was spending time between two bands, leading Even and playing guitar in Fragment, a group fronted by Naylor's songwriting friend Danny Vertessy. Fragment recorded two albums as Rail

Rail (Australian band)

Rail was an Australian band from Melbourne in the late 1990s. Dan Vertessy was the lead singer and songwriter. They featured Ashley Naylor from Even on guitar and released two albums of guitar pop. Their first album was titled Bad Hair Life, and contained the single "Immune Deficiency". "Immune...

. By 1998 Naylor and Kempton had made Even their main focus. In 1999 Naylor created another side band, The Grapes, with female singer Sherry Rich. In 1999 he contributed guitar to Stephen Cummings

Stephen Cummings

' Spiritual Burn album. He also played with he played with the Countdown Spectacular's house band. In 2006, together with Cameron Bruce, he joined Paul Kelly's touring band, replacing Dan Luscombe who left to join The Drones

The Drones

Release contributions:

1995: Rail
Rail (Australian band)
Rail was an Australian band from Melbourne in the late 1990s. Dan Vertessy was the lead singer and songwriter. They featured Ashley Naylor from Even on guitar and released two albums of guitar pop. Their first album was titled Bad Hair Life, and contained the single "Immune Deficiency". "Immune...

- Bad Hair Day
1996: Even
Even (band)
Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ashley Naylor, with Matthew Cotter on drums and Wally Kempton on bass and backing vocals...

- Less is More
1997: Even - Come Again
1997: Rail - Goodbye Syrfing, Hello God!
1999: Stephen Cummings
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...

- Spiritual Bum
2001: Even - A Different High
2003: Even - The Streetpress Years
2004: Even - Free Kicks
2004: Even - Downpayment on Future Glories
2004: Ashley Naylor - Four Track Mind
2005: Stoneage Hearts - Hearts Guilty as Sin
2006: Black Cab - Jesus East
2008: Even - Even

Cameron Bruce

Active: 2006–present

Instruments: keyboards

Short bio: Cameron Bruce was born in 1977 and whilst at Sydney University (studying mathematics) formed The Fantastic Leslie

The Fantastic Leslie

The Fantastic Leslie were a four-piece band from Sydney, Australia and was the starting point for three of Australia's popular and successful comedians and musicians.-Biography:...

in 1998, together with Andrew Hansen

Andrew Hansen

Andrew John Hansen is an Australian comedian and musician, best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser...

, Tom Gleeson and James Fletcher. The band formally split in 2003 as the members began pursuing their own careers. Early in 2001 Bruce joined Karma County

Karma County

Karma County is an Australian music group who formed in 1995. They consist of Drummer Stuart Eadie, who also creates and co-ordinates the band's visual imagery , singer/guitarist Brendan Gallagher, who also produces the music, and bassist Michael Galeazzi.-Melody deal:In early 1999 the band signed...

as part of the backing band for a Carole King

Carole King

Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

Tribute show, Tapestry, featuring the vocal talents of Jenny Morris, Vika and Linda Bull

Vika and Linda

Vika and Linda Bull are a sister vocal duo who came to prominence after being asked to sing backing vocals in Joe Camilleri's band The Black Sorrows.-Biography:...

and Jodi Phillis

Jodi Phillis

Jodi Christine Phillis is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist. She spent her childhood in California, United States, and moved back to Sydney, Australia to begin school. She quit school at 15, then spent 8 years working with surfwear company Mambo Graphics until she took up the role as...

. He has also been a part-time floating member of Pinky Beecroft’s White Russians, and the Beautiful Girls

The Beautiful Girls

The Beautiful Girls are an Australian band, predominantly playing roots music. They have released three EPs, Morning Sun, Goodtimes and Weight Of The World. Plus four full length albums, Learn Yourself, We're Already Gone, Ziggurats and Spooks. They played at Dusty Days on 15 March 2008 in Wagga...

. He is a third of the comedy/musical trio GUD

GUD (band)

GUD is an Australian comedic music-based trio composed of Paul McDermott, previously of the Doug Anthony All Stars, former Gadflys guitarist Mick Moriarty, and Club Luna Band keyboard player Cameron Bruce...

, along with Paul McDermott

Paul McDermott (comedian)

Paul McDermott is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, director, singer, artist and television host. He currently hosts the satirical news-based 'Good News World' a follow up to quiz show Good News Week which airs in Australia on Network Ten...

and Mick Moriarty. Bruce has also toured with Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little AO , is an Australian Aboriginal musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose career has spanned six decades. For many years he was the only Aboriginal star on the Australian music scene...

, Sneeze, and Ronn Moss

Ronn Moss

Ronald Montague "Ronn" Moss is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 1987.- Early life and music career :Ronn Moss was born...

and has invited by The Violent Femmes onstage and do a couple of songs. Bruce performed in a 10 episode television series called Under The Grandstand on SBS

Special Broadcasting Service

in 2005. In 2006, together with Ashley Naylor, he joined Paul Kelly's touring band, replacing Dan Luscombe who left to join The Drones

The Drones

Release contributions:

1999: The Fantastic Leslie
The Fantastic Leslie
The Fantastic Leslie were a four-piece band from Sydney, Australia and was the starting point for three of Australia's popular and successful comedians and musicians.-Biography:...

– A Tiny Mark
2000: Michael Carpenter – Hopefullness
2001: Paul Grene – The Miles
2001: Sneeze – Lost the Spirit to Rock and Rock
2002: The Forresters – Skin Deep
2002: Paul Green – The Way
2002: Jenny Morris – Hit and Myth
2002: Dave McCormack and the Polaroids – Candy
2003: GUD
GUD (band)
GUD is an Australian comedic music-based trio composed of Paul McDermott, previously of the Doug Anthony All Stars, former Gadflys guitarist Mick Moriarty, and Club Luna Band keyboard player Cameron Bruce...

– Official Bootleg
2004: Dave McCormack and the Polaroids – The Truth About Love
2006: Bruce – The Name of the Band is...

Vika Bull

Active: Sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s; 2009-present

Instruments: Vocals, percussion

Short bio: Bull, along with her sister Linda, have performed and sung with Paul Kelly, both on tour and on record several times. On the current tour, however, Bull has replaced Dan Kelly in the band as a backing vocalist, occasionally taking lead on songs such as Sweet Guy and Everything's Turning to White.

High Rise Bombers (1977–1978)

Members arranged chronologically:

Martin Armiger
Martin Armiger
John Martin Armiger is an Australian musician, record producer and film/TV composer. He was singer-songwriter and guitarist with Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports during 1978–1981, which had Top 30 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart with, "Don't Throw Stones" , "Strangers on a...

(Toads, Bleeding Hearts) – guitar, vocals (1977–1978) (left to join The Sports
The Sports
The Sports were a popular Australian rock group that performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981.Based in Melbourne, Victoria, the group released a number of successful singles and albums. Their sound fitted well with both 1970s British pub rock bands and British New Wave...

)
Lee 'Fred' Cass (Red Angel Panic, Nineteen 87, Lip Arthur, Superlemon) – bass guitar (1977–1978)
Chris Dyson (Hot Cottage, Cruisers) – guitar (1977–1978)
Sally Ford (Flying Tackle) – saxophone (1977–1978) (left to join The Kevins)
John Lloyd (Relaxed Mechanics, Peter Lillee Band, The Cruisers) – drums (1977–1978)
Keith Shadwick (King Biscuit, Uncle Bobs Band, Sun) – saxophone (1977–1978)
Chris Langman (Spare Change, Parachute) – guitar (replaced Dyson in 1978)

Paul Kelly and the Dots (1978–1982)

Members arranged chronologically:

Paul Gadsby – bass guitar (1978–1980)
Chris Langman – guitar (1978–1982) (left to join Glory Boys)
John Lloyd – drums (1978–1979) (left to join Flowers/Icehouse
Icehouse (band)
Icehouse is an Australian rock band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success playing new wave and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S...

)
Chris Malhebe – guitar (1978–1979)
Chris Worral (Captain Matchbox, Pelaco Brothers, Bleeding Hearts, Stiletto) – guitar (1979–1980) (replaced Malhebe in February 1979)
Chris Dyson (Cruisers, High Rise Bombers, Stiletto, Romantics) – guitar, vocals (1979–1980) (replaced Langman) (left to join Beats Working)
Tony Thornton (Sidewinder, Front Page) – drums (1979–1981) (replaced Lloyd)
Alan Brooker (Clean Cut) – bass (1980–1982) (replaced Gadsby)
Tim Brosnan (Millionaires, True Wheels, Romantics) – guitar (1980–1982) (replaced Dyson in late 1980)
Michael Holmes (Negatives, Eric Gradman: Man & Machine, Romantics) – guitar (1980–1981) (replaced Worral in late 1980)
Maurice Frawley
Maurice Frawley
Maurice Gerard Frawley was an Australian rock and country blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Biography:Maurice Gerard Frawley was born on 5 May 1954, the son of Gerard Patrick and Eileen Marie Frawley, he grew up with three siblings, Brendan, Mary and Leo on the family farm near Elmore in...

(Japanese Comix) – guitar (1981–1982) (replaced Holmes)
Huk Treloar (Bleeding Hearts, Sneakers, Little Heroes
Little Heroes
Little Heroes were a popular Australian rock band in the 1980s. They are best known for their hit single "One Perfect Day", which was released in 1982.-Biography:Little Heroes were formed from the remnants of The Secret Police...

) – drums (1981–1982) (replaced Thornton)
Alex Formosa (Mick Pealing and the Ideals) – drums (1982) (replaced Treloar in mid 1982) (left to join Russell Morris Band
Russell Morris
Russell Norman Morris is an Australian singer-songwriter who had five Australian Top 10 singles during the late 1960s and early 1970s...

)

Paul Kelly Band (1983–1984)

Members arranged chronologically:

Michael Armiger (10,000 Guitars) – guitar (1983–1984)
Chris Coyne – saxophone (1983–1984)
Maurice Frawley – guitar (left to join Olympic Sideburns) (1983–1984)
Greg Martin (Mick Pealing and the Ideals, Little Murders, Goanna
Goanna (band)
Goanna is an Australian folk rock group which formed in 1977 in Geelong as The Goanna Band with mainstay Shane Howard as singer-songwriter and guitarist...

) – drums (1983)
Michael Barclay (Japanese Comix, Little Murders, Runners, Zimmermen) – drums (replaced Martin in late 1983)
Graham Lee
Graham Lee (Australian musician)
Graham Lee is an Australian rock musician and record producer, best known as the steel guitar player of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he was nicknamed 'Evil Graham Lee'....

– guitar, pedal steel guitar
Pedal steel guitar
The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...

(1984) (left to join The Triffids
The Triffids
The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...

)
Steve Connolly (Cuban Heels, Rare Things, Zimmermen) – guitar (replaced Frawley in late 1984) (d 1995)

Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls/Messengers (1985–1991)

After relocating from Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

to Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

in 1985, Paul Kelly recorded and released a solo album, Post
Post (Paul Kelly album)
Post is the first solo album by Australian singer-songwriter rock musician, Paul Kelly. Kelly had moved to Sydney by January 1985, after leaving his Melbourne-based Paul Kelly Band and the breakup of his marriage to Hilary Brown....

. Kelly then began to play and record with a full-time band, which included Michael Armiger on bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, Michael Barclay on drums

Drum kit

, Steve Connolly on guitar, eventually bassist Jon Schofield, and keyboardist

Keyboard instrument

Peter Bull joined. Through a joke based on Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

's song "Walk on the Wild Side", the band became known as Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. The line-up of the Coloured Girls changed rapidly with some stability late in 1985 as Barclay, Bull, Connolly and Schofield. In September 1986 Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls released their debut album, Gossip
Gossip (album)
Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status...

. When released in North America and Europe by A&M Records

A&M Records

A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

in July 1987, the band changed its name, for international releases, to Paul Kelly and the Messengers due to possible racist connotations. Subsequent releases were under the name Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls for Australasia

Australasia

Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...

and Paul Kelly and the Messengers for international releases until 1989's So Much Water So Close to Home
So Much Water So Close to Home
So Much Water, So Close to Home is an album by Australian rock band Paul Kelly and the Messengers and was originally released in August 1989. The title comes from a short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver. Carver had died in August 1988, Kelly would go on to co-write the score for the...

when all releases were by Paul Kelly and the Messengers until disbanding in 1991.

Members arranged chronologically:

Michael Armiger – guitar (1985)
Michael Barclay – drums, vocals (1985–1988; 1989–1991)
Steve Connolly – guitar (1985–1988; 1989–1991)
Chris Coyne – saxophone 1985 (only on Post)
Ian Rilen
Ian Rilen
Ian William Rilen was an Australian musician, he was bass guitarist and songwriter with Rock N' Roll band Rose Tattoo and led punk rock group X also providing lead guitar, rhythm guitar and vocals...

(Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, that was formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences, with songs including "Bad Boy for Love", "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw", "Nice Boys", "We Can't Be Beaten" and "Scarred for Life"...

, X
X (Australian band)
X is an Australian punk rock band, formed in Sydney in 1977 and led by the late Ian Rilen. The band has split and reformed several times.Although X has had several members, its sound has been defined by two distinctive elements: Rilen's basslines and Steve Lucas's guitar...

) – bass guitar 1985 (only on Post)
Rick Grossman
Richard Grossman (musician)
Richard Grossman is an Australian rock musician who has played bass guitar for two iconic bands Divinyls and Hoodoo Gurus. Hoodoo Gurus iconic status on the Australian rock scene was acknowledged when they were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame. For Grossman, this was his second Hall of Fame...

(Divinyls
Divinyls
Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying...

) – bass (1985) (left to return to Divinyls and eventually joined Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

)
Jon Schofield (Grooveyard) – bass guitar (1985–1988; 1989–1991)
Peter Bull (Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi (band)
Do-Re-Mi aka Do-Ré-Mi were an Australian Rock/Pop band formed in Sydney in 1981 when Deborah Conway and Dorland Bray joined Helen Carter and later recruited Stephen Philip...

, Sea Monsters, Flaming Hands, Grooveyard) – keyboards
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...

(1985–1988; 1989–1991)
Spencer P. Jones (The Johnnys, The Beasts of Bourbon, Olympic Sideburns) – guitar (1985) (left to join Legendary Stardust Cowboys)
Billy Pommer Jnr (The Johnnys) – drums (1988)
Noel Funicello (The Amazing Woolloomoolosers) – bass (1988)

Paul Kelly's Band (1995–1997)

Members arranged chronologically:

Shane O'Mara (Stephen Cummings Band
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...

, Chris Wilson Band, Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire were an indie pop-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They released two full-length albums and two EPs in a six-year career lasting from 1994 to 2000.-History:...

) – guitar (left to join Tim Rogers and the Temperance Union
Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers is the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union.-History:...

)
Bruce Haymes (Richard Clapton Band
Richard Clapton
Richard Clapton is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Sydney, New South Wales. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are "Girls on the Avenue" and "I Am an Island"...

, Russell Morris and the Rubes
Russell Morris
Russell Norman Morris is an Australian singer-songwriter who had five Australian Top 10 singles during the late 1960s and early 1970s...

, Bachelors from Prague, Steve Hoy Band, Colin Hay Band
Colin Hay
Colin James Hay is a Scottish-Australian musician, who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist.- Early life and Men at Work :...

) – keyboards
Stephen Hadley (Vince Jones Band
Vince Jones
Vince Jones is an Australian jazz artist. He is a singer, songwriter, and trumpet/flugelhorn player. His music includes both original music and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often love, inequity, injustice, peace and anti-greed.He attributes his love of jazz to...

, Kate Ceberano and the Ministry of Fun
Kate Ceberano
Kate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...

, The Black Sorrows
The Black Sorrows
The Black Sorrows are an Australian band founded by Joe Camilleri, the group's only constant member. Founded in 1983, The Black Sorrows are still active today, and are best remembered for their top 40 Australian hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Hold On To Me", "Chained To The...

) – bass
Peter Luscombe (The Black Sorrows, The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones were an Australian rock band formed in 1965 in Melbourne following the British Invasion. The line-up of Gavin Anderson on drums, Ian Clyne on organ and piano, Gerry Humphrys on vocals and harmonica, Rob Lovett on guitar, and Kim Lynch on bass guitar recorded their early hits...

, Linda Bull Band
Vika and Linda
Vika and Linda Bull are a sister vocal duo who came to prominence after being asked to sing backing vocals in Joe Camilleri's band The Black Sorrows.-Biography:...

, David McComb and the Red Ponies
David McComb
David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

, Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire were an indie pop-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They released two full-length albums and two EPs in a six-year career lasting from 1994 to 2000.-History:...

, Four Hours Sleep) – drums
Spencer P. Jones (Legendary Stardust Cowboys, Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon was an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1983, with a line-up that has changed as the band splintered and reformed several times - Beginnings :...

, Chris Bailey and the General Dog, Sacred Cowboys
Sacred Cowboys
Sacred Cowboys are an Australian post-punk rock band based in Melbourne and active in 1982-85, 1987-97 and since 2006.The band's lead singer and lyricist is Garry Gray. The current line-up includes: Spencer P. Jones ; Penny Ikinger ; Nick Rischbieth and; Stephan Fiddock . A special guest for shows...

) – guitar 1996 (left to rejoin Beasts of Bourbon)

Professor Ratbaggy (1999–2002)

Members arranged alphabetically:

Stephen Handley – bass, vocals
Bruce Haymes – keyboards, organ, vocals
Peter Luscombe – drums

Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions (2002–present)

Members arranged alphabetically:

Dan Kelly (Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males
Dan Kelly (musician)
Daniel "Dan" Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the second oldest of six children and the nephew of Paul Kelly. He grew up in Queensland and learnt the guitar at thirteen, studying Environmental Science at University, in Brisbane, in 1990...

) – guitar, vocals
Dan Luscombe (The Blackeyed Susans
The Blackeyed Susans
The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 1989, based in Melbourne since 1992.-Perth 1989-1990:The original line-up consisted of David McComb on vocals and guitar, Alsy MacDonald on drums , Phil Kakulas on bass guitar , Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar, and...

, Four Hours Sleep) – guitar, keyboards, vocals (left to join The Drones
The Drones
The Drones are an Australian rock group who rose to prominence during the early 2000s. They are influenced by a variety of bands and soloists including Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, Bad Brains, Suicide, Green on Red, The Birthday Party, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone.- The Sound...

)
Peter Luscombe – drums
Bill MacDonald (Max Q
Max Q
In aerospace engineering, the maximum dynamic pressure, often referred to as maximum Q or max Q, is the point at which aerodynamic stress on a vehicle in atmospheric flight is maximized...

, Deborah Conway and the Mothers of Pearl
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....

, Frente, Ultrasound, Four Hours Sleep, Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire
Rebecca's Empire were an indie pop-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They released two full-length albums and two EPs in a six-year career lasting from 1994 to 2000.-History:...

, Stephen Cummings Band
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...

) – bass, vocals

Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys (2005)

Members arranged alphabetically:

Mick Albeck – fiddle
James Gillard – bass
Rod McCormack – guitar
Ian Simpson – banjo
Trev Warner – mandolin

Stardust Five (2005–2006)

Members arranged alphabetically:

Dan Kelly – guitar
Dan Luscombe – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Peter Luscombe – drums
Bill MacDonald – bass

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