The Makers (Australian band)
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The Makers was a band formed by ex-Split Enz
keyboardist
Eddie Rayner
and Australia
n musician
and singer Brian Baker.
They formed around 1988 after recording the tracks for the Ricky and Pete soundtrack. The self-titled debut album 'The Makers' was released in 1989, with three singles released from it. The second album Hokey Pokey was released in 1992 with two more singles. They toured Australia in 1991 with The B-52's
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Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
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Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
Eddie Rayner
Eddie Rayner
Eddie Rayner , is a New Zealand musician who has played in bands such as Split Enz, Space Waltz, Crowded House, The Makers and 801....
and Australia
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...
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Musician
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and singer Brian Baker.
They formed around 1988 after recording the tracks for the Ricky and Pete soundtrack. The self-titled debut album 'The Makers' was released in 1989, with three singles released from it. The second album Hokey Pokey was released in 1992 with two more singles. They toured Australia in 1991 with The B-52's
The B-52's
The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...
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Singles
- "Big Picture" (1990)
- "New Kind of Blue" (1990)
- "Daylight" (1990)
- "From Now On" (1992)
- "Perfect Crime" (1992)