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Ron Peno
Ronald "Ron" Stephen Peno (born mid 1950s), who also performed as Ronnie Pop, is an Australian rock singer, he fronted Died Pretty, from 1984 to 2002, he was a member of early punk band the Hellcats (1976–77), and followed with the 31st (in Brisbane, 1979–81) and Screaming Tribesmen (1981). Biography Ron Peno was born in the mid 1950s in Gosford. He attended secondary school in Narrabri where he made up a band name, Virgin Frogs, he later explained " twas just something I had in the country, I made up a band name. A very left field thing to do. I put it into 'Sounds Blasts' (music column.) My friend and I were at school in Narribri and put it in to see if they'd print it." In Gosford he joined Uncle Mils, with Warrick Fraser, which he described, "We were going through the glam thing together and they were looking for a lead singer. The classic Stones line-up. I just went out to Ettalong Memorial Hall – glammed up – and did a few songs from ''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!''. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosford
Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast region, about north of Sydney and about south of Newcastle. The city centre is situated at the northern extremity of Brisbane Water, an extensive northern branch of the Hawkesbury River estuary and Broken Bay. The suburb is the administrative centre and Central Business District of the Central Coast region, which is the third largest urban area in New South Wales after Sydney and Newcastle. Following its formation from the combination of the previous Gosford City Council and Wyong Shire Councils, Gosford has been earmarked as a vital CBD spine under the NSW Metropolitan Strategy. The population of the Gosford area was 169,053 in 2016. History Until white settlement, the area around Gosford was inhabited by the Guringai peoples, who were principally coastal-dwellers, and the Darkinjung people that inhabited the hinterland. Along with the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Shepherd
Bradley Mark Shepherd (born 1 February 1961) is an Australian rock musician. Shepherd is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and harmonica player; he has performed with several bands, especially Hoodoo Gurus. Biography Early life Shepherd was born in Sydney but his parents relocated to Brisbane when he was six years old and describes himself as "a frustrated drummer": his parents had bought a drum kit but after moving on to guitar he left the kit for his younger brother Murray Shepherd. Shepherd attended Kedron High School and Brisbane Grammar School in the mid-1970s. His first band was Brisbane punk rock act, The Aliens, which formed in 1978 with Shepherd as their lead guitarist/singer, John Hartley on bass and Murray Shepherd on drums. With the addition of second guitarist, Graeme Beavis, The Aliens eventually became The Fun Things by 1979 and released a self-titled EP, ''The Fun Things'' (1980). In mid 1980 Shepherd joined The 31st, which at that stage consisted of Mick Medew, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Salmon
Kim Leith Salmon (born 24 January 1957) is an Australian rock musician and songwriter from Perth. He has worked in various groups including The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Kim Salmon and the Business, and Darling Downs. Australian rock musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described Salmon as one of the first Australians to "embrace wholeheartedly the emergent punk phenomenon of the mid-to-late 1970s" with The Scientists. He declared that Beasts of Bourbon were "masters of uncompromising gutbucket blues and hard-edged rock'n'roll". In 2004 Salmon was inducted into the West Australian Music Industry Association Hall of Fame and in 2007, into the Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame. Early work Kim Leith Salmon was born in 1957 in the Western Australian port city of Bunbury. He later recalled wanting to be a nuclear physicist until, at the age of 13, he heard "heavy rock stuff" on the radio. He bought his first guitar, "an acoustic steel string thing", fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everydaydream
''Everydaydream'' is the eighth and final studio album by the Australian rock band Died Pretty. The album, recorded with producer Wayne Connolly and released in October 2000, injected a strongly electronic feel into the band's sound with its extensive use of synthesizers and drum machines. Track listing (All songs by Brett Myers and Ron Peno Ronald "Ron" Stephen Peno (born mid 1950s), who also performed as Ronnie Pop, is an Australian rock singer, he fronted Died Pretty, from 1984 to 2002, he was a member of early punk band the Hellcats (1976–77), and followed with the 31st (in B ...) # "Misunderstood" – 5:00 # "Brighter Ideas" – 3:30 # "Special Way" – 3:49 # "Burning Mad" – 5:53 # "That Look Before" – 3:59 # "Here Comes the Night" – 5:56 # "Call Me Sir" – 4:54 # "Dream Alone" – 4:27 # "Watch Out Below" – 5:20 # "The Evening Shadows"– 4:50 Personnel * Ron S. Peno — vocals * Brett Myers — guitar * John Hoey — keyboards * Robert Warren — bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Using My Gills As A Roadmap
''Using My Gills as a Roadmap'' is the seventh album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. The album, their second working with producer Wayne Connolly, was released in 1998. Guitarist and co-songwriter Brett Myers said the album marked a return to more experimental work, with little concern about the potential for radio airplay. "We all made a conscious decision to do something different with this album that we hadn't done before," he said. "We wanted to make songs that didn't have such rigid structures and to get away from the pop groove we'd fallen into a bit in the past." He said the album was also the one the band had taken most charge of in the production process. "It's a hell of a lot more work—we couldn't lounge around and relax as much. In the end, it's ultimately more rewarding, though. With the stuff on this album, we were so secure with what we wanted to do. I knew the sounds I wanted to create, I had a good idea about what I wanted to get. We ended up writing the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sold (Died Pretty Album)
''Sold'' is the sixth album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. It was released in 1996 and peaked at No. 29 in the ARIA album charts. The album was the last to include drummer, Nick Kennedy, who left during recording; he was replaced in the sessions by Shane Melder, on loan from Sidewinder. It was co-produced by former Radio Birdman vocalist Rob Younger, who had produced the band's 1986 debut ''Free Dirt'', and Wayne Connolly, who went on to co-produce their next two albums. Singer and song co-writer Ron Peno said the album's lyrics, inspired by the departure of his long-time girlfriend, were very personal. He told the ''Herald Sun'': "Every song can actually move me to tears. It was something I had to get out of my system. It was something that was happening in my life and it stopped happening and I'm trying to get over it." ''The Age'' called the album a classic, the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' described it as "magnificent" and the ''Herald Suns review said: "While it r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trace (Died Pretty Album)
''Trace'' is the fifth album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. It was released in 1993. The album was the most commercially successful of the band's career, peaking at No.11 on the ARIA album charts, while a single, "Harness Up" (August 1993), peaked at No.35. A four-track EP, "Caressing Swine" (June), and two other singles, "Headaround" (November) and "A State of Graceful Mourning" (December), failed to chart. Despite its commercial success, singer and songwriter Ron Peno has expressed disappointment with it. In a 1995 interview he said: "There were some nice moments on ''Trace'', and there were some moments that fell short of the mark. Some songs that just didn't quite get there. It was a valiant attempt, but it didn't make it. Out of all the songs that came from ''Trace'', we only perform one with any regularity, and that's 'Harness Up'. Occasionally we have been doing 'State of Graceful Mourning'—to me, they're the two highlights of the album." Peno acknowledged the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doughboy Hollow
''Doughboy Hollow'' is the fourth album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. The album, recorded with English producer Hugh Jones, was released in 1991. Described by Ian McFarlane's ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' as "brimming with passionate, dramatic and alluring musical vistas", it took the band into the Top 20 album charts for the first time, peaking at No.19 in September 1991. The album led to three ARIA Award nominations in 1992—Album of the Year for ''Doughboy Hollow'', Independent Single of the Year for "D.C." and Best Video, also for "D.C.". It was also included in the 2010 book '' 100 Best Australian Albums''. Lyrical content Talking to Richard Kingsmill of Triple J in 1996, Ron S. Peno explained the lyrics of second single "D.C.": ''"The lyric is about the passing of someone, and coming to terms with it."'' He further elaborated: ''"Lyrically I wrote it about a dear friend that passed away while we were on tour in Europe. His name was David Cox—henc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Brilliant Eye
''Every Brilliant Eye'' is the third album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. It was released in 1990 and produced by Jeff Eyrich, whose previous production credits included The Gun Club, The Plimsouls and T Bone Burnett. The album was recorded in Los Angeles at the close of a tour of Europe and the United States. It was the first to feature new keyboardist John Hoey (ex-X-Men, Thought Criminals and New Christs) following the departure of long-time member Frank Brunetti and bassist Steve Clark (ex-Glass), who replaced Mark Lock. Track listing (All songs by Brett Myers, Ron Peno except where noted) # "Sight Unseen" – 4:39 # "The Underbelly"– 6:24 # "Herr Godiva" – 4:19 # "Face Toward the Sun" – 5:59 # "Prayer" – 4:22 # "True Fools Fall" – 4:15 # "Whitlam Square" – 4:27 # "Rue the Day" (Ron Peno, Steve Clark) – 3:53 # "From the Dark" – 7:12 Personnel * Brett Myers – guitar * Ron Peno Ronald "Ron" Stephen Peno (born mid 1950s), who also performed as Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost (Died Pretty Album)
''Lost'' is the second album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. It was released in 1988. The album, produced by former Radio Birdman vocalist Rob Younger, became the second biggest-selling alternative album for 1988, behind Ed Kuepper's '' Everybody's Got To'' and ahead of The Church's '' Starfish''. It yielded three singles, including "Winterland," the fourth best-selling alternative single for 1987.Ian McFarlane, liner notes, ''Lost'', 2013 Sandman reissue. The album's release was delayed for 18 months by protracted negotiations with Festival Records over a distribution deal. An expanded version, featuring the 1989 single "Everybody Moves," as well as B-sides and alternative versions, was released in 2013 by Sandman Records. Background and recording The band entered Trafalgar Studios in early 1987, soon after returning home from a two-month, 70-date tour of Europe and the United States, physically exhausted but creatively energised. Keyboardist Frank Brunetti recalled: "E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Dirt
''Free Dirt'' is the first full-length album by Australian alternative rock band Died Pretty, released in 1986. The album was repackaged in 2008 by Aztec Music with a second CD containing seven singles and six live recordings from 1986. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote: "The highly recommended album — which contains glimmers of the ’60s, Dylan, Gram Parsons, folk-rock and neo-psychedelic — uses guest contributions of mandolin, violin, pedal steel and sax to magnify the band’s own essential variety." Track listing All songs written by Brett Myers and Ron Peno, except where noted. #"Blue Sky Day" – 3:29 #"Round and Round" – 2:41 #"Wig-Out" – 3:06 #"Laughing Boy" – 3:34 #"Through Another Door" (Myers) – 3:17 #"Life to Go (Landsakes)" – 5:31 #"Just Skin" (Myers) – 6:37 #"The 2000 Year Old Murder" – 4:31 #"Next to Nothing" – 6:47 #"Stoneage Cinderella" (Atkinson, Myers, Peno) – 3:19 ;1992 re-release bonus track "Yesterday's Letters" (Myers) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
