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Word Of Mouth (Matt Finish Album)
''Word of Mouth'' is the second studio album by Australian band Matt Finish. The album was released in 1984 and produced the singles "Always Another" (May 1984), "Words and Wars" (June 1984) and "Come On Over" (September 1984). When promoting the album, the band supported U2 on their Under Australian Skies Tour. Track listing (All songs by Matt Moffitt except where noted) # "Out On Those Moments" # "Tai Ming Money" (Matt Moffitt, Jeff Clayton, John Prior) # "Come On Over" # "Light Up My Days" # "Always Another" # "Died in Love" # "Does It Feel" (Moffitt, Prior) # "Words and Wars" # "Still Roads (I Need It)" (Moffitt, Prior, Clayton) # "Blind And Running" Charts Personnel * Matt Moffitt Matthew David Moffitt (20 August 195612 August 2003) was an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He fronted the rock band, Matt Finish (1978–81, 1983–85, 1990–2003), and worked as a solo artist. Matt Finish were a popular live band ... – guitar, lead vocals * Jeff Clayton – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Finish
Matt Finish are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in mid-1979 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Moffitt (1956–2003) and drummer, composer and producer John Prior (musician), John Prior. The 1981 line-up of Moffitt, Prior, Richard Grossman (bassist), Richard Grossman on bass guitar and Jeff Clayton on rhythm guitar recorded their debut album, ''Short Note (album), Short Note'', which peaked at No. 14 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. The title song, "Short Note", peaked at No. 33 on the related Singles Chart and became a standard on Australian radio stations. Grossman was later a member of Divinyls and Hoodoo Gurus. On 13 August 2003 Moffit died in his sleep, aged 46. From 2006 Prior has continued Matt Finish with various line-ups. In 2004 "Short Note" was cover version, covered by Wendy Matthews and appeared on her album ''Café Naturale''. It was listed in Triple M's 2005 Best Songs of the Eighties poll, it appeared in the 2007 Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock (music)
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fade Away (Matt Finish EP)
''Fade Away'' is an EP by Matt Finish. It was recorded live during two sessions at Sydney's PACT theatre in July 1981. ''Fade Away'' captured the rawness and power of the live performances for which Matt Finish was renowned. Track listing # "Introductions" # "Fade Away" # "It's On My Way" # "Eat Your Lips Off" # "Calls" Charts Personnel * Matt Moffitt – vocals/guitar * Jeff Clayton – guitar/vocals * Richard Grossman (bassist), Rick Grossman – bass * John Prior (musician), John Prior – drums References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fade Away (Ep) 1981 debut EPs Matt Finish albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By Heart (Matt Finish Album)
''By Heart'' is the third studio album by Australian band Matt Finish Matt Finish are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in mid-1979 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Moffitt (1956–2003) and drummer, composer and producer John Prior (musician), John Prior. The 1981 line-up of Moffitt, Prior, Rich .... The album produced the singles "Blue" and "Earthbound (Don't Sing for Me)". Track listing # "Blue" # "Earthbound (Don't Sing for Me)" # "Understand" # "I Could Tell You I Cried" # "Magic" # "By Heart" # "Love in Demand" # "Need You Near Me" # "Silence" # "In My Dreams" Personnel ;Matt Finish *Matt Moffitt lead vocals (tracks 1-8,10), lead guitar (tracks 4, 6), acoustic guitar (track 5), rhythm guitar (track 8) *Paul Dawkins keyboards (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-8, 10), bass (tracks 1, 3, 5), piano (track 5), percussion (track 5), drums (track 5) *Rohan Cannon lead guitar (tracks 1-3, 7-10), rhythm guitar (tracks 4, 6), backing vocals (tracks 3, 8, 9) *Adrian Cannon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Moffitt
Matthew David Moffitt (20 August 195612 August 2003) was an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He fronted the rock band, Matt Finish (1978–81, 1983–85, 1990–2003), and worked as a solo artist. Matt Finish were a popular live band, which had a top 20 hit on the Kent Music Report singles chart with " Short Note" (1981). Moffit's released a solo album in 1986, titled '' As Little as a Look'', it provided the single, "Miss This Tonight", which reached the top 30 in June 1986. Matt Moffitt died "in his sleep, apparently from a stroke"; his funeral was held on 20 August 2003, on what would have been his 47th birthday. Biography 1956-1977:Early years Matt Moffitt (born 1956) was the oldest child of Ian Moffitt (1926–2000), a journalist and writer, and Elizabeth "Betty" Saunders, also a journalist. He grew up with four siblings and spent his early childhood in Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains. The family relocated to New York City for a number of years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Prior (musician)
John David Prior is an Australian musician, composer and producer recognized for his work with Matt Finish, Adrian Belew (King Crimson), Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones), 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 reviewer John Shand wrote: "Prior was a nexus of energy, fun and accuracy" performing with Adrian Belew. John is the owner and director of Mammal Music Pty Ltd audio/video production company, and Unity Gain Studios, where he has composed and produced albums for many independent artists including the ARIA Award winning ''Tibetan Prayer'' (Best World/Traditional/Folk Album 1995Yungchen Lhamo), ARIA Award nominated ''The Hipbone Connection'' (Best Independent Album 2000 and No. 1 on the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) charts) and ARIA Award nominated ''The Story of Abbey'' (Best Show/Cast Album 2002). He has also pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July 1987. From June 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the top 50 portion of the report under licence since mid-1983, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts. Before the Kent Report, ''Go-Set'' magazine published weekly Top-40 Singles from 1966, and Album charts from 1970 until the magazine's demise in August 1974. David Kent later published Australian charts from 1940 to 1973 in a retrospective fashion, using state by state chart data obtained from various Australian radio stations. Background Kent had spent a number of years previously working in the music industry at both EMI and Phonogram records and had developed the report initially as a hobby. The Kent Music Report was first release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Albums
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican City, Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
