Andrew James Kenneth Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the

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Early life

Andrew James Stockdale was born in

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on 20 July 1976. He was raised in Ashgrove and attended Ashgrove State School,

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and

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. He briefly lived with his family in the

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area of

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, where he attended Wimbledon Middle School, and holds dual Australian and British citizenship due to his father being an English man from

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Career

Wolfmother

Stockdale is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the

band

, which he founded in 2004. In 2007, he won "Songwriter of the Year" at the APRA Awards along with his bandmates. On 24 October 2020, Stockdale performed "

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" at the

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Other work

Aside from his work with Wolfmother, Stockdale was featured on the 2010 single " By the Sword" by

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, and released a solo album in 2013 called '' Keep Moving''.

Artistry

Stockdale's influences most commonly include hard rock and heavy metal guitarists from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Vocally compared to a "cross between

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" by Allmusic, his guitar antics and stage persona are commonly traced to

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guitarist

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Equipment

Stockdale plays

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guitars, primarily a 1974 SG standard with a

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in vintage sunburst. He has also been seen using a 1961 Reissue Gibson SG. Other times he uses a Gibson Dot Studio ES-335, a white

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and an alpine white

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with golden hardware. For the recording of the Wolfmother album he used a borrowed Gibson ES-355 through a 1960s Marshall. When playing live, he uses a

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and a Marshall JMP. In the past Stockdale has been noted to use

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amplifiers and cabinets. Stockdale also states to use a

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, though he prefers the Gibson guitars. In recent times he has also started using a

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Blues Master Harmonica microphone for some vocals. Stockdale's current pedalboard consists of a Boss TU-2, Radial Tone Bone, Fulltone Clyde wah, a Fulltone Supa-Trem, an Electro-Harmonix Microsynth, an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser, an AC booster, and a Digitech Whammy I (locked into place and set for a high octave.) All are patched into a true bypass looper/switcher array and are powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2+.

Discography

;Studio albums *'' Keep Moving'' (2013) AUS No. 32 *''Slipstream'' (2018)andrewstockdale.net ;with Wolfmother *''

'' (2005) *''

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'' (2019) *'' Rock Out'' (2021) ;Guest appearances *

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Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

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, , Andrew Stockdale,

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References

Other sources

*Browne, Sally
"On Wolf Patrol"
''The Courier Mail'', 23 April 2006.

External links

Wolfmother official website

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stockdale, Andrew 1976 births Living people Australian people of English descent Articles which contain graphical timelines APRA Award winners Australian heavy metal singers Australian male singers Australian rock guitarists Australian rock singers Grammy Award winners Lead guitarists RMIT University alumni Wolfmother members Australian male guitarists