Gerard "Ged" Corben was the

lead guitarist Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featured ...

of The

Lime Spiders Lime Spiders were an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1979 with Mick Blood on lead vocals. He was later joined by Tony Bambach on bass guitar, Gerard Corben on guitar, Richard Lawson on drums, and David Sparks on guitar. Their debut ...

, between 1985 and 2016. The band released three studio albums. The band toured the US, UK, Europe and widely through Australia. In 1987, he and his brother David "d" Corben (bass guitar) formed The Cruel Sea with Danny Rumour on guitar & Lucky Jim Elliott on drums. They both played with the band from its inception before Tex Perkins joined, "d" leaving in 1989. Ged stayed on until 1992, leaving to concentrate on The Lime Spiders. He appears on four studio tracks with the band on their first release “Down Below”. He still plays instrumental surf music with "The White Pointers".

Lime Spiders

Joined Lime Spiders 1985. He toured and recorded three studio albums with them, as well as a number of singles and one-off tracks, until 1992, leaving due to personal differences. He teamed up with the band again in 1996. His first recording is the single "Out Of Control". He played lead guitar on all their recordings from 1985 to date. The Lime Spiders were heavily influenced by the 1960s psychedelic movement, especially ''The Nuggets'' recordings. In 2009, Corben's son, Tom, joined the band at age 17, replacing Richard Lawson on drums. Ged & Tom both left the band, along with bassist Tony “Chief” Bambach, after the Hoodoo Guru's Dig It Up Festival in 2013.

Classical

In 1994, he gained a Certificate in Music with Distinction from the

Australian Institute of Music The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is an Australian private tertiary education provider, with campuses in Sydney, New South Wales and Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1968, AIM delivers education for careers in the Australian music, entert ...

. He went on to study performance and solo

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to degree level and graduated with distinction in 1998.

Celtic and American folk

Ged plays guitar, resonator and mandolin in The Righteous Prannies. Aust Champ & multi Golden Guitar Winner fiddle player and flatpicker Mike Kerin lying Emus, Slim Dusty, Anne Kirkpatrickleads the group, bass player and producer Michael Vidale who is also a multi Golden Guitar winner lying Emus, Jimmy and The Boys, Don Walker, The Bushwackers Tinker Duffy (accordion) and Luke Robinson (percussion). They play Celtic, Appalachian, old time, bluegrass, Americana and Western swing.

Discography

Lime Spiders

Singles

*Out Of Control/Save My Soul 7" (1985) *Jessica/Sparks 7" (1987) *Jessica/Sparks/Long Way To Go 12" (1987) *My Favourite Room/Blood From A Stone 7" (1987) *My Favourite Room/Blood From A Stone/Heard Her Call My Name 12" (1987) *Just One Solution/Drip Out 7" (1987) *Weirdo Libido/Here With My Love 7" (1987)

Albums

*''The Cave Comes Alive'' (1987) *''Volatile'' (1988) *''Beethoven's Fist'' (1989)

References

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