Orchestra of Skin and Bone were an Australian

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band active from 1984 to 1986. The band's core members were

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, Marie Hoy and John Murphy.McFarlan
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entry. Retrieved 6 February 2010.Spencer et al, (2007), "Hoy, Marie" entry. They released a self-titled album in 1985, with the line-up of Olsen on lead vocals and guitar, Murphy on drums, Arnie Hanna on guitar, Marie Hoy on keyboards, David Hoy on cello, Tom Hoy on saxophone, Loki Lockwood on piano frames, Dugald McKenzie on vocals and harmonica, James Rogers on trumpet and Peter Scully on guitar. They also released cassettes on underground

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labels. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, the ensemble "proved incomprehensible to local audiences and rarely played live." Two tracks from the album, "Sometimes", and "Ot-Ven-Rot" later appeared on the album by Olsen's project with

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, Max Q.

Discography

* ''Orchestra of Skin and Bone'' (1985) – Major Records (MRLP 003) * ''Orchestra of Skin and Bone 1984-1986'' (1986) – Extreme (DEX 4715) Re-released on CD (1991)

References

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