Absolutley 80's
Bio
James Freud and Sean Kelly of the Models were pioneers of post-punk and new wave in 1980s Australia. Models reaped several top ten hits including “I Hear Motion”, “Big On Love”, “Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight”, “Barbados” and many more. The Models front men, with their unique song writing abilities and singing styles, wrote and recorded eight chart topping albums and over 30 singles, including a Top 10 in the USA with “Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight”. Models sold over 1 million records worldwide.
Before Models, James’ first band Teenage Radio Stars had a huge hit with “Modern Girl”. James and Sean’s performance (along with Brian Mannix) at the AFL Grand Final 2006 brought the house down, and was broadcasted out to all of Australia. James and Sean are also frequent guests on SBS's Rockwiz and ABC’s Spicks & Specks ... great entertainers and showmen!
The Uncanny X-Men were one of Australia's most popular and outrageous bands of the 80s, featuring the extroverted front man Brian Mannix. Total sales of over a half a million, with hits including the Number 1 smash hit "50 Years" and Top 10 hits "The Party", "Everybody Wants To Work" and "How Do You Get Your Kicks", as well as a double Platinum selling album "Cos Life Hurts". With a massive following, filling the Horden Pavilion (Sydney) and Festival Hall (Melbourne), Uncanny X-Men were one of biggest bands in the 80s.
Scott Carne was the lead singer of Kids in the Kitchen, the 80s "new wave" band that formed in 1984, quickly racing to the top of the charts with their Platinum selling debut album "Shine". The album yielded ten Top 10 singles including "Change in Mood", "Bitter Desire", "Current Stand" and “Something That U Said”. Kids in the Kitchen quickly become a house hold name, and signed an international deal with Madonna’s management and a USA record contract with Warner Brothers/Sire Records. The second LP “Terrain” was released in 1986 and contained two Top 20 hits “Say It”
and “Revolution Love”, which saw the Kids touring the world and breaking venue capacity records in Australia!
Swanee has been on the Australian Music scene since he was 14 years old, first playing as a drummer and then going on to have a major chart success with “If I Were A Carpenter” and then “Lady What’s Your Name”. Swanee established himself as one of the best rock n roll voices in Australia, and went to on to be the front man of the Party Boys whose self-titled album went to No 1 in three weeks thanks to the success of the singles, “He’s Gonna Step On You Again”, “Hold Your Head Up” and “Gloria”.
Today Swanee continues to wow audiences with his wide and diverse vocal styles.
Angie, Eve and Ally sang for the Chantoozies, one of Australia’s hottest acts. An eight piece band (four boys/four girls), they released several chart topping singles and two albums. They had Top 10 hits nationally with “Witch Queen”, “Wanna Be Up” and “He’s Gonna Step On You Again”. They toured Australia many times, appearing on every imaginable entertainment program - the Chantoozies sold over 300,000 records.
Paul Norton released his debut single “Stuck On U” in 1986 - it reached Top 10 nationally and received massive airplay all around Australia. Follow-up single “Under A Southern Sky” also received Top 20 status. Paul Norton is talented solo performer and former band member of The Runners.
Fred Loneragan fronted Sydney’s Machinations, one of Australia’s hottest dance bands. Their debut single "Pressure Sway” reached No 2 on the national ARIA charts. Their first album “Esteem” went Gold and they released 7 top charting singles and 4 albums. Songs included the Top 10 national hits “No Say In It” and “Do To You”.
The Machinations toured Australia many times, appearing on every imaginable entertainment program and sold over 200,000 records in Australia. Machinations also had a USA Number 1 dance hit with “Pressure Sway”, a song which was also used on the USA soundtrack for the classic comedy “Ruthless People”. In all over six Top 20 hits nationally!
David Sterry, lead singer from Melbourne-based New Wave band Real Life, had hits with their debut single "Send Me an Angel" (1983) and with "Catch Me, I'm Falling" (1984), both of which were featured on the band's debut 1983 album “Heartland”. The song “Send Me An Angel” was a massive international hit - No 1 in Germany & Top 5 in the USA. Real Life also had hits with “Face To Face”, “Let's Fall in Love”, “God Tonight” and “Kiss The Ground”.
Erik Weideman was the lead singer of 1927, an Australian rock band popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their major hit songs were "If I Could", "Compulsory Hero" and "That's When I Think of You". 1927's album “... Ish” was one of the most successful Australian debut albums of the 1980s. “...Ish” attained five times Platinum
status by racking up sales of more than 400,000 copies ... other hits also included “You'll Never Know” and “To Love Me”.
Paul Gray of Wa Wa Nee signed with CBS Records in 1985. Wa Wa Nee had four singles in the Australian Top 40 from their debut album release of the same name. They included "Stimulation" which reached No 2 nationally in Australia in 1986, "I Could Make You Love Me" reaching the Top 5 in the same year, and both "One And One (Ain't I Good Enough)" and "Sugar Free" making the Top 20. "Sugar Free" also reached the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 and the band's self-titled debut album went Platinum in Australia.
Dale Ryder, lead singer of Boom Crash Opera, reached No 5 on the ARIA chart with the debut single "Great Wall". BCO’s self-titled debut album went Gold and their second album spent more than 12 months in the Top 40, achieving double Platinum sales and featuring the Top 10 single "Onion Skin" and Top 20 singles "Get Out Of The House", "Best Thing" and "Dancing In The Storm".
Before Models, James’ first band Teenage Radio Stars had a huge hit with “Modern Girl”. James and Sean’s performance (along with Brian Mannix) at the AFL Grand Final 2006 brought the house down, and was broadcasted out to all of Australia. James and Sean are also frequent guests on SBS's Rockwiz and ABC’s Spicks & Specks ... great entertainers and showmen!
The Uncanny X-Men were one of Australia's most popular and outrageous bands of the 80s, featuring the extroverted front man Brian Mannix. Total sales of over a half a million, with hits including the Number 1 smash hit "50 Years" and Top 10 hits "The Party", "Everybody Wants To Work" and "How Do You Get Your Kicks", as well as a double Platinum selling album "Cos Life Hurts". With a massive following, filling the Horden Pavilion (Sydney) and Festival Hall (Melbourne), Uncanny X-Men were one of biggest bands in the 80s.
Scott Carne was the lead singer of Kids in the Kitchen, the 80s "new wave" band that formed in 1984, quickly racing to the top of the charts with their Platinum selling debut album "Shine". The album yielded ten Top 10 singles including "Change in Mood", "Bitter Desire", "Current Stand" and “Something That U Said”. Kids in the Kitchen quickly become a house hold name, and signed an international deal with Madonna’s management and a USA record contract with Warner Brothers/Sire Records. The second LP “Terrain” was released in 1986 and contained two Top 20 hits “Say It”
and “Revolution Love”, which saw the Kids touring the world and breaking venue capacity records in Australia!
Swanee has been on the Australian Music scene since he was 14 years old, first playing as a drummer and then going on to have a major chart success with “If I Were A Carpenter” and then “Lady What’s Your Name”. Swanee established himself as one of the best rock n roll voices in Australia, and went to on to be the front man of the Party Boys whose self-titled album went to No 1 in three weeks thanks to the success of the singles, “He’s Gonna Step On You Again”, “Hold Your Head Up” and “Gloria”.
Today Swanee continues to wow audiences with his wide and diverse vocal styles.
Angie, Eve and Ally sang for the Chantoozies, one of Australia’s hottest acts. An eight piece band (four boys/four girls), they released several chart topping singles and two albums. They had Top 10 hits nationally with “Witch Queen”, “Wanna Be Up” and “He’s Gonna Step On You Again”. They toured Australia many times, appearing on every imaginable entertainment program - the Chantoozies sold over 300,000 records.
Paul Norton released his debut single “Stuck On U” in 1986 - it reached Top 10 nationally and received massive airplay all around Australia. Follow-up single “Under A Southern Sky” also received Top 20 status. Paul Norton is talented solo performer and former band member of The Runners.
Fred Loneragan fronted Sydney’s Machinations, one of Australia’s hottest dance bands. Their debut single "Pressure Sway” reached No 2 on the national ARIA charts. Their first album “Esteem” went Gold and they released 7 top charting singles and 4 albums. Songs included the Top 10 national hits “No Say In It” and “Do To You”.
The Machinations toured Australia many times, appearing on every imaginable entertainment program and sold over 200,000 records in Australia. Machinations also had a USA Number 1 dance hit with “Pressure Sway”, a song which was also used on the USA soundtrack for the classic comedy “Ruthless People”. In all over six Top 20 hits nationally!
David Sterry, lead singer from Melbourne-based New Wave band Real Life, had hits with their debut single "Send Me an Angel" (1983) and with "Catch Me, I'm Falling" (1984), both of which were featured on the band's debut 1983 album “Heartland”. The song “Send Me An Angel” was a massive international hit - No 1 in Germany & Top 5 in the USA. Real Life also had hits with “Face To Face”, “Let's Fall in Love”, “God Tonight” and “Kiss The Ground”.
Erik Weideman was the lead singer of 1927, an Australian rock band popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their major hit songs were "If I Could", "Compulsory Hero" and "That's When I Think of You". 1927's album “... Ish” was one of the most successful Australian debut albums of the 1980s. “...Ish” attained five times Platinum
status by racking up sales of more than 400,000 copies ... other hits also included “You'll Never Know” and “To Love Me”.
Paul Gray of Wa Wa Nee signed with CBS Records in 1985. Wa Wa Nee had four singles in the Australian Top 40 from their debut album release of the same name. They included "Stimulation" which reached No 2 nationally in Australia in 1986, "I Could Make You Love Me" reaching the Top 5 in the same year, and both "One And One (Ain't I Good Enough)" and "Sugar Free" making the Top 20. "Sugar Free" also reached the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 and the band's self-titled debut album went Platinum in Australia.
Dale Ryder, lead singer of Boom Crash Opera, reached No 5 on the ARIA chart with the debut single "Great Wall". BCO’s self-titled debut album went Gold and their second album spent more than 12 months in the Top 40, achieving double Platinum sales and featuring the Top 10 single "Onion Skin" and Top 20 singles "Get Out Of The House", "Best Thing" and "Dancing In The Storm".
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