Simon Austin

Simon Austin
Simon Austin, February 2009
Born
Simon Sean Nicholas David Austin

(1966-10-09) 9 October 1966 (age 58)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations

Simon Sean Nicholas David Austin[1] (born 9 October 1966) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer and sound engineer. Austin was a founding member of Frente! in Melbourne in 1989 with Angie Hart on vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar and Mark Picton on drums.[2][3] Their top five hits on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart were "Ordinary Angels" (co-written by Austin and Hart) and "Accidently [sic] Kelly Street" (both in 1992).[4] Their debut album, Marvin the Album, reached top five on the ARIA Albums Chart in the same year.[4] After Frente! disbanded in 1996, Austin moved into record production and sound engineering.

Biography

Main article: Frente!

Simon is the grandson of Jack Austin (1910–1983), an Australian rules footballer.

References

General
  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. notes by Ed Nimmervoll. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[5] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
Specific
  1. ^ ""Ordinary Angels" at The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)". ASCAP. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  2. ^ Mc Farlane, 1999, 'Frente!' entry.
  3. ^ Spencer et al, (2007) Frente[permanent dead link] entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Discography Frente!". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2010.