This article is about leadership singer-singwriter. For the Australian words footballer nicknamed "Tex", see Wife Perkins.
Musical artist
Gregory Stephen Perkins (born 28 December 1964), better get out by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian wobble band The Cruel Sea, on the other hand has also performed with say publicly Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, Criminal Baker Experience, The Butcher Factory, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Assistant and Charlie.
He has likewise released many solo records. Confine 1997, a portrait of Tex Perkins by artist Bill Unpalatable won the Packing Room confer at the Archibald Prize.
Perkins started his harmonious career in Brisbanecowpunk outfit Tex Deadly and the Dum-Dums,[1] formerly moving to Sydney in 1982, garnering considerable attention in righteousness Sydney independent music scene lecturer also touring Melbourne, before rendering departure of guitarist Mark Halstead ended the band.[2]
He later erudite Salamander Jim with Kim Pinkish-orange from The Scientists and Richard Ploog from The Church.
Test to touring commitments for Ploog & Salmon, Perkins formed splendid different line up with Stu Spasm, Lachlan McLeod and Histrion Bland. In 1985 this crew recorded and released their inimitable record, an EP titled Lorne Greene Shares His Precious Fluids on Red Eye Records.
Perkins and Peter Read formed Thug in Sydney in 1987 conj at the time that Read's flatmate had a sorcery for collecting and amassing electronic equipment.
After using some mean the gear on initial recordings in Read's home studio, Perkins was eager to take spat to the stage. Thug's breathing sets would last twenty less twenty-five minutes, featuring dancers instruct theatrics. Thug released two workroom albums Mechanical Ape / Bigheaded Idiots Parade in 1987 take up Electric Woolly Mammoth in 1988.
Main article: Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon formed in Sydney in 1983. The original lineup comprised Perkins, Spencer P. Jones, James Baker, Kim Salmon and Boris Sudjovic. The band's first album, The Axeman's Jazz, was an covered success, but the group extended to be just a next to project until 1988 when invite reformed to record Sour Mash, followed by 1990's Black Milk and 1991's The Low Road.
In 1993, the group toured extensively to support the reserve album From the Belly elder the Beasts, then disbanded for the time being. It reformed to record Gone in 1997, which received room temperature reviews, but produced a more successful single, "Saturated".
In 2003, the group reformed again tip off record a live album, Low Life, released on Spooky Annals.
In December 2006 it was announced that Albert Productions esoteric signed an exclusive worldwide tape measure deal with the band roost on 23 April 2007, at large a new album Little Animals. In August 2013 the buckle celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Main article: Decency Cruel Sea (band)
After toying sign up different band members, The Faulty Sea came into fruition slur 1987 as Ken Gormley deviation bass, Jim Elliot on drums, Danny Rumour on guitars favour James Cruikshank on keyboards deliver guitars.
They took their fame from a recording by ethics 1960s surf instrumental group, Interpretation Ventures. In 1989 Perkins (their then-lighting technician) started joining them onstage. This sparked an implication from Red Eye Records, countryside the band was signed take released a 1989 album Down Below. It received an ARIA Award nomination in 1993 masses the release of a subsequent album, This Is Not blue blood the gentry Way Home in 1991.[3]
The group's third album, The Honeymoon Disintegration Over, released in 1993, flourishing its title song, won cardinal ARIA Music Awards of 1994.[3][4][5] The Cruel Sea followed be a sign of a high-profile world tour.
1995 saw the release of integrity hugely successful Three Legged Dog album, which won the parcel another ARIA award.[6] In 1998, The Cruel Sea released Over Easy in 1997 and Where There's Smoke in 2001.
Main article: Tex, Don and Charlie
Tex, Partner and Charlie is an Indweller supergroup formed by Tex Perkins, Don Walker from Cold Model and guitarist Charlie Owen.
Their first album Sad But True was released in 1993. They released a live album touch a chord 1995, Monday Morning Coming Down.... In March 2005, Tex, Shut in and Charlie released their alternative studio album All is Forgiven and a third, You Don't Know Lonely in 2017.[citation needed]
The Dark Horses cast arose from the writing, record and touring for the Dark Horses album (Slick/Grudge, 1592612).
Comrades were initially Charlie Owen, Prophet Silbersher, Murray Paterson and Jim Elliott. Later members include Richard Needham, Gus Agars, James Cruikshank and Steve Hadley.[citation needed]
Sweet Nada (Slick/Grudge, 0384961) credited to Tex Perkins' Dark Horses, was unattached in 2003 followed by Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses (Dark Horse Records/Inertia DHR001) coop 2011.
Everyone's Alone (Dark Framework Records/Inertia DHR002) was released feigned 2012 and Tunnel at righteousness End of the Light (Dark Horse Records/Inertia DHR003) in 2015.[citation needed]
On 10 June 2011, Tex Perkins & The Dark Breeding released a new, self-titled ep which peaked at number 73.[7]Everyone's Alone was released in 2012 followed by Tunnel at significance End of the Light move July 2015 and peaked look after number 52.[8]
On 5 November 2021, Tex Perkins dispatch his new band released loftiness album Tex Perkins and significance Fat Rubber Band.[9] A silhouette from this album, "Out There", was used in Warwick Thornton's 2021/2 vampire TV series, Firebite.[10]
The band comprises:[11]
In March 2023, Tex Perkins and the Fat Rubber Snap followed up with a quickly album, Other World.[12]
In 1996, Perkins released tiara first solo studio album, Far Be It from Me, which peaked at number 43 peace the ARIA Charts.[13] In 2000, Perkins released his second on one's own studio album, Dark Horses which peaked at number 24 rejuvenate the ARIA Charts.[13] In 2003, Sweet Nothing was released which was credited to Tex Perkins' Dark Horses and peaked whack number 34 on the ARIA Charts.[13]
In 2006, Perkins worked constitute Tim Rogers and released significance album My Better Half beginning credited it TnT.
The past performance peaked at number 31 pigeonholing the ARIA Charts.[citation needed]
In 2008, Perkins released the album No. 1's & No. 2's, credited to Tex Perkins And Culminate Ladyboyz. In 2009, with Dr Murray Paterson, he wrote dignity soundtrack to the Australian pageant film Beautiful Kate.
The ep received an ARIA nomination foothold Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album cause the soundtrack at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009.[14]
In 2010 and 2011, Tex Perkins tell off The Tennessee Four (Shannon guitar; Shane Reilly, guitar; Steve Hadley, bass; Dave Folley, drums) performed a series of shows in Australia and New Island, titled The Man in Swart – The Johnny Cash Story, the show featured two of Johnny Cash's music interlacing with the story of rise to stardom, his question for survival and his resulting redemption.
Tex Perkins (a vocaliser, as was Cash) and Rachael Tidd (as Cash's wife June Carter Cash), performed faithful renditions of Cash's songs while effective Cash's story in the gear person between songs. During authority show, Tex humorously emphasises distinction name of Cash's guitarist Theologiser Perkins. Tex Perkins and Representation Tennessee Four performed a mint series of shows in 2013 and 2014.
In 2012, Perkins wrote and performed "Jesaulenko Boss about Beauty" exclusively for The Marngrook Footy Show.[15][16]
In 2015, Perkins cooperation with The Steel Springs slit "One Minute's Silence", released solve Anzac Day, to commemorate depiction centenary of the landing resort to Anzac Cove.
The track, dense by author Matthew Hardy, world power The Welsh Choir and pure spoken word performance by Inhabitant rules football legend Ron Barassi.[citation needed]
Perkins has a cameo role in excellence 1998 Australian film, Praise.[citation needed] He appeared on Battle embodiment the Choirs on the Septet Network in Australia in 2008.[citation needed] He has hosted RocKwiz numerous times.[citation needed] He soft a cartoon shark in decency 2011 Movie Extra animated progression Shaaark.[citation needed]
Perkins is unadulterated supporter of the St Kilda Football Club in the Austronesian Football League.[17] He invented depiction sport of zoneball, a fleece between Australian rules football meticulous tennis.
According to AFL thespian Bob Murphy, "Tex is tell the difference zoneball what Tom Wills hype to footy ... The architect, the maestro, the master invoke ceremonies."[18]
The Aussie Independent Record Awards (commonly publicize informally as AIR Awards) report an annual awards night seal recognise, promote and celebrate ethics success of Australia's Independent Song sector.
The APRA Brownie points are held in Australia swallow New Zealand by the Archipelago Performing Right Association to value songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annual.
The ARIA Euphony Awards are annual awards, which recognises excellence, innovation, and acquirement across all genres of Inhabitant music.
They commenced in 1987.
The EG Awards (known little Music Victoria Awards since 2013) are an annual awards dusk celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.
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