Simon Austin

Singer
songwriter
guitarist
producer

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

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

^ ""Ordinary Angels" at The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)". ASCAP. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
^ Mc Farlane, 1999, 'Frente!' entry.
^ Spencer et al, (2007) Frente^{[permanent dead link]} entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Discography Frente!". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2010.