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The Loved Ones as a band name refers to both an Australian rock group from the 1960s and a punk rock group currently playing. Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...
The Loved Ones were an Australian rock group of the 1960s, formed in Melbourne in 1965. In the wake of the British Invasion. Gerry Humphreys, Ian Clyne and Kim Lynch defected from the youthful "Trad Jazz" band Red Onions Jazz Band (Humphreys and Lynch had played clarinet and tuba respectively) and recruited drummer Gavin Anderson and ex-Wild Cherries guitarist Rob Lovett. They were renowned as an exciting, if erratic, live act in a Stones/Animals mould, and quickly rose to prominence in the local club scene. They signed to the In label, a subsidiary of W&G records, and had Australian hit singles with "The Loved One" (an Australian hit again in 1981 when covered by INXS), "Ever Loving Man", "Sad Dark Eyes", and a reworking of Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill". Each of these captured an emotional intensity and musical inventiveness which marked them out from there peers. Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...
The appearance of The Beatles on the The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, marked the dramatic start of the British Invasion. ...
The Wild Cherries was an Australian Rock Group, started in 1963 as a blues group playing at the Fat Black Pussycat jazz venue in Melbournes South Yarra. ...
This article is about the rock band. ...
The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The band INXS, as they were with the late Michael Hutchence The band INXS, with new lead singer J.D. Fortune INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ...
Fats Domino Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. ...
After some personal crises, pianist and musical director Ian Clyne left the group and moved to Sydney. He was replaced by Treva Richards.
They released an album in 1967, titled "Magic Box", collecting their previous singles, and split the same year. Magic Box is considered a classic recording and to this day in Australia it enjoys cult status and has reportedly never been out of print since it was released.
The band reformed for one live tour in 1987 with Melbourne session drummer Peter Luscombe sitting in for Gavin Anderson. The album "Live at Blueberry Hill" followed, on Mushroom Records. Mushroom Records is an Australian record company. ...
Lead singer Gerry Humphreys died of a heart attack in December 2005. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...
Band members
Original members - Gerry Humphreys - vocals
- Ian Clyne - piano
- Rob Lovett - guitar
- Kim Lynch - bass
- Gavin Anderson - drums
Other members - Treva Richards - piano
- Danny Delaney - guitar
- Peter Luscombe - drums
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