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Simon Bonney

 
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Crime & the City Solution, Dwight Yoakam, The Birthday Party, True Believers, Nick Cave

Formal Connection With:

Phil Shöenfelt
  • Active: '90s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Vocals

Biography

As the lead singer of Crime & the City Solution (which featured several ex-members of the Birthday Party), Bonney was an important figure on the Australia's post-punk scene. On his own, he's moved to a much rootsier, less gothic angst-infused sound. Much of that transformation is due to his relocation to the United States, where he hung out with L.A. country-influenced rockers who had played with Dwight Yoakam and True Believers. His two solo albums were lyrically inspired by American landscapes, sounding at times like post-modern takes on the sound of Johnny Cash or Marty Robbins. Bonney, however, with the help of his multi-instrumentalist wife Bronwyn Adams, uses a much wider range of sounds than Cash, including mandolin, violin, dobro, steel guitar, keyboards, cello, and horns. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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Simon Bonney is an Australian rock musician, best known as the lead singer in Crime and the City Solution. The band were formed in 1977 in Sydney, Australia as an outlet for Bonney's songs and had a number of different line-ups throughout their history, with Bonney as the only constant member.

Since the last incarnation of Crime and the City Solution split up in the early 1990s he has released two solo albums. Bonney relocated to the USA following this and his solo albums have been influenced by Americana. His last album Everyman continued his experimentations with Country music and was recorded in Nashville. A third solo album was recorded in the late '90s but remains unreleased. One track "Eyes of Blue" was placed on YouTube in February 2009.[1]

Bonney returned to live in Australia with his wife Bronwyn (who was a member of Crime and the City Solution) and their children.

Contents

Solo discography

Albums

  • Forever (Mute Records; 1992)
  • Everyman (Mute Records; 1996)

Music video

  • "Don't Walk Away From Love" (1995) Directed by Dani Jacobs

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeDXXuUDh_c


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