Ed Kuepper
Edmund "Ed" Kuepper (born 20 December 1955, Bremen, West Germany) is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the punk band The Saints (1973–78), the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns (1979–85) and the grunge-like The Aints (1991–94). He has also recorded over a dozen albums as a solo artist using a variety of backing bands. His highest charting solo album, Honey Steel's Gold, appeared in November 1991 and reached No. 28 on the ARIA Albums Chart. His other top 50 albums are Black Ticket Day (August 1992), Serene Machine (March 1993) and Character Assassination (August 1994). At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 he won Best Independent Release for Black Ticket Day and won the same category in 1994 for Serene Machine.
Biography
Edmund Kuepper was born on 20 December 1955 in Bremen, then part of West Germany. His family migrated to Australia in the 1960s and settled in Brisbane.
The Saints: 1973–78
Ed Kuepper's music career began in 1973 when he formed The Saints in Brisbane initially as a garage band, Kid Galahad and the Eternals. The line up was Kuepper on lead guitar, Chris Bailey on lead vocals and Ivor Hay on piano. Early in the next year Hay switched to bass guitar and Jeffrey Wegener joined on drums, and they were renamed as The Saints.
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ALBUMS
- The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom released: 2014
- Ascension Academy released: 2008
- This Is the Magic Mile released: 2005
- Everybody's Got To released: 2005
- Out-takes, Castaways, Pirate Women and Takeaways released: 2001
- Smile... Pacific released: 2000
- Reflections of Ol' Golden Eye released: 1999
- The Blue House released: 1998
- Live! released: 1998
- The Wheelie Bin Affair released: 1997
- Cloudland released: 1997
- With a Knapsack on My Back released: 1997
- Sings His Greatest Hits for You released: 1996
- Frontierland released: 1996
- Samplerland released: 1996
- Starstruck: Music for Films & Adverts released: 1996
- I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom released: 1995
- Exotic Mail Order Moods released: 1995
- A King in the Kindness Room released: 1995
- Character Assassination released: 1994
- The Butterfly Net released: 1993
- Serene Machine released: 1993
- Rooms of the Magnificent released: 1992
- Black Ticket Day released: 1992
- Honey Steel's Gold released: 1991
- Today Wonder released: 1990
- Electrical Storm released: 1985
This Is the Magic Mile
Released 2005- All of These Things
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner
- Electrical Storm
- La Di Doh
- MDDP Ltd
- My Best Interests at Heart
- I Wish You Were Here
- Fireman Joe
- Real Wild Life
- Everything in the World
- Sleepy Head (Green Machine)
- Gun Runnin'
- The Weepin' Willow
- Without You
- Like an Oil Spill
- Sea Air
- 3 Stigmata of James Blood Ulmer
- Everything I've Got Belongs to You
Everybody's Got To
Released 2005- Everybody's Got To
- Too Many Clues
- (When There's) This Party
- Standing in the Cold, in the Rain
- Lonely Paradise
- Burned My Fingers
- Not a Soul Around
- Nothing Changes in My House
- Spartan Spirituals
- No Skin Off Your Nose
- Sometimes (I Can't Live With Anyone)
- Everything's Fine
- Ghost of an Ideal Wife
- New Bully in the Town
The Blue House
Released 1998- Black Hole
- A Lotta Nerve
- I Am Right and You Are Wrong
- World of Chance
- The Drunken Sailor
- September the 4th Is Too Late
- Barefoot on the Grass
- The Comedians
- Marching Along, Singing a Song
- 'Mr Harry, ein Verbrecher!'
- Duplex Planet
- Copper
- Why Call Them Back From Heaven?
- Dispatch From the High Castle
- Half a Mill' a Week
- The First Final Program
- Big City
The Wheelie Bin Affair
Released 1997- Highway to Hell
- Edmund the Confessor
- Steam Train
- No Wonder / Built for Comfort
- It's Still Nowhere
- Car Headlights
- The Chlorine Vendor
- Indian Reservation
- Cyprus Grove Blues
- Wasn't I Pissed Off Today Sayeth Bing Bing the Techno King
- Milk Cow Blues
- Someone's Responsible
- Lament for a Lousy Lover, Parts I & II
- Eternally Yours
- Romance in Karaoke Hell
Samplerland
Released 1996- My Best Interests at Heart
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner
- Honey Steel's Gold
- Sad Dark Eyes
- Lonely Paradise
- Maria Peripatetica
- There's Nothing Natural
- Like an Oil Spill
- Without Your Mirror
- Messin' With the Kid
- Sometimes
- Lit Up by Sexual Gymnastics
- Eternally Yours
- What You Don't Know
- Car Headlights
- All of These Things
Starstruck: Music for Films & Adverts
Released 1996- Lion to Your Lamb
- Hardhats and Handbags
- No. 3 Runway
- The Rape of Cornelius
- Love and Happiness
- Eightball
- The Spook
- Anne 1
- Spook Strain
- Sping Is Sprung
- Rachel Owns the Creek
- The Favourite Angel
- Wenceslas' Daughter
- Too Many Things
- Angel's Lament
- Messin' With the Tail
- The Diving Board
- Love Me Splendour
- The Christmas Cake
- Tom's Theme
- The Green Hat
- Paul and Laurie Have a Party
- Supermarket / Heaven
- Everybody's Got You
- Pleading Ingnorance
- International Playboys vs. The 3rd Reich
- Shushin' Fear
- Pennies From Him
The Butterfly Net
Released 1993- Not a Soul Around
- At Times, So Emotional
- Nothing Changes in My House
- Sometimes
- Everything's Fine
- Also Sprach the King of Euro-Disco
- Ghost of an Ideal Wife
- New Bully in the Town
- Sea Air
- Electrical Storm
- What You Don't Know
- Black Ticket Day
- The Way I Made You Feel
- Real Wild Life
- Always the Woman Pays
- It's Lunacy
- Honey Steel's Gold
- Everything I've Got Belongs to You
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