Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings (born 13 September 1954 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, from 1976 to 1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success. He has written two novels, Wonderboy (1996) and Stay Away from Lightning Girl (1999), and a memoir, Will it Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy? (2009). In 2014 a documentary film Don't Throw Stones based on his memoir premiered as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Early years
Stephen Cummings was born in 1954 in Melbourne and grew up in Camberwell. He was the vocalist for Ewe and the Merinos.
The Pelaco Brothers
The Pelaco Brothers formed in 1974, with Cummings on vocals, Joe Camilleri on saxophone and vocals, Peter Lillie on guitar and vocals, Johnny Topper on bass guitar, Karl Wolfe on drums and Chris Worrall on guitar. They played "rock-abilly, country swing and R&B that recalled American outfits like Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen and Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks. Yet, the band's delivery presented a fiercely Australian outlook". Only existing for 18 months, they later included Ed Bates on guitar and Peter Martin on slide guitar, their posthumous releases were The Notorious Pelaco Brothers Show a live six-track Extended Play on the Ralph imprint (a completely different entity from the San Francisco label) in June 1977 and three studio tracks for the various artists release, The Autodrifters and The Relaxed Mechanics Meet The Fabulous Nudes and The Pelaco Bros, in June 1978 on Missing Link Records. The Pelaco Brothers disbanded in late 1975, Camilleri went on to form Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Lillie formed Relaxed Mechanics, Topper formed The Fabulous Nudes, Lillie, Topper and Wolfe were all in The Autodrifters. Meanwhile, Cummings and Bates formed The Sports in 1976.
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ALBUMS
- Nothing to Be Frightened Of released: 2014
- Reverse Psychology released: 2012
- Good Bones released: 2010
- Tickety Boo released: 2009
- Live at the Big Room released: 2009
- Happiest Man Alive released: 2008
- That's My Cave Man released: 2008
- Senso / This Wonderful Life released: 2007
- Space Travel released: 2007
- Lovetown / A New Kind of Blue released: 2006
- Love-O-Meter released: 2005
- Close Ups released: 2004
- Firecracker released: 2003
- Skeleton Key released: 2001
- Spiritual Bum released: 2000
- Puppet Pauper Pirate Poet Pawn and King released: 1997
- Escapist released: 1996
- Falling Swinger released: 1994
- Rollercoaster released: 1993
- Senso released: 1992
- Unguided Tour released: 1992
- Good Humour released: 1991
- A New Kind of Blue released: 1989
- Lovetown released: 1989
- This Wonderful Life released: 1986
That's My Cave Man
Released 2008- It's All Over Now Baby Blue
- Sometimes
- Cosmic Wheels
- Nothing's Too Much
- She Sees Herself in Dreams
- This Is How a New Life Can Open Up for You
- Isn't It a Pity
- I Want You to Want Me
- Keys to My Heart
- Do It
- Beware of Darkness
- From St Kilda to Kings Cross
- I'm Having an Anxiety Attack
- When Every One Has Left
- The End of Conversation
- Some Prayers
- Undecided
Puppet Pauper Pirate Poet Pawn and King
Released 1997- Slowly Going to Pieces
- I've Got a Lot of Faith in You
- Taken by Surprise
- Keep the Ball Rolling
- I Fell From a Great Height
- She Set Fire to the House
- You're a Dream
- September 13
- Sometimes
- You Jane
- Melancholy Hour
- Walk Softly but Carry a Big Stick
- The Blue Hour
- When Love Comes Back to Haunt You
- Somewhere
- The Big Room
- Whatever Love Is
- Waiting for a Train
Rollercoaster
Released 1993- Who Listens to the Radio
- Don't Throw Stones
- Perhaps
- Strangers on a Train
- Stuck on Love
- Backstabbers
- Gymnasium
- Love Is Crucial but Money, That's Everything
- She Set Fire to the House
- Some Prayers Are Answered
- A Life Is a Life
- When Day Is Done
- Hell (You Put Me Through)
- Keep the Ball Rolling
- Whatever Love Is
- Waiting for You to Come
- The Blue Hour
Good Humour
Released 1991- Stand Up (Love Is the Greatest)
- I Call This Living
- Ribbons of Darkness
- Hell (You've Put Me Through)
- Blue Hour
- Two or Three Things I Know About Her
- Don't Look for Trouble
- All Is Well
- Family Affair
- Forever and a Day
- Heart for Heart
- Some Place Where the Heart Is Nourished
- I Promise Not to Come
- If I Could Tell You
- Life Through the Looking Glass
Lovetown
Released 1989- Everybody Wants to Get to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die
- Some Prayers Are Answered
- If You Don't Want My Love
- When Trouble Comes
- Where Are You Going
- My Willingness
- You Jane
- She Set Fire to the House
- Push It Up All Fall Down
- Viva Las Vegas
- Time to Kill
- She Set Fire to the House (Electric)
- Who Listens to the Radio ('89)
- Last Round Up
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