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For 'true' fans of Mark Seymour, the real highlight of one of his concerts, is right at the very end, where he invites the entire audience to join in a sing-a-long with him, of his classic 'Throw Your Arms Around Me'. It becomes apparent right then and there that is truly only one Mark Seymour, one of the true innovators of the Australian music scene. Mark Seymour's story begins around 1956, when he was born in Benalla, Victoria, Australia. Mark always had a passion for music. And in 1981 when Mark formed Hunters and Collectors, one of the greatest bands in Australia's history was born. The Hunters were a strange lot. It was virtually impossible to categorise their music, and whenever someone tagged them as adhering to a specific genre, they would change their musical style once again, not to prove anything to anyone but themselves. Mark Seymour wrote some of the classic Australian drinking songs such as 'When the river runs dry', football match fave 'Holy Grail', hard rockers and slow ballads like 'True tears of joy'. The ironic thing in all of this is that while Mark had an incredible stage presence and was a true blue front man, brother Nick Seymour found far more success as bassist for Crowded House. But there was no sibling rivalry. Mark would never have been happy as a background musician, because he had things that needed to be said, things that only he could say! Hunters and Collectors lasted an amazing 17 years, breaking up in 1998 to sold out farewell concerts across Australia. But Mark, ever prolific, refused to merge back into the shadows like the rest of the band. Three solo albums, a greatist Hunters and Collectors hits package, and writing the music for a film. Mark now has plans to become an actor. His prolific TV appearances include 'The Footy Show', 'Rove Live', 'The Panel' and 'Stingers'. Mark Seymour is truly an Australian icon. It's often commented that Hunters and Collectors were strange because although they claimed to be critical of society, their songs were far too mainstream. But Seymour was never about selling out. His only goal was to sing songs that came from his heart.- Actor
- Composer
- Art Department
Nicholas More Seymour is most notably known as one third of antipodean rock band 'Crowded House'. Nick, the youngest of four, was born in Benalla, Australia to secondary school humanities teachers Frank and Paula Seymour. The Seymour family moved house regularly throughout rural Victoria as his parents sought seniority-promotion in the State Education system. Nick's mother Paula, an avid Irish traditional music fan taught her children 'harmony and round' so that 'The Seymour Family Singers' bonded and readied the family to engage in regular 'Sing Songs' at weddings, parties anything. His siblings, Hilary, Helen and Mark all learned Piano and guitar. Mark later formed and fronted the rock band 'Hunters and Collectors'. During the late seventies Nick, who had decided early that he wanted an art school training, attended Caulfield Institute and then The Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne majoring in Printmaking. He financed his study with art department travails in Film and TV productions that included 'The Sullivans' and 'Carsons' Law'. During the early 80's Nick, strapping on a bass guitar, formed, rehearsed and performed with a number of fledgling rock bands on the Melbourne scene. It wasn't until Neil Finn and Paul Hester of Split Enz asked him to join their new outfit , secure a recording deal in Hollywood and record a very successful 1st album titled 'Crowded House' that Nick found his stride. Apart from Bass duties he also embraced all aspects of the bands visual branding including costume, stage sets and most notably album cover art. Having formed in Melbourne in 1985, CH went on to world wide acclaim until 1996's Sydney Opera House farewell spectacular after Neil, their singer, had moved to Auckland, New Zealand. Nick feeling the liberation of early retirement also decided to re-camp to Dublin, Ireland where he set up 'Exchequer studios' with collaborator Brian Crosby. Although more of a writing room than a commercial studio, 'Exchequer' has nurtured many local heroes most notably 'Hozier'. Nick has produced solo artists, bands and most recently award winning movie soundtracks. He lives, surfs and bar-b-ques with his young family Lola, Frank and partner Nicola on the Atlantic coast near Easkey county Sligo.- Shayne Greenman was born on 11 January 1969 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor, known for All the Rivers Run (1983).
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Peter Batey was born in 1933 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia. He was a director and assistant director, known for Betty Blokk-buster Follies (1976), Firing Squad (1984) and The Reg Livermore Special: End of an Era (1981). He died on 14 June 2019 in Coolac, New South Wales, Australia.- Eric Butler was born on 7 May 1916 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Elma Butler. He died on 7 June 2006 in Victoria, Australia.
- Margot Rhys was born on 27 February 1914 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for Uncivilized (1937) and Heritage (1935). She was married to Dalzell Pulteney Mein. She died on 21 June 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.