Kiley Gaffney

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Kiley Gaffney
NationalityAustralian
EmployerQueensland University of Technology
Musical career
Birth nameKiley Joy Gaffney
Born1970 (age 5253)
Origin Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
GenresRock
Labels Warner

Kiley Joy Gaffney is an Australian rock musician and performance artist. [1] Before signing to Warner (WEA) in 1995, she worked in theatre (acting and singing) and the art world (performance).

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She released two albums with Warner, Bitter Fluff (August 1997) and Sweet Meat(early 2001), [2] writing and playing most of the instruments on the former and writing, producing and playing everything on the latter.

Outspoken and ardently political, Gaffney completed a PhD and then worked as an academic at Queensland University of Technology.

Personal life

Gaffney has lived with Paul Curtis, a talent manager, since 1994 – the couple were introduced by Regurgitator's Quan Yeomans, her label mate and managed by Curtis. Gaffney and Curtis have two children.

Publications

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

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References

Further reading

  1. "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2010.