Simon Austin | |
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![]() Simon Austin, February 2009 | |
Born | Simon Sean Nicholas David Austin 9 October 1966 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Simon Sean Nicholas David Austin [1] (born 9 October 1966) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer and sound engineer. Austin was a founding member of Frente! in Melbourne in 1989 with Angie Hart on vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar and Mark Picton on drums. [2] [3] Their top five hits on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart were "Ordinary Angels" (co-written by Austin and Hart) and "Accidently[ sic ] Kelly Street" (both in 1992). [4] Their debut album, Marvin the Album , reached top five on the ARIA Albums Chart in the same year. [4] After Frente! disbanded in 1996, Austin moved into record production and sound engineering.
Simon is the grandson of Jack Austin (1910–1983), an Australian rules footballer.