Ian Stephen

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Ian Stephen is a Melbourne musician, best known as the lead singer of the mid eighties post-punk Southern gospel group The Slaughtermen. Prior to the Slaughtermen, Ian led the mildly successful, yet short lived 11 piece group, Go Wild in French, which featured songs of Elvis Presley, as well as original Ian Stephen compositions. Fed up with the claustrophobic Melbourne scene, Ian moved to Sydney in 1989 and recorded a solo album with some members of The Danglin' Bros and others, entitled "Workin' on The Nightshift", which was released on Agape records through EMI. This was followed in 1996 by "King Of the Cross", released on the Massive label. A collection of original and Southern gospel songs, including a new version of "Jesus Saves White Trash", an Ian Stephen composition made popular by The Slaughtermen. In 1998 he recorded and self-released "Cementville", containing bleak and acerbic observations of Australian life. In 2000, Ian moved to San Francisco and continued recording and releasing a number of left of center albums, most of which were marketed through his website http://www.ianstephen.com