Ed Kuepper
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| Ed Kuepper | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Edmund Kuepper | |
| Born | April 25, 1956 (age 50) | |
| Origin |  Bremen, West Germany |
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| Genre(s) | Rock, Punk, Avant Grade, Post-punk, Blues, Grunge | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Record producer | |
| Years active | 1975–present | |
| Associated acts |
The Saints, The Laughing Clowns, The Aints. | |
Ed Kuepper (born Edmund Kuepper in Bremen, West Germany 25th April, 1956) is an Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded the seminal punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group The Laughing Clowns and later the grunge-like The Aints. He has also recorded over a dozen albums in his own name with a variety of backing bands, notably The Yard Goes On Forever, The Oxley Creek Playboys and The Institute Of Nude Wrestling.
Kuepper's work under his own name is more pop oriented. In the eighties, his work typified on Electrical Storm through to Today Wonder was largely guitar-oriented pop, often influenced at different points by his growing interest in country music. Much of his later nineties work is constructed in studio using record samples and found sounds, centred around guitar, vocal or piano melodies.
Often his lyrics focus on conflicting romance and difficult (or simply dysfunctional) relationships - such as 'Everything I've got belongs to you' or 'Weeping willow' - or on being an outsider or alien in a hostile environment - exampled by 'Confessions of a window cleaner' and 'Car headlights'. A common technique in his lyrical style is to use unexpected, often visual similes.
Kuepper was awarded ARIAs in 1993 and 1994 for Best Independent Australian Release (and nominated for similar awards in 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998). He was probably Australia's most prolific recording artist in the early nineties.
In recent years, Kuepper has been involved in soundtracking radio drama and experimental films. A new album is slated for release in the first half of 2007.
[edit] Discography
| Title | Year | Notes |
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| Electrical Storm | 1985 | |
| Rooms Of The Magnificent | 1986 | |
| Everybody's Got To | 1988 | |
| Happy As Hell EP | 1989 | |
| Today Wonder | 1990 | |
| Honey Steel's Gold | 1992 | |
| Black Ticket Day | 1992 | |
| Serene Machine | 1993 | |
| The Butterfly Net | 1993 | Compilation |
| Legendary Bully | 1993 | UK only compilation |
| Character Assassination | 1994 | |
| Death To The Howdy-Doody Brigade | 1994 | |
| A King In The Kindness Room | 1995 | |
| I Was A Mail Order Bridegroom | 1995 | |
| The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper | 1995 | |
| Heart Of New Wave | 1995? | Greece only compilation |
| Sings His Greatest Hits For You | 1996 | Compilation |
| Frontierland | 1996 | |
| Samplerland | 1996 | Compilation |
| Starstruck - Music for Films & Adverts | 1996 | |
| Wheelie Bin Affair (Some Odds And Sods) | 1997 | Rarities compilation |
| With A Knapsack On My Back | 1997 | |
| Cloudland | 1997 | |
| Live! | 1998 | |
| The Blue House | 1998 | |
| Reflections Of Ol' Golden Eye | 1999 | Compilation |
| Smile, Pacific | 2000 | |
| Honey Steel's Gold - Remastered | 2000 | Re-issue |
| Out-takes, Castaways, Pirate Women and Takeaways | 2001 | Rarities compilation |
| Today Wonder | 2002 | Re-issue/remastered |
| Real Wild Life | 2004 | Brazil only compilation |
| Everybody's Got To | 2005 | Re-issue |
| This Is The Magic Mile | 2005 | 3 CD compilation |
[edit] External links
- Ed Kuepper discography
- The Kuepper Files - The Ultimate Guide To Ed Kuepper
- http://www.myspace.com/edkuepper
- http://www.myspace.com/laughingclowns
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| Chris Bailey | Caspar Wijnberg | Peter Wilkinson |
| Ed Kuepper | Kym Bradshaw | Ivor Hay | Algy Ward | Roger Cawkwell | Chris Barrington | Mark Birmingham | Janine Hall | Ian Shedden | Brian James | Richard Burgman | Arturo "Archie" Larizza | Marty Willson-Piper |
| Discography |
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| Albums : (I'm) Stranded (1977) | Eternally Yours (1978) | Prehistoric Sounds (1978) | The Monkey Puzzle (1981) | I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca (1982) | A Little Madness to Be Free (1984) | All Fools Day (1986) | Prodigal Son (1988) | Howling (1997) | Everybody Knows the Monkey (1998) | Spit the Blues Out (2002) | Nothing is Straight in My House (2005) | Imperious Delerium (2006) |
| Live albums: Live in Mud Hut ... Somewhere in Europe (1985) | The Most Primitive Band in the World (Live from the Twilight Zone, Brisbane 1974) (1995) |
| Compilation Albums: Best of the Saints (1986) | Scarce (1989) | The New Rose Years (1989) | Songs of Salvation 1976-1988 (1991) | Permanent Revolution (1991) | Know Your Product - The Best of... (1996) | 7799: Big Hits on the Underground (1999) | Wild About You (2001) | All Times Though Paradise (4-disc box set) (2005) |
| Related articles |
| Punk Rock | This Perfect Day | The Aints | The Laughing Clowns | One Two Three Four (EP) | Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow (EP) |
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