Matt Finish
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Matt Finish, an Australian guitar-based rock band, was formed in the late seventies. Over the past three decades, Matt Finish has broken up, reformed and experienced many line-up changes while performing over 2,000 gigs to a combined audience of more than one million.
The band's debut album, Short Note, peaked at #14 in the Australian charts.[1] That album's title song went on to become a standard on Australian radio stations and is still played and covered today.
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[edit] Line-Ups
Matt Finish line-ups 1977-present:[2]
- 1977 Matt Moffitt (guitar/vocals), Tony Georgeson (drums), Brian Alcorn (bass), Chris Raggett (guitar) and Ken Francis (guitar)
- 1978 Moffitt, John Prior (drums) and Alcorn
- 1978 Moffitt, Prior, Jeff Clayton (bass) and Glen White (guitar)
- 1980 Moffitt, Prior, Rick Grossman and White
- 1980 Moffitt, Prior and Grossman
- 1980 Moffitt, Prior, Clayton (guitar) and Grossman
- 1983 Moffitt, Prior and Clayton (bass)
- 1983 Moffitt, Prior, Clayton (guitar/bass), Bertie Dorsett (guitar/bass), Anthony Smith (keyboards), Jim Cox (percussion), Francis and Rob Riley (guitar)
- 1984 Moffitt, Prior, Clayton, Dorsett and Smith
- 1984 Moffitt, Prior, Clayton and Dorsett
- 1984 Moffitt, Prior, Clayton and Russell Nelson (guitar)
- 1984 Moffitt, Prior, Clayton and Doug Ironside (guitar)
- 1990 Moffitt, Prior, Jennifer Barrett (guitar/vocals), Lindsay Jehan (bass) and Guy Le Claire (guitar)
- 1992 Moffitt, Rohan Cannon (guitar), Adrian Cannon (drums), Paul Dawkins (keyboards) and Darrio Bortolin/Bobby Christian (bass)
- 1994 Moffitt, Dawkins, Eliot Reynolds (guitar) and Justin Leaf (drums)
- 2006 Prior, Clayton, Luke Dixon (guitar/vocals) and Matt Cornell (bass/vocals)
[edit] 1980s
After two years of performing eight shows a week on the Australian pub circuit, Matt Finish was signed to Peter Dawkins' The Giant Recording Company. At the finish of 1980, the band released their debut double-A-side single, "Matt Finish Plays Africa" with the songs "C.I.A." and "Mancini Shuffle"
The following year, 1981, saw the release of the band’s first album Short Note, followed by the live EP Fade Away. Finally, as a result of Moffitt’s declining health, the band split up at the end of the year.
A year passed before Moffitt, Prior and Clayton reformed in 1983, joined later in the year by Bertie Dorset. The new line-up recommenced touring and, in November, released Matt Finish. This EP was followed in 1984 by the album Word of Mouth.
The band again broke up in 1985 when Moffitt decided to start a solo recording career.
[edit] 1990s
In 1990 Matt Finish reformed with original members Moffitt and Prior joined by Jennifer Barrett (guitar), former Eurogliders members Guy Le Claire (guitar) and Lindsay Jehan (bass). In 1991 the band split.
In June 1992, Matt Finish released "One Day at a Time", the first Matt Finish single produced in eight years.
The line-up changed once again, and in 1993 the band, comprising Moffitt, Paul Dawkins (keyboards), Rohan Cannon (guitar), Bobby Christian (bass) and Adrian Cannon (drums) recorded Matt Finish’s third album, By Heart, and released the EP Earthbound. The following year the band released the singles “Blue” and “Will I Ever Know? recorded with Eliot Reynolds and Justin Leaf. Moffitt and Reynolds co-wrote many new tracks but the band split yet again.”
[edit] 2000s
In August 2003, Matt Moffitt died suddenly. In 2006 Prior and Clayton were joined by guitarist/vocalist Luke Dixon and bassist/vocalist Matt Cornell in a new line-up for the “Matt Moffitt Memorial Tour”.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] EPs
[edit] Singles
- 1980 "Matt Finish Play Africa": "CIA" / "Mancini Shuffle"
- 1981 "Short Note" / "Layman's Day"
- 1984 "Words and Wars" / "Still Roads (I Need It)" / "Come on Over"
- 1984 "Always Another" / "Forecast"
- 1992 "One Day at a Time" / "Augustine"
- 1993 "Blue" / "Layman's Day" / "Camden Town"
- 1994 "Will I Ever Know" / "Short Note" / "In My Dreams"
- 2006 "Don't Fade Away 2006"
