| Melanie Oxley | |
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| Birth name | Melanie Susan Oxley |
| Born | Kingscliff, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Rock Music |
| Occupations | musician, singer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Remote Control Records |
| Associated acts | Paris Green, The Crestriders, Sweet Nothing, Johnny Kannis Band, The Sparklers, Scribble, Butcher's Picnic |
Melanie Oxley is an Australian musician, singer and primary school teacher.
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Melanie Oxley is the sister of Jeremy Oxley and Peter Oxley, who were founder members of popular Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys and younger brother Tim Oxley a musician in his own right.
Oxley performed with Louis Tillett's jazz influenced band Paris Green in 1984. She also performed backing vocals on The Triffids' 1984 EP, Raining Pleasure and for the Johnny Kannis Band in early 1985. In 1985 Oxley together with Chris Abrahams (The Necks), her brother, Peter Oxley, Bill Bilson (The Sunnyboys), Mark Walker (Hoi Polloi) and Colin Bloxsom [who later replaced Walker on Guitar], formed the indie rock band The Sparklers.
...after my brothers' band split up, my brother Peter and I started the Sparklers with Chris, although he left before that album was made.—Melanie Oxley, [1]
The Sparklers released one album Persuasion in 1988. Melanie writing the majority of the songs for that album. Oxley also performed backing vocals for Johanna Pigott's band Scribble, appearing on their 1986 album Pop Art, as well as on Ed Kuepper's 1986 album Rooms of the Magnificent.[2]
She has since worked extensively with Abrahams, writing songs and producing albums, throughout the nineties. The two have produced five releases: Resisting Calm (1990), Welcome to Violet (1992), Coal (1994), Jerusalem Bay (1998) and Blood Oranges (2003).