Hunters & Collectors

The 'classic' Hunters and Collectors line up (for the last ten years together):. [3] (http://www.tomjones.com/site/about/).
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. Their breakthrough commercial success was the album Human Frailty which featured the single "Throw Your Arms Around Me". Jones's most recent album is tited "Tom Jones and Jools Holland," and was released in 2004. However, the record, regular airplay on the radio station JJJ (then Sydney-based) and video play on Countdown and other music video shows, and especially their consistent live performances brought Hunters & Collectors a strong and devoted following on the Australian pub scene. Jones can be heard singing the theme song to the cartoon show "Duck Dodgers of the 24-1/2 Century" with the Flaming Lips.

It featured the single "The Slab", which was an underground success (mainly thanks to the support of radio station Triple J), but didn't make any inroads on the commercial music scene, possibly because of the masturbatory subtext of the lyrics. Mr. The first album featuring the new line up was The Jaws of Life (1984). He continues to tour and record. This line up also featured keyboards and a three-piece horn section. This was the period during which Hunters & Collectors enjoyed their greatest success. In 2004 his Sex Bomb single became a major US club hit. In 1984 they briefly disbanded but reformed later in the year without Lubran. In 2003, he was honoured with a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

The band was signed to White Label, part of Mushroom Records. Their first single was "Talking to a Stranger" which was accompanied by an influential music video directed by Richard Lowenstein, who went on to make many successful videos for INXS and the features 'Strikebound' (1984) and 'Dogs In Space'(1987) (which starred INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence). An album of cover versions recorded as duets with contemporary artists, using their record producers, and utilising their recording methods, it reached number one in the United Kingdom, and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.[2] (http://www.tomjones.com/site/about/biog.php) In 2002, he released his latest album, Mr. Jones, which was produced by Wyclef Jean and included the singles Tom Jones International and Black Betty. Seymour is also the older brother of bassist Nick Seymour of Crowded House and in the mid-1980s he was romantically involved for a time with Do Re Mi (band) lead singer Deborah Conway. His Reload album, released in 2000 became the biggest hit of his career. As lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter, Seymour was the lynchpin of the group, and Archer and Falconer are widely regarded as one of the best rhythm sections ever to emerge from the Australian rock scene. These recordings included:. Tosti-Gueira was later replaced by Martin Lubran, then Barry Palmer. Following this, he started to record with a younger generation of musicians.

The first version of the band was: Mark Seymour (guitar & vocals); John Archer (bass); Doug Falconer (drums); Geoff Crosby (keyboards); Greg Perano (percussion); Ray Tosti-Gueira (guitar); and Robert Miles (who would stay with the band throughout their career, usually being credited with "live sound" and "art direction/design"). His recording career was revived in 1987 with his first major hit single in over a decade, A Boy From Nowhere, taken from the musical Matador. The band took its name from the track "Hunters & Collectors", on the German band Can's album Landed. When he appointed his grown-up son as his manager, another change of image followed, and he is now highly respected by other singers. The sound was in the vein of Remain in Light, the Talking Heads album of 1980. Jones's recording career slumped during the seventies and eighties, though his touring continued successfully. The original band was influenced by the Krautrock genre and the productions of Conny Plank and featured strong percussive influences, coupled with noise guitar and driving bass lines. His early hits include:.

They were noted for songs such as "Throw Your Arms Around Me", "Talking To A Stranger" and "Say Goodbye" and were renowned as one of the best live acts of their day. Jones had an internationally successful television variety show from 1969-1971 titled "This Is Tom Jones.". Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1980. Soon after, in Las Vegas, they started throwing hotel room keys. Ray Tosti-Gueira - guitar, backing vocals (1981-1982). Ladies would swoon and scream, and in 1968, starting at New York's Copacabana night club, some would throw their panties on stage. Greg Perano - percussion (1981-1983). He was known for his overt sexuality in the 1960s, before this was as common as it became in subsequent years.

Chris Malherbe - trumpet (1981-1982). Following several hits in the UK, he became a Las Vegas lounge singer and his image quickly changed. Andy Lynn - trumpet (1981-1982). Jones was awarded the Best New Artist Grammy in 1965.[1] (http://www.grammy.com/awards/search/index.aspx). Martin Lubran - guitar (1982-1983). He rose to fame in the mid-1960s, with an exuberant live act which included wearing tight breeches and billowing shirts, in an Edwardian style popular amongst his peers at the time. Geoff Crosby - keyboards, artwork (1981-1985). He lives in the USA, but makes regular visits to his native land of Wales.

Nigel Crocker - trombone (1981-1982). He married and had a child at the age of sixteen, long before becoming a pop idol. Despite frequent and much publicized infidelities, including an affair with the dethroned Miss World of 1973, USA's Marjorie Wallace, he has remained married and a family man. Michael Waters - trombone, keyboards, finance (1981-1998). He was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, Wales. Jeremy Smith - French horn, guitars, keyboards, programming, backing vocals (1981-1998). Tom Jones (born June 7, 1940) is a Welsh pop singer with a large and powerful voice. Mark Seymour - lead vocal, lyrics, guitar (1981-1998). Tom Jones and Jools Holland (2004).

Barry Palmer - lead guitar (1988-1998). The Definitive Tom Jones 1964-2002 (2003). Robert Miles - live sound/mixing, art/design (1981-1998). Greatest Hits (2003). Jack Howard - trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals (1981-1998). Jones (2002). Doug Falconer - drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals (1981-1998). Mr.

In Large Rooms And Lounges (White Label D98017, 27 November 1995). At This Moment (1989). Living .. It's Not Unusual - His Greatest Hits (1987). The Way To Go Out (CD, video, DVD) (White Label L27148, 6 May 1985). Matador - The Musical Life of El Cordobes (1987). Living Daylight (April 1987). Don't Let Our Dreams Die Young (1983).