Artist description Shamelessly commercial, FM-Radio friendly pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band has members from Australia, the USA and England, and the musical influences to match. Some members of the band are still mourning the loss of the 1980s.

Music Style Mixture of nice pop songs and noisy pop songs

Musical Influences The Police, U2, David Bowie, Level 42, Noiseworks, Robben Ford, Incognito

Artist History The band has been performing on the club scene in Melbourne, Australia for over 18 months now and carries an established following. We have just completed the recording of our first cd at Toyland Studios' 24 track facility in Melbourne; this is now available on DAM CD through mp3.com. Check out 'Every Word' and 'Reach out for love'. More offerings available soon (or buy the CD!).

Group Members David Booth - vocals, sax, acoustic guitar; Chris Collins - guitars; David 'Linus' Van Pelt - keyboards; Sally Hetherington - vocals; Tony Watson - bass; Michael Taube - drums

Instruments all the normal ones

Albums Perfect Fascination

Press Reviews mp3critic.com, 17 Jan 1999 (www.mp3critic.com) - (of 'Blue Eyes 505') "10", "So upbeat and catchy that I can't stop listening to it" "Rainmaker offers something that the pop generation of today is desperately lacking - talent"; Someone Else's Problem/Doug Cornell, 17 March 1999 (http://www.listen.to/seproblem) - (of 'Every Word') "Knowing how to end a song is a trick and Rainmaker practically jolted me out of the chair with the ending of "Every Word", "Rainmaker succeeds at creating their own sound, yet remain curiously commercial"; Southern FM Radio (Melbourne, Australia), 20 March 1999 - "Pleasant"

Location Melbourne, VIC - Australia

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