Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981,
fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour.
Other
mainstays of the band were John Archer on bass, Doug Falconer on
drums, Jack Howard on trumpet and keyboards, Jeremy Smith on
French horn, guitars and keyboards, and Michael Waters on trombone
and keyboards. Barry Palmer joined on lead guitar in
1988.
Originally Hunters and Collectors were influenced by the
Krautrock genre and the productions of Conny Plank, featuring
strong percussive influences, noisy guitar, and driving bass lines
(the band were named after a track by German group Can).
Hunters & Collectors utilised Plank to produce two of their
early albums, The Fireman's Curse and The Jaws of
Life, but neither charted.
Their Top 10 albums started with Human Frailty in
1986. Other Top 10 studio albums were Ghost Nation (1989),
Cut (1992) and Demon Flower (1994).
The band called it a day in 1998.
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