Glenn Bidmead
Glenn Keith Bidmead | |
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| Born | 3 February 1962 Sydney, Australia |
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Pop, Pop rock, Rock, Arena rock, Alternative rock, Country rock |
| Years active | 1988 – present |
| Labels | Warner Music Roadshow Ocean Records A-Zip Records |
| Associated acts | Lemonjuice, Kerosene, Glenn Bidmead & The Ungrateful Brothers |
| Website | GlennBidmead.com |
Glenn Keith Bidmead (born 3 February 1962) is a Sydney-based singer, songwriter, guitarist, performer and producer.
Biography[edit]
Early Years[edit]
Glenn Bidmead was born in Sydney and grew up in Mascot and Botany. He started playing the guitar at age nine and during his high school years performed in bands on weekends with his brother Paul, a drummer and vocalist.
Solo Career[edit]
In 1998 while living and performing in Brisbane, he signed a recording and publishing contract with JWM and Roughcut Music's John Woodruff, manager of Savage Garden. Bidmead moved back to Sydney and later that year, his debut album "Seven Seconds" was produced by Charles Fisher and mixed in Los Angeles by Chris Lord-Alge.
Bidmead's first single, "Find Love" was released by Warner Music in Australia in 1999, with music video directed by New York-based filmmaker Adolfo Doring[1]
In 2000, Bidmead released a second single "A World Away" through Roadshow/Warner Music.
Bidmead has released several independent recordings: solo albums, "Songs in Black and White", "Six Singles EP", "The Acoustic Sessions" EP, and "Last Chance Cafe E.P."
Glenn Bidmead & The Ungrateful Brothers
Glenn Bidmead & The Ungrateful Brothers is the name of the live band performing Bidmead’s Country/Americana material. The band is Glenn Bidmead (Lead Vocals & Guitar), Brent Dehn (guitar), Sean Costello (Blues Harmonica), Lorraine Baker (Backing Vocals), Zach Coombs (Backing Vocals), Zoltan Budai (Bass) & Paul Wheeler (Drums). The second incarnation of the band featured Tom Ruki (Bass) & Jerry Pap (Drums).
Lemonjuice[edit]
Lemonjuice is a Glenn Bidmead studio side project and the album, “The Sound of Strawberry” features eleven melodic, anthemic and psychedelically tinged pop/rock gems.
Songwriting Projects[edit]
Glenn Bidmead was also a founding member of the band Kerosene with songwriter/drummer Kere Buchanan. Kerosene's debut album, Art of Survival, was released in 2006.[2] Glenn co-wrote six songs with Buchanan for his debut album "Starting Over" as well as singing lead vocals on two tracks, "Heartbreaker" and "Through The Tears". Buchanan and Bidmead have also co-written ten songs for Buchanan's second album, "Goodbye Yesterday". Glenn also sings lead vocals on two of those tracks, "Slippin' Away" & "Until I Found You".
Glenn has also worked with Foreigner guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones in New York City, together they co-wrote the single "Something Good". Bidmead has also worked with other artists such as The Veronicas, Brooke McClymont and JTR. In March 2009, Bidmead became the lead singer and guitarist in Matt Finish with drummer and founding member John Prior and bass player Harry "The Doctor" Brus. He performed with them until November 2011. Glenn released the five track "Last Chance Cafe E.P." in 2012, which comprises four new original country tracks and an acoustic reworking of the Kerosene song, "Kerosene".
In 2013 Glenn joined forces with Rob Prior to form the songwriting and studio project, People Like That. They co-wrote and recorded three albums: Listen to The Light, Dancing With Infinity & Only One Heart.
Glenn’s album “Lifeblood” was released in 2019 followed by “Waking Up The Ghost Town” in 2020.
Glenn is currently writing and recording for a new country record which should be out in the second half of 2021.
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
as Glenn Bidmead
- Seven Seconds - Glenn Bidmead 1999
- Songs in Black & White - Glenn Bidmead 2005
- Cappucinoland - The Acoustic Sessions - Glenn Bidmead 2014
- Lifeblood - Glenn Bidmead 2019
- Waking Up The Ghost Town - Glenn Bidmead 2020
with Kerosene
- The Art of Survival - Kerosene 2006
with Lemonjuice
- The Sound Of Strawberry - Lemonjuice 2018
with People Like That
- Listen To The Light - People Like That 2019
- Dancing To Infinity - People Like That 2019
- Only One Heart - People Like That 2019
EPs[edit]
- Last Chance Cafe - Glenn Bidmead 2012
- Lemonjuice E.P. - Lemonjuice 2016
- Six Singles E.P - Glenn Bidmead 2019
- Rumination - Glenn Bidmead 2020
Singles[edit]
- Find Love/Willingness of the Heart/Entangled - Glenn Bidmead 1999
- A World Away/Love Is Around/When One And One Is Three - Glenn Bidmead 2000
- Art of Survival/How Does It Feel - Kerosene 2007
- Secret Language - Glenn Bidmead 2016
- Lifeblood - Glenn Bidmead 2019
- Something Good - Glenn Bidmead 2020
- Live Another Day - Glenn Bidmead 2020
References[edit]
- ↑ "Find Love" on YouTube
- Find Love video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g08h5YUKEQ
- Breathing Slowly video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe1eIHudt5g
External links[edit]
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