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Simon Bonney
Simon Bonney
Australian singer
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Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Australian musician
2
Rowland S. Howard
Rowland S. Howard
musician, songwriter
3
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Australian singer
4
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens
Australian indie rock band
5
Robert Forster
Robert Forster
Australian singer-songwriter
6
These Immortal Souls
These Immortal Souls
Australian post-punk band
7
Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke
German musician, producer, writer & film-maker
8
Wild Cherries
Wild Cherries
musical artist
9
Xero
Xero
Australian band
10
Anita Lane
Anita Lane
Australian singer-songwriter
11
Riptides
Riptides
12
Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper
German-born Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
13
Tamam Shud
Tamam Shud
14
Pel Mel
Pel Mel
Australian post-punk music band
15
And Also the Trees
And Also the Trees
band
16
Smudge
Smudge
17
Ross McLennan
Ross McLennan
Australian singer
18
Mario Millo
Mario Millo
Australian musician
19
The Cinematics
The Cinematics
band
20
Paul Christie
Paul Christie
Australian musician
21
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party
Australian band
22
Martyn P. Casey
Martyn P. Casey
musician
23
Hugo Race
Hugo Race
Australian musician
24
Laughing Clowns
Laughing Clowns
25
Kim Salmon
Kim Salmon
Australian musician
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Mick Turner
Mick Turner
Australian musician and artist
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Blue Orchids
Blue Orchids
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Men at Work
Men at Work
Australian rock band
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Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance
Australian-British musical project by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry
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Warumpi Band
Warumpi Band
Crime & the City Solution
Australian rock band

Crime & the City Solution

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Australian rock band
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Members, past and present

Crime & the City Solution are an Australian rock music band formed in late 1977 by singer-songwriter and mainstay Simon Bonney. They disbanded in 1979 leaving only bootleg recordings and demos, now extremely rare. In late 1983, Bonney traveled to London and in 1985 he formed a new version of the group in the U.K. which included members of the recently disbanded The Birthday Party; later they transferred to Berlin, where they issued four albums – Room of Lights (1986), Shine (1988), The Bride Ship (1989) and Paradise Discotheque (1990) – before disbanding again in 1991. In 2012 Bonney reformed the band in Detroit with two veterans of its Berlin era and a handful of new members.

Critic David Sheridan described the band's music as characterized by slow tempos, dark moods and Bonney's forlorn vocals, all of which can range from "endurance testing" at worst to "hauntingly beautiful" at best.