ArtistInfo

Laughing Clowns

Band, *1979 AU
Rock and Jazz

Laughing Clowns, sometimes written as The Laughing Clowns, are a post punk band who formed in Sydney in 1979. In five years, the band released: three LPs, two mini albums, and various singles and compilations. Laughing Clowns' sound is free jazz, bluegrass and krautrock influenced. The band formed to accommodate Ed Kuepper's growing interest expanding the brass-driven sounds created on The Saints third album, Prehistoric Sounds, and by adopting flattened fifth notes in a rock and roll setting while using a modern jazz styled band line-up.

Members

	Chris Abrahams syn, p *1961 AU
	Ed Kuepper g, voc *1955 DE
	Jeffrey Wegener dr
	Louise Elliott sax
	Leslie Millar eb, b
	Glad Reed tb, key
	Bob Farrell sax, ts
	Peter Doyle tr
	Dan Wallace-Crabbe p, eb
	Ben Wallace-Crabbe b
	Diane Spence sax
	Paul Smith g, b AU
	Peter Milton Walsh voc, g AU
	Alister Spence p, key AU