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The Illusions

voc, g, dr, b,
Singer / Musician of Rock and Pop

A pop band from the Blackburn and Box Hill suburbs in East Melbourne. Members were Mark Davis on vocals, guitar and bass, Phil Tregonning on vocals and guitar and Peter Allan on drums. Phil, Peter and Markwent to school at St Leo's senior school together. We got together by chance in 1973 and started jamming in a mate's dad's shed. In 1981, they went to a studio called Labsonics in South Melbourne run by Gerry Duffy (Labsonics still exists in Sydney today). They would go about twice a week for about two months to put down the tracks on a 24 track two inch tape machine. The name Illusions came about because they were a band that did not play live much, but locked themselves away in the studio. They only pressed 100 copies of the 7" Empire Builder, and 50 copies of the LP?

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Drums
  • Bass
Genres
  • Rock
  • Pop
Popular Tracks   
Lonely, Lonely Nights on 60s Surf & Hot Rod Classics by The Illusions
City Of People on City Of People by The Illusions
Wait Till The Summer on City Of People by The Illusions
Jezebel on 60s Surf & Hot Rod Classics by The Illusions
Surfer's Lullaby on 60s Surf & Hot Rod Classics by The Illusions
Hey Boy on Doo-Wop Classics Vol. 18 [Relic Records] by Various Artists
Lonely, Lonely Nights (Version 2) on 60s Surf & Hot Rod Classics by The Illusions
Que Paso on 60s Surf & Hot Rod Classics by The Illusions
Nitemare on 60s Surf & Hot Rod Classics by The Illusions
Try on When the Rainbow Disappears: An Anthology 1965-68 by The Kitchen Cinq

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Mirror ImageThe Illusions1981Album
The IllusionsThe Illusions1980Single
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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