Brendan Kibble

Brendan Kibble aka "Wig" (born October 16, 1963) is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist from Brisbane. He is best known for his work with the Bam Balams and the Navahodads.

Musical history

Kibble's first bands were the Brisbane punk outfits Alphabet Children (1979-80) (vocals), Flying Squad (1980-81) (vocals, guitar), Vampire Lovers (1981) (guitar) and The Gun Club (1982) (vocals, guitar) (not related to the US band The Gun Club).

After playing in the Gun Club, Kibble's taste in music shifted gears. He immersed himself in blues/r&b and soul and discovered the joys of the '60s beat/garage movement. He became friends with Chris Flynn of the Headstones and briefly played guitar with them in 1983.

In 1984 Kibble left Brisbane and relocated to Sydney, where he formed the Bam Balams, who released an album, an ep, and several singles. The final version of the Bam Balams split in 1992, and Kibble disappeared from the Sydney live scene.

Over the next few years, he acted as producer for several Pyramidiacs records: the "Krunch!" EP (1993), the "Solo Una Vez" EP (1993) and the "All You Want" LP (1994) (which he also played guitar on).

In 1994 he started playing live again, in the band Surry Hills 2010, who took rock'n'roll songs and played them in full country/honky tonk style. Later in 1994, Kibble teamed up with Chris Flynn again and they formed Motorhank. This band took country songs (mainly Hank Williams tunes) and played them in a hard rock style.

In 1995, from the ashes of Motorhank, Kibble, with The Hank's bass player Karl Dogbox, formed the Navahodads. The band released two albums and had tracks on various compilation albums.

In 2002-03, Kibble played guitar in a band fronted by Rob Younger, the Nanker Phelge, playing British 1960s r&b covers.

The Navahodads split up in 2003, and Kibble is said to be living in Austin, Texas.

Trivia

During the Bam Balams, Kibble was approached by Sid Griffin of the Long Ryders to join Sid's new band, the Coal Porters. Kibble turned down the offer to remain in the Bam Balams.