Dave Faulkner (musician)

For other people named David Faulkner, see David Faulkner (disambiguation).

Dave Faulkner
Birth name	David Jonathan Faulkner
Also known as	Dave Flick
Born	2 October 1957 (1957-10-02) (age 54) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres	Rock
Occupations	musician, singer, songwriter
Years active	1977–present
Labels	A&M Elektra RCA Zoo/Volcano (Mushroom) Evageline EMI
Associated acts	The Victims, The Manikins, Hoodoo Gurus, Antenna, Persian Rugs

Dave Faulkner (born David Jonathan Faulkner^[1] 2 October 1957 in Perth, Western Australia)^[2] is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick.^[3] Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands,^[4] but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus.^[5] He wrote the band's best known single, 1987 hit "What's My Scene?",^[1] which reached #3 on the National charts.^[6]

As the mainstay member of Hoodoo Gurus, Faulkner gave the acceptance speech when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame on 18 July 2007 at the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne.^[5] Faulkner was one of the new entries in the 2007 edition of Who's Who in Australia.^[7][8]

Early career

Dave Faulkner's father, Martin Faulkner was a World War II veteran who served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and survived the sinking of HMAS Canberra I during the Battle of Savo Island.^[9][10][11] Dave Faulkner was educated at Perth's Trinity College.

Dave Faulkner's mother, Ruth, was a tireless community worker and the library in Dave Faulkner's old home town of Belmont in Western Australia is named after her.

Faulkner, aka Dave Flick, along with James Baker and Dave Cardwell (aka Rudolph V) were founding members of punk band The Victims, in 1977. Baker and Faulkner co-wrote the band's first single, "Television Addict",^[1] which is regarded as one of Australia's great punk rock songs,^[3] and has featured on several punk compilations.

After The Victims split in 1979, Faulkner played keyboards with another Perth band, The Manikins, who also performed some of his songs.

Hoodoo Gurus

Main article: Hoodoo Gurus

In 1981, Baker and Faulkner founded Le Hoodoo Gurus in Sydney with Roddy Radalj and Kimble Rendall: their first single was "Leilani" (1982).^[12] As Hoodoo Gurus, the band enjoyed success in many countries without having a major international hit; they released eight original albums and several compilations, officially split in 1998, but reformed in 2003.

Faulkner also wrote original music for films Broken Highway (1993) and The Sum of Us (1994).^[13] His song for Hoodoo Gurus "Come Anytime"^[1] (June, 1989) is the theme song to the Australian television show Thank God You're Here (2006). The Gurus reworked their hit, "What's My Scene?" as "That's My Team" also by Faulkner,^[1] the 2003–2007 promotional theme for the National Rugby League (NRL). Faulkner is a well-known, long-time supporter of NRL team the Cronulla Sharks and appeared in one of their jerseys for the "That's My Team" promotional song video (a lyrics rewrite of "What's My Scene?"). Faulkner had also written "1000 Miles Away" (1991) which was adopted as the 'anthem' for RAN frigate HMAS Canberra II, Hoodoo Gurus played a concert including "1000 Miles Away" on-board (in front of both Canberra I and II veterans including Faulkner's father, George) during their last voyage out of Fremantle to Fleet Base West, prior to its decommissioning in 2005.^[11]

In September 2001, Faulkner together with fellow Hoodoo Gurus Rick Grossman, Mark Kingsmill and Brad Shepherd performed as The Moops (later called Persian Rugs).^[14][15] At Homebake 2001, (8 December) both Hoodoo Gurus and Persian Rugs performed separate sets.^[15] Just after Persian Rugs recorded a five-track EP Mr. Tripper (June, 2002) Grossman left the band, with Shepherd then recommending bassist Kendall James as his replacement^[16] (ex Thurston Howlers, Crusaders). With the addition of James, Persian Rugs recorded their debut album Turkish Delight, which was released in August, 2003.^[17]

Persian Rugs provided the track "Be My Guru" for the Hoodoo Gurus' tribute album Stoneage Cameos (2005)^[18] (see Stoneage Romeos) but by that time Hoodoo Gurus, with Grossman on bass, had already reformed and released Mach Schau (2004).^[4]

As the mainstay member of Hoodoo Gurus, Faulkner gave the acceptance speech when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame on 18 July 2007 at the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne.^[5] Faulkner was one of the new entries in the 2007 edition of Who's Who in Australia.^[7][8]

On the 6 May 2009 Dave Faulkner was inducted into the Western Australian Music Industry (WAM) Hall of Fame.^[19][20]

Antenna

In 1998 following Hoodoo Gurus split, Faulkner formed a new band, Antenna, collaborating with long time friend Kim Salmon (The Cheap Nasties, The Manikins, The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon), also in Antenna were Justin Frew and Stuart McCarthy (both of Southend). Antenna recorded an album (between April and August 1998), and then made its live debut at the Telstra Concert of the Century/Mushroom 25th anniversary in November, 1998. The concert coincided with the release of the band's debut single, "Come on Spring", and album, Installation.^[21] Guest performers on the album included Matt Thomas (The Mavis's) on "All Rise", and Christina Amphlett (Divinyls) on "Divine". "Come on Spring" reached #64 on the 1998 Triple J Hottest 100 list. Antenna appeared on the 1999 Big Day Out tour but disbanded soon after.

Discography

• The Victims (1977–1978)
  • "Television Addict" - Independent (1977)
  • No Thanks to the Human Turd (aka The Victims) - Independent (1978)
  • All Loud on the Western Front - Timberyard Records (1989)

• Midget and the Farrellys

no recorded output known

• The Manikins
  • "Love at Second Sight"/"Nuisance"/"All I Care About" (7", 1980)

• Hoodoo Gurus (1981–1998) (2003–present)

Main article: Hoodoo Gurus discography

• The Fleshtones

• Antenna (1998–1999)
  • Installation - Mushroom (1998)
  • "Come On Spring" / "Paris To Dacca" - Mushroom (1998)

• Persian Rugs (formerly known as The Moops) (2001–2003)
  • Mr Tripper - SOS/Shock (EP, 2001)
  • Turkish Delight - EMI (2003)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Australasian Performing Right Association". Australasian Performing Right Association. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y. Retrieved 2007-11-22. 
2. ^ "Birthdays". The Daily Telegraph: p. 43. 2007-10-02. 
3. ^ ^{a b} McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Victims'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. http://web.archive.org/web/20040806231610/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=762. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Magnus Holmgren, ed. "Hoodoo Gurus discography". Australian Rock Database. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoodoogurus.html. Retrieved 2007-11-22. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Pope, Mark (2007-07-18). "Hoodoo Gurus Bio" (PDF). ARIA Hall of Fame. http://pdftohtml.markoer.org/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ariaawards.com.au%2Farchives%2Fmedia-centre%2F2007%2FHOFHoodooGurusBio.pdf&images=yes. Retrieved 2007-11-20. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999) (doc). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. http://www.informationbrasil.com.br/diversao/musica/biografias/HOODOO%20GURUS.doc. Retrieved 2008-02-29. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Macey, Jennifer (2007-11-16). "Five hundred new entries in this year's Who's Who". http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s2092483.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Meade, Kevin (2007-11-16). "Who's 9, and already cast in bronze?". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22767021-2702,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-28. 
9. ^ "Gallery - HMAS Canberra (Royal Australian Navy)". Royal Australian Navy. http://www.navy.gov.au/gallery/?c=37&id=1129. Retrieved 2008-02-21. 
10. ^ McLennan, Grant. "Decommissioning Year HMAS Canberra". RAN. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20060903102534/http://www.navy.gov.au/ships/canberra/decommission/sydney.html. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
11. ^ ^{a b} McLennan, Grant. "Ship's final mile". Navy: the sailor's paper. http://minister.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/editions/4821/topstories/story14.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
12. ^ "Discogs: Hoodoo Gurus". http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hoodoo+Gurus. Retrieved 2007-11-22. 
13. ^ "Internet Movie Database entry on David Faulkner". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269065. Retrieved 2007-11-22. 
14. ^ McPharlin, John (2001-09-06). "The Moops aka Persian Rugs at the Hoey". I-94 Bar. http://www.i94bar.com/gigreviews/persianrugs.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
15. ^ ^{a b} "Homebake 2001 band profiles". http://www.homebake.com.au/2001/bands.html. Retrieved 2008-01-21. 
16. ^ Cashmere, Paul (2003-08-19). "What is with the Hoodoo Gurus reformation rumours?". Undercover Music News. http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030819_persianrugs.html. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
17. ^ "Australian Rock Database entry on Persian Rugs". Magnus Holmgren. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/p/persianrugs.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
18. ^ "Australian Rock Database entry on Stoneage Cameos". Magnus Holmgren. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/comp/stoneagecameos.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
19. ^ "2009 WAMi Festival Hall of Fame" (pdf). Western Australian Music Industry (WAMi). http://www.wam.asn.au/documents/WAMi09/WAMi09_ProgWAM.pdf. Retrieved 2 October 2009. ^{[dead link]}
20. ^ Elizier, Christie (28 April 2009). "Dave Faukner is inducted into WA Hall of Fame". The Music.com.au. http://www.themusic.com.au/imm_display.php?s=christie&id=1176&d=2009-04-28. Retrieved 2 October 2009. 
21. ^ "Australian Rock Database entry on Antenna". Magnus Holmgren. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/antenna.html. Retrieved 2008-01-22. 

External links

• Dave Faulkner at Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Faulkner, Dave
Alternative names
Short description	Australian musician
Date of birth	2 October 1957
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Date of death
Place of death